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Acting

Gary Oldman

Career: Active from 1982 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 64
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Dark Knight
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 87 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gary Oldman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
2.3, average 3.4
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.9, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Social Commentary 9
Psychological Thriller 8
Gritty Realism 7
Moral Ambiguity 6
Political Intrigue 6
Fast-Paced 4
Dark Humor 4
Psychological Suspense 3
Psychological Drama 3
Character Study 3
Emotional Catharsis 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

107

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

as Lee Harvey Oswald (voice)

2020s

8 titles · average score 62

Parthenope

55

as John Cheever

Oppenheimer

87

as Harry Truman

Slow Horses

85

TV show · as Jackson Lamb

The Woman in the Window

41

as Alistair Russell

Crisis

56

as Dr. Tyrone Brower

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

44

as Vladislav Dukhovich (archive footage)

Mank

73

as Herman Mankiewicz

A Place Among the Dead

54

as GO

2010s

29 titles · average score 55

The Laundromat

52

as Jürgen Mossack

Hunter Killer

52

as CJCS Charles Donnegan

The Hitman's Bodyguard

55

as Vladislav Dukhovich

Darkest Hour

77

as Winston Churchill

Criminal

44

as Quaker Wells

Child 44

46

as General Mikhail Nesterov

RoboCop

53

as Dr. Dennett Norton

The Dark Knight Rises

82

as Commissioner Gordon

Lawless

66

as Floyd Banner

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

76

as George Smiley

Red Riding Hood

34

as Father Soloman

The Book of Eli

58

as Carnegie

2000s

21 titles · average score 59

A Christmas Carol

59

as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)

The Unborn

32

as Rabbi Joseph Sendak

The Dark Knight

89

as Gordon

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

75

as Sirius Black

The Backwoods

51

as Paul

Batman Begins

80

as Jim Gordon

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

84

as Sirius Black

Sin

37

as Charlie Storm

Interstate 60

76

as O.W. Grant

Tiptoes

28

as Rolfe

Hannibal

56

as Mason Verger

The Contender

68

as Shelly Runyon

1990s

26 titles · average score 64

The Fifth Element

70

as Zorg

Air Force One

68

as Ivan Korshunov

Nil by Mouth

77

Producer, Writer

Murder in the First

64

as Associate Milton Glenn

The Scarlet Letter

32

as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

Léon: The Professional

77

as Norman Stansfield

Immortal Beloved

66

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Romeo Is Bleeding

45

as Jack Grimaldi

Bram Stoker's Dracula

68

as Dracula

JFK

80

as Lee Harvey Oswald

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

68

as Rosencrantz

State of Grace

72

as Jackie

1980s

20 titles · average score 62

Criminal Law

38

as Ben Chase

The Firm

72

as Bex Bissell

Track 29

57

as Martin

We Think the World of You

66

as Johnny

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

50

TV show

Prick Up Your Ears

68

as Joe Orton

Rat in the Skull

as Police Constable Eric Naylor

England's Glory

as Interviewee

Sid and Nancy

75

as Sid Vicious

Morgan's Boy

as Colin

Meantime

66

as Coxy

Remembrance

50

as Daniel

1970s

2 titles · average score 70

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Don Ross

The South Bank Show

63

TV show