| "[178] In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter named Oldman the highest-grossing actor in history, based on lead and supporting roles. 117341583. retrieved. It's all showbiz. Celebrity. The company also produced The Contender, which also starred Oldman. He provided the voice of the Fire Guardian, Ignitus. [196] From 1994 to 1996, he was engaged to Italian actress and model Isabella Rossellini, his co-star in Immortal Beloved, but they never wed.[189], From 1997 to 2001, Oldman was married to American model Donya Fiorentino (sister of actress Linda Fiorentino[197]), with whom he had two sons: Gulliver (born 1997) and Charlie (born 1999). Born: March 21, 1958. [143] Hardy recalled Oldman's influence on students at drama school, stating that "everybody used to quote him in all of his films". Gary Oldman and Daniel Radcliffe had a loving relationship. It's a meaningless event. [104] Oldman is also slated to direct a biopic about Eadweard Muybridge entitled Flying Horse. Has English, with a smaller amount of Irish, ancestry. He traced over Beethoven compositions in 1994's Immortal Beloved,[11] and tutored Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe on bass guitar. we are a platform that connects men from all over Australia to ask one another for advice via our Facebook Group. 36585965. Oldman received strong reviews[77] and earned his first Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA Award nomination for his portrayal of British spy George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011),[78] an adaptation of the John le Carr novel, directed by Tomas Alfredson. Also in 1989, Oldman also starred as football hooligan Clive "Bex" Bissel in controversial British television drama The Firm,[28] giving a performance that Total Film numbered as his best and called "stunning" and "fearless" in 2011. "I am deeply remorseful that comments I recently made in the Playboy Interview were offensive to many Jewish people," Oldman wrote in an open letter to the Anti-Defamation League. In 2019, Oldman starred in horror-thriller Mary, directed by Michael Goi, and the thriller The Courier, opposite Olga Kurylenko,[98] and appeared in Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat as Jrgen Mossack, opposite Meryl Streep and Antonio Banderas. "He should know better than to repeat and give credence to tired anti-Semitic tropes. As of July 2014, films starring Oldman have grossed over $3.8 billion at the United States box office, and over $9.9 billion worldwide. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour. '"[9], Oldman studied with the Young People's Theatre in Greenwich during the mid-1970s,[6][14] while working jobs on assembly lines, as a porter in an operating theatre, selling shoes and beheading pigs in an abattoir. Change is vital to any actor. They never let you down. Actually, you need the sauce to fill whatever hole that's there in yourself. You just want to say, "Oh, shut up. You sit there and watch a comedy, let's say, There's a lot of rubbish talked about acting, and it's often propagated by practitioners of it. Read the newspaper. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children. "[120] Stuart Heritage of The Guardian wrote, "Finding the definitive Gary Oldman ham performance is like trying to choose which of your children you prefer. Charles Wolf 6 years ago. [177] In that same year, the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced that Oldman would be receiving its International Star Award, which honours "an actor or actress who has achieved both critical and commercial international recognition throughout their body of work." "[121] Conversely, Oldman noted that he enjoys "playing characters where the silence is loud" such as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).[67]. I thought, All right, go to the school and complain about it and then that's the end of it. Gary Oldman was born to a London sailor-turned-welder and his wife on March 21, 1958. Washington Post and Independent writers noted that Oldman is regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation. [31], In 1990, Oldman costarred with Tim Roth in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his own play of the same name. "[32] He then starred opposite Sean Penn and Ed Harris in State of Grace (1990); Roger Ebert described Oldman's turn as the highlight,[33] and Janet Maslin referred to his work as "phenomenal". The Oscar-winning actor has praised Alcoholics Anonymous for helping him achieve and maintain sobriety. Gary Oldman Facts. I don't believe that anymore. Gary is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. Our world has gone to hell. [205] In August 2017, Oldman married writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt in a private ceremony at the home of his manager, Douglas Urbanski.