Gary Oldman

Career timeline

1. 1958 · Born

   Born in London, England, UK

2. 1978 · Screen debut

   The South Bank Show (TV)

3. 1997 · Directing debut

   Nil by Mouth (Movie)

4. 2004 · Breakthrough

   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Movie)

5. 2024 · Latest release

   Parthenope (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1970s

7 1980s

23 1990s

16 2000s

24 2010s

7 2020s

• Drama39
• Thriller27
• Crime23
• Action21
• Adventure11
• Comedy11

Highest-rated title The Dark Knight 2008 8.5 Most popular title The Dark Knight 2008 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Gary Oldman in our catalogue.

Michael Gambon

6 titles together

Hans Zimmer

5 titles together

Christopher Nolan

4 titles together

Richard E. Grant

4 titles together

Daniel Radcliffe

4 titles together

Alan Rickman

4 titles together

Morgan Freeman

4 titles together

Tom Hardy

4 titles together

Robbie Coltrane

4 titles together

Michael Caine

3 titles together

1. 2024 Parthenope as John Cheever 6.7 Movie
2. 2023 Oppenheimer as Harry Truman 8.0 Movie
3. 2022 Slow Horses as Jackson Lamb 8.1 TV
4. 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage) 6.6 Movie
5. 2021 The Woman in the Window as Alistair Russell 6.0 Movie
6. 2021 Crisis as Dr. Tyrone Brower 6.3 Movie
7. 2020 Mank as Herman Mankiewicz 6.7 Movie
8. 2019 The Courier as Ezekiel Mannings 6.0 Movie
9. 2019 The Laundromat as Jürgen Mossack 6.0 Movie
10. 2019 Mary as David 5.0 Movie
11. 2019 Killers Anonymous as The Man 4.6 Movie
12. 2018 Hunter Killer as CJCS Charles Donnegan 6.9 Movie
13. 2018 Tau as Tau (voice) 6.1 Movie
14. 2017 Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill 7.4 Movie
15. 2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard as Vladislav Dukhovich 6.9 Movie
16. 2017 The Space Between Us as Nathaniel Shepherd 7.0 Movie
17. 2016 Man Down as Captain Peyton 6.0 Movie
18. 2016 Criminal as Quaker Wells 6.2 Movie
19. 2015 Child 44 as General Mikhail Nesterov 6.3 Movie
20. 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Dreyfus 7.3 Movie
21. 2014 RoboCop as Dr. Dennett Norton 5.9 Movie
22. 2013 Paranoia as Nicholas Wyatt 5.7 Movie
23. 2012 Guns, Girls and Gambling as Elvis Elvis 5.4 Movie
24. 2012 Lawless as Floyd Banner 7.1 Movie
25. 2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Commissioner Gordon 7.8 Movie
26. 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) 7.5 Movie
27. 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley 6.6 Movie
28. 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Sirius Black 8.1 Movie
29. 2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 as Shen (voice) 7.1 Movie
30. 2011 Red Riding Hood as Father Soloman 6.0 Movie
31. 2010 The Book of Eli as Carnegie 6.8 Movie
32. 2009 Planet 51 as General Grawl (voice) 5.9 Movie
33. 2009 A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice) 6.9 Movie
34. 2009 Rain Fall as Holtzer 4.8 Movie
35. 2009 The Unborn as Rabbi Joseph Sendak 5.2 Movie
36. 2008 The Dark Knight as Gordon 8.5 Movie
37. 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Sirius Black 7.7 Movie
38. 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Sirius Black 7.8 Movie
39. 2005 Batman Begins as Jim Gordon 7.7 Movie
40. 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Sirius Black 8.0 Movie
41. 2002 Tiptoes as Rolfe 3.9 Movie
42. 2002 Beat the Devil as Devil 7.1 Movie
43. 2002 Interstate 60 as O.W. Grant 7.4 Movie
44. 2002 Greg the Bunny as Gary Oldman TV
45. 2001 The Hire as Devil 7.7 TV
46. 2001 Hannibal as Mason Verger 6.8 Movie
47. 2000 The Contender as Shelly Runyon 6.7 Movie
48. 1999 Jesus as Pontius Pilate TV
49. 1999 Jesus as Pontius Pilate 6.8 Movie
50. 1998 Quest for Camelot as Ruber (voice) 6.8 Movie
51. 1998 Lost in Space as Dr. Zachary Smith 5.4 Movie
52. 1997 Air Force One as Ivan Korshunov 6.5 Movie
53. 1997 The Fifth Element as Zorg 7.6 Movie
54. 1996 Basquiat as Albert Milo 6.6 Movie
55. 1996 Tracey Takes On... as Hairdresser TV
56. 1995 The Scarlet Letter as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale 6.1 Movie
57. 1995 Murder in the First as Associate Milton Glenn 7.1 Movie
58. 1994 Immortal Beloved as Ludwig van Beethoven 7.1 Movie
59. 1994 Friends as Richard Crosby 8.4 TV
60. 1994 Léon: The Professional as Norman Stansfield 8.3 Movie
61. 1993 Romeo Is Bleeding as Jack Grimaldi 6.2 Movie
62. 1993 True Romance as Drexl Spivey 7.5 Movie
63. 1993 Fallen Angels as Pat Kelley TV
64. 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula as Dracula 7.4 Movie
65. 1991 JFK as Lee Harvey Oswald 7.6 Movie
66. 1991 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Rosencrantz 6.9 Movie
67. 1990 Henry & June as Pop 6.1 Movie
68. 1990 State of Grace as Jackie 7.0 Movie
69. 1989 Criminal Law as Ben Chase 5.7 Movie
70. 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6 TV
71. 1986 Sid and Nancy as Sid Vicious 6.7 Movie
72. 1985 Screen Two as Bex TV
73. 1984 Morgan's Boy as Colin TV
74. 1983 Frontline as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice) 6.5 TV
75. 1982 Remembrance as Daniel Movie
76. 1979 Knots Landing as Don Ross 6.9 TV
77. 1978 The South Bank Show TV

1. 2022 Slow Horses 8.1 TV
2. 2000 The Contender 6.7 Movie
3. 1999 Plunkett & Macleane 6.2 Movie

1. 1997 Nil by Mouth 6.9 Movie

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