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'''Gary Leonard Oldman'''<ref>http://www.garyoldman.info.preview7.oxito.com/goportal/htdocs/modules/articles/article.php?id=11</ref> (born [[March 21]], [[1958]]) is an [[England|English]] film actor, writer and director. He initially rose to fame for his portrayal of the [[Sex Pistols]]' ill-fated bassist [[Sid Vicious]] in ''[[Sid & Nancy]]'', and has since retained a career as both a [[Hollywood]] leading man and supporting actor in many major motion pictures of the [[1980's]] and [[1990's]], often assuming the role of primary [[antagonist]].<ref>http://www.movievillains.com/archives/gary_oldman/</ref> Oldman's most popular and recognised role is his macabre performance as [[Transylvania|Transylvanian]] [[vampire]] [[Count Dracula]] in [[Francis Ford Coppola|Francis Ford Coppola's]] [[romance film|romance]]-[[horror film|horror]] blockbuster ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula|Dracula]]''. By far the most commercially successful film adaptation of [[Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker's]] [[Dracula|1897 novel]]<ref>http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1992/0BRMS.php</ref>, it was a major box office success worldwide, and spawned various merchandise and video games.<ref>http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/1730/Bram_Stoker's_'Dracula'_Action_Figure_Box_Set/Vampire/Action_Figures/Dracula/Product.html</ref><ref>http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/g/game_boy/bram_stokers_dracula/overview.php</ref> Oldman's performance is regarded by many as a staple of the horror genre.<ref>http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#filmactor</ref> Oldman has since garnered acclaim for his mastery of world accents,<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/bio</ref> starring as [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]] in ''[[Immortal Beloved (film)|Immortal Beloved]]'', and [[Russia|Russian]] terrorist Ivan Korshunov in [[1997]] blockbuster ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]''. Oldman has enjoyed considerable box office success; motion pictures featuring Oldman as leading actor or supporting co-star have grossed over [[United States Dollar|$]]1.8 billion in the United States, and over $4.6 billion worldwide.<ref>http://www.the-numbers.com/people/GOLDM.php</ref> |
'''Gary Leonard Oldman'''<ref>http://www.garyoldman.info.preview7.oxito.com/goportal/htdocs/modules/articles/article.php?id=11</ref> (born [[March 21]], [[1958]]) is an [[England|English]]-born [[United States|American]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/144327.stm</ref> film actor, writer and director. He initially rose to fame for his portrayal of the [[Sex Pistols]]' ill-fated bassist [[Sid Vicious]] in ''[[Sid & Nancy]]'', and has since retained a career as both a [[Hollywood]] leading man and supporting actor in many major motion pictures of the [[1980's]] and [[1990's]], often assuming the role of primary [[antagonist]].<ref>http://www.movievillains.com/archives/gary_oldman/</ref> Oldman's most popular and recognised role is his macabre performance as [[Transylvania|Transylvanian]] [[vampire]] [[Count Dracula]] in [[Francis Ford Coppola|Francis Ford Coppola's]] [[romance film|romance]]-[[horror film|horror]] blockbuster ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula|Dracula]]''. By far the most commercially successful film adaptation of [[Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker's]] [[Dracula|1897 novel]]<ref>http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1992/0BRMS.php</ref>, it was a major box office success worldwide, and spawned various merchandise and video games.<ref>http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/1730/Bram_Stoker's_'Dracula'_Action_Figure_Box_Set/Vampire/Action_Figures/Dracula/Product.html</ref><ref>http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/g/game_boy/bram_stokers_dracula/overview.php</ref> Oldman's performance is regarded by many as a staple of the horror genre.<ref>http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#filmactor</ref> Oldman has since garnered acclaim for his mastery of world accents,<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/bio</ref> starring as [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]] in ''[[Immortal Beloved (film)|Immortal Beloved]]'', and [[Russia|Russian]] terrorist Ivan Korshunov in [[1997]] blockbuster ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]''. Oldman has enjoyed considerable box office success; motion pictures featuring Oldman as leading actor or supporting co-star have grossed over [[United States Dollar|$]]1.8 billion in the United States, and over $4.6 billion worldwide.<ref>http://www.the-numbers.com/people/GOLDM.php</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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| File:Oldman2.jpg Gary Oldman and Uma Thurman in 1992. | |
| Born | Gary Leonard Oldman |
