Gary Oldman

Sir Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three British Academy Film Awards and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards. His films have grossed over US$11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He appeared in the Royal Court Theatre in London and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990). Regarded as a member of the "Brit Pack",<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> he achieved greater recognition as an American gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

Oldman portrayed villainous roles in True Romance (1993), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000). He has also played franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series (2004–2011), James Gordon in The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), Lord Shen in Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) and Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Sir Winston Churchill in the historical drama Darkest Hour (2017). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayals of George Smiley in the thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and Herman J. Mankiewicz in the drama Mank (2020).

Oldman also wrote and directed the film Nil by Mouth (1997). He starred in the BBC television film The Firm (1989). Since 2022 he has starred as Jackson Lamb, a cantankerous British spy, in the Apple TV+ thriller series Slow Horses, a role for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He also earned an Emmy nomination for his guest role as an inebriated actor on the NBC sitcom Friends in 2001. He has also acted in music videos for David Bowie, Guns N' Roses and Annie Lennox. He was made a Knight Bachelor by King Charles III in the 2025 Birthday Honours.

Early life and education

Gary Leonard Oldman<ref name=birth>Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.</ref> was born in New Cross, London, on 21 March 1958,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=whoswho>Template:Who's Who</ref> the son of Leonard Bertram Oldman (1921–1985), a former sailor who also worked as a welder, and Kathleen (née Cheriton; 1919–2018).<ref name="talktalk">Gary Oldman – Biography. TalkTalk. Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 September 2015.</ref> He said his father was an alcoholic who left the family when Oldman was seven years old.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His older sister, Maureen, is an actress better known as Laila Morse; she performed in Oldman's directorial debut Nil by Mouth (1997), before taking on her most famous role of Mo Harris in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.<ref name="Independent"/>

Oldman attended West Greenwich School in Deptford, leaving at the age of 16 to work in a sports shop.<ref name="dailyrecord"/> He played piano as a child, but he gave up his musical aspirations to pursue an acting career after seeing Malcolm McDowell's performance in the film The Raging Moon (1971).<ref name="charlierose1995">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose he said, "Something about Malcolm just arrested me, and I connected, and I said, 'I wanna do that.'"<ref name= "charlierose1995"/>

Growing up in south London, Oldman supported his local football club, Millwall, but also followed Manchester United because he idolised George Best.<ref name="Independent">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2011 he learned from his mother that his father had played for Millwall just after the Second World War: "Just after the war, [my mother] ran a boarding house for football playersTemplate:EmdashMillwall players. And I knew that my dad was involved somehow with the reserve team. But two weeks ago my mum said, 'Oh yeah, your dad played for Millwall. When he was young he had a couple of first team games.'"<ref name="Independent"/>

Oldman studied with the Young People's Theatre in Greenwich during the mid-1970s,<ref name="talktalk"/><ref name="yahoobio">Template:Cite web Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 9 July 2012.</ref> while working jobs on assembly lines, as a porter in an operating theatre, selling shoes and beheading pigs in an abattoir.<ref name="talktalk"/> He applied unsuccessfully to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), which welcomed him to try again the following year, but advised him to find something else to do for a living.<ref name="talktalk"/><ref name="charlierose1995"/> When asked by Rose whether he had reminded the RADA of this, Oldman joked that "the work speaks for itself".<ref name="charlierose1995"/>

Oldman won a scholarship to attend Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, south-east London, from which he graduated with a BA in Acting in 1979.<ref name="talktalk"/><ref name="yahoobio"/> He described himself as a "shy" but diligent worker during his time there, performing roles such as Puck in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.<ref name="riley">Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Career

1979–1985: Early roles and theatre work

After leaving drama school, Oldman was the first in his year to receive professional work;<ref name="riley"/> he stated that this was not a result of being the most talented actor, but rather diligence and application.<ref name="riley"/><ref name="sbs"/> In 1979 he starred in Thark, opposite Annette Kerr, at York Theatre Royal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Subsequent plays included Cabaret, Privates on Parade and Romeo and Juliet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In December 1979 Oldman appeared as Puss in Dick Whittington and His Cat, staged at York.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also acted in Colchester, then with the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow;<ref name="talktalk"/> Oldman's work ethic and trademark intensity would make him a favourite with audiences in Glasgow during the 1980s. He also toured Europe and South America with the Citizens Theatre company.<ref name="yahoobio"/>

From 1980 to 1981 Oldman appeared in The Massacre at Paris (Christopher Marlowe), Desperado Corner (Shaun Lawton) and Robert David MacDonald's plays Chinchilla and A Waste of Time. He performed in a 6-month West End run of MacDonald's Summit Conference, opposite Glenda Jackson, in 1982.<ref name="talktalk"/> Also that year, Oldman made his film debut in Colin Gregg's Remembrance, and would have starred in Don Boyd's Gossip if that film had not collapsed. The following year, he landed a starring role as a skinhead in Mike Leigh's film Meantime, and moved on to Chesterfield to assume the lead role in Entertaining Mr Sloane (Joe Orton). He then went to Westcliffe to star in Saved (Edward Bond).<ref name="talktalk"/>

