Gary Oldman Highlights

  • 2008: Reprised role of Lieutenant Gordon in the second installment of the revived "Batman" series, "The Dark Knight"
  • 2007: Reprised role of Sirius Black in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," adapted from the fifth book in the series
  • 2005: Cast as Lieutenant Gordon, a detective on the Gotham police force in Christopher Nolan's commercially and critically acclaimed "Batman Begins"
  • 2005: Reprised role of Sirius Black in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," adapted from the fourth book in the series
  • 2004: Landed a major role in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" playing Potter's godfather Sirius Black
  • 2001: Starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in "Hannibal," as Mason Verger, the only surviving victim of Hannibal Lecter
  • 2001: Received an Emmy nomination for two guest appearances in NBC's "Friends" appearing as Richard Crosby, a pedantic actor who insists that "real" actors spit on one another when they enunciate
  • 2000: Cast as a conservative US Senator challenging the appointment of a woman to the office of Vice President in "The Contender"; also executive produced
  • 2000: Made rare television appearance as Pontius Pilate in the CBS biblical miniseries "Jesus"
  • 1998: Played Dr. Smith in the screen version of "Lost in Space"
  • 1997: Feature directorial debut, "Nil by Mouth"; also scripted and served as one of the producers along with Luc Besson
  • 1997: Offered a scenery-chewing romp as the villain in Besson's "The Fifth Element"
  • 1997: Continued in the evil vein as the leader of a terrorist band that hijacks the presidential plane in "Air Force One"
  • 1996: Cast as art representative Albert Milo in "Basquiat"
  • 1995: Re-teamed with Kevin Bacon for "Murder in the First"; played the sadistic prison warden opposite Bacon's portrayal of an Alcatraz inmate
  • 1994: Portrayed a murderous DEA agent in "Léon/The Professional"; first collaboration with director Luc Besson
  • 1994: Cast as Ludwig von Beethoven in the biopic "Immortal Beloved"
  • 1994: Cast as a crooked cop in "Romeo Is Bleeding"
  • 1993: Delivered a mesmerizing turn as a dreadlocked drug dealer in Tony Scott's "True Romance"; scripted by Quentin Tarantino
  • 1992: Gave a memorable interpretation of the titular bloodsucker in Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
  • 1992: First US TV appearance in the A&E rebroadcast of the British TV-movie "Heading Home"
  • 1991: Offered an eerie portrayal of the alleged presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in the Oliver Stone-directed "JFK"
  • 1991: With Tim Roth played the title characters in the film version of Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"
  • 1990: Portrayed a Southern man erroneously incarcerated in a mental institution in "Chattahoochee"
  • 1989: American film debut portraying a slick attorney matching wits with a psychopath (Kevin Bacon) in "Criminal Law"
  • 1988: Re-teamed with director Colin Gregg on "We Think the World of You"; played a young married man who is the object of a crush of an older gay man (Alan Bates)
  • 1987: Offered a fine turn as playwright Joe Orton in the biopic "Prick Up Your Ears"
  • 1986: First starring role in a feature, playing Sex Pistols member Sid Vicious in Alex Cox's "Sid and Nancy"
  • 1985: Came to prominence under the guidance of Max Stafford-Clark (artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre); made London stage debut in Edward Bond's "The Pope's Wedding"
  • 1983: Had a brief part as a skinhead in Mike Leigh's "Meantime" (BBC)
  • 1981: Film acting debut, Colin Gregg's "Remembrance"
  • 1980: Joined Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland; also toured Europe and South America with company
  • 1974: Left school at age 16 and worked as a clerk in a sporting goods store
  • Acted in productions at the Theatre Royal in York, England

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