British Actors Gary Oldman

British Actors Gary Oldman Gary Oldman: The Man With A Thousand Faces ChaptersHow Actor Gary Oldman Came to BeGary Oldman DiscoveredGary Oldman: The Leader of the “Brit Pack” and the King of VillainsA Break for Gary OldmanHarry Potter and Gary OldmanGary Oldman and The BatmanGary Oldman: Rabbi, Priest, Mobster, SpyGary Oldman’s Recent WorkGary Oldman’s VoiceworkGary Oldman is a man of many faces: from the quiet, desperate police commissioner who all but fades into the background before a hopeless task to driven, sadistic villains, Gary Oldman can play them all. He is one of the most versatile British actors around. But what has he played?A Break for Gary OldmanIn the early 2000s, Oldman did not act in many films of note - the best being Interstate 60 and the worst being Tiptoes, a movie greatly trashed not just for general mediocrity but also for depicting a family of people with dwarfism without casting a single Little Person. Oldman’s acting, however, was as always on point, earning him a mention in Mark Kermode’s special blog entry on †œGreat Acting in Bad Films”.It is possible that Oldman, who had retained custody of his two sons after 2001 divorce from Donya Fiorentino, deliberately toned down his career to focus on his children, as British actress Kate Winslet had done on two occasions. 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Playing a man who had been wrongly imprisoned for years in a wizard prison where the inmates are tortured by their worst memories, who only survives by turning into a dog for most of the time and finally escapes to find his best friend’s child and his godson - Gary Oldman brought just the right mix of the manic, the desperate and the tender.Gary Oldman as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movie Prisoner of Azkaban, Photo credit: Doug Kline on Visual huntHe reprised the role of Sirius in subsequent Harry Potter movies.Gary Oldman and The BatmanIn 2005, Christopher Nolan re-started the Batman franchise with the blockbuster hit Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred, Liam Neeson as the villain Ra’s al Ghul and Gary Oldman as possibly the best commissioner Gordon yet. He even looks like the way Gordon is depicted in the comics.Oldman reprised his role in the sequels, The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).This is not Gary Oldman, but a computer rendering of Commissioner Gordon from the video game Arkham Knight - but the resemblance is obvious. Photo credit: Stefans02 on Visual huntGary Oldman: Rabbi, Priest, Mobster, SpyIn 2009, Oldman starred as a Rabbi attempting to exorcise a dybbuk, a type of demon, from Odette Yustman’s character in the horror film The Unborn.A year later, he co-starred with Denzel Washington in the post-apocalyptic epic The Book of Eli where he plays a village headman seeking to expand his influence with the help of a certain book.On the wave of several fairy tale re-tellings, Red Riding Hood - produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starred Amanda Seyfried as the Riding Hood, and Oldman as the ruthless Father Solomon.Gary Oldman earned a BAFTA Award and his very first Academy Award nomination for his ro le as George Smiley in the 2011 spy film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, based on the novel by John LeCarré. He starred alongside Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt and Benedict Cumberbatch. Oldman’s performance was in part inspired by Alec Guinness in the same role in the 1979 BBC miniseries, but also on LeCarré himself, adopting several of his mannerisms to bring Smiley to life.Gary Oldman's rendition of George Smiley in John LeCarré's Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy was critically acclaimed. Photo credit: whatleydude on VisualHuntIn 2012 he paired up again with Tom Hardy in Lawless, together with Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pierce and Jessica Chastain.He worked with Harrison Ford and Liam Hemsworth in Paranoia, and in 2014 played Norton, the scientist who created Robocop, in the remake of the cult sci-fi thriller.In yet another franchise reboot, Planet of the Apes, Oldman starred in the second instalment - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, as Dreyfus, the leader of the humans to have survived th e ape uprising.Gary Oldman’s Recent WorkAfter teaming up yet again with Tom Hardy in Child 44 (2015), Gary Oldman can be seen in Man Down (again with Shia LeBoeuf), as a CIA chief in Criminal (2016 with Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds and Tommy Lee Jones), then as the villain in The Hitman’s Bodyguard with Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds (again) and Salma Hayek.In 2017, he played former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, for which he won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actor’s Guild Award and a BAFTA for Best Actor.Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Photo credit: Stefans02 on Visual huntGary Oldman’s VoiceworkLess known outside the industry is the amount of voice acting roles that Gary Oldman has done.Video GamesApart from video game adaptations of his films (Dracula and The Fifth Element), he has voiced Sgt. Jack Barnes in the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault installment, both Agent Masterson and “Rocky” Kuznetskov in True Crime: Streets of LA, Ignitus in the three Legend of Spyro installments and Sgt. Viktor Reznov in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops, where he reportedly did a lot of screaming.He also voices Lord Vortech in the Lego Dimensions game.Animated moviesIn Quest for Camelot, he plays the villain, Ruber, who wants to overthrow King Arthur.Like Jim Carrey, he voiced several characters in the 2009 animated Christmas Carol: Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley and Tiny Tim.He was nominated for an Annie Award for his voice role as the peacock Lord Shen in Kung Fu Panda 2.DocumentariesGary Oldman also provided the narration in several documentaries, including Countdown to Zero and One Night in Turin.Find acting classes near me with a private tutor on Superprof.Acting classes Londonacting classes GlasgowActing classes ManchesterActing classes Birmingham