Gary OldmanLeonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is a British actor. Gary Oldman was born in London, England. When he was older, he won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, where he received a BA in Theatre Arts in 1979. He later studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of plays throughout the early 80s, including The Pope's Wedding, for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor of 1985. Oldman is 1.78m in height (5 foot 10 inches). He first appeared on the screen in the film Remembrance in 1982, going on the win his first starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986), in which he played the rocker Sid Vicious. He has played a variety of characters including Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pontius Pilate, and the Devil. In 1997 he directed, produced, and wrote Nil by Mouth, partially based on his life, which went on to win the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, a BAFTA Award, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and the Empire Award, and was declared by the British Film Academy as one of the 100 best films of all time. Actor- filmography
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In 1997 he directed, produced, and wrote Nil by Mouth, partially based on his life, which went on to win the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, a BAFTA Award, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and the Empire Award, and was declared by the British Film Academy as one of the 100 best films of all time. He has also become a newborn Christian. He has played a variety of characters including Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pontius Pilate, and the Devil. He is currently touring Latin America to promote an autobiography, visiting such places as Puerto Rico and some other countries in that endeavor. He first appeared on the screen in the film Remembrance in 1982, going on the win his first starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986), in which he played the rocker Sid Vicious. After he retired from filming movies in Argentina, he moved to Miami, where he starred in a show named A la cama con Porcel (To Bed with Porcel), and was given a cameo in Hollywood production Carlito's Way. Oldman is 1.78m in height (5 foot 10 inches). Porcel had many TV hit shows as well, including Operación Ja Ja (both the 1960's original and the 1980's remake) and Polémica en el Bar (Debate at the café), where he had celebrated moments of comedy with fellow comedian Juan Carlos Altavista. Most of these TV efforts were linked to the Sofovich brothers. He later studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of plays throughout the early 80s, including The Pope's Wedding, for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor of 1985. Most of these movies were directed by Gerardo Sofovich or his brother Hugo. Gary Oldman was born in London, England. When he was older, he won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, where he received a BA in Theatre Arts in 1979. These movies are considered to be the pinnacle of Argentina's sexploitation movie genre. Leonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is a British actor. Conservative Argentine authorities rated these movies as PM-18 (age 18 and above), except for some movies planned for family audiences, which had "tamer" content. Daniel. Many of Porcel and Olmedo's movies in the 1980's were adult-oriented comedies. Remembrance (1982)... (Little Rambo and Big Rambo: First Mission). Coxy the Skinhead. Among the movies they did together was 1986's Rambito Y Rambon: Primera Mision. Meantime (TV) (1984)... Many of these 48 movies were collaborations with Olmedo. Colin. Porcel made a total of 48 movies, starting with 1962's Disloque en Mar del Plata, and ending with El Profesor Punk (1988). Morgan's Boy (TV) (1984)... Porcel is often considered, along with Alberto Olmedo, one of Argentina's greatest comic actors of the twentieth century. Derek Bates. He is nicknamed El Gordo De America (The Americas' Fat Guy). Honest, Decent & True (TV) (1985)... Jorge Raúl Porcel De Peralta (born September 7, 1936) is a comedy actor from Argentina. Sid and Nancy (1986).... Sid Vicious. Joe Orton. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)... Martin. Track 29 (1988)... Ben Chase. Criminal Law (1988)... Johnny. We Think the World of You (1988)... Bex Bissell. The Firm (TV) (1988)... Chattahoochee (1989).... Emmett Foley. Rosencrantz. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)... Jackie Flannery. State of Grace (1990)... Pop. Henry & June (1990)... Lee Harvey Oswald. JFK (1991)... Ian Tyson. Heading Home (TV) (1991)... Dracula. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)... True Romance (1993).... Drexl Spivey. Jack Grimaldi. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)... Norman Stansfield. Léon (1994)... Ludwig van Beethoven. Immortal Beloved (1994)... Milton Glenn. Murder in the First (1995)... Arthur Dimmesdale. Rev. The Scarlet Letter (1995)... Albert Milo. Basquiat (1996)... Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. The Fifth Element (1997)... Ivan Korshunov. Air Force One (1997)... Zachary Smith. Lost in Space (1998).... Dr. Baron Ruber. Quest for Camelot (1998)... Pontius Pilate. Jesus (TV) (1999)... Sheldon Runyon. The Contender (2000).... Rep. Buford Hill. Nobody's Baby (2001)... Mason Verger. Hannibal (2001)... Grant. Interstate 60 (2002).... O.W. Devil. The Hire: Beat the Devil (2002)... Rolfe. Tiptoes (2003)... Charlie Strom. Sin (2003)... Sirius Black. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)... Lynch. Dead Fish (2004)... James Gordon. Batman Begins (2005).... Lt. Sirius Black. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)... |