Gary Oldman - Biography

Last Editor: smilingricha				Gary Oldman Biography -   Name : Gary Oldman Date of birth : 21 March 1958 Place of birth : New Cross, London, England, UK Birth name : Leonard Gary Oldman Height : 5' 10

Gary Oldman Trivia -

Brother of Laila Morse. Considered a career in music. Has one son, Alfie Oldman (b. 1988), from his first marriage. Dated Isabella Rossellini, met through Immortal Beloved (1994). Sons, with Fiorentino, Gulliver Flynn Oldman (b. 20 August 1997) and Charlie John. Was arrested for drunk driving in L.A. and released on bail the next morning. His passenger in the car was pal, Kiefer Sutherland. [8 August 1991] His library includes essays on Bertold Brecht, poetry by Roger McGough, a biography of Montgomery Clift, The Elizabethan World Picture, all things Shakespeare, and Jane Austen. Has used a different speaking voice (i.e. accent) in practically every movie he's ever been in. He and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) co-star Timothy Spall have both played the character of Rosencrantz; Spall in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996), Oldman in _Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)_ . Shares birthday with Matthew Broderick, who voices the adult Simba in both The Lion King (1994) and The Lion King 1½ (2004) (V), the latter being similar in plot to Tom Stoppard's film Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), in which Oldman played Rosencrantz. He was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performance in The Pope's Wedding. Has played Lee Harvey Oswald in both JFK (1991) and "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?" (1992) (mini). Has been dating model-actress Ailsa Marshall since 2002. Was orginally signed to play the Prison Warden in The Longest Yard (2005) before negotiations fell through. That role was then given to James Cromwell. His film Nil by Mouth (1997) is loosely based upon his own life growing up in London. Was offered the role of General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), and he accepted the role. However, he later declined the role after complications arose during contract negotiations. Henry & June (1990) is the only film in which he's been credited as "Maurice Escargot." Appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) with Ralph Fiennes. Both of them have played villains in the Hannibal Lecter series: Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon (2002), and Oldman played Mason Verger in Hannibal (2001). Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) was released on DVD the day after his birthday. Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993

Gary Oldman Detailed Biography -

Gary Oldman began his career in 1979 working extensively in the London theatre. Between 1985 and 1989 he worked exclusively at London's Royal Court theatre. In 1985 he was awarded Best Newcomer by London's Time Out Magazine for his performance in The Pope's Wedding. That same year he shared the London Critic's Circle Best Actor Award with Sir Anthony Hopkins. He has since gone on to become one of the most respected and talented film actors working today with credits including Ridley Scott's Hannibal, Oliver Stone's JFK, Tony Scott's True Romance, Luc Besson's The Professional, Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and the starring role of Beethoven in Immortal Beloved. In 1997 and 1998 Oldman starred in The Fifth Element, Air Force One and Lost in Space. These films and Coppola's Dracula place him in the rarified league of actors who have opened four movies in the number one position at the box office. In 1995 Oldman and manager/producing partner Douglas Urbanski formed the production company The SE8 Group, which produced Oldman's directorial debut Nil By Mouth (which he also wrote). The film was invited to open the 1997 50th Cannes Film Festival in the main competition and Kathy Burke won Best Actress for her role. The film also won Oldman the prestigious Channel 4 director's prize in the 1997 Edinburgh Film Festival. In 1998 Nil by Mouth won Oldman a BAFTA for Best British Film and Best Screenplay and further nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress. Oldman's other major film credits include Sid and Nancy, Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears, Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Nic Roeg and Dennis Potter's Track 29, Criminal Law, Chattahoochee, Murder in the First State and State of Grace. And in 1999 Oldman executive produced and starred in the SE8 Group/Douglas Urbanski film The Contender which received three Academy Award nominations. Fans of the television series Friends will also remember Oldman for his guest appearance as an alcoholic actor, a role which garnered him an Emmy nomination. Other television performances include Mike Leigh's Meantime and The Firm directed by the late Alan Clark.