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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
Amadeus Arkham
for Amadeus Arkham in Tales of the Bat-Family Season Nineteen: The End
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After waking up in the Court of Owls courtroom, they attempt to bring Bruce into the court after learning about his plans to rebuild the city and reveal that his ancestors are one of the five families that founded the court. He is given a tour of the headquarters and informed on their goal of making Gotham its best, but they truly just want to keep their power when Bruce is in their way. Lincoln March reveals himself as a member and that it was his idea to recruit him but when Bruce turns them down he is thrown into a labyrinth where he wanders aimlessly for months. When he eventually makes a way out he makes his way back home and tells his family what happened where Dick reveals to Bruce that he has had encounters with their assassin Talon before who was trying to recruit him also. With all these revelations Bruce becomes beaten down feeling like the last thirty years have been pointless and he has made no real progress in Gotham. But when Talon breaks in trying to kill the family, and succeeds in killing Alfred, Bruce decides he has finally had enough. He attacks March in his home with the intention to kill him but he reveals they are brothers and he ways the illegitimate son of Thomas Wayne and that is why they didn’t kill Bruce. Eventually Bruce decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to end the corruption in Gotham once and for all, realizing that Gotham only needs him for one last fight after he has created many, and better protectors to succeed him.
