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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

Garfield Lynns
for Garfield Lynns in Batman: No Man's Land (1999)
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Four years have passed ever since Harley Quinn and The Ventriloquist were locked up in Arkham Asylum as Bruce Wayne (Mel Gibson) is setting up to retire the role of Batman after the painful attacks from the two individual lunatics, however in the newest nightclub in Gotham known as the Iceberg Lounge that is owned by well known crime kingpin, Oswald Cobblepot (Joe Pesci) has been slowly taking over Gotham's crime ridden underbelly, having half of the inhabitants in his pocket. Starting from corrupt officials in the Gotham City Police Department, to some of even the high-living officials in the city, but things get even worse as there was an escaped inmate of an island prison in South America finds his way to Gotham, Eduardo Dorrance. A dangerous criminal that just escaped from an experiment gone wrong involving a unknown drug known as Venom. Meanwhile, the famous Gordon family including Barbara Gordon (Molly Ringwald) are planning to move away from Gotham City after Barbara was nearly killed at the hands of Harley Quinn but heard about the newest criminal. However, what Gotham didn't know was that they will experience the bane to Gotham's existence once a large breakout of Arkham starts after Dorrance made a deal with Cobblepot, now for the first time. Gotham's residents, including Batman weren't prepared for what's to come..