Prominent film critic Mark Kermode, in reviewing The Dark Knight, wrote, "the best performance in the film, by a mile, is Gary Oldman's it would be lovely to see him get a[n Academy Award] nomination because actually, he's the guy who gets kind of overlooked in all of this. [6][11] When asked by Charlie Rose if he had reminded RADA of this, Oldman joked that "the work speaks for itself". He can be anyone. BFI Films, TV and people ID. 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. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. Has used a different speaking voice (i.e. I don't need people prying. He also played a lead role in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood. [15][16] In 1979, he starred in Thark, opposite Annette Kerr, at York's Theatre Royal. [23], Oldman's performances in Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears paved the way for work in Hollywood, garnering acclaim from United States film critic Roger Ebert. In 2017, he married writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt.In 2018 he won an Oscar for best actor for his work on Darkest Hour (2017). He subsequently studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of plays throughout the early '80s, including "The Pope's Wedding," for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor for 1985. He first developed this by playing the tragic bass player for the 70s punk band The Sex Pistols. Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. [71][72][73] He had a starring role in David Goyer's supernatural thriller The Unborn, released in 2009.[74]. The acclaimed actor has delighted and horrified . Several years ago he was in. 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 actors Alec Baldwin and Mel Gibson, attributing their statements to anger and inebriation, respectively. [144] Jessica Chastain,[145] Jennifer Lawrence,[145] Joseph Gordon-Levitt,[146] Tom Hiddleston[147] and Chris Pine[148] have also named Oldman as one of their favourite actors. He has now been sober for 24 years. I have a fantastic ear, and I'm a great people watcher. 1-The Professional. 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. I think it's like, take a fucking joke. Oldman's alcoholism reached breaking point during the 1990s, culminating in an arrest for drunk driving in 1991. On the Apple . [195], Oldman met American actress Uma Thurman on the set of State of Grace; they were married in 1990, but divorced in 1992. In 2010, Oldman co-starred with Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli. When I was with the Royal Court Theatre we used to piss around and people would say, "I bet you can't do Zimbabwe," so I did it. 62 in Premiere magazine's "100 Greatest Performances of All Time"[26] and No. [80][199] In 2003, a judge reduced her access to the children after dismissing claims that Oldman had drugged and physically abused them. Gary Oldman, 63, plays Jackson Lamb in the Apple TV+ show based on Mick Herron's book Slow Horses, following a team of washed-up British intelligence agents. If you look at any of those great parts, for instance, you take someone like Daniel Day Lewis -- who I think, any way you slice it, is a genius actor. [17] Subsequent plays included Cabaret, Privates on Parade and Romeo and Juliet. Oldman's bit as a degenerate cop was fantastic! And there are other ones that you really have to work hard for. DEADLINE: Very timely Russians. [37] Later in 1991, Oldman starred in his first US blockbuster, playing Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone's JFK. "[24] Vicious's former Sex Pistols bandmate, John Lydon, despite criticising Sid and Nancy, described Oldman as a "bloody good actor". [22] 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. Variety's vice president, Steven Gaydos, remarked that Oldman "has blazed a path as one of international cinema's most versatile and valued actors. Someone once described alcoholics as egomaniacs with low self-esteem. Who's the hero for young people today? I mean, I do go for it a bit as an actor, I must admit. He was born to parents Leonard Bertram Oldman and Kathleen. Thirty-five years into his strange, lurching career, Oldman is now the star of Darkest Hour, in which he plays Winston Churchill, facing down Hitler and appeasers alike in the grim pinch of 1940.. 1 reference. His The Dark Knight Rises (2012) co-star Tom Hardy has named Oldman as his idol and described him as "hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived". Oldman was born Gary Leonard Oldman in New Cross, London on March 21, 1958. [190] He now lives a teetotal lifestyle (he has been sober since 1997[191]) and attributes his success in beating his addiction to attending meetings with Alcoholics Anonymous, which he has publicly praised. "[101] In 2021, Oldman starred opposite Armie Hammer in Crisis[102] and in Joe Wright's The Woman in the Window, alongside Amy Adams. Oldman portrayed the villains in films such as True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield, whom he played in Lon: The Professional (1994), was called one of cinema's best villains. Oldman has had a keen interest in music from an early age. [113] 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. Let's have a martini! Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. I've learned over the years that people get upset when they tell you something is their favorite movie and you go, "Really? [9] In 2011, he learned from his mother that his father had played for Millwall just after World War II: "Just after the war, [my mother] ran a boarding house for football playersMillwall players. [182], 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 U.K. [186], In 2019, British Airways celebrated its 100th anniversary with a television advertisement featuring key figures from British culture, including Oldman. [on celebrities who pass for heroes today] It's like the old saying about mediocrity: The mediocre are always at their best. accent) in practically every movie he has ever been in. [67] 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",[68] and the performance was later mentioned in Mark Kermode's "Great Acting in Bad Films". Before clocking on for work on the next Batman, The Dark Knight Rises, Oldman detoured to the state of Georgia to make a four-day cameo in Australian director John Hillcoat's The Wettest County In The World. [29] 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",[30] of which Oldman was de facto leader. Has been nominated twice for the Oscar for playing a British hero (one fictional and one real) who saved Britain from an unseen enemy. Born: March 21, 1958. Submitted a recorded voice audition for General Grievous in. It's all showbiz. [105], 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. Exploitation was rife in the early days of Hollywoodthe actors who played Munchkins in 1939's Wizard of Oz, for example, were paid less than half of what the dog that played Toto made per week. I don't know. Absolutely.. [46][119] He further sought to develop a distinctive approach that would distance him from his "stuffy" and "often interchangeable" British peers. And I haven't got any energy for it. That same year, he appeared in the plays The Country Wife (William Wycherley) and Serious Money (Caryl Churchill). It's a meaningless event. You just want to say, "Oh, shut up. Also that year, Oldman starred in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as one of the leads alongside Jason Clarke and Keri Russell.Aside from acting, Oldman tried his hand at writing and directing for Nil by Mouth (1997). "[163] Collaborating directors Luc Besson,[23] Tony Scott[36] and Christopher Nolan[164] have lauded his work; Besson in 1997 called him "one of the top five actors in the world",[23] while Scott labelled him a "genius". The following year, he portrayed Nicholas Wyatt, a ruthless CEO, in Robert Luketic's Paranoia, along with Harrison Ford and Liam Hemsworth. You look at a movie like. Oldman denied the accusation. "[178] In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter named Oldman the highest-grossing actor in history, based on lead and supporting roles. I guess I shouldn't complain. Behind the scenes, Oldman has struggled as an. Born into a working class family, he worked tirelessly to earn a scholarship into the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. [42] He served as a member of the Jury at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. [6][14] Oldman described himself as a "shy" but diligent worker during his time there, performing roles such as Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. [111] Oldman appeared on Reeves Gabrels' album The Sacred Squall of Now, performing a vocal duet with David Bowie on the track "You've Been Around". You'd come out of a five-day run of mind-stoking consumption. Tarantino contemplated Oldman as gangster Jules Winnfield (played by Samuel L. Jackson),[45] while TriStar executives recommended him for drug dealer Lance (portrayed by Eric Stoltz). Sometimes, not getting a role ends up being the best thing. 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. [6] His work has been acclaimed by Hollywood figures: Tom Hardy has described Oldman as his "absolute complete and utter hero"[140] and "hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived";[31] Brad Pitt,[141] Daniel Radcliffe[142] and Ryan Gosling have also cited Oldman as their favourite actor. Name: Gary Oldman Birth Year: 1958 Birth date: March 21, 1958 Birth City: London Birth Country: United Kingdom Gender: Male Best Known For: Gary Oldman is an English actor and film director. Used to work various jobs on assembly lines, as a porter in an operating theatre, selling shoes and beheading pigs in an abattoir. "Oldman co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2009 version of A Christmas Carol in which Oldman played three roles. He remarked, "Oldman is as fine an actor as Daniel Day-Lewis, but Gary is not double-barrelled. His father left the family when he was just seven years old. Roger Ebert hailed him as "one of the great actors, able to play high, low, crass, noble";[166] while Gene Siskel called him "wonderful"[167] and one of his favourite actors. Read the newspaper. We're called Blokes Advice for a reason. [100] The film co-stars Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, and Charles Dance. ", [on being considered one of cinema's all-time greats] It's all so subjective, you know? 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