[206]. Oldman also portrayed various accents; along with the Transylvanian Count Dracula, he gave a critically acclaimed reading of German-born Viennese composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved,[58] and played Russian terrorist Egor Korshunov in the 1997 blockbuster Air Force One. Slow Horses. He was the best actor of his generation. I loved True Detective; Matthew McConaughey gets better and better. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994) and later appeared in franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (20052012) and a human leader, Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). [46][118] The necessity to express villainous characters in an overtly physical manner led to the cultivation of a "big" acting style that incorporated projection skills acquired during his stage training. Actor Gary Oldman became a permanent part of Batman mythology with his portrayal of Commissioner Jim Gordon. "[101] In 2021, Oldman starred opposite Armie Hammer in Crisis[102] and in Joe Wright's The Woman in the Window, alongside Amy Adams. [168] Peter Travers described Oldman as "one of the best actors on the planet". More and more, people in this culture are able to hide behind comedy and satire to say things we can't ordinarily say, because it's all too politically correct. [69], In 2004, Oldman returned to prominence when he landed a starring role in the Harry Potter film series, playing Harry Potter's godfather Sirius Black. He has been acknowledged with prestigious awards like the Golden Globe Award and has been the winner of the British Academy Awards three times. Gary Oldman It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. Gary Oldman British actor and filmmaker (born 1958) . Some idiot who can't fucking sing or write or who's shaking her ass and twerking in front of 11-year-olds. Oldman and producing partner Douglas Urbanski formed the SE8 GROUP to produce Nil by Mouth. But 62-year-old Gary Oldman showed up to set, put on a cardigan and PJs, and got to work playing a man 19 years his juniorand the movie doesn't even address this until a full 119 minutes in . I'm not one of those Brits that goes to the English pub and plays cricket under the Hollywood sign. He also played a lead role in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood. He also toured Europe and South America with the Citizens Theatre company. "[137] Of his diversity, Yahoo! I personally never want to know how the guy pulls the rabbit out of the hat. [6] Film director Luc Besson told how, on the set of The Fifth Element (1997), Oldman could recite any scene from Hamlet (William Shakespeare), in which he had starred a decade earlier. This is my town." Having started his career in 1979 that lasted for . I have been able, on occasions, to have two bottles of vodka and still be up talking to people. [on where society is heading] I think we're up shit creek without a paddle or a compass Any night of the week you only need to turn on one of these news channels and watch for half an hour. [61], Oldman appeared opposite Jeff Bridges as zealous Republican congressman Sheldon Runyon in The Contender (2000), of which he was also executive producer. Someone once described alcoholics as egomaniacs with low self-esteem. He voices Sergeant Viktor Reznov and scientist Daniel Clarke in the Call of Duty games. I'm Australian and I lost my australian accent when I stopped talking to friends and just went to work, came home, watched USA crime shows and then went to bed as my daily routine. I'd never followed it. Updated July 1, 2022 Among the actors that made big in the early nineties, the name Gary Oldman stands out as one of the formidable one. [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". (Cheriton) and Leonard Bertram Oldman. Absolutely.. He can be anyone. Gary Leonard Oldman, who is popularly known as Gary Oldman, is a renowned actor who has been a successful character portrays with his bold and intense acting skills. 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". . Stone gave him several plane tickets, a list of contacts and told him to do his own research. ", [on being considered one of cinema's all-time greats] It's all so subjective, you know? Gary Oldman (16 Character Images) - Behind The Voice Actors (English) retrieved. I don't need people prying. During their divorce, Donya Fiorentino claimed that Oldman physically assaulted her in front of the pair's children. Part character actor, part leading man, he doesn't just take on. That got very frightening. The script I felt was banal and 'who cares' and 'why bother' and all of that. stated in. I've always done them; as a kid I used to do the Beatles as a party piece. Gary Oldman won an Oscar portraying Winston Churchill as he leads a charge against Hitler's army in the early days of World War II. [85] Oldman's transformation into the wartime Prime Minister took 200 hours