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Gary Oldman
Nearly 20 years as a worldwide presence in major motion pictures, GARY OLDMAN is also known to millions as Sirius Black (HARRY POTTER’s Godfather), Commissioner Jim Gordon (BATMAN’s crime-fighting partner), Dracula, Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Joe Orton, Sid Vicious, and also the terrorist who hijacked Harrison Ford’s AIR FORCE ONE. He also starred in Luc Besson’s THE PROFESSIONAL and THE FIFTH ELEMENT and also as Dr. Zachary Smith in LOST IN SPACE.
Highly regarded as one of foremost actors of his generation, and an internationally known, iconic figure, he has the distinction of appearing in more successful films than any other artist spanning the past eighteen years, and additionally has appeared in more than one of the top ten highest grossing films in history including, not one, but BOTH of the most successful film franchises in history!
He has appeared in the following HARRY POTTER films: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART II; and also appeard in the following BATMAN films: BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT.
His acting career began in 1979 where he worked exclusively in the theatre; in 1985 through 1989 working at London’s Royal Court. His early BBC films were Mike Leigh’s MEANTIME and THE FIRM by the late Alan Clark. Feature films, which immediately followed were SID AND NANCY, PRICK UP YOUR EARS directed by Stephen Frears, ROSENCRANTZ AND GILDENSTERN ARE DEAD directed by Tom Stoppard, STATE OF GRACE, JFK directed by Oliver Stone, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA directed by Francis Ford Coppola, ROMEO IS BLEEDING, TRUE ROMANCE directed by Tony Scott, THE PROFESSIONAL directed by Luc Besson, MURDER IN THE FIRST, IMMORTAL BELOVED, and THE SCARLET LETTER directed by Roland Joffe.
In 1995 and manager/producing partner Douglas Urbanski formed a production company, which produced Mr. Oldman’s directorial debut, the highly acclaimed NIL BY MOUTH. The film won nine of seventeen major awards for which it was nominated. The film was selected to open the main competition for the 1997 50th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, for which Kathy Burke won Best Actress. The same year Oldman won the prestigious Channel Four Director’s Prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival in addition to winning the British Academy Award (shared with Douglas Urbanski) for Best Film and also the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay, written by Gary Oldman.
In 2000, Mr. Oldman, and Douglas Urbanski also produced the original film THE CONTENDER, which also starred Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater and Sam Elliott; the film received several Academy Award Nominations.
During the past eighteen years Mr. Oldman has appeared in a staggering ten films that have opened in the number one box office position; the films in which he has appeared have a cumulative gross in the billions of dollars.
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
On July 18, 2008--the date of the release of THE DARK KNIGHT--Oldman's manager and partner, Douglas Urbanski was the guest host, filling on on Dennis Miller's national radio program. Urbanski's guest for three segments was Gary Oldman. Below are three You Tube links to this conversation between two friends on the day of THE DARK KNIGHT release:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg9b3WtaNQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOUF8PRdGwY&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UobVsLnZ6cU&feature=related