Saved proved to be a major breakthrough for Oldman. Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre, had seen Oldman's performance and cast him as Scopey, the lead role of Bond's The Pope's Wedding, in 1984.<ref name="talktalk"/> For his acclaimed performance, he won two of British theatre's top honours: the Time Out Fringe Award for Best Newcomer, and the Drama Theatre Award for Best Actor—the latter of which was shared with his future film co-star Anthony Hopkins for his performance in Pravda.<ref name="talktalk"/><ref name="yahoobio"/><ref name="allmovie">Template:Cite web</ref> Oldman's turn in The Pope's Wedding led to a run of work with the Royal Court, and from 1984 to 1986 he appeared in Rat in the Skull (Ron Hutchinson), The Desert Air (Nicholas Wright), Cain and Abel, The Danton Affair (Pam Gems), Women Beware Women (Thomas Middleton), Real Dreams (Trevor Griffiths) and all three of Bond's The War Plays: Red Black and Ignorant, The Tin Can People and Great Peace.<ref name="talktalk"/> Oldman was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1985 to 1986.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1986–1993: Rise to prominence and breakthrough

The 1984 production of The Pope's Wedding had been seen by the director Alex Cox, who offered Oldman the part of the musician Sid Vicious in the 1986 film Sid and Nancy. He twice turned down the role before accepting it, because, in his own words: "I wasn't really that interested in Sid Vicious and the punk movement. I'd never followed it. It wasn't something that interested me. The script I felt was banal and 'who cares' and 'why bother' and all of that. And I was a little bit sort-of with my nose in the air and sort-of thinking 'well the theatre—so much more superior' and all of that." He reconsidered based on the salary and the urging of his agent.<ref name="fresh"/>

In 1987 Oldman gained his third starring film role as Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. That same year, he appeared in the plays The Country Wife (William Wycherley) and Serious Money (Caryl Churchill).<ref name="talktalk"/> The film director Luc Besson told how, on the set of The Fifth Element (1997), Oldman could recite any scene from Hamlet (William Shakespeare), in which he had starred a decade earlier.<ref name="stephen">Template:Cite web</ref>

Oldman's performances in Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears paved the way for work in Hollywood, garnering acclaim from the American film critic Roger Ebert. Ebert wrote, "There is no point of similarity between the two performances; like a few gifted actors, [Oldman] is able to re-invent himself for every role. On the basis of these two movies, he is the best young British actor around."<ref name="ebertpuye">Template:Cite news</ref> Vicious's former Sex Pistols bandmate John Lydon, despite criticising Sid and Nancy, described Oldman as a "bloody good actor".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The performance would go on to be ranked No. 62 in Premiere magazine's "100 Greatest Performances of All Time"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and No. 8 in Uncut magazine's "10 Best actors in rockin' roles", the latter describing Oldman's portrayal as a "hugely sympathetic reading of the punk figurehead as a lost and bewildered manchild."<ref>"10 Best actors in rockin' roles". Uncut magazine. Issue No. 117. February 2007.</ref>

In late 1988 he starred opposite the "hero" Alan Bates<ref name="charlierose1995"/> in We Think the World of You, and in 1989 alongside Dennis Hopper and Frances McDormand in the Chattahoochee. Also in 1989, Oldman also starred as the football hooligan Clive "Bex" Bissel in the controversial British television drama The Firm,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> giving a performance that Total Film numbered as his best and called "stunning" and "fearless" in 2011.<ref>Winning, Josh. The film chameleon's greatest moments: The Firm. Total Film. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2012.</ref> Oldman and other young British actors of the 1980s who were becoming established Hollywood film actors, such as Tim Roth, Bruce Payne, Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul McGann, were dubbed the "Brit Pack",<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> of which Oldman was de facto leader.<ref name="beast">Stern, Marlow. "Gary Oldman Talks 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,' 'Batman' Retirement". The Daily Beast. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.</ref>

In 1990 Oldman co-starred with Tim Roth in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his own play of the same name. Total Film praised the film, calling Oldman's character "a blitz of brilliant comedy timing and pitch perfect line delivery."<ref>Winning, Josh. The film chameleon's greatest moments: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. Total Film. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.</ref> He then starred opposite Sean Penn and Ed Harris in State of Grace (1990); Roger Ebert described Oldman's turn as the highlight,<ref>Ebert, Roger. The Chicago Sun-Times, film review, 14 September 1990. Retrieved 10 July 2012.</ref> and Janet Maslin referred to his work as "phenomenal".<ref name=MaslinStateofGrace>Template:Cite news</ref> He was offered, but turned down, the lead role in that year's Edward Scissorhands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Oldman moved to the United States in the early 1990s, where he has resided since.<ref name="moremrniceguy">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

