Gary Oldman's Biography
Gary Oldman is widely recognized as not only a versatile actor, but also a producer, director, and musician. He's collaborated successfully with acclaimed directors including Quentin Tarantino, Luc Besson, Christopher Edward Nolan, and Ridley Scott. Gary gained worldwide recognition for playing Sid Vicious in the biopic "Sid and Nancy" and Count Dracula in the gothic horror "Bram Stoker's Dracula." In 2018 he finally received his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his brilliant portrayal of Winston Churchill in the war drama "Darkest Hour." Net worth: $40 million.
Childhood
Gary Oldman was born in March 1958 in London. His father, Leonard Bertram Oldman was a welder and his mother, Kathleen, was a housewife. According to the actor, his father was an alcoholic who left the family when Gary was only 7 years old. The future actor dropped out of high school to work in a sports shop.

Acting career
After leaving school, Oldman was the first in his class to land work in London's major theaters. He made his professional stage debut as Puss in «Dick Whittington and His Cat».



When preparing for the role, Gary realized that there was very little information on his character, so Oliver Stone gave him the needed contacts and urged the actor to conduct his own research. This allowed Oldman to meet Oswald's wife and two daughters.





Next year Gary went on to play a nice, decent, and overall good cop – James Gordon, in Christopher Nolan's interpretation of a classic Batman DC Comics. The first part of the critically acclaimed trilogy – «Batman Begins» came out in 2005.«I`ve done so much R-rated work, it`s nice to have a job you can show your kids.


During «Darkest Hour» filming Gary went through $30,000 of cigars! He would do about 12 of them a day and got nicotine poisoning, so he basically suffered for three months on the set.
In 2018, Oldman collaborated with Joe Wright once again – this time for thriller film «The Woman in the Window», which was released in 2019. The actor portrays the head of a family, who are unknowingly being spied on by an agoraphobic child psychologist, played by Amy Adams.
Other ventures
Together with his longtime friend and manager Douglas Urbanski, Oldman formed an independent film production company called SE8 GROUP.
Gary Oldman's personal life
Gary Oldman married British actress Lesley Manville in 1987, and a year later they welcomed their son Alfie. However, just three months after Alfie was born, the couple split.

