Gary Oldman Bio, Age, Height, Spouse, Net Worth, Movies, Oscar & Wiki

About Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman is one of the most prosperous English screen and stage artists, filmmakers, and musicians in the world now. Not only has he created a corner for himself in Hollywood as one of the ‘most talented’ actors, but he has also developed a cultism following because of his fashionable good looks and his talent. Completely his film career, he has served together with a number of top Hollywood filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, and Quentin Tarantino, to mention a few.

He is famously known for his performances in films like Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, ‘Air Force One’, ‘State of Grace’, ‘Meantime’, ‘Lawless’, the ‘Harry Potter’ series and the ‘Batman’ trilogy. A qualified actor, he is a ‘Royal Court Theatre’ alumnus and has also worked with the ‘Royal Shakespeare Company’. He has been lauded for his conventional performing style and multiplicity, and has been recognized by outstanding film critics as one of ‘Hollywood’s most prominent actors’.

Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Gary Leonard Oldman
Nick Name	Gaz
Age	(as in 2022) 64 Years
Religion	Believes in Personal Spirituality
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Aries
Birth Place	New Cross, London, England
Date of Birth	21 March 1958 [1]wikipedia
Nationality	English
Residence	Los Angeles, United States
Home Town	New Cross, London, England
Hobbies	Not Available

Physical  Stats

Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 174 cm in meters- 1.74 m in feet inches- 5’9”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	40 Inches
Biceps Size	13 Inches
Waist Size	32 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	White
Hair Color	Light Brown
Eye Color	Blue
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	11 (US)

Family

Mother’s Name	Kathleen (Cheriton) (Homemaker)
Father’s Name	Leonard Bertram Oldman (Sailor and Welder)
Brother	None
Sister	Laila Morse (Older) (Actress)

Wife/Spouse	• Lesley Manville • Uma Thurman • Donya Fiorentino • Alexandra Edenborough • Gisele Schmidt
Marriage Date	• August 2017 (Gisele Schmidt) • December 31, 2008 (Alexandra Edenborough) • February 16, 1997 (Donya Fiorentino) • October 1, 1990 (Uma Thurman) • 1987 (Lesley Manville)
Children	Daughter- None Son- • Alfie Oldman • Gulliver Flynn Oldman • Charlie John Oldman

Personal Life

School	West Greenwich School in Deptford
College/University	Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, South East London
Educational Qualification	Graduated
Profession	Actor, filmmaker, musician
Brands Endorsed	• Print ads for H&M Clothing (1998) and DKNY (2000) • ‘One2One’ (2001) • ‘Barclays Bank’ with David Sutherland • ‘Nokia N93’ (2006) • ‘ITV Football’ (2008) • “Blah, blah, blah” for ‘HTC One smartphone’ (2014)
Career Manager	Douglas Management Group, Inc

Awards

N/A

Relationship & more

Affairs/Girlfriends

• Cyrinda Foxe • Lesley Manville (1986-1990) • Uma Thurman (1989-1992) • Winona Ryder (1992) • Isabella Rossellini (1994-1996) • Donya Fiorentino (1997-2001) • Jayne Middlemiss (2001) • Ailsa Marshall (2002-2005) • Alexandra Edenborough (2007-2015)

Favorite Things

Favorite Musical Instrument	Piano
Favorite Music	James Brown, David Bowie, and Chopin
Favorite Meal	Old-fashioned eggs with bacon, bread with cheese and pickle
Favorite Books	Essays on Bertolt Brecht, Poetry by Roger McGough, A biography of Montgomery Clift, The Elizabethan World Picture, all creations by William Shakespeare and Jane Austen.
Favorite Movies	Apocalypse Now (1979), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather: Part II (1974), Badlands (1973), and Ratcatcher (1999)
Favorite Director	Francis Ford Coppola
Favorite Place	New York
Controversies	None

Life Journey

Gary Leonard Oldman was born in New Cross, London, on 21 March 1958, the son of Leonard Bertram Oldman (1921–1985), a former midshipman who also served as a welder, and Kathleen. He has said that his father was a drunkard who abandoned the family when Oldman was seven years old.

His older sister, Maureen, is an actress better identified as Laila Morse, she would go on to have a character in Oldman’s directorial introduction Nil by Mouth (1997), before getting on her most important role of Mo Harris in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Oldman joined West Greenwich School in Deptford, dropping at the age of 16 to work in a sports shop.

He was a musician as a child but gave up his musical ambitions to seek an acting career after seeing Malcolm McDowell’s appearance in the film The Raging Moon (1971). In a 1995 conversation with Charlie Rose, he replied, “Something about Malcolm just arrested me, and I joined, and I replied, ‘I wanna do that.

Raising up in south London, Oldman supported his town football club, Millwall, but also supported Manchester United because he admired George Best.

In 2011, he got from his mother that his father represented Millwall after World War II: “Just after the war, ran a boarding house for football players, Millwall players. And I remembered that my dad was connected somehow with the reserve team. But two weeks ago my mom answered, ‘Oh yeah, your dad performed for Millwall. When he was young he had a couple of first-team games.

