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Gary Oldman
British actor
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• Oct. 16, 2024, 2:16 PM ET (The Guardian)
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Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958, London, England) is an English film actor known for his chameleonic ability to evince characters ranging from nebbishes to snarling villains. His notable films include Sid and Nancy (1986), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011), and several Harry Potter movies. For his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017), Oldman won an Academy Award. Oldman was raised in a working-class family in London, the youngest of three children. After leaving school at age 16, he began acting in productions staged by the Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre. He attended the Rose Bruford Training ...(100 of 810 words)