In 1991 he began filming Dylan Thomas, a biopic on the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, with his then-wife Uma Thurman as Caitlin Thomas; production shut down shortly after filming began.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later in 1991, Oldman starred in his first US blockbuster, playing Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone's JFK. According to Oldman, very little was written about Oswald in the script. Stone gave him several plane tickets, a list of contacts and told him to do his own research.<ref name="Lawrence">Template:Cite news</ref> Oldman met Oswald's wife, Marina, and her two daughters to prepare for the role.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He filmed scenes for the 1992 neo-noir thriller Final Analysis, which were cut.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 1992 he starred as Count Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's romance-horror Bram Stoker's Dracula. A commercially successful film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> it was a box office success worldwide. Oldman's performance was recognised as the best male performance of 1992 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, which awarded Oldman its Best Actor award.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He served as a member of the Jury at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Oldman became a popular portrayer of villains:<ref name="allmovie" /> he played the violent pimp Drexl Spivey in the Tony Scott-directed, Quentin Tarantino-written True Romance (1993), a role which MSN Movies described as "one of cinema's most memorable villains";<ref>True Romance (1993) – Drexl Spivey. MSN Movies. 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2012.</ref> a sadistic prison warden in Murder in the First (1995); futuristic corporate tyrant Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element (1997); and Dr. Zachary Smith/Spider Smith in the commercially successful but critically panned Lost in Space (1998). He was considered for two roles in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994), but neither were realised. Tarantino contemplated Oldman as the gangster Jules Winnfield (played by Samuel L. Jackson),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> while TriStar executives recommended him for drug dealer Lance (portrayed by Eric Stoltz).<ref name="uncut">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1994–2003: Established actor

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Oldman in 2000

In Léon: The Professional (1994) he played the corrupt US Drug Enforcement Administration officer Norman Stansfield, which has since been named by multiple publications as one of the best villains,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and most corrupt police officers,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in cinema. He starred as Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter (1995). Oldman also portrayed various accents; along with the Transylvanian Count Dracula, he gave a critically acclaimed reading of Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved,<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref> and played the Russian terrorist Egor Korshunov in the 1997 blockbuster Air Force One. In 1998 MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch aired a match between claymation representations of Oldman and Christopher Walken to determine the greatest cinematic villain.<ref name="cdm" /> The following year, Oldman served as executive producer of Plunkett & Macleane,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and portrayed another historical figure, Pontius Pilate, in the television film Jesus. He was also considered for the role of Morpheus in The Matrix.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Oldman appeared opposite Jeff Bridges as the zealous American Republican Party congressman Sheldon Runyon in The Contender (2000), of which he was also executive producer.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Oldman received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance, although some claimed he was dissatisfied with DreamWorks' supposed editing of the film to reflect pro-Democratic Party leanings. These reports were declared "sloppy sensationalism" by his manager, Douglas Urbanski, who said that Oldman was "the least political person I know". He stressed that neither he nor Oldman had made the statements attributed to them, that they had "produced this film, every last cut and frame", and that DreamWorks "did not influence the final cut or have anything to do with it." Urbanski asserted that Oldman received "creepy phone calls advising him that he was ruining his chances of an Oscar nomination". The notion of Oldman criticising DreamWorks was dispelled as a "myth" by the film critic Roger Ebert.<ref name="ebertmyth">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2001 he appeared opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hannibal as Mason Verger, the only surviving victim of Hannibal Lecter. He spent six hours per day in the make-up room to achieve the character's disfigured appearance, and went uncredited in the film.<ref>"The Making Of" (Hannibal DVD extra). 2001.</ref> It marked the second time that Oldman had appeared opposite Hopkins, who was part of the supporting cast of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Oldman then returned to television making two guest appearances in the popular NBC sitcom Friends in May 2001, appearing in the two-part episode "The One With Chandler and Monica's Wedding" as Richard Crosby, a pedantic actor who insists that "real" actors spit on one another when they enunciate, leading to tension, then friendship, with Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc). Oldman had previously worked with LeBlanc on Lost in Space.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For his performance he earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, losing to Derek Jacobi for his role on Frasier (2001).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Following his Friends appearance, Oldman did not appear in any major roles until 2004; it was suggested that he was blacklisted in Hollywood during this time,<ref>Mendelson, Scott (7 November 2008). Oh My God, They Killed Gary (Oldman)! Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 August 2012.</ref> following the controversy that had surrounded the release of The Contender. In 2002 he starred in the generally well-received Interstate 60, and played the Devil in the BMW short film The Hire: Beat the Devil. The Guardian writer Xan Brooks described the early 2000s as Oldman's "low point", recalling "barrel-scraping roles" in the 2003 films Tiptoes and Sin.<ref name="guardianprofile" /> Although the film failed to impress reviewers, Oldman did garner some praise for his portrayal of a man with dwarfism in Tiptoes: Lisa Nesselson in Variety described his work as "astonishingly fine",<ref>Nesselson, Lisa (24 September 2003). Template:Cite web Variety. Retrieved 5 November 2011.</ref> and the performance was later mentioned in Mark Kermode's "Great Acting in Bad Films".<ref>Kermode, Mark. Great Acting in Bad Films. BBC. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.</ref>