Money Factor

Estimated Net Worth in 2022 (Approx)	$50 Million
Estimated Net Worth in 2021 (Approx)	Under Review
Annual Salary	Under Review
Income Source	Actor, filmmaker, musician

 Movies And TV Shows

• He grew a hit with the audiences in Glasgow during the 1980s. He was perceived in plays like ‘Massacre at Paris’, ‘Desperado Corner’, ‘A Waste of Time’ and ‘Chincilla’.
• In 1982, he began his film appearance in ‘Remembrance’, a film by Colin Gregg.
• The next year, he arrived a character in ‘Meantime’.
• He then went on to star in ‘Saved’, which showed to be a major breakthrough for the actor.
• He was cast in the lead character of ‘Scopey’ in the play ‘The Pope’s Wedding’ in 1984. He won two of British theatre’s top honors: the Time Out Fringe Award for Best Newcomer, and the Drama Theatre Award for Best Actor, for his dazzling performance.
• From 1985 to 1986, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
• In 1987, he won a prestigious BAFTA nomination for his performance as Joe Orton in ‘Pick Up Your Ears’. The same year, he was seen in the plays, ‘Serious Money’ and ‘The Country Wife’.
• In 1988, he acted in ‘We Think the World of You’ opposite Alan Bates.
• He also acted in ‘Chattahoochee’ the following year, opposite Dennis Hopper and ‘Frances McDormand.
• The same year, he acted in the British drama, ‘The Firm’, which is considered as one of his best achievements to date.
• In the 1990s, he traveled to the United States and starred in movies like ‘The State of Grace’, ‘JFK’, ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ and ‘True Romance’. Oldman soon became a popular actor and portrayer of anti-heroes and negative roles in films.
• From 1995 to 1999, he acted in ‘Murder in the First’, ‘The Fifth Element’, ‘Lost in Space’, ‘Air Force One’ and ‘Jesus’.
• In the new millenary, he performed as ‘Sheldon Runyon’, a Republican congressman in the film, ‘The Contender’, which was delivered in 2000.
• The following year, he acted opposite his ‘Dracula’ co-star, Anthony Hopkins in ‘Hannibal’, describing the role of the only living victim of Hannibal Lecter.
• The same year, he made two guest characters on the hit American series, ‘Friends’.
• Following his presentation on ‘Friends’, his career slumped drastically between the first half of the new millennium. He appeared in a few forgettable films including ‘Tiptoes’ and ‘Sin’.
• He returned to playing Sirius Black, Harry Potter’s ‘godfather in the ‘Harry Potter film series. Radcliffe and Oldman reportedly became very close to each other during the shooting of the film, in 2004.
• In 2005, he was seen as ‘James Gordon’ in Christopher Nolan’s, ‘Batman Begins’. He reprised the role of ‘The Dark Knight’, three years later.
• From 2009 to 2011, he was seen in ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘The Unborn’, ‘The Book of Eli’, and Catherine Hardwicke’s ‘Red Riding Hood’.
• In 2012, he was seen once again in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ as ‘James Gordon and also appeared as a mobster in the film, ‘Lawless’.
• In 2014, he acted in the remake of ‘RoboCop’ and in ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’.

Movies List [2]IMDB
1982	Remembrance
1983	Meantime
1986	Sid and Nancy
1987	Prick Up Your Ears
1988	Track 29 We Think the World of You
1989	Criminal Law Chattahoochee
1990	Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead State of Grace Henry & June
1991	JFK
1992	Bram Stoker’s Dracula
1993	True Romance Romeo Is Bleeding
1994	Léon: The Professional Immortal Beloved
1995	Murder in the First The Scarlet Letter
1996	Basquiat
1997	The Fifth Element Air Force One Nil by Mouth
1998	Lost in Space Quest for Camelot
1999	Plunkett & Macleane
2000	The Contender
2001	Nobody’s Baby Hannibal
2002	Interstate 60 The Hire: Beat the Devil
2003	Tiptoes Sin
2004	Who’s Kyle? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Batman Begins Dead Fish
2006	The Backwoods
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008	The Dark Knight
2009	The Unborn Rain Fall A Christmas Carol Planet 51
2010	The Book of Eli Countdown to Zero One Night in Turin
2011	Red Riding Hood Kung Fu Panda 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012	The Dark Knight Rises Lawless
2013	Paranoia
2014	RoboCop Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2015	Child 44
2016	Man Down Criminal
2017	The Space Between Us The Hitman’s Bodyguard Darkest Hour
2018	Tau Hunter Killer
2019	Killers Anonymous Mary The Laundromat The Courier
2020	The Woman in the Window
TV Shows & Serials List
1983	Meantime
1984	Dramarama Morgan’s Boy
1985	Summer Season
1986	Honest, Decent and True
1989	The Firm Knots Landing
1991	Heading Home
1993	Fallen Angels
1999	Tracey Takes On Jesus
2001	Friends
2002	Greg the Bunny

Some unknown facts about

1. Gary Oldman has been known for his acting abilities but he had also written and directed ‘Nil by Mouth’ (1997) based especially on his own story. The film opened Kathy Burke, the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.
2. Oldman has difficulties with alcohol and was once held for drunk driving in Los Angeles. He was released on bail on August 9, 1991, the next day of the arrest. His co-passenger was Kiefer Sutherland.
3. Oldman decided to get rid of alcoholism during the 90s and got himself checked into the Marworth treatment facility in Waverly Township, Pennsylvania in 1993.
4. Oldman was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993.
5. He was ranked #72 by Empire magazine in the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History list in 2007.
6. Oldman used for higher studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). He was refused admission and was required to find a new career other than acting.
7. During his early years, Oldman took up various jobs to meet financial needs. He worked on assembly lines, as a porter in operating theatres, sold shoes and worked as a butcher.
8. Gary has performed in David Bowie’s music video ‘David Bowie: The Next Day’ (2013) along with Marion Cotillard.
9. Gary Oldman is an alumnus of Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Court Theatre.
10. Gary Oldman has also created a live appearance by Jack White, a former member of ‘White Stripes’ in collaboration with Vevo and YouTube.
11. He does not have any supported social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, etc.