Birth name:
Gary Leonard Oldman
Date of birth :
March 21, 1958
New Cross, London, England, UK
Sometimes Credited As:
Maurice Escargot
Height: 5' 11"
Eyes: Blue
Gary Oldman, the son of a welder anda
homemaker, won a scholarship to
Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College,
where he received a BA in Theatre Arts
in 1979. He subsequently studied with
the Greenwich Young People's Theatre
and went on to appear in a number of
plays throughout the early 80's,
including "The Pope's Wedding", for
which he received TIME OUT'S Fringe
Award for Best Newcomer of '85-'86
and The British Theatre Association's
Drama Mag. Award as Best Actor '85.
His film debut was in the 1986 biopic
Sid and Nancy (1986), where he played
Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, picking up the
Evening Standard Film Award as Best
Newcomer. In 1988, he received a Best
Actor nomination from the British
Academy of Film and TV Arts for his
portrayal of 60's play-wright 'Joe
Orton'. Known as an actor's actor, his
ability to transform himself physically
and his command of accents has
allowed him to play a broad range of
characters and a number of historical
figures, including, in addition to those
above, 'Lee Harvey Oswald' ( JFK
(1991) ) and Van Beethoven, Ludwig (
Immortal Beloved (1994) ).
IMDb mini-biography by
Denise P. Meyer (dpm1@cornell.edu)
Current Spouse
Donya
Fiorentino
Met in rehab, 1995
(16 February 1997
- present); 2 sons, Gulliver Flynn-8/20/97, Charlie John-2/99
Isabella Rossellini
Met on the set of "Immortal Beloved"
(Engaged until 1995)
Uma Thurman
(1990 - 1992)
(divorced) No children
Lesley Manville
(late 1980's); 1
son, Alfie
Trivia
Brother of Laila Morse ("NilBy Mouth")
Considered a career in music
QUOTES:
"I've often said he's like Mr.Potato
Head. He just kind of becomes
something else." (Mel Gibson in
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, Feb.
10, 1995)
"He has one of the most beautiful souls.
It's very pure, and very gentle. One has
the feeling when one's around Gary that
one wants to protect him from all the
darker and negative forces that are at
work in the world." (Cary Elwes in
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, Feb.
10, 1995)
"I don't think Hollywood knows what
to do with me. I would imagine that
when it comes to romantic comedies,
my name would be pretty low down on
the list." (Gary Oldman in
ENTERTAINMENT
"We're given a code to live ourlives by:
we don't always follow it but it's still
there"
"In a time of 'junkart', GO had made a film that affected people's hearts",
aspirations, sentiments,convictions." Douglas Urbanski Nil By Mouth
Salary
Lost in Space (1998) $5,000,000
