Gary Oldman British Actor Known for The Dark Knight

Gary Oldman (21 March 1958, London) is a British actor. He is recognised as Jim Gordon in The Dark Knight (2008).

Early life

Schooling on record includes Rose Bruford College.

Career

His first listed screen credit dates to 1982, with Remembrance. Work from the 1990s includes Léon: The Professional (1994, as Norman Stansfield) and The Fifth Element (1997, as Zorg). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, as Sirius Black) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, as Sirius Black) are among his 2000s credits. In the 2010s, he appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011, as Sirius Black) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012, as Jim Gordon). The 2020s brought Mank (2020, as Herman J. Mankiewicz) and Oppenheimer (2023, as Harry S. Truman).

The list below counts 76 films and 2 TV series from 1982 to 2024. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (19), followed by action (13) and thriller (13). His latest credit on record is Parthenope (2024). Of his 13 titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) has the highest, at $1.34 billion. Gary Oldman also worked as director and writer on Nil by Mouth.

Alan Rickman appears in four of his listed titles, including Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Bonnie Wright (four titles) and Daniel Radcliffe (four titles). Christopher Nolan directed four of his titles on record. David Yates is credited as director on two of them.

Recognition

Among his honours is the Academy Award for Best Actor, won in 2018 for Darkest Hour. Other wins include three BAFTA Awards (1997 and 2018) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (2018) for Darkest Hour. Among his nominations is the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2012 for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In all, Gary Oldman has won 8 awards and received 5 nominations.

Personal life

He has been married to Gisele Schmidt since 2017. Earlier marriages on record are to Lesley Manville (1987 to 1990), Uma Thurman (1990 to 1992), Donya Fiorentino (1997 to 2001, divorced) and Alexandra Edenborough (2008 to 2015). He has 3 children on record.