2004–2012: Franchise roles and acclaim

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Oldman at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

In 2004 Oldman returned to prominence when he landed a starring role in the Harry Potter film series, playing Harry Potter's godfather Sirius Black. He made his first appearance in The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to positive reviews with Kenneth Turan of The Chicago Tribune writing, "Doing especially good work are the key people new to the series. Oldman exhibits a delicacy he hasn't always shown with the character of Sirius Black."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He continued to portray him in the films The Goblet of Fire (2005), The Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011). The following year, he starred as James "Jim" Gordon in Christopher Nolan's commercially and critically successful Batman Begins (2005), a role that he reprised in the sequels The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). The film critic Mark Kermode, in reviewing The Dark Knight, downplayed claims that Heath Ledger's Joker was the highlight of the film, saying, "the best performance in the film, by a mile, is [by] Gary Oldman... it would be lovely to see him get aTemplate:Not a typo nomination because actually, he's the guy who gets kind of overlooked in all of this".<ref>Template:YouTube. BBC Radio 5 Live. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.</ref>

Oldman co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2009 version of A Christmas Carol in which Oldman played three roles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Morris, Clint (30 November 2007). Template:Cite web. Moviehole.net</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He had a starring role in David Goyer's supernatural thriller The Unborn, released in 2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2010 Oldman co-starred with Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also played a lead role in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Oldman voiced the role of villain Lord Shen and was nominated for an Annie Award for his performance in Kung Fu Panda 2.

Oldman received strong reviews<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and earned his first Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA Award nomination for his portrayal of the British spy George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> an adaptation of the John le Carré novel, directed by Tomas Alfredson. To prepare for the role of George Smiley, Oldman gained 15 pounds, watched Alec Guinness's performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and paid a visit to Smiley's creator John le Carré to perfect the character's voice.<ref name="beast"/> In 2012 Oldman played Floyd Banner, a big-hitting mobster, in John Hillcoat's Lawless, alongside Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain. The following year, he portrayed Nicholas Wyatt, a ruthless CEO, in Robert Luketic's Paranoia, along with Harrison Ford and Liam Hemsworth.

2013–present: Awards success

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Oldman at the London premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in 2011

In 2014 Oldman starred alongside Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson in the remake of RoboCop, as Norton, the scientist who creates the title character. Also that year, Oldman starred in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as one of the leads alongside Jason Clarke and Keri Russell. In a promotional interview published in the July/August issue of Playboy magazine, Oldman slammed what he saw as excessive political correctness in American media, alleged discriminating hypocrisy by entertainers who hide "behind comedy and satire to say things we can't ordinarily say", and downplayed the convictions behind offensive slurs said by the actors Alec Baldwin and Mel Gibson, attributing their statements to anger and inebriation, respectively. He went on to say that Gibson—who had faced censure for antisemitic remarks—had "bitten the hand that [feeds]", being in "a town that's run by Jews" (referring to Hollywood). Oldman stressed that he is not "a fascist or a racist",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but was nevertheless criticised for his comments.<ref name="whipp">Template:Cite web</ref> He issued multiple apologies, including on 25 June edition of the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he described the remarks as "offensive, insensitive, pernicious and ill-informed".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hier">Template:Cite web</ref> Both the Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center welcomed Oldman's contrition (the latter inviting him to its Museum of Tolerance to screen 2017's Darkest Hour).<ref name="hier"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The director David Fincher told Playboy, "I know him very well... Gary's not cruel. He's an incredibly thoughtful guy."<ref name="rebello14">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2015 Oldman played the head of police that investigates Tom Hardy's character in Child 44, alongside Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman, and had a supporting role in the post-apocalyptic American thriller Man Down, directed by Dito Montiel, and starring alongside Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara. In 2016 Oldman played a Central Intelligence Agency chief in Criminal, directed by Ariel Vromen, and starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve and Gal Gadot.

