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Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three British Academy Film Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Gary Leonard Oldman was born on March 21, 1958 in New Cross, London, England, to Kathleen (Cheriton), a homemaker, and Leonard Bertram Oldman, a welder. He won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, in Sidcup, Kent, where he received a B.A. in theatre arts in 1979.
May 22, 2024 · Gary Leonard Oldman was born to Leonard Bertram Oldman and Kathleen in New Cross, London. His father was a severe alcoholic and left the family when Gary was just seven-years-old. He studied at the West Greenwich School in Deptford, but dropped out of high school to work in a sports shop.
Regarded as a member of the "Brit Pack", [1] he is also known for portraying a New York gangster in the American neo-noir crime film State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
Mar 26, 2021 · Leonard Gary Oldman was born in London, England, on March 25, 1958. The son of a welder and a homemaker, Oldman grew up in a hardscrabble working-class neighborhood of south London.
5 days ago · Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958, London, England) is an English film actor known for his chameleonic ability to evince characters ranging from nebbishes to snarling villains. His notable films include Sid and Nancy (1986), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011), and several Harry Potter movies.
Mar 1, 2021 · Gary Oldman hardly had film star aspirations when he was a young child growing up in southeast London. As the child of a welder, he didn't anticipate that he would one day grace theater screens around the world.
Gary Leonard Oldman was born on March 21, 1958 in New Cross, London, England, to Kathleen (Cheriton), a homemaker, and Leonard Bertram Oldman, a welder. He won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, in Sidcup, Kent, where he received a B.A. in theatre arts in 1979.
Feb 10, 2018 · Like his most acclaimed contemporary, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman got his start in British theater before taking smaller roles in films and television. He made an impression as a drunk in "Remembrance," a moody gay artist in "Honest, Decent and True," and, most notably, as a skinhead in Mike Leigh 's "Meantime."
Feb 26, 2018 · Oldman was a gothic star in this 1992 vampire blockbuster, playing a trim young Dracula, then switching it up and layering on the makeup to play a wizened old Dracula.
