Gary Oldman:

Leonard Gary Oldman was born in 1958 in New Cross, London. He received his BA in Theatre Arts from Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College in 1979. His film debut was the 1986 picture Sid and Nancy in which he played Sid Vicious. In 1988, he received a Best Actor nomination from the British Academy of Film and TV Arts.

Many of his roles have been borderline psychopathics, and he has played a number of historical roles including, Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK, Dracula in the 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter. H

He speaks with a different accent in almost every role he's played, and will be playing Sirius Black in the 2004 released Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Notes from:
The Internet Movie Database accessed electronically on 25 April 2003 from http://www.imdb.com

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I'm only including in this list films of Gary Oldman's that I've actually seen. For a full filmography check out the Internet Movie Database page on Gary Oldman.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Sirius Black
Obviously I haven't seen this one yet, but I will be!

Air Force One (1997) - Ivan Korshunov
Um. Yes. I saw this for Harrison Ford and don't really remember Gary Oldman that much

The Fifth Element (1997) - Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
Quite a piece of work, this. A Cheesy yet amusing science fiction piece. That's really all I can say about it!

The Scarlet Letter (1995) - Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Not my favourite movie, but I remember Gary Oldman being very fantastic in it. As I recall, it's been several years since I watched it, he was a very sympathetic Arthur Dimmesdale.

JRK (1991) - Lee Harvey Oswald
Been a while since I've seen it. Remember I liked the movie all right as a whole.

Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead (1990) - Rosencrantz
Track this one down. It may difficult to get a hold of, I had quite a time finding it, but I now seriously want to own it. Take a good gander through Shakespeare's Hamlet (or watch the Mel Gibson film) before viewing and then prepare to be amused by Oldman and Tim Roth as Rosencrantz and Gildenstern, two minor characters from the play Hamlet, wandering through the scenes. I believe this is one of my favourite Gary Oldman movies of the ones I've seen.

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