In 2017 Oldman played three film roles: a billionaire entrepreneur in The Space Between Us, an Eastern European dictator in The Hitman's Bodyguard, and the British prime minister Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's war drama Darkest Hour—his portrayal of Churchill was critically acclaimed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Oldman's transformation into Churchill took 200 hours in the makeup chair, 14 pounds of silicone rubber, and US$20,000 worth of Cuban cigars, which gave him nicotine poisoning.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2018 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His Golden Globe win came despite Oldman having once been a critic of that award;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> he noted that he was "amazed, flattered and very proud" to be nominated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2018, in his first post-Oscar role, Oldman voiced an evil artificial intelligence in Netflix's independent film Tau and starred in Hunter Killer alongside Gerard Butler. In 2019 Oldman starred in horror-thriller Mary, directed by Michael Goi, and the thriller The Courier, opposite Olga Kurylenko,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and appeared in Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat as Jürgen Mossack, opposite Meryl Streep and Antonio Banderas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2020 Oldman starred as the Citizen Kane co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz in David Fincher's biographical drama black-and-white Netflix film Mank, which follows Mankiewicz's tumultuous development of the script for Citizen Kane alongside director Orson Welles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The film co-stars Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, and Charles Dance. Mank had a limited theatrical release on 13 November, and began streaming on Netflix on 4 December. It received positive reviews, earning 88% on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics' consensus being, "Sharply written and brilliantly performed, Mank peers behind the scenes of Citizen Kane to tell an old Hollywood story that could end up being a classic in its own right."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2021 Oldman starred opposite Armie Hammer in Crisis<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and in Joe Wright's The Woman in the Window, alongside Amy Adams.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Oldman was also slated to direct a biopic about Eadweard Muybridge entitled Flying Horse.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2022, Oldman starred as a cantankerous manager of intelligence agents in the Apple TV+ spy drama television series Slow Horses, based on the book of the same name. Slow Horses marked the first time Oldman played a lead role in a television series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 20 November 2022, he stated that the series would likely be his last role as he intended to retire from acting once the series ended.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2023 he participated in the HBO Max special Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That same year he reunited with Christopher Nolan taking a minor role portraying the US president Harry S. Truman in the biographical epic thriller Oppenheimer.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer and was a critical and financial success.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In August 2023 it was confirmed that Oldman would star in Paolo Sorrentino's then-untitled film Parthenope, described as a "love letter to the city of Naples".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The film, in which Oldman portrays the writer John Cheever, was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 21 May 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> While it earned a nine-and-a-half-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> the film received overall negative critical reviews.<ref>Template:Cite Rotten TomatoesTemplate:Cite Metacritic</ref>

Other work

Filmmaking

In 1997 Oldman directed, produced and wrote the award-winning Nil by Mouth, a film partially based on his recollections of a child he knew in school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nil by Mouth went on to win the BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film (shared with Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson) and also the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and an Empire AwardTemplate:Citation needed. In 1999, it was adjudged by the British Film Institute as one of the hundred best British films of the 20th century.<ref>Template:Cite web. bfi.org. Retrieved 31 January 2012</ref> Nil By Mouth was listed by Time Out as number twenty-one of the top 100 best British films.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Oldman and producing partner Douglas Urbanski formed the SE8 GROUP to produce Nil by Mouth. The company also produced The Contender, which also starred Oldman. He completed a screenplay, Chang & Eng, co-written with Darin Strauss, based on the author's book of the same name. In September 2006, Nokia Nseries Studio<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> released the Oldman-directed short film Donut, with music by Tor Hyams. The film was shot with an N93 to promote the phone. Juliet Landau made a 25-minute documentary about the making of the video. In 2011, he directed a music video for then-wife Alex Eden's first single, "Kiss Me Like the Woman You Loved".

Music

Oldman has had a keen interest in music from an early age. He is a proficient pianist and stated in a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose that he would rather be a musician than an actor.<ref name="charlierose1995"/> Oldman sang several tracks on the Sid and Nancy soundtrack, on which he performed alongside the original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, and sang and played live piano in the 1988 film Track 29. He traced over Beethoven compositions in 1994's Immortal Beloved,<ref name="charlierose1995"/> and tutored the Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe on bass guitar.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Oldman appeared on Reeves Gabrels's album The Sacred Squall of Now, performing a vocal duet with David Bowie on the track "You've Been Around".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He produced a live performance by the former White Stripes member Jack White in conjunction with Vevo and YouTube.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> At the 2016 Brit Awards in London, Oldman paid tribute to Bowie, before receiving the Brits "Icon Award" on behalf of the singer and his family.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Voice acting

Oldman participated in the creation of The Legend of Spyro games, produced by Sierra Entertainment. He provided the voice of the Fire Guardian, Ignitus. He voices Sergeant Viktor Reznov and scientist Daniel Clarke in the Call of Duty games. He also provides the narration of Sergeant Jack Barnes in the Spearhead expansion for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. In 2015 he voiced Lord Vortech, the evil mastermind who seeks to control the LEGO Multiverse, in the Lego Dimensions video game.<ref>"Lego Dimensions Voice Talent Includes Michael J.Fox, Chris Pratt and Gary Oldman". Forbes. Retrieved 5 September 2015</ref> He will play Admiral Ernst Bishop in the upcoming single-player campaign of the Chris Roberts-designed crowdfunded video game, Squadron 42.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Writing

