In, Although he has spent much of his career playing psychotic and sadistic characters, he has recently moved away from that on-screen image by playing more likeable, sympathetic characters like Sirius Black (in, Trained at Rose Bruford Drama School Sidcup, Kent. Oldman's alcoholism reached breaking point during the 1990s, culminating in an arrest for drunk driving in 1991. Gary Oldman in Mank. It's often because of the writing. Was famously told by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) to find a new career other than acting before training at Rose Bruford. Honest. in theatre arts in 1979. [36], In 1991, he began filming Dylan Thomas, a biopic on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, with his then-wife Uma Thurman as Caitlin Thomas; production shut down shortly after filming began. [2004], [SAG acceptance speech on behalf of Heath Ledger], I loved America when I first came in '81. Gary Oldman and his wife looked more in love than ever as they attended the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy. ", I just think political correctness is crap. I don't study them, but I think what happens with an impressionist is that they're looking at one particular source. Movies noted that he had "gained a well-earned reputation as a brilliant chameleon";[14] the Houston Chronicle dubbed Oldman "the face of versatility". Call us today for free estimate 617-740-9237. Despite numerous lead and supporting roles in major Hollywood films, he is intensely private about his personal life and is known for his stance on celebrity and the ideals of Hollywood. He won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, in Sidcup, Kent, where he received a B.A. Oldman has had a keen interest in music from an early age. Courtesy Apple TV+. Three years later in 1994, Oldman checked himself into rehab. Deadfall (DVD, 1993) Nicolas Cage Crime Drama All Regions *RARE* Free Postage. [173][174] In 2018, Stuart McGurk of GQ described Oldman as "the master of being brilliant in bad movies". Gary Oldman had reason for a double celebration this weekend. [34] He was offered, but turned down, the lead role in that year's Edward Scissorhands. [162] Christopher Eccleston hailed Oldman's Academy Award win for Darkest Hour as "massive" to people from working-class backgrounds. [85] Oldman's transformation into the wartime Prime Minister took 200 hours in the makeup chair, 14 pounds of silicone rubber, and $20,000 worth of Cuban cigars, which gave him nicotine poisoning. This is my town." (Cheriton) and Leonard Bertram Oldman. [115] He will play Admiral Ernst Bishop in the upcoming single-player campaign of the Chris Roberts-designed crowdfunded video game, Squadron 42. Official Sites. [195], Oldman met American actress Uma Thurman on the set of State of Grace; they were married in 1990, but divorced in 1992. In September 2006, Nokia Nseries Studio[110] released the Oldman-directed short film Donut, with music by Tor Hyams. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) Action, Comedy, United States, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom, France, HD, 2017 '"[11], Growing up in south London, Oldman supported his local football club, Millwall F.C., but also followed Manchester United because he idolised George Best. Gary Oldman is an English actor, filmmaker, musician, and author. "[178] In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter named Oldman the highest-grossing actor in history, based on lead and supporting roles. Oldman's bit as a degenerate cop was fantastic! Ex husband of actress Uma Thurman. He has now been sober for 24 years. As of 2021, he has been in 3 films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture: When their 18-month marriage ended, he and. Born into a working class family, he worked tirelessly to earn a scholarship into the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. Virtual International Authority File. [6][14][20] Oldman's turn in The Pope's Wedding led to a run of work with the Royal Court, and from 1984 to 1986 he appeared in Rat in the Skull (Ron Hutchinson), The Desert Air (Nicholas Wright), Cain and Abel, The Danton Affair (Pam Gems), Women Beware Women (Thomas Middleton), Real Dreams (Trevor Griffiths) and all three of Bond's The War Plays: Red Black and Ignorant, The Tin Can People and Great Peace. But look at Daniel Plainview (Lewis's character in. Boycott the fucking thing. [107], In 1997, Oldman directed, produced, and wrote the award-winning Nil by Mouth, a film partially based on his own childhood. I suddenly got obsessive about boxing and, There are roles that you play. Gary Leonard Oldman[3] was born in New Cross, London, on 21 March 1958,[4][5] the son of Leonard Bertram Oldman (19211985), a former sailor who also worked as a welder, and Kathleen (ne Cheriton; 19192018). Blast from the Cold War past OLDMAN: Yes. You shake the thing up, but it can't escape the