Gary Oldman filmography: Difference between revisions
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[[File:Gary Oldman 2011 Venice Film Festival.jpg|thumb|Oldman at the [[2011 Venice International Film Festival]]]]
[[File:Gary Oldman 2011 Venice Film Festival.jpg|thumb|Oldman at the [[2011 Venice International Film Festival]]]]
English actor and filmmaker [[Gary Oldman]] made his film debut in the 1982 British [[Ensemble cast|ensemble drama]] ”[[Remembrance (1982 film)|Remembrance]]”. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of [[Sid Vicious]] in ”[[Sid and Nancy]]” (1986), [[Joe Orton]] in ”[[Prick Up Your Ears]]” (1987) and [[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern|Rosencrantz]] in ”[[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (film)|Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead]]” (1990), while also gaining attention as the leader of a gang of football hooligans in the made-for-television drama film ”[[The Firm (1989 film)|The Firm]]” (1989). Regarded as a member of the “[[Brit Pack (actors)|Brit Pack]]”,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXRBBAAAQBAJ&dq=bruce+payne+brit+pack&pg=PA198 |first=Alan |last=Kistler |title=Doctor Who: A History |work=Lyons Press |year=2013 |access-date=20 November 2021 |page=198 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781493000166}} he is also known for portraying a New York gangster in the American neo-noir crime film ”[[State of Grace (1990 film)|State of Grace]]” (1990), [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] in ”[[JFK (film)|JFK]]” (1991) and [[Count Dracula]] in ”[[Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker’s Dracula]]” (1992).
English actor and filmmaker [[Gary Oldman]] made his film debut in the 1982 British [[Ensemble cast|ensemble drama]] ”[[Remembrance (1982 film)|Remembrance]]”. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of [[Sid Vicious]] in ”[[Sid and Nancy]]” (1986), [[Joe Orton]] in ”[[Prick Up Your Ears]]” (1987) and [[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern|Rosencrantz]] in ”[[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (film)|Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead]]” (1990), while also gaining attention as the leader of a gang of football hooligans in the made-for-television drama film ”[[The Firm (1989 film)|The Firm]]” (1989). Regarded as a member of the “[[Brit Pack (actors)|Brit Pack]]”,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXRBBAAAQBAJ&dq=bruce+payne+brit+pack&pg=PA198 |first=Alan |last=Kistler |title=Doctor Who: A History |work=Lyons Press |year=2013 |access-date=20 November 2021 |page=198 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781493000166}} he is also known for portraying a New York gangster in the American neo-noir crime film ”[[State of Grace (1990 film)|State of Grace]]” (1990), [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] in ”[[JFK (film)|JFK]]” (1991) and [[Count Dracula]] in ”[[Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker’s Dracula]]” (1992).
Oldman is known for his portrayal of villains, like in the films ”[[True Romance]]” with [[Christian Slater]] (1993), as [[Norman Stansfield]] in ”[[Léon: The Professional]]” with [[Jean Reno]] (1994), ”[[The Fifth Element]]” with [[Bruce Willis]] (1997), ”[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]” with [[Harrison Ford]] (1997) and ”[[The Contender (2000 film)|The Contender]]” again with Christian Slater (2000). In 2004, he was cast as [[Sirius Black]] in ”[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]”, the third film in the ”[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]” film series. He went on to reprise the role in ”[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]”, ”[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Order of the Phoenix]]” and a cameo in ”[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|The Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]”. He also played [[James Gordon (comics)|James Gordon]] in ”[[The Dark Knight Trilogy]]” (2005–2012), [[George Smiley]] in ”[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]” (2011) and Dreyfus in ”[[Dawn of the Planet of the Apes]]” (2014).
Oldman is known for his portrayal of villains, like in the films ”[[True Romance]]” with [[Christian Slater]] (1993), as [[Norman Stansfield]] in ”[[Léon: The Professional]]” with [[Jean Reno]] (1994), ”[[The Fifth Element]]” with [[Bruce Willis]] (1997), ”[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]” with [[Harrison Ford]] (1997) and ”[[The Contender (2000 film)|The Contender]]” again with Christian Slater (2000). In 2004, he was cast as [[Sirius Black]] in ”[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]”, the third film in the ”[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]” film series. He went on to reprise the role in ”[[Harry Potter and the…
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