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Sir Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an British-American actor and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, he is known for his versatility and intense acting style. He received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors to date. Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of a gang of football hooligans in the television film The Firm (1989). Regarded as a member of the "Brit Pack", he achieved greater recognition as a New York gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Oldman portrayed the villains in films such as True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield, whom he played in Léon: The Professional (1994), was called one of cinema's best villains. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994). He later appeared in franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) and a human leader, Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017). He was nominated for his portrayals of George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank (2020). Oldman was executive producer of films like The Contender, Plunkett & Macleane (1999) and Nil by Mouth (1997), the latter of which he also wrote and directed. He featured in television shows such as Fallen Angels, Tracey Takes On... and Friends, voiced Ignitius and Viktor Reznov, respectively, in The Legend of Spyro and Call of Duty video games and appeared in music videos for David Bowie, Guns N' Roses and Annie Lennox.
Gary Oldman
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
for Ernst Stavro Blofeld in 007: Carte Blanche
Suggested by char94
The 1950s, following the conclusion of WW2, British espionage enters a new and revolutionary dawn with the birth of the 00 program. Technology, gadgets and vehicular combat become more prominent in a new world of secret service. An ex Nazi general, believed to be dead has fled to Greece under a new identity and appearance following disfiguring facial injuries sustained at war. He fronts an ever-growing crime organisation called Spectre under the codename 'Number 1'. MI6 are tasked with investigating the organisation after several mysterious disappearances of world leading scientists occur with ex SAS veteran James Bond (Henry Cavill) , now agent 007, spearheading the operation. Number 1's main henchman (Michael Shannon) is sent to intercept Bond but fails after the British spy delivers seemingly fatal injuries to his face and neck, removing his teeth and rupturing his vocal chords. However, he is rescued by fellow agents of Spectre and receives state of the art prosthetic teeth and skin grafts. The massive henchman is now on a rampage to get Bond, stopping at nothing. Capturing Bond's newly found love. The bait is set. It's the mission or the girl...