In 2015 Oldman and his manager Douglas Urbanski signed a deal with the Simon & Schuster/Atria Publishing Group label Emily Bestler Books for Blood Riders, a vampire book series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Acting style

Oldman studied the teachings of Konstantin Stanislavski and Stella Adler while at drama school but went "off-book", drawing much of his inspiration from American cinema.<ref name="riley"/> As a screen actor, Oldman was almost typecast as an anti-social personality early in his career.<ref name="uncut"/><ref>Template:Cite web 6 December 2011.</ref> The necessity to express villainous characters in an overtly physical manner led to the cultivation of a "big" acting style that incorporated projection skills acquired during his stage training.<ref name="uncut"/><ref>Popcorn With Peter Travers. Season 5. Episode 15. 9 December 2011. "People who know you ... we remember the big Gary Oldman."</ref> He further sought to develop a distinctive approach that would distance him from his "stuffy" and "often interchangeable" British peers.<ref name="uncut"/>

Oldman has conceded that his performances often involve an element of overacting: "It's my influence on those roles that probably [makes them] feel bigger than life and a little over-the-top. I mean, I do go for it a bit as an actor, I must admit."<ref name="fresh">Gary Oldman interview by Terry Gross. Fresh Air. National Public Radio. 12 February 1998.</ref> In another interview, he stated, "If it's coming from a sincere place, then I think the screen can hold the epic and it can hold the very, very small."<ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Stuart Heritage of The Guardian wrote, "Finding the definitive Gary Oldman ham performance is like trying to choose which of your children you prefer. The man is a long-term devotee of the art of ham."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Conversely, Oldman noted that he enjoys "playing characters where the silence is loud" such as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).<ref name="guardianprofile"/>

Oldman has adopted various accents for roles<ref name=MaslinStateofGrace /> and portrayed a wide range of characters.<ref name="yahoobio"/><ref name="allmovie"/> He is known for his in-depth research of his roles,<ref>The One Show. BBC One. 14 September 2011. "You're known for the in-depth research you do before going into any role."</ref> as well as his devotion to them, at one point being hospitalised after losing significant weight for Sid and Nancy,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and another time had to hire a dialect coach to relearn his English accent after nearly adopting an "American twang" due to his children being raised American.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a 2017 interview, he differentiated between immersion and impression:

Reception and legacy

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Oldman signing autographs for fans in 2007

Oldman has established a cult following among film fans.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He is known for playing the primary antagonist in a number of popular motion pictures,<ref name="allmovie"/> which has seen him referenced in popular culture. At the peak of his popularity in the 1990s, Oldman was dubbed by Empire magazine Hollywood's "psycho deluxe",<ref name="cdl">Grant, Kieran (12 July 2011). Template:Cite web Culturedeluxe.</ref> and was spoofed on popular television shows such as the Fox comedy series In Living Color<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref> and MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch,<ref name="cdm">Template:Cite episode</ref> as well as drafted in to appear on the first ever cover of Loaded magazine.<ref>Cochrane, Kira (23 August 2007) Template:Cite web. New Statesman.</ref> In 1993 he appeared in the music video for Annie Lennox's international hit "Love Song for a Vampire", written for the soundtrack to Bram Stoker's Dracula, and had a cameo role as the Devil in the video for Guns N' Roses single "Since I Don't Have You"<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>—Oldman also played the Devil in the 2002 BMW short Beat The Devil, alongside Clive Owen, James Brown and Marilyn Manson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He starred as a sleazy priest in the controversial religious-themed video for David Bowie's 2013 single "The Next Day".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In contrast to his often dark on-screen roles, Oldman's affable real-life demeanour has been noted,<ref name="moremrniceguy"/> and he was named as one of EmpireTemplate:'s "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011 readers of Empire voted him the recipient of the Empire Icon Award, which was presented by Colin Firth.<ref>Masters, Tim. Empire awards: Gary Oldman named film icon. BBC News. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.</ref>

