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Leonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is a
British actor.


Gary Oldman was born in London, England. When he
was older, he won a scholarship to Britain's Rose
Bruford Drama College, where he received a
Bachelor of Arts|BA in Theatre Arts in 1979. He
later 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 of 1985. Oldman is 1.78m in height
(5 foot 10 inches). He is particularly known for
playing eccentric characters and for having a
mastery of accents.

He first appeared on the screen in the film
Remembrance in 1982, going on the win his first
starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986), in which he
played the rocker Sid Vicious. He has played a
variety of characters including Dracula, Ludwig
van Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pontius Pilate,
and the Devil.

In 1997 he directed, produced, and wrote Nil by
Mouth, partially based on his life, which went on
to win the Alexander Korda Award for Best British
Film, a BAFTA Award, the Channel 4 Director's
Award, and the Empire Award, and was declared by
the British Film Academy as one of the 100 best
films of all time.

== Actor- filmography ==                 
*Zodiac (2006).... Melvin Belli
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)....
Sirius Black
*Batman Begins (2005).... Lt. James Gordon
(comics)|James Gordon
*Who`s Kyle? (2004).... Scouse
*Dead Fish (2004).... Lynch
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004).... Sirius Black
*Sin (movie)|Sin (2003).... Charlie Strom
*Tiptoes (2003).... Rolfe
*True Crime: Streets of LA (2003).... Agent Rocky
Masterson
*The Hire: Beat the Devil (2002).... Devil
*Interstate 60 (2002).... O.W. Grant
*Hannibal (movie)|Hannibal (2001).... Mason Verger
*Nobody's Baby (2001).... Buford Hill
*The Contender (2000).... Rep. Sheldon Runyon
*Jesus (TV) (1999).... Pontius Pilate
*Quest for Camelot (1998).... voice of Baron Ruber
*Lost in Space (1998).... Dr. Zachary Smith
*Air Force One (movie)|Air Force One (1997)....
Ivan Korshunov
*The Fifth Element (1997).... Jean-Baptiste
Emanuel Zorg
*Basquiat (1996).... Albert Milo
*The Scarlet Letter (1995).... Rev. Arthur
Dimmesdale
*Murder in the First (1995).... Milton Glenn
*Immortal Beloved (1994).... Ludwig van Beethoven
*LÊon (1994).... Norman Stansfield
*Romeo Is Bleeding (1993).... Jack Grimaldi
*True Romance (1993).... Drexl Spivey
*Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).... Dracula
*Heading Home (TV) (1991).... Ian Tyson
*JFK (movie)|JFK (1991).... Lee Harvey Oswald
*Henry & June (1990).... Pop
*State of Grace (movie)|State of Grace (1990)....
Jackie Flannery
*Rosencrantz and 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 (movie)|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

==External links==
*http://garyoldman.info/ GaryOldman.info (fan
site)
*http://imdb.com/name/nm0000198/ Gary Oldman at
The Internet Movie Database
*http://garyoldman.tk The Gary Oldman Screencap
Gallery