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Gary's not cruel. He's an incredibly thoughtful guy." [85] In 2015, Oldman played the head of police that investigates Tom Hardy's character in Child 44, alongside Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman, and had a supporting role in the post-apocalyptic American thriller Man Down, directed by Dito Montiel, and starring alongside Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara.
Mar 1, 2021 · Gary Oldman has a reputation for playing bad guys, from real-life assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK to literary creature Dracula and a fictional terrorist in Air Force One. It's no...
Prominent film critic Mark Kermode, in reviewing The Dark Knight, wrote, "the best performance in the film, by a mile, is Gary Oldman's ... it would be lovely to see him get a[n Academy Award] nomination because actually, he's the guy who gets kind of overlooked in all of this."
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Feb 24, 2012 · The Gary Oldman Story That Almost Wasn't. Nearly three years ago, GQ sat down with one of Hollywood's great underappreciated screen actors for a sprawling profile about the untamed days of his...
- Air Force One
- Dracula
- True Romance
- State of Grace
- Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
- The Contender
- Slow Horses
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Sid and Nancy
- Darkest Hour
Known as ‘Die-Hard-on-President’s-Plane’,Gary Oldman plays Russian baddie Ivan Korshunovin Wolfgang Peterson’s jingoistic American action flick. Harrison Fordplays the fit and sturdy President for whom you should actually root for. ButI hoped the menacing villain, Mr. Oldman in his usual charmingly wicked mood, would score a victory for once. Ivana...
From F.W. Murnau’s illegal adaptation of Bram Stoker’s story, titled Nosferatu (1922), horror cinema was boosted by vampire tales. So, it was exciting to witness Coppola’s rendition of Bram Stoker’s classic novella, which was a visually exhilarating exercise in cinematic horror. And Gary Oldman’s Vlad Draculadefinitely earns a place among the panth...
Tony Scott’s True Romance, based on a script by Quentin Tarantino, didn’t find its audience during the release. Yet with Tarantino’s ascent, the film has gradually found a legion of fans. It features an ensemble cast of great actors, each offering an entertaining performance. In fact, Gary Oldman’s viciously satisfying performance as Drexl Spiveyin...
Released five days after Scorsese’s seminal masterpiece Goodfellas, this above-average crime drama by Phil Joanou didn’t get much attention. The film is inspired by the real-life gang from the Hell’s Kitchen area of Manhattan. Starring Sean Penn, Robin Wright, John C Reilly, Ed Harris, the film tells the tale of an undercover officer Terryreturning...
If you have read the books, you might have felt that Gary Oldman was miscast as Sirius Black. That’s largely because the Sirius Blackwe had in our mind was a little different, and Oldman was actually too old to play a character that was in his thirties. Moreover, the screen version of the character didn’t seem as rebellious or eccentric as the one ...
The chameleonic actor astoundingly transformed himself to play the lean and bespectacled Republican Congressman Shelly Runyonin Rod Lurie’s The Contender. Runyon, a man who relishes political power games, investigates a sex scandal concerning Vice-Presidential nominee Laine Hanson (Joan Allen). The Washington politics showcased in the film is neith...
John le Carre’s spy thriller novels and particularly his character George Smileyexplored the real and unglamorous aspects of espionage. In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Gary Oldman brilliantly embodied the role of Smileyand showcased the moral ambiguity of the Cold War era’s spymasters. Gary Oldman once again played a deeply cynical spy in Apple TV’s ...
Right from the 2000s, Gary didn’t play much of those brooding, unpredictable characters. He was mellowed out by the roles of Commissioner Jim Gordonin BatmanFranchise and Sirius Blackin Harry PotterFranchise. But with Tomas Alfredson’s fantastic adaptation of John le Carre’s novel, we saw a glimpse of the good old remarkable Oldman. His subtle and ...
Alex Cox’s intense drama tells the harrowing true story of Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious and his lover Nancy Spungen. Cox brings out the full personality of the players of the flagship punk rock band. The band initially runs into trouble when Sidand groupie-turned-lover Nancyplunge into the depths of drug addiction. Gary Oldman states he had ...
Oldman’s portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hourhas scored huge acclaim among film fans and awards voters. Joe Wright’s biopic chronicles Churchill’s leadership qualities and the dire World War II circumstances that instigated it. Despite wearing layers of make-up, Oldman gracefully gets under the skin of the famous political figure. The fil...
Jul 6, 2022 · Gary Oldman has been acting since the late 1970s and has a longstanding record of noteworthy performances and highly successful films. And while he is known for his versatility in playing a diverse range of character types, he is often given antagonist roles due to his unique, quirky and extremely humanizing approach to movie villains.
Jul 14, 2008 · In some earlier parallel universe of Batman’s Gotham City, it might have been Gary Oldman instead of Heath Ledger cackling and conniving as the maniacal Joker. Nowadays, Oldman is dogged ...