Washington Post and Independent writers noted that Oldman is regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation.<ref name="Independent"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2012 The Globe and Mail journalist Lynn Crosbie wrote, "Critics never fail to single Oldman out... he is one of a few truly great living actors—arguably, even, the best".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Of his diversity, Yahoo! Movies noted that he had "gained a well-earned reputation as a brilliant chameleon";<ref name="yahoobio"/> the Houston Chronicle dubbed Oldman "the face of versatility".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is noted for his avoidance of the Hollywood celebrity scene,<ref name="washington post">Template:Cite news</ref> often being referred to as an "actor's actor".<ref name="talktalk"/> His work has been acclaimed by Hollywood figures: Tom Hardy has described Oldman as his "absolute complete and utter hero"<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and "hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived";<ref name="beast"/> Brad Pitt,<ref name="pitt">Template:Cite web</ref> Daniel Radcliffe<ref name="radcliffe">Template:Cite web</ref> and Ryan Gosling have also cited Oldman as their favourite actor.<ref name="gosling">Template:Cite news</ref> Hardy recalled Oldman's influence on students at drama school, stating that "everybody used to quote him in all of his films".<ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Jessica Chastain,<ref name="crush">Template:Cite journal</ref> Jennifer Lawrence,<ref name="crush"/> Joseph Gordon-Levitt,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Tom Hiddleston<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and Chris Pine<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> have also named Oldman as one of their favourite actors.

Christian Bale,<ref>Acceptance speech for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards. 30 January 2011. "There's so many different performances that inspire me, from different people... Gary Oldman, a friend of mine, who I think is one of the finest."</ref> Hugh Jackman,<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref> Benedict Cumberbatch,<ref name="yahoo14">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="tbi">Template:Cite web</ref> Shia LaBeouf,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ben Mendelsohn,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Johnny Depp,<ref name="yahoo14"/><ref name="tbi"/> Jason Isaacs<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Michael Fassbender<ref name="beast" /><ref name="yahoo14" /> have cited Oldman as an influence; Bale called him "the reason I'm acting".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Anthony Hopkins,<ref name="sbs">The South Bank Show: Gary Oldman. Season 21, Episode 15. ITV. 15 March 1998.</ref> Ralph Fiennes,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Keanu Reeves<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Ray Winstone<ref name="Independent"/> have used the term "genius" in reference to Oldman. John Hurt called him "the best of the bunch";<ref name="guardianprofile">Template:Cite news</ref> Colin Firth hailed him as "a very strong candidate for the world's best living actor"<ref name="firth">Template:Cite web</ref> and a "hero" of his;<ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:Cite episodeTemplate:Cbignore</ref> and Alec Baldwin described him as "preternaturally gifted" and "the greatest film actor of his generation".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kristin Scott Thomas referred to Oldman as "the most amazing, generous actor".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Christopher Eccleston hailed Oldman's Academy Award win for Darkest Hour as "massive" to people from working-class backgrounds. He remarked, "Oldman is as fine an actor as Daniel Day-Lewis, but Gary is not double-barrelled."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The directors Luc Besson,<ref name="stephen"/> Tony Scott<ref name="moremrniceguy"/> and Christopher Nolan,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with whom Oldman has worked, have lauded his work; Besson in 1997 called him "one of the top five actors in the world",<ref name="stephen"/> while Scott labelled him a "genius".<ref name="moremrniceguy"/> David Cronenberg said that Oldman "really is a fabulous actor" who gave "the best version" of Jim Gordon (in Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Film critics have also been vocal in their appreciation of Oldman. Roger Ebert hailed him as "one of the great actors, able to play high, low, crass, noble";<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while Gene Siskel called him "wonderful"<ref>Template:Cite episode "...the wonderful Gary Oldman."</ref> and one of his favourite actors.<ref>Template:Cite episode "...one of my favourite actors."</ref> Peter Travers described Oldman as "one of the best actors on the planet".<ref name="travers">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Prior to his first Academy Award nomination for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Oldman was regarded as one of the greatest actors never nominated for the award;<ref name="dailyrecord">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Larnick, Eric. "Actors Who've Never Been Nominated for Oscars". Moviefone. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.</ref><ref>"Will Gary Oldman finally land an Oscar nod for 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'?". HitFix. 4 July 2011.</ref> In 2009 Leigh Singer of The Guardian called him "arguably the best actor never Oscar-nominated."<ref>Singer, Leigh. "Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated". The Guardian. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2010.</ref> Before winning for Darkest Hour, he also carried the label of the greatest actor never to win an Oscar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2018 Stuart McGurk of GQ described Oldman as "the master of being brilliant in bad movies".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Oldman at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival

