Gary OldmanLeonard 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 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 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
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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. He currently resides in Tehachapi, California in retirement. He has played a variety of characters including Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pontius Pilate, and the Devil. According to the legend, this mistake was considered too embarrassing to correct. 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. There is an urban legend that Palance liked Marisa Tomei so much that in 1992 he announced her as an Oscar winner for her part in My Cousin Vinny while there actually was another name on his note. Oldman is 1.78m in height (5 foot 10 inches). During World War II, Palance, a bomber pilot, crash and received severe burns that led to extensive facial surgery, resulting in his gaunt, pinched face. 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. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for City Slickers. 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 BA in Theatre Arts in 1979. Of Ukrainian descent, Palance was born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania. Leonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is a British actor. Jack Palance (born Vladimir Palanuik) (born 18 February 1919) is an American actor. Daniel. Remembrance (1982)... Coxy the Skinhead. Meantime (TV) (1984)... Colin. Morgan's Boy (TV) (1984)... Derek Bates. Honest, Decent & True (TV) (1985)... Sid and Nancy (1986).... Sid Vicious. Joe Orton. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)... Martin. Track 29 (1988)... Ben Chase. Criminal Law (1988)... Johnny. We Think the World of You (1988)... Bex Bissell. The Firm (TV) (1988)... Chattahoochee (1989).... Emmett Foley. Rosencrantz. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)... Jackie Flannery. State of Grace (1990)... Pop. Henry & June (1990)... Lee Harvey Oswald. JFK (1991)... Ian Tyson. Heading Home (TV) (1991)... Dracula. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)... True Romance (1993).... Drexl Spivey. Jack Grimaldi. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)... Norman Stansfield. Léon (1994)... Ludwig van Beethoven. Immortal Beloved (1994)... Milton Glenn. Murder in the First (1995)... Arthur Dimmesdale. Rev. The Scarlet Letter (1995)... Albert Milo. Basquiat (1996)... Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. The Fifth Element (1997)... Ivan Korshunov. Air Force One (1997)... Zachary Smith. Lost in Space (1998).... Dr. Baron Ruber. Quest for Camelot (1998)... Pontius Pilate. Jesus (TV) (1999)... Sheldon Runyon. The Contender (2000).... Rep. Buford Hill. Nobody's Baby (2001)... Mason Verger. Hannibal (2001)... Grant. Interstate 60 (2002).... O.W. Devil. The Hire: Beat the Devil (2002)... Rolfe. Tiptoes (2003)... Charlie Strom. Sin (2003)... Sirius Black. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)... Lynch. Dead Fish (2004)... James Gordon. Batman Begins (2005).... Lt. Sirius Black. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)... |