Oldman, Gary 1958–
OLDMAN, Gary 1958–
(Maurice Escargot)
PERSONAL
Full name, Leonard Gary Oldman; born March 21, 1958, in London, England; father, a welder; mother, a homemaker; married Lesley Manville (an actress; divorced); married Uma Thurman (an actress), 1991 (divorced, 1993); married Donya Fiorentino (a model and photographer), February 16, 1997 (divorced, 2001); children: (first marriage) Alfred; (third marriage) Gulliver Flynn, Charlie John. Education: Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, B.A. (with honors), theatre arts, 1979; trained for the stage at Greenwich Young People's Theatre.
Addresses: Manager— –Douglas J. Urbanski, Douglas Management, Inc., 8446–1/2 Melrose Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90069–5308. Agent— Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Career: Actor, producer, director, and writer. SE8 Group (a production company), principal. Previously a member of Theatre Royal, York, England; appeared in television commercials for One to One, 2001; appeared in print advertisements.
Awards, Honors: Drama Magazine Award, best actor, British Theatre Association, 1985, and Fringe Award, best newcomer, Time Out Magazine, 1985–86, both for The Pope's Wedding; Evening Standard Award, best newcomer in a film, 1986, for Sid and Nancy; Film Award nomination, best actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, ALFS Award, actor of the year, London Critics Circle Film Awards, 1988, for Prick Up Your Ears; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best male lead, 1991, for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Annual Cable Excellence (ACE) Award, best actor in a dramatic series, 1993, for Sydney Pollack's "Fallen Angels "; Saturn Award, best actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, MTV Movie Award nomination (with Winona Ryder), best kiss, 1993, for Dracula; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite supporting actor in an action or adventure, and MTV Movie Award nominations, best fight (with Harrison Ford) and best villain, all 1997, for Air Force One; Film Award, best original screenplay, and Alexander Korda Award (with Luc Besson and Douglas Urbanski), best British film, both British Academy of Film and Television Arts, British Independent Film Award nominations, best British director of an independent film and best original screenplay by a British writer of a produced independent film, Channel 4 Director's Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Golden Camera and Golden Palm Award nominations, both Cannes Film Festival, 1997, Empire Award, best debut, 1998, all for Nil by Mouth; Saturn Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1999, for Lost in Space; Alan J. Pakula Award (with others), Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role, 2001, all for The Contender; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, 2001, for Friends.
CREDITS
Film Appearances:
Sid Vicious, Sid and Nancy (also known as Love Kills and Sid and Nancy: Love Kills ), Samuel Goldwyn, 1986.
Joe Orton, Prick Up Your Ears, Samuel Goldwyn, 1987.
Martin, Track 29, Island, 1988.
Johnny, We Think the World of You, Cinecom, 1988.
Ben Chase, Criminal Law, TriStar, 1988.
Emmett Foley, Chattahoochee, Hemdale, 1990.
Jackie Flannery, State of Grace, Orion, 1990.
(As Maurice Escargot) Pop, Henry and June, Universal, 1990.
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol, 1990.
Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Cinecom, 1990.
Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK, Warner Bros., 1991.
Count Vlad Dracul/Dracula, Bram Stoker's Dracula (also known as Dracula ), Columbia, 1992.
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (documentary), 1992.
Drexl Spivey, True Romance (also known as Breakaway ), Warner Bros., 1993.
Ludwig van Beethoven, Immortal Beloved, Columbia, 1994.
Agent Norman Stansfield, The Professional (also known as The Cleaner and Leon ), Columbia, 1994.
Jack Grimaldi, Romeo Is Bleeding, Gramercy, 1994.
Associate Warden Glenn, Murder in the First, Warner Bros., 1995.
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, The Scarlet Letter, Buena Vista, 1995.
Albert Milo, Basquiat (also known as Build a Fort, Set It on Fire ), Miramax, 1996.
Ivan Korshunov, terrorist, Air Force One (also known as AFO ), Columbia, 1997.
Jean–Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg, The Fifth Element (also known as The Fifth Man and Le cinquieme element ), Columbia, 1997.
Dr. Zachary Smith and Spider Smith, Lost in Space (also known as LS ), New Line Cinema, 1998.
Voice of Sir Ruber, Quest for Camelot (also known as Camelot and The MagicSword: Quest for Camelot ), Warner Bros., 1998.
Representative Sheldon 'Shelly' Runyon, The Contender (also known as Rufmord—Jenseits der Moral ), DreamWorks, 2000.
