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Gary Oldman is an English actor, born Leonard Gary Oldman on March 21, 1958
in London, England.
He won a scholarship to the Rose Bruford Drama College, where he received a
BA in Drama in 1979. He later studied with the Greenwich Young People's
Theatre and went on to appear in a number of stage plays 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.
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Oldman first appeared on screen in the film Remembrance in 1982, going on to
win his first starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986), in which he played the
rocker Sid Vicious. He has become known for playing eccentrics and for his
mastery of accents. 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 Academy of Film and Television Arts as one
of the one hundred best films of all time despite containing the word 'fuck'
410 times, a record that stood until the 2005 release of The Devil's Rejects.
Because of his convincing acting skills, he has earned various nicknames
among his many devoted fans. Among few, there are names such as "The Lord of
the Accents" because of his mastery of accents and dialects, which is
considered like some sort of trademark. "The Chameleon" is also a popular
nickname, since Oldman has starred in many movies and is so unique in his
way of truly becoming the character he acts, he has fooled many to think
that he is a different person. He has earned the name "Crazy Gary Oldman" as
well, because of his charming capacity to act border-line psychotics. Among
Harry Potter fans, he is commonly known as "Snuffles".
Oldman has been married three times, to Lesley Manville (1987 - 1990), Uma
Thurman (1990 - 1992), and Donya Fiorentino (1997 - 2001). |
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