Born on March 21st, 1958, Gary Oldman is a renowned English actor and filmmaker who started his career at the age of 19 in theatre in 1978. He made his film debut three years later in Remembrance but it wasn’t until 1986 that Oldman started getting bigger roles. The Englishman's roles in Sid and Nancy, Prick Your Ears, and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead earned him recognition. Things only picked up from there for Oldman as he was nominated for several awards including BAFTAs, Academy Awards, Golden Globe awards, and more.
It wasn’t until 2017 that he won his first Best Actor award, winning the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA for his role in the Darkest Hour. He was also nominated for his roles in Prick Up Your Ears, Nil by Mouth, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, and several other films. His latest nomination was for his role in Slow Horses, with Oldman nominated for an Emmy, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe, amongst others, in 2024.
Gary Oldman's movies and TV shows
| Movies | ||
| Year of Release | Movie Title | Character |
| 1982 | Remembrance | Daniel |
| 1983 | Meantime | Coxy |
| 1986 | Sid and Nancy | Sid Vicious |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Joe Orton |
| 1988 | Track 29 | Martin |
| Criminal Law | Ben Chase | |
| We Think the World of You | Johnny | |
| 1989 | Chattahoochee | Emmett Foley |
| 1990 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Rosencrantz |
| State of Grace | Jackie Flannery | |
| Henry & June | Pop | |
| 1991 | JFK | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Count Dracula |
| 1993 | True Romance | Drexl Spivey |
| Romeo Is Bleeding | Jack Grimaldi | |
| 1994 | Léon: The Professional | Norman Stansfield |
| Immortal Beloved | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| 1995 | Murder in the First | Milton Glenn |
| The Scarlet Letter | Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale | |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Albert Milo |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg |
| Air Force One | Egor Korshunov | |
| Nil by Mouth | - | |
| 1998 | Lost in Space | Dr. Zachary Smith |
| Quest for Camelot | Lord Ruber | |
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | - |
| 2000 | The Contender | Representative Sheldon Runyon |
| 2001 | Nobody's Baby | Buford Hill |
| Hannibal | Mason Verger | |
| 2002 | Interstate 60 | O.W. Grant |
| The Hire: Beat the Devil | The Devil | |
| 2003 | Tiptoes | Rolfe Bedalia |
| Sin | Charlie Kraken / Charlie Strom | |
| 2004 | Who's Kyle? | Scouse |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sirius Black | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | General Grievous |
| Batman Begins | James Gordon | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Sirius Black | |
| 2006 | The Backwoods | Paul |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sirius Black |
| 2008 | Dead Fish | Lynch |
| The Dark Knight | James Gordon | |
| 2009 | The Unborn | Rabbi Joseph Sendak |
| Rain Fall | William Holtzer | |
| A Christmas Carol | Tiny Tim / Bob Cratchit / Jacob Marley | |
| Planet 51 | General Grawl | |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Bill Carnegie |
| Countdown to Zero | Narrator | |
| One Night in Turin | Narrator | |
| 2011 | Red Riding Hood | Father Solomon |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Lord Shen | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Sirius Black | |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | |
| Guns, Girls and Gambling | Elvis Elvis | |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | James Gordon |
| Lawless | Floyd Banner | |
| 2013 | Paranoia | Nicolas Wyatt |
| 2014 | RoboCop | Dr. Dennett Norton |
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Dreyfus | |
| 2015 | Child 44 | General Timur Nestorov |
| 2016 | Man Down | Captain Peyton |
| Criminal | CIA Senior Agent Quaker Wells | |
| 2017 | The Space Between Us | Nathaniel Shepherd |
| The Hitman's Bodyguard | Vladislav Dukhovich | |
| Darkest Hour | Winston Churchill | |
| 2018 | Tau | Tau |
| Hunter Killer | Admiral Charles Donnegan | |
| 2019 | Killers Anonymous | The Man |
| Mary | David | |
| The Laundromat | Jürgen Mossack | |
| The Courier | Ezekiel Mannings | |
| 2020 | Mank | Herman J. Mankiewicz |
| 2021 | Crisis | Dr. Tyrone Brower |
| The Woman in the Window | Alistair Russell | |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Harry S. Truman |
| 2024 | Parthenope | John Cheever |
| Television | ||
| 1983 | Meantime | Coxy |
| 1984 | Dramarama | Ben |
| Morgan's Boy | Colin | |
| 1985 | Summer Season | Gary |
| 1986 | Honest, Decent and True | Derek Bates |
| 1989 | The Firm | Clive "Bex" Bissell |
| Knots Landing | Don Ross | |
| 1991 | Heading Home | Ian Tyson |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Pat Keiley |
| 1999 | Tracey Takes On... | Hairdresser |
| Jesus | Pontius Pilate | |
| 2001 | Friends | Richard Crosby |
| 2002 | Greg the Bunny | Himself |
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Himself |
| 2022-present | Slow Horses | Jackson Lamb |
FAQs
A. Gary Oldman is well known for his roles in the Harry Potter film series and Christoper Nolan’s Batman film series.
A. Gary Oldman was born on March 21st 1958, making him 66 years old as of 2025.
A. No, Gary Oldman hasn’t retired. The actor revealed that his retirement may be on the horizon, but for now, he wants to continue acting.