Buford Dill, Nobody's Baby, Millenium, 2001.
(Uncredited) Mason Verger, Hannibal, MCA/Universal, 2001.
Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal', 2001.
The Making of a Political Thriller, 2001.
O. W. Grant, Interstate 60 (also known as I–60 and Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road ), Samuel Goldwyn, 2002.
Rolfe, Tiptoes, Reality Check, 2003.
Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Warner Bros., 2004.
Film Work:
Producer and director, Nil by Mouth (also known as Ne pas avaler ), Sony Pictures Classics, 1997.
Executive producer, Plunkett and Macleane, Gramercy, 1999.
Executive producer, The Contender (also known as Rufmord—Jenseits der Moral ), DreamWorks, 2000.
Stage Appearances:
Massacre at Paris, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, 1980.
Chinchilla, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, 1980.
Desperado Corner, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, 1980.
A Waste of Time, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, 1980.
Soldier, Summit Conference, Lupton Theatre Company, Lyric Theatre, London, 1982.
P. C. Naylor, Rat in the Skull, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1984.
Scopey, The Pope's Wedding, Royal Court Theatre, 1984.
Mike, Saved, Royal Court Theatre, 1984.
Son, "Red, Black, and Ignorant," third man, "Tin Can People," and son and man, "Great Peace," The War Plays, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, London, 1985.
Major Carp and Petko, The Desert Air, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1985.
Sordido, Women Beware Women, Royal Court Theatre, 1986.
Jack, Real Dreams, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1986.
Grimes and Billy Corman, Serious Money, Royal Court Theatre, 1987.
Also appeared in Minnesota Moon, London.
Major Tours:
Toured in Chinchilla, Desperado Corner, Massacre at Paris, and A Waste of Time, all with Glasgow Citizens Theatre, European and South American cities.
Television Appearances; Movies:
Daniel, Remembrance, Channel 4, released in the United States as a film, Mainline, 1982.
Coxy, Meantime, Channel 4, 1983, released in the United States as a film, Film 4, 1984.
Derek Bates, Honest, Decent, and True, BBC, released in the United States in 1985.
Bex Bissek, The Firm, 1988.
Ian Tyson, Heading Home, Arts and Entertainment, 1992.
Charlie Strom, Sin, Starz!, 2001.
Also appeared in Morgan's Boy, and as P. C. Naylor in Rat in the Skull.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
Pat Kelly, "Dead–End for Delia," Sydney Pollack's "Fallen Angels, " Showtime, 1993.
Late Show with David Letterman, 1994.
Hairdresser, "Hair," Tracey Takes On ... , 1999.
Dennis Miller Live, 2001.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 2001.
Richard Crosby, "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding: Parts 1 & 2," Friends, NBC, 2001.
"Piddler on the Roof," Greg the Bunny, Fox, 2002.
Also appeared in Backstory, AMC; as Ruber in these animated series, "Quest for Camelot," Villain Toon Jam, The Cartoon Characters Villains, Mickey & Bugs' House of Villains, and "Ruber's Revenge," Devon and Cornwall: The Series.
Television Appearances; Miniseries:
Voice of Lee Harvey Oswald, "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? ", 1992.
Pontius Pilate, Jesus, CBS, 1999.
Television Appearances; Specials:
Narrator, Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, The Learning Channel, 2001.
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.
Presenter, 2001 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.
Presenter, 17th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel, 2002.
The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Channel 4, 2003.
Television Work; Movies:
Producer, Sin, Starz!, 2001.
RECORDINGS
Music Videos:
Appeared in Since I Don't Have You by Guns n' Roses, 1994.
Albums; Contributor:
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "My Way," Sid and Nancy (original soundtrack recording), 1986.
Also sang on the compilation CD Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud and "You've Been Around," a duet with David Bowie on The Sacred Squall of Now.
Video Games:
Voice of Jean Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, The Fifth Element (also known as Le cinquieme element ), Activision, 1998.
True Crime: Streets of LA, 2003.
Voice of Sergeant Jack Barnes, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault—Spearhead, Electronic Arts, 2003.
WRITINGS
Screenplays:
Nil by Mouth (also known as Ne pas avaler ), Sony Pictures Classics, 1997.
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996.
Newsmakers 1998, Gale, 1998.
Periodicals:
American Film, April, 1988.
Entertainment Weekly, February 10, 1995, p. 14.
Harper's Bazaar, February, 1998, p. 196.
Interview, January, 1992, p. 84; February, 1998, p. 60.
New York Times, November 8, 1992.
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