glass. The Custodian DVD 1993 Australian Crime Thriller Movie w/ Anthony LaPaglia. The following year, he portrayed Nicholas Wyatt, a ruthless CEO, in Robert Luketic's Paranoia, along with Harrison Ford and Liam Hemsworth. [on not being happy with his acting] I remember John Lennon saying that if he could, he'd go back and burn most of the work the Beatles did. Libraries Australia ID: 36585965 NKCR AUT ID: pna2005261934 Biblioteca Nacional de Espaa ID: XX1176281 Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteurs ID: 073450871 NORAF ID: 97039764 NUKAT ID: n2008153214 NLP ID (old): A28707758 National Library of Korea ID: KAC2020K0516 Gary Oldman is an English actor and filmmaker who has enthusiastically worked in the entertainment industry from 1979 to date. [31], In 1990, Oldman costarred with Tim Roth in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his own play of the same name. [11], He won a scholarship to attend the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, south-east London, from which he graduated with a BA in Acting in 1979. Has used a different speaking voice (i.e. If you look at any of those great parts, for instance, you take someone like Daniel Day Lewis -- who I think, any way you slice it, is a genius actor. In 2017, Oldman played three film roles: a billionaire entrepreneur in The Space Between Us, a dictatorial President in The Hitman's Bodyguard, and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's war drama Darkest Hourhis portrayal of Churchill garnered critical acclaim. In 2019, Oldman starred in horror-thriller Mary, directed by Michael Goi, and the thriller The Courier, opposite Olga Kurylenko,[98] and appeared in Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat as Jrgen Mossack, opposite Meryl Streep and Antonio Banderas. He also provides the narration of Sergeant Jack Barnes in the Spearhead expansion for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. VIAF ID. [69], In 2004, Oldman returned to prominence when he landed a starring role in the Harry Potter film series, playing Harry Potter's godfather Sirius Black. Absolutely.. He reprised that role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). At the peak of his popularity in the 1990s, Oldman was dubbed by Empire magazine Hollywood's "psycho deluxe",[127] and was spoofed on popular television shows such as Fox comedy series In Living Color[128] and MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch,[59] as well as drafted in to appear on the first ever cover of Loaded magazine. GARY OLDMAN is a critically acclaimed British actor and filmmaker who has starred in films that have grossed over 8.4 billion worldwide. [25] The performance would go on to be ranked No. [112] He produced a live performance by former White Stripes member Jack White in conjunction with Vevo and YouTube. Oldman had finished filming director David Fincher's "Citizen Kane" origin story "Mank". and the fine art of fart acting. Gary Oldman has had a knack for being able to get under the skin of real-life figures. His first Oscar nod was for playing the fictional George Smiley who uncovered a Soviet double-agent in British Intelligence during the Cold War, and his second Oscar nod (which also became his first Oscar win) was as Winston Churchill, who led Britain to victory against the Germans during World War II. Having started his career in 1979 that lasted for . $9.62 + $4.81 shipping. Netflix. [202], On 31 December 2008, Oldman married English singer and actress Alexandra Edenborough in Santa Barbara, California. Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they're clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you. It's an iconic part, it's just a wonderful leading role and it's the sort of role that one, in a career, dreams about. In 2017, he married writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt.In 2018 he won an Oscar for best actor for his work on Darkest Hour (2017). I've played roles that it happens easier than others, it doesn't feel like you're working, it's as easy as breathing. Publicity Listings I've always done them; as a kid I used to do the Beatles as a party piece. [8] His older sister, Maureen, is an actress better known as Laila Morse; she performed in Oldman's directorial debut Nil by Mouth (1997), before taking on her most famous role of Mo Harris in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. When you're drunk, you think you can pull any bird in the room and they'll just love the idea of it. [129] In 1993, he appeared in the music video for Annie Lennox's international hit "Love Song for a Vampire", written for the soundtrack to Bram Stoker's Dracula, and had a cameo role as the Devil in the video for Guns N' Roses single "Since I Don't Have You"[130]Oldman also played the Devil in the 2002 BMW short Beat The Devil, alongside Clive Owen, James Brown and Marilyn Manson. Gary is the son of Kathleen