| Spouse(s) | Lesley Manville (1988-1990) Uma Thurman (1990-1992) Donya Fiorentino (1997-2001) |
| Awards | Saturn Award for Best Actor 1992 Dracula |
Gary Leonard Oldman[1] (born March 21, 1958) is an English-born American[2] film actor, writer and director. He initially rose to fame for his portrayal of the Sex Pistols' ill-fated bassist Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy, and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and supporting actor in many major motion pictures of the 1980's and 1990's, often assuming the role of primary antagonist.[3] Oldman's most popular and recognised role is his macabre performance as Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's romance-horror blockbuster Dracula. By far the most commercially successful film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel[4], it was a major box office success worldwide, and spawned various merchandise and video games.[5][6] Oldman's performance is regarded by many as a staple of the horror genre.[7] Oldman has since garnered acclaim for his mastery of world accents,[8] starring as Ludwig Van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved, and Russian terrorist Ivan Korshunov in 1997 blockbuster Air Force One. Oldman has enjoyed considerable box office success; motion pictures featuring Oldman as leading actor or supporting co-star have grossed over $1.8 billion in the United States, and over $4.6 billion worldwide.[9]
Biography
Early life
Oldman was born in New Cross, London, England, the son of Kathleen, an Irish-born homemaker, and Len Oldman, a former sailor who worked as a welder.[10][11] Oldman has said that his father was an abusive alcoholic who left his family when Oldman was seven.[12] Oldman was an accomplished singer and pianist as a child, but gave up music to pursue an acting career.[13] His inspiration was Malcolm McDowell's performance in 1970 movie The Raging Moon.[14] In a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose, Oldman said: "Something about Malcolm [McDowell] just arrested me, and I connected, and I said 'I wanna do that.'"[15] Oldman retained his love for music, however, and can be seen singing and playing piano in the 1988 movie Track 29, and tracing over pre-recorded versions of Beethoven's music in Immortal Beloved.
Theater
Oldman won a scholarship to the Rose Bruford College, where he received a BA in Drama in 1979. He had initially applied for enrollment into Britain's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, but was refused entry and told to "find something else to do for a living". Often quizzed about it in retrospect, his highly successful career considered, he has stated that "the work speaks for itself." Following his graduation from Rose Bruford College, he later studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of stage plays 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 of 1985.
Music
Oldman appeared on Reeves Gabrels album The Sacred Squall Of Now, singing with David Bowie
Film roles
Oldman first appeared on screen in the film Remembrance in 1982, going on to win his first starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986), in which he played the Sex Pistols' ill-fated bassist Sid Vicious. As well as Vicious, Oldman has portrayed a number of significant historical figures including composer Ludwig Van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved and Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK. Other notable credits include Joe Orton, James Gordon, Dr. Zachary Smith, Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz, Pontius Pilate, and the Devil. He is known for his portrayals of many memorable Hollywood villains, including the titular vampire in Dracula, a violent pimp (True Romance), a disfigured paedophile (Hannibal), a futuristic megacorp tyrant (The Fifth Element), a corrupt DEA officer (Léon), a sadistic prison warden (Murder in the First), a terrorist (Air Force One), a presidential assassin (JFK), and a football hooligan (The Firm).
Oldman collected the Saturn Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of Dracula. He also received an Emmy Award nomination for two guest appearances in Friends in 2001, appearing in the two-part episode "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding" as Richard Crosby, a pedantic actor who insists that "true" actors spit on one another when they enunciate, leading to the famous spitting scene between Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and himself. Oldman agreed to appear in the episode after meeting Leblanc on the set of Lost in Space in 1998.
Oldman has received more recent acclaim in his recent films, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) as Sirius Black; as well as the extremely successful Batman Begins (2005) and the upcoming The Dark Knight (2008) as police commissioner James Gordon. Director Robert Zemeckis annouced in the official Beowulf site that Oldman has joined the cast of the upcoming 2009 version of A Christmas Carol.
