Gary Oldman is an English actor, voice artist, filmmaker, musician, and author, born on March 21, 1958, in London, England. He trained at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and began his career on stage before moving into film.
Oldman became known for intense and transformative performances in films such as Sid and Nancy, Prick Up Your Ears, JFK, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Léon: The Professional, and The Fifth Element. He later portrayed Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films and Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. On television, Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb in the spy drama Slow Horses, a role that has brought him renewed acclaim.
