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Gary Oldman, an English actor and filmmaker since 1979, is celebrated for his versatile and intense performances. From his early roles in stage productions like Cabaret and Hamlet, to his breakout film appearances as Sid Vicious and Joe Orton, Oldman's career has spanned blockbuster villains, historical figures like Winston Churchill and Lee Harvey Oswald, and iconic characters in franchises like Harry Potter and The Dark Knight. His accolades include an Academy Award and multiple Golden Globe and British Academy Film Awards, cementing his status as one of the most accomplished actors of his generation.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Parthenope | John Cheever | Film |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Jackson Lamb | TV |
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self | Film |
| 2022 | Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage) | Film |
| 2021 | Exposing Muybridge | Self | Film |
| 2020 | Mank | Herman Mankiewicz | Film |
| 2019 | The Courier | Ezekiel Mannings | Film |
| 2018 | Hunter Killer | CJCS Charles Donnegan | Film |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Winston Churchill | Film |
| 2017 | The Space Between Us | Nathaniel Shepherd | Film |
| 2017 | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Vladislav Dukhovich | Film |
| 2016 | Man Down | Captain Peyton | Film |
| 2016 | Criminal | Quaker Wells | Film |
| 2015 | Child 44 | General Mikhail Nesterov | Film |
| 2014 | I Am Steve McQueen | Self | Film |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Dreyfus | Film |
| 2014 | RoboCop | Dr. Dennett Norton | Film |
| 2013 | Paranoia | Nicholas Wyatt | Film |
| 2012 | Lawless | Floyd Banner | Film |
| 2012 | Ending the Knight | Self | Film |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Commissioner Gordon | Film |
| 2012 | Guns, Girls and Gambling | Elvis Elvis | Film |
| 2012 | Jack White: Unstaged | Self | Film |
| 2012 | Jack White: Unstaged | Director | Film |
| 2011 | Red Riding Hood | Father Soloman | Film |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Sirius Black | Film |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | Film |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Lord Shen (voice) | Film |
| 2010 | One Night in Turin | Narrator | Film |
| 2010 | Countdown to Zero | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Carnegie | Film |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice) | Film |
| 2009 | Rain Fall | Holtzer | Film |
| 2009 | The Unborn | Rabbi Joseph Sendak | Film |
| 2009 | Planet 51 | General Grawl (voice) | Film |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Gordon | Film |
| 2007 | The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2007 | In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Sirius Black | Film |
| 2006 | The Backwoods | Paul | Film |
| 2005 | Dead Fish | Lynch | Film |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Jim Gordon | Film |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Sirius Black | Film |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sirius Black | Film |
| 2003 | Sin | Charlie Storm | Film |
| 2002 | Beat the Devil | Devil | Film |
| 2002 | Tiptoes | Rolfe | Film |
| 2002 | Interstate 60 | O.W. Grant | Film |
| 2001 | Nobody's Baby | Buford Dill | Film |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Mason Verger | Film |
| 2000 | The Contender | Shelly Runyon | Film |
| 1999 | Jesus | Pontius Pilate | Film |
| 1998 | Lost in Space | Dr. Zachary Smith | Film |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Ruber (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Lost In Space Forever | Self (also archive footage) | Film |
| 1997 | Air Force One | Ivan Korshunov | Film |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Zorg | Film |
| 1997 | Nil by Mouth | Director | Film |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Albert Milo | Film |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale | Film |
| 1995 | Murder in the First | Associate Milton Glenn | Film |
| 1994 | Immortal Beloved | Ludwig van Beethoven | Film |
| 1994 | Léon: The Professional | Norman Stansfield | Film |
| 1993 | Romeo Is Bleeding | Jack Grimaldi | Film |
| 1993 | True Romance | Drexl Spivey | Film |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Dracula | Film |
| 1991 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Rosencrantz | Film |
| 1991 | JFK | Lee Harvey Oswald | Film |
| 1990 | Henry & June | Pop | Film |
| 1990 | Chattahoochee | Emmett Foley | Film |
| 1990 | State of Grace | Jackie | Film |
| 1989 | Criminal Law | Ben Chase | Film |
| 1989 | The Firm | Bex Bissell | Film |
| 1988 | Track 29 | Martin | Film |
| 1988 | We Think the World of You | Johnny | Film |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Joe Orton | Film |
| 1986 | Honest Decent & True | Derek Bates | Film |
| 1986 | Sid and Nancy | Sid Vicious | Film |
| 1983 | Meantime | Coxy | Film |
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