Film-making
In 1997, Oldman directed, produced, and wrote Nil by Mouth, reportedly based on his life. Nil By Mouth went on to win the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, a BAFTA Award (shared with Douglas Urbanski) and also the British Academy Award for Best Screenplay, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and the Empire Award, and was declared by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts as one of the one hundred best films of all time. Recently Nil By Mouth was listed by Time Out as number two of the top 50 best British films ever.
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 was also credited as a producer. Oldman has finished his latest screenplay, Chang & Eng, based on the novel by Darin Strauss, which SE8 Group will produce. In September 2006 Nokia, Nseries Studio[16] released the Oldman directed short Donut with music by Tor Hyams. The film was shot with an N93 in order to promote the phone.
Controversy
In 1991, Oldman was arrested for drunk driving along with friend and fellow actor Kiefer Sutherland[17]. After a string of alcohol-fuelled debacles he checked himself into Marworth treatment facility http://www.marworth.org/ in Waverly Pennsylvania for alcoholism treatment in 1993[18]. In subsequent interviews Oldman acknowledged his problems with alcohol and called himself a "recovering" alcoholic on a 2001 interview with Charlie Rose[19]. In 2001 former wife Donya Fiorentino claimed that Oldman also had a drug habit and subjected her to domestic abuse, a claim which Oldman outright denies[20]. As of 2007, Oldman lives a teetotal lifestyle and attributes his success in beating his addiction to Alcoholics Anonymous, and has since publically praised the organisation[21].
Personal life
Despite numerous lead and supporting roles in major Hollywood productions, Oldman is intensely private with his personal life and is known for his apathetic stance towards celebrity and the ideals of Hollywood[22], once famously stating that "being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it."
Oldman has been married three times.
- Lesley Manville (1988 - 1990)
- Uma Thurman (1990 - 1992)
- Donya Fiorentino (1997 - 2001)
He has three sons: Alfie (b. 1988) from his marriage to Manville, Gulliver Flynn (b. Aug 20, 1997) and Charlie John (b. Feb 1999) from his marriage to Fiorentino.[23]. His sister, Laila Morse, is also an actress, best known as Mo Harris on the BBC's long running series Eastenders.
Filmography
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
- The Dark Knight (2008), Lt. James Gordon
- The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (2007), Ignitus
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Sirius Black
- The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (2006), Ignitus
- Batman Begins (2005), Sgt. James Gordon
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Sirius Black (voice)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Sirius Black
- Dead Fish (2004), Lynch
- Who's Kyle? (2004), Scouse
- True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Rasputin "Rocky" Kuznetskov, Agent Masterson
- Tiptoes (2003), Rolfe
- Sin (2003), Charlie Strom
- Greg The Bunny (TV, 2002), himself as a theatre producer
- Interstate 60 (2002), O.W. Grant
- The Hire: Beat The Devil (2002), Devil
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead (2002), Sgt. Jack Barnes
- Nobody's Baby (2001), Buford Hill
- Friends, "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding", Parts 1 & 2 (TV, 2001), Richard Crosby
- Hannibal (2001), Mason R. Verger
- The Contender (2000), Rep. Sheldon Runyon
- Jesus (TV, 1999), Pontius Pilate
- Lost in Space (1998), Dr. Zachary Smith
- Quest for Camelot (1998), Baron Ruber (voice and vocal)
- The Fifth Element (1997), Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg
- Air Force One (1997), Ivan Korshunov
- Basquiat (1996), Albert Milo
- Murder in the First (1995), Milton Glenn
- The Scarlet Letter (1995), Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
- Immortal Beloved (1994), Ludwig van Beethoven
- Léon (known as "The Professional" in the US) (1994), Stansfield
- Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), Jack Grimaldi
- True Romance (1993), Drexl Spivey
- Dracula (1992), Dracula
- JFK (1991), Lee Harvey Oswald
- Heading Home (TV, 1991), Ian Tyson
- State of Grace (1990), Jackie Flannery
- Henry & June (1990), Pop (as Maurice Escargot)