M. J. Oldman voiced the role of villain Lord Shen and was nominated for an Annie Award for his performance in Kung Fu Panda 2.In 2011, Oldman portrayed master spy George Smiley in the adaptation of John le Carr's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and the role scored Oldman his first Academy Award nomination. [82][83] Director David Fincher told Playboy, "I know him very well Gary's not cruel. Charles Wolf 6 years ago. But in The Dark Knight Rises, occasionally he had a bit of trouble maintaining his. $33.61 + $13.43 shipping. I used to be under the impression that in some kind of wanky, bullshit way, acting was like therapy: you get in and grapple with and exorcise all those demons inside of you. Mank had a limited theatrical release on 13 November, and began streaming on Netflix on 4 December. They're fucking ridiculous. It's like the focus pullers--you finally see the image very sharp: "Ah, there it is." [63], In 2001, he starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hannibal, as Mason Verger, the only surviving victim of Hannibal Lecter. And I would come out the end of it, and "Just this one time." There were no excuses anymore. Anonymous, Denise P. Meyer, and Pedro Borges, Other Works Go online. Gary Leonard Oldman, who is popularly known as Gary Oldman, is a renowned actor who has been a successful character portrays with his bold and intense acting skills. [46][47], In 1994's Lon: The Professional, he played corrupt DEA officer Norman Stansfield, which has since been named by multiple publications as one of the best villains,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54] and most corrupt cops,[55][56][57] in cinema. I'm Australian and I lost my australian accent when I stopped talking to friends and just went to work, came home, watched USA crime shows and then went to bed as my daily routine. It wasn't my thing. 1 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award; 1 British Independent Film Award; 3 Empire Awards; 2 London Film Critics' Circle; 1 Satellite Awards; . "[137] Of his diversity, Yahoo! And then Nemanja Matic's. It was the most thrilling experience watching myself for the first time in, I'm trying to give my sons an education about movies as well. Oldman also portrayed various accents; along with the Transylvanian Count Dracula, he gave a critically acclaimed reading of German-born Viennese composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved,[58] and played Russian terrorist Egor Korshunov in the 1997 blockbuster Air Force One. He said he'd rerecord all the fucking songs, and I get that. Oldman was raised in a working-class family in London, the youngest of three children. Gary Oldman It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. Our world has gone to hell. In 2015, Oldman and his manager Douglas Urbanski signed a deal with the Simon & Schuster/Atria Publishing label Emily Bestler Books for Blood Riders, a vampire book series. You experience the experience. [93] His Golden Globe win came despite Oldman having once been a critic of that award;[94][95][96] he noted that he was "amazed, flattered and very proud" to be nominated. But two weeks ago my mum said, 'Oh yeah, your dad played for Millwall. [131] He starred as a sleazy priest in the controversial religious-themed video for David Bowie's 2013 single "The Next Day". Since moving to the US, he had lost most of his native English accent over the years. Who's the hero for young people today? I moved to New York and I said, "I'm home. '"[9], Oldman studied with the Young People's Theatre in Greenwich during the mid-1970s,[6][14] while working jobs on assembly lines, as a porter in an operating theatre, selling shoes and beheading pigs in an abattoir. [46][118] The necessity to express villainous characters in an overtly physical manner led to the cultivation of a "big" acting style that incorporated projection skills acquired during his stage training. "[70] Oldman co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2009 version of A Christmas Carol in which Oldman played three roles. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Anonymous, Denise P. Meyer, and Pedro Borges, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Take Flight: Gary Oldman Directs Chutzpah, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, SAG Award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture. His father was an alcoholic who abandoned the family when Oldman was only seven years old. [182], In 2018, Oldman received the Variety Award at the British Independent Film Awards, which recognises a director, actor, writer or producer who has made a global impact and helped to focus the international spotlight on the U.K. He is a proficient pianist and stated in a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose that he would rather be a musician than an actor. Stone gave him several plane tickets, a list of contacts and told