In 1998 Oldman was honoured at the Camerimage Film Festival, where he was awarded the Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for Acting, the first recipient of the award.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011 Oldman received a Tribute Award from the Gotham Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In that same year, the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced that Oldman would be receiving its International Star Award, which honours "an actor or actress who has achieved both critical and commercial international recognition throughout their body of work". The PSIFF chairman called Oldman "a performer whose ability to portray the most extreme of characters is a testament to the enormity of his talent".<ref>Pond, Steve (16 December 2011). "Gary Oldman to be honored by Palm Springs film fest". Reuters. Retrieved 19 December 2011.</ref> In 2012 The Hollywood Reporter named Oldman the highest-grossing actor in history, based on lead and supporting roles.<ref>Kit, Borys (23 May 2012). Gary Oldman Joining MGM's 'Robocop' Remake. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 May 2012.</ref> Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $4.1 billion in the United States, and over $11 billion worldwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2012 Oldman was among the British cultural icons selected by the artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork—the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover—to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires to mark his 80th birthday.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2014 he received the Dilys Powell Award For Excellence in Film by the London Film Critics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2018 Oldman received the Variety Award at the British Independent Film Awards, which recognises a director, actor, writer or producer who has made a global impact and helped to focus the international spotlight on the UK Variety's vice-president, Steven Gaydos, remarked that Oldman "has blazed a path as one of international cinema's most versatile and valued actors."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In the same year, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival awarded Oldman the Maltin Modern Master Award, the highest accolade awarded by SPIFF that honours an individual who has enriched our culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry. Leonard Maltin claimed Oldman has "once again proven that he is a force to be reckoned with, and a true master of his craft".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Oldman was also awarded his first Career Achievement Award by the Hollywood Film Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards as well honoured him with the Distinguished Artisan Award, which IATSE President Susan Cabral-Ebert proclaimed him as "a chameleon, an actor who changes his appearance, his voice, everything about himself from film to film".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Acting credits, accolades and honours

Throughout his career, Oldman has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Independent Spirit Awards.

Over his career he has been recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:

• 84th Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role, nomination for George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
• 90th Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role, win for Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017)
• 93rd Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role, nomination for Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank (2020)

Oldman was knighted by William, Prince of Wales "for services to drama" in the 2025 Birthday Honours.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:LondonGazette</ref>

On 22 August 2025, Oldman was honored with a handprint and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

After establishing himself as an actor, Oldman moved to Los Angeles in the United States in the early 1990s.<ref name="moremrniceguy"/> He employs no publicist and does not go to parties, telling an interviewer in 2007 that he has "dinner at home every night with my kids."<ref name="moremrniceguy"/> In 2014 he described himself as a libertarian.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Oldman's alcoholism was well known during the early 1990s; he was arrested for drink-driving in 1991<ref name="LATimes19950128"/> and checked himself into rehabilitation in 1994.<ref name="yahoobio"/><ref name="LATimes19950128">Template:Cite news</ref> In subsequent interviews, he acknowledged his problems with alcohol and called himself a recovering alcoholic in a 2001 interview with Charlie Rose.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has been sober since 1997<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and attributes his success in beating his addiction to attending meetings with Alcoholics Anonymous, which he has publicly praised.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Marriages and family

Oldman has been married five times. He wed the English actress Lesley Manville in 1987, and their son, Alfie, was born the following year.<ref name="Independent"/> They separated in 1989, three months after Alfie's birth, and divorced a year later.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Manville stated in 2018 that she and Oldman are on good terms, saying, "He's got a new wife, and we all get on... Gary and I are friends."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They have two grandchildren, Matilda and Ozzy Oldman, through Alfie.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Oldman married the American actress Uma Thurman in 1990; they divorced in 1992.<ref>Template:Cite newspaper</ref>

From 1994 to 1996 Oldman was engaged to the Italian actress and model Isabella Rossellini, his co-star in Immortal Beloved; they never wed.<ref name="LATimes19950128" />

In 1997 Oldman married the American model Donya Fiorentino (sister of the actress Linda Fiorentino),<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> with whom he had two sons: Gulliver (b. 1997) and Charlie (b. 1999).<ref name="Independent" /> In 2001 Fiorentino filed for divorce, claiming that Oldman had hit her in the face with a telephone receiver while choking her.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Oldman was investigated and cleared, receiving sole legal and physical child custody;<ref name="deerwester">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Fiorentino was granted limited, state-supervised contact dependent on her passing drug and alcohol tests.<ref name="whipp" /><ref name="deerwester" /> In 2003 a judge reduced her access to the children after dismissing claims that Oldman had drugged and physically abused them.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2018 Gulliver, whom Fiorentino claimed had witnessed the alleged 2001 assault, lamented the "pain and hardship" caused by his mother's "lies" over the years, while specifically condemning the media's "disgusting" perpetuation of the assault allegation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 31 December 2008, Oldman married Alexandra Edenborough, an English singer and actress who was temporarily known as Alex E.,<ref>Alex Edenborough</ref> in Santa Barbara, California, US.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Edenborough filed for divorce on 9 January 2015; the divorce was finalised in September 2015.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In August 2017 Oldman married Gisele Schmidt, a writer and art curator, in a private ceremony at the home of his manager, Douglas Urbanski.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As of 2021, Oldman and Schmidt lived in Palm Springs, California.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• List of British Academy Award nominees and winners
• List of actors with Academy Award nominations
• List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories

External links

• Template:IMDb name
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• Interview with Gary Oldman on his directorial debut – Nil by Mouth
• Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: The Strange Career of Gary Oldman