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), Rosencrantz
- Chattahoochee (1989), Emmett Foley
- The Firm (TV, 1988), Bex Bissell
- We Think the World of You (1988), Johnny
- Criminal Law (1988), Ben Chase
- Track 29 (1988), Martin
- Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Joe Orton
- Sid and Nancy (1986), Sid Vicious
- Honest, Decent & True (TV, 1985), Derek Bates
- Morgan's Boy (TV, 1984), Colin
- Meantime (TV, 1984), Coxy the Skinhead
- Remembrance (1982), Daniel
Awards and nominations
- 2005: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 1999: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor -- Lost In Space
- 1992: Won for Best Actor -- Dracula
- 1997: Won for Best British Film -- Nil by Mouth
- 1987: Nominated for Best Actor -- Prick Up Your Ears
- 1998: Nominated for Favorite Supporting Actor - Action/Adventure -- Air Force One
- 1997: Nominated for Best British Director of an Independent Film -- Nil By Mouth
- 1997: Nominated for Best Original Screenplay by a British Writer of a Produced Independent Film -- Nil By Mouth
- 2001: Won Alan J. Pakula Award -- The Contender
- 1997: Nominated for Golden Palm Award -- Nil By Mouth
- 2003: Nominated for DVD Exclusive Awards for Best Supporting Actor -- Interstate 60
- 1997: Won Channel 4 Director's Award -- Nil By Mouth
- 2001: Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series -- Friends
- 1998: Won for Best Debut -- Nil By Mouth
- 1987: Won for Most Promising Newcomer -- Sid and Nancy
- 2001: Nominated for Best Supporting Male -- The Contender
- 1990: Nominated for Best Leading Male -- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
- London Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1988: Won ALFS Award for Actor of the Year -- Sid and Nancy
- 1998: Nominated for Best Fight (shared with Harrison Ford) -- Air Force One
- 1993: Nominated for Best Kiss (shared with Winona Ryder) -- Dracula
- 1995: Nominated for Worst Screen Couple (shared with Demi Moore) -- The Scarlet Letter
- 2001: Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role -- The Contender
References
- ^ http://www.garyoldman.info.preview7.oxito.com/goportal/htdocs/modules/articles/article.php?id=11
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/144327.stm
- ^ http://www.movievillains.com/archives/gary_oldman/
- ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1992/0BRMS.php
- ^ http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/products/1730/Bram_Stoker's_'Dracula'_Action_Figure_Box_Set/Vampire/Action_Figures/Dracula/Product.html
- ^ http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/g/game_boy/bram_stokers_dracula/overview.php
- ^ http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#filmactor
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/bio
- ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/people/GOLDM.php
- ^ http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/gary_oldman_biog.html
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Gary-Oldman.html
- ^ http://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/interviews/gary_oldman_525.htm
- ^ http://www.csh.rit.edu/~halle/oldman/biography.html
- ^ http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Gary_Oldman
- ^ http://www.charlierose.com/search?q=gary+oldman&searchTopic=-1&searchFromMonth=MM&searchFromDay=DD&searchFromYear=YY&searchToMonth=MM&searchToDay=DD&searchToYear=YY&searchFilter=gary+oldman&searchType=guest
- ^ http://www.nseries.com/nseries/v2/index_studio.html
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/550/000022484/
- ^ http://www.qa.hollywood.com/celebrity/Gary_Oldman/195567#fullBio
- ^ http://www.charlierose.com/search?q=gary+oldman&searchTopic=-1&searchFromMonth=MM&searchFromDay=DD&searchFromYear=YY&searchToMonth=MM&searchToDay=DD&searchToYear=YY&searchFilter=gary+oldman&searchType=guest
- ^ http://www.cinema.com/news/item/5166/gary-oldman-beats-up-wife.phtml
- ^ http://www.bollywoodsargam.com/bollywood_news.php?newsstory=295421776--0-latest-Gary_Oldman_Sells_What_He_Cant_Have_bollywood_news.html
- ^ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2007/06/moring_mix_pariss_interview_no.html
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/550/000022484
External links
- Gary Oldman at IMDb
- GaryOldman.info - A popular fansite of Gary Oldman
- mygaryoldman.com - A Gary Oldman fansite and forum
- Interview with Gary Oldman on his directorial debut - Nil by Mouth