British character actor who's birth name is Leonard Gary Oldman.
Sometimes Gary Oldman is credited as Maurice Escargot or Gary
Von Oldman.
Appearing in a number of plays throughout the early 80s with
the Greenwich Young People's Theatre, Gary Oldman was part of
productions including THE POPE'S WEDDING.
For Gary Oldman's role in THE POPE'S WEDDING he received a Time
Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and The British
Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor 1985.
Oldman galvanized film audiences as doomed,
frantic punk rocker Sid Vicious, in 1986's SID AND NANCY. This was Gary Oldman's
film debut, by playing the Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, Oldman picked up
the Evening Standard Film Award as Best Newcomer.
Playing a broad range of characters Gary Oldman has played
a number of historical figures, including, Lee Harvey Oswald
in 1991's JFK and Ludwig Van Beethoven the 1994's IMMORTAL BELOVED.
Usually Gary Oldman plays characters that are borderline psychotics,
Gary is also known for playing a wide variety of roles that often
require a variety of different accents.
Gary Oldman and HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN'S
co-star Timothy Spall have both played the character of Rosencrantz,
Spall in Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET in 1996 and Oldman in ROSENCRANTZ
& GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD in 1990.
Playing the role of Lee Harvey Oswald, Gary Oldman was in both
JFK in 1991 and WHO WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD? in 1992 which was a TV mini.
Gary Oldman appears in 2005's HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE with
Ralph Fiennes. Both of them have played villains in the Hannibal
Lecter series, Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in RED DRAGON
in 2002, and Gary Oldman played Mason Verger in HANNIBAL in
2001.
HENRY & JUNE in 1990 is the only
film in which Gary Oldman has been Credited as Maurice Escargot.
Making his writing and directing debut with NIL BY MOUTH in 1997,
this film is loosely based upon Gary Oldman's own life growing
up in London.
Smothered in heavy makeup Gary Oldman had the title role in
Francis Ford Coppola's highly eroticized version of Bram Stoker's
DRACULA in 1992. Decked out in elaborate period costumes, and
sporting a thick, almost impenetrable accent, you would hardly
recognize Oldman in this role.
Gary Oldman's sci-fi credits include: THE
FIFTH ELEMENT and LOST IN SPACE.
Oldman played the bad guy in AIR
FORCE ONE.
Gary Oldman was married to actress Uma Thurman for about two
years.
Gary Oldman's other film credits include:
Gary
Oldman - Great Movie Actors at MovieActors.com