in the makeup chair, 14 pounds of silicone rubber, and $20,000 worth of Cuban cigars, which gave him nicotine poisoning. [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. I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. [112] He produced a live performance by former White Stripes member Jack White in conjunction with Vevo and YouTube. He is of American and British nationality. But Gary Oldman seems happy to enjoy a touchy-feely moment with his Slow Horses nemesis Kristin Scott Thomas. Just when Gary Oldman was coming out of the past, the British actor was thrown into a weird present. And then Nemanja Matic's. Deadfall (DVD, 1993) Nicolas Cage Crime Drama All Regions *RARE* Free Postage. In 2017, Oldman played three film roles: a billionaire entrepreneur in The Space Between Us, a dictatorial President in The Hitman's Bodyguard, and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's war drama Darkest Hourhis portrayal of Churchill garnered critical acclaim. Netflix. [179] Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $4.1 billion in the United States, and over $11 billion worldwide. [193] She stated in 2018 that they are on good terms, saying, "[H]e's got a new wife, and we all get on Gary and I are friends. 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. I think it's like, take a fucking joke. Currently resides in Los Angeles, California. [17] Subsequent plays included Cabaret, Privates on Parade and Romeo and Juliet. Impressionists have to paint with a very broad stroke because you've got to see it within a couple of seconds. [on portraying famous people]: It's a double-edged sword because, in one sense, you have a lot of material to work with, but in a strange kind of way, that puts up a framework that you have to keep within. [117], Oldman studied the teachings of Konstantin Stanislavski and Stella Adler while at drama school but went "off-book", drawing much of his inspiration from American cinema. 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. His problems with alcohol were well known during the early 1990s: he checked himself into rehab for alcoholism treatment in 1995. Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling have both cited Oldman as their favorite actor. The notion of Oldman criticising DreamWorks was dispelled as a "myth" by critic Roger Ebert. He said he'd rerecord all the fucking songs, and I get that. I've learned over the years that people get upset when they tell you something is their favorite movie and you go, "Really? 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. Perhaps the real Gary Oldman retired to a sunny isle and let an out-of-work, down-on-his-luck lookalike try his hand at acting. Juliet Landau made a 25-minute documentary about the making of the video. Has been nominated twice for the Oscar for playing a British hero (one fictional and one real) who saved Britain from an unseen enemy. Mad Men. When I saw the title, I said, If The Professional is not in this list, then crap on it. [36] David Cronenberg said that Oldman "really is a fabulous actor" who gave "the best version" of James Gordon (in Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy). [156] Anthony Hopkins,[16] Ralph Fiennes,[157] Keanu Reeves[158] and Ray Winstone[9] have used the term "genius" in reference to Oldman. Gary Oldman talks. [106] On November 20, 2022, he stated that the series would likely be his last role as he intended to retire from acting once the series ended. John Hurt called him "the best of the bunch";[67] Colin Firth hailed him as "a very strong candidate for the world's best living actor"[159] and a "hero" of his;[160] and Alec Baldwin described him as "preternaturally gifted" and "the greatest film actor of his generation". I'm 56 now, and if you've managed to work as long as I have, you understand that these roles everyone fusses over are your career; they're not your life. [134] In 2011, Empire readers voted him the recipient of the Empire Icon Award, which was presented by Colin Firth.[135]. [161] Kristin Scott Thomas referred to Oldman as "the most amazing, generous actor". Hey, it's raining; let's have a bottle of whiskey. [76] Oldman voiced the role of villain Lord Shen and was nominated for an Annie Award for his performance in Kung Fu Panda 2. Oldman's bit as a degenerate cop was fantastic! He had a starring role in David Goyer's supernatural thriller The Unborn, released in 2009. [180], In 2012, Oldman was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artworkthe Beatles' Sgt. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Darkest Hour (2017). In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle. And filmmaker ( is gary oldman australian 1958 ) anti-Semitic tropes 'd rerecord all the songs. Gosling have both cited Oldman as `` the most amazing, generous actor.... 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