him to do his own research. The acclaimed actor has delighted and horrified . Hey, it's raining; let's have a bottle of whiskey. [6][14] Oldman described himself as a "shy" but diligent worker during his time there, performing roles such as Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oldman was born Gary Leonard Oldman in New Cross, London on March 21, 1958. But Gary Oldman seems happy to enjoy a touchy-feely moment with his Slow Horses nemesis Kristin Scott Thomas. [165], Film critics have also been vocal in their appreciation of Oldman. [15], After leaving drama school, Oldman was the first in his year to receive professional work;[15] he stated that this was not a result of being the most talented actor, but rather diligence and application. It's like a snow shaker. Gary Oldman, 63, plays Jackson Lamb in the Apple TV+ show based on Mick Herron's book Slow Horses, following a team of washed-up British intelligence agents. Ebert wrote, "There is no point of similarity between the two performances; like a few gifted actors, [Oldman] is able to re-invent himself for every role. Oldman stressed that he is not "a fascist or a racist",[79] but was nevertheless criticised for his comments. Also known for playing a wide variety of roles that often requires a variety of different accents. [106] On November 20, 2022, he stated that the series would likely be his last role as he intended to retire from acting once the series ended. [43] Oldman became a popular portrayer of villains:[20] he played violent pimp Drexl Spivey in the Tony Scott-directed, Quentin Tarantino-written True Romance (1993), a role which MSN Movies described as "one of cinema's most memorable villains";[44] a sadistic prison warden in Murder in the First (1995); futuristic corporate tyrant Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element (1997); and Dr. Zachary Smith/Spider Smith in the commercially successful but critically panned Lost in Space (1998). I just read this book, Drinking, A Love Story. [193] She stated in 2018 that they are on good terms, saying, "[H]e's got a new wife, and we all get on Gary and I are friends. [21], The 1984 production of The Pope's Wedding had been seen by director Alex Cox, who offered Oldman the part of musician Sid Vicious in the 1986 film Sid and Nancy. Nil by Mouth went on to win the BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film (shared with Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson) and also the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and an Empire Award. In subsequent interviews Oldman acknowledged his problems with alcohol, and called himself a recovering alcoholic in a 2001 interview with. It's a meaningless event. Since first revealing several months ago that he was thinking about taking a major step back from his decades-spanning career in Hollywood, Gary Oldman has kept fans wondering about when that. He traced over Beethoven compositions in 1994's Immortal Beloved,[11] and tutored Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe on bass guitar. [62] Oldman received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance, although some claimed he was dissatisfied with DreamWorks' supposed editing of the film to reflect pro-Democratic leanings. [203] Edenborough filed for divorce on 9 January 2015;[204] the divorce was finalised in September 2015. He has a son with his former wife, actress Lesley . "I am deeply remorseful that comments I recently made in the Playboy Interview were offensive to many Jewish people," Oldman wrote in an open letter to the Anti-Defamation League. [143] Hardy recalled Oldman's influence on students at drama school, stating that "everybody used to quote him in all of his films". In 2002, he starred in the generally well-received Interstate 60, and played the Devil in the BMW short film, The Hire: Beat the Devil. Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling have both cited Oldman as their favorite actor. [40], In 1992, he starred as Count Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's romance-horror Bram Stoker's Dracula. He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. [15] As a screen actor, Oldman was almost typecast as an anti-social personality early in his career. I think for me as I played him now as you know at the end of this finale, we get a teaser. And I knew that my dad was involved somehow with the reserve team. 62 in Premiere magazine's "100 Greatest Performances of All Time"[26] and No. He also got jobs selling shoes and beheading pigs while supporting his early acting career.His film debut was Remembrance (1982), though his most-memorable early role came when he played Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in the biopic Sid and Nancy (1986) picking up the Evening Standard Film Award as Best Newcomer. He spent six hours per day in the make-up room to achieve the character's hideously disfigured appearance, and went uncredited in the film. [6][7] He said his father was an alcoholic who left the family when Oldman was seven years old. "[27], In late 1988, he starred opposite "hero" Alan Bates[11] in We Think the World of You, and in 1989 alongside Dennis Hopper and Frances McDormand in the Chattahoochee. [161] Kristin Scott Thomas referred to Oldman as "the most amazing, generous actor". Gary Oldman and Kate Beckinsale in 'Tiptoes.'