Happy Birthday Gary Oldman!

Happy Birthday Gary Oldman!  An incredible actor with multiple awards, many genre films, and a screen presence.  Oldman made his debut in the drama, Remembrance (1982).    He starting getting attention playing Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols in the bio pic, Sid and Nancy (1986).  He was part of the Royal Shakespeare Company and played Rosencrantz from Hamlet in the adapation of the play, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).  Then, Oldman was Lee Harvey Oswald in the drama JFK (1991).  One of his strong genre parts was playing Count Dracula in Francis Ford Coppolla’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). In 1994, Oldman played unstable DEA agent in Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional (1994).  Oldman continued with other genre roles including Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg in the sci fi film, The Fifth Element (1997) directed by Besson.  Gary Oldman first appeared as Sirius Black, family friend and close advisor to Harry Potter, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).  He then played Jim Gordon, a definitive actor for the character, in Batman Begins (2005).  

Oldman continued as Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).  He returned as Jim Gordon in The Dark Knight (2008).  Oldman voiced General Grawl in the animated Planet 51 (2009).  Carnegie was a post-apocalyptic survivor played by Oldman in The Book of Eli (2010).  He played Solomon in the dark fairy tale Red Riding Hood (2011).  Then, voiced Shen in Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).  Oldman wrapped up Sirius Black’s part in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).  The lead role of George Smiley was played by Oldman in the adaptation of John le Carré’s novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).  He completed the trilogy as Commissioner Gordon in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).  Then, he appeared in sci fi films; Robocop (2014) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). Oldman was in the sci fi teen romance, The Space Between Us (2017), as Nathaniel Shepherd.  One of his finest roles was playing Winston Churchill in the drama Darkest Hour (2017).  A part that won him the Academy Award.  He has upcoming the film, Dreamland.  Happy Birthday Gary Oldman!   

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