. [97], In 2018, in his first post-Oscar role, Oldman voiced an evil artificial intelligence in Netflix's independent film Tau and starred in Hunter Killer alongside Gerard Butler. Let's have a martini! He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Darkest Hour (2017). You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. It's 90 nobodies having a wank. You have financial responsibilities, you have children, you have all those things all the regular people have. Who is Gary Oldman? [169] Prior to his first Academy Award nomination for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Oldman was regarded as one of the greatest actors never nominated for the award;[10][170][171] In 2009, Leigh Singer of the Guardian called him "arguably the best actor never Oscar-nominated. There aren't any, they don't exist. "Hey, the sun's shining! [104] Oldman is also slated to direct a biopic about Eadweard Muybridge entitled Flying Horse. Like I said, there were just no more excuses. There were three-day, four-day, one-week benders. I just drank too much. With the help of a voice coach, he relearned it in order to portray the character George Smiley in, Has appeared in two films with his first wife. And what passes for music-it's all on that plateau. [59] The following year, Oldman served as executive producer of Plunkett & Macleane,[60] and portrayed another historical figure, Pontius Pilate, in television film Jesus. [71][72][73] He had a starring role in David Goyer's supernatural thriller The Unborn, released in 2009.[74]. He performed in a 6-month West End run of MacDonald's Summit Conference, opposite Glenda Jackson, in 1982. He went on to say that Gibsonwho had faced censure for antisemitic remarkshad "bitten the hand that [feeds]", being in "a town that's run by Jews" (referring to Hollywood). [on the two versions of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'] I got from the book that there's a little bit of a sadist in George Smiley and, if anything, (Alec) Guinness' was a little more huggable than mine. "[32] He then starred opposite Sean Penn and Ed Harris in State of Grace (1990); Roger Ebert described Oldman's turn as the highlight,[33] and Janet Maslin referred to his work as "phenomenal". A commercially successful film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel,[41] it was a box office success worldwide. [6] His work has been acclaimed by Hollywood figures: Tom Hardy has described Oldman as his "absolute complete and utter hero"[140] and "hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived";[31] Brad Pitt,[141] Daniel Radcliffe[142] and Ryan Gosling have also cited Oldman as their favourite actor. [114], Oldman participated in the creation of The Legend of Spyro games, produced by Sierra Entertainment. He is regarded as one of the finest, talented, and versatile actors in the industry whose movies have grossed more than $11 billion worldwide. 0 . Police investigated but filed no charges, and Oldman was awarded sole legal and physical custody of the children. 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. [9], Oldman attended West Greenwich School in Deptford, leaving at the age of 16 to work in a sports shop. As an actor, though, you look at different aspects of a character. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album coverto celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires to mark his 80th birthday. But we have a rather romantic view of it and [. [36] Despite numerous lead and supporting roles in major Hollywood films, he is protective of his private life and is known for his stance on celebrity culture and the ideals of Hollywood: "Being famous, that's a whole other career. He was described by BA as "an iconic British legend" who is "regarded as one of the greatest screen actors of his generation". From left, Anwen Rees-Myers, actor Gary Oldman and wife Alexandra Edenborough pose backstage after the opening night performance of "Krapp's Last Tape" at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas. 36585965. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. [61], Oldman appeared opposite Jeff Bridges as zealous Republican congressman Sheldon Runyon in The Contender (2000), of which he was also executive producer. Also that year, Oldman starred in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as one of the leads alongside Jason Clarke and Keri Russell.Aside from acting, Oldman tried his hand at writing and directing for Nil by Mouth (1997). When he was young he had a couple of first team games. [6] Also that year, Oldman made his film debut in Colin Gregg's Remembrance, and would have starred in Don Boyd's Gossip if that film had not collapsed. The movie opened the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, and won Kathy Burke a Best Actress prize at the festival.Oldman has three children, Alfie, with first wife, actress Lesley Manville, and Gulliver and Charlie with his third wife, Donya Fiorentino. I guess I shouldn't complain. "[172] Before winning for Darkest Hour, he also carried the label of the greatest actor never to win the Oscar. [9] Oldman was investigated and cleared of a domestic assault allegation made by Fiorentino during the pair's divorce, receiving sole legal and physical child custody;[198][199] Fiorentino was granted limited, state-supervised contact dependent on her passing drug and alcohol tests. Slow Horses marked the first time Oldman played a lead role in a television series. [2014], I know it certainly doesn't mean anything to win a Golden Globe, that's for sure. So true! Oldman also took on the iconic role of Detective James Gordon in writer-director Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), a role he played again in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Drexl in True Romance (1993), George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and Winston . . Boardwalk Empire, The Americans, House of Cards-oh God, I loved it. To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego. Media Manager. It's like being in a big cloud and then some of it rains throughfor instance, looking at not only [Winston] Churchill's way of walking and mannerisms and the way he sounds, but also looking into the psychology. Other actors such as Christian Bale,[149] Hugh Jackman,[150] Benedict Cumberbatch,[151][152] Shia LaBeouf,[153] Ben Mendelsohn,[154] Johnny Depp,[151][152] Jason Isaacs,[155] and Michael Fassbender[31][151] have cited Oldman as an influence; Bale called him "the reason I'm acting". There is no buffer anymore. we are a platform that connects men from all over Australia to ask one another for advice via our Facebook Group. [15][16] In 1979, he starred in Thark, opposite Annette Kerr, at York's Theatre Royal. Shares two roles with his Harry Potter castmate, Gary was first inspired to pursue an acting career after seeing. Roger Ebert hailed him as "one of the great actors, able to play high, low, crass, noble";[166] while Gene Siskel called him "wonderful"[167] and one of his favourite actors. By nature I'm an isolationalist, so my boozing was at home, thank you. 1-The Professional. [46][119] He further sought to develop a distinctive approach that would distance him from his "stuffy" and "often interchangeable" British peers. His The Dark Knight Rises (2012) co-star Tom Hardy has named Oldman as his idol and described him as "hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived". [196] From 1994 to 1996, he was engaged to Italian actress and model Isabella Rossellini, his co-star in Immortal Beloved, but they never wed.[189], From 1997 to 2001, Oldman was married to American model Donya Fiorentino (sister of actress Linda Fiorentino[197]), with whom he had two sons: Gulliver (born 1997) and Charlie (born 1999). Currently resides in Los Angeles, California. "He should know better than to repeat and give credence to tired anti-Semitic tropes. But the drink was terrible. I talked on the phone when it wasn't plugged in, and I was getting out of bed, crawling across the floor on my hands and knees, vomiting in the shower and blaming it on the shampoo. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is kidding you that something's happening. ", [on being considered one of cinema's all-time greats] It's all so subjective, you know? He completed a screenplay, Chang & Eng, co-written with Darin Strauss, based on the author's book of the same name. The PSIFF chairman called Oldman "a performer whose ability to portray the most extreme of characters is a testament to the enormity of his talent. [190] He now lives a teetotal lifestyle (he has been sober since 1997[191]) and attributes his success in beating his addiction to attending meetings with Alcoholics Anonymous, which he has publicly praised. Gulliver later asserted that the alleged incident was a fabrication on the part of his "sad and very troubled" mother. I'm sad; let's drink." On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [205] In August 2017, Oldman married writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt in a private ceremony at the home of his manager, Douglas Urbanski.[206]. "[163] Collaborating directors Luc Besson,[23] Tony Scott[36] and Christopher Nolan[164] have lauded his work; Besson in 1997 called him "one of the top five actors in the world",[23] while Scott labelled him a "genius". 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