Gary Oldman Net Worth

Gary Oldman's Quotes

• I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
• We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it but it's still there.
• [on portraying famous people]: It's a double-edged sword because, in one sense, you have a lot of material to work with, but in a strange kind of way, that puts up a framework that you have to keep within. You can't play Beethoven with pink hair but, to an extent, because no-one has ever met him, who's going to tell me that's not Beethoven?
• With Beethoven [Immortal Beloved (1994)] I said I wanted a role where I didn't have to do anything stupid with my hair. My agent said "Read it again!".
• [on making Harry Potter en de gevangene van Azkaban (2004)]: I've done so much R-rated work, it's nice to have a job you can show your kids.

Interesting Facts about Gary Oldman

1. He was a pianist as a child, and later a singer, but gave up his musical aspirations to pursue an acting career after seeing Malcolm McDowell's performance in The Raging Moon (1971). In a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose, Oldman said: "Something about Malcolm just arrested me, and I connected, and I said, 'I wanna do that'.".
2. Has three sons: Alfie Oldman (born 1988) from his first marriage to Lesley Manville. Gulliver Flynn Oldman (born August 20, 1997) and Charlie John Oldman (born February 11, 1999) with Donya Fiorentino.
3. On August 8, 1991, he was arrested for drunk driving in Los Angeles and released on bail the next morning. His passenger in the car was his friend Kiefer Sutherland.
4. His library includes essays on Bertolt Brecht, poetry by Roger McGough, a biography of Montgomery Clift, The Elizabethan World Picture, all things William Shakespeare and Jane Austen.
5. Has used a different speaking voice (i.e. accent) in practically every movie he has ever been in.
6. He and Harry Potter en de gevangene van Azkaban (2004) and Harry Potter en de vuurbeker (2005) co-star Timothy Spall have both played the character of Rosencrantz; Spall in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996), Oldman in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).
7. He was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performance in "The Pope's Wedding".
8. Has played Lee Harvey Oswald in both JFK (1991) and Frontline: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (1993).
9. His film Nil by Mouth (1997) is loosely based upon his own life growing up in London.
10. Submitted a recorded voice audition for General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). George Lucas later chose the anonymous audition of Matthew Wood for the role instead.
11. Henry & June (1990) is the only film in which he has been credited as "Maurice Escargot".
12. Appears in Harry Potter en de vuurbeker (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) with Ralph Fiennes. Both of them have played villains in the Hannibal Lecter series: Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon (2002), and Oldman played Mason Verger in Hannibal (2001).
13. Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993.
14. Attended and graduated from Rose Bruford Drama College three year acting course BA-Hons in London, England.
15. In two movies, his characters have had dynamic relationships with mob bosses named Falcone. In Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), he was working FOR Don Falcone, and in Batman Begins (2005), he was working to bring down Carmine Falcone. In both instances, his character was a policeman.
16. Like Ian McKellen, he has taken on popular characters in screen adaptations of cult favorite fantasy novels and comic books. He appeared as James Gordon in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008) and as Sirius Black in the middle three Harry Potter films: Harry Potter en de gevangene van Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter en de vuurbeker (2005), and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).
17. Although he has spent much of his career playing psychotic and sadistic characters, he has recently moved away from that on-screen image by playing more likeable, sympathetic characters like Sirius Black (in Harry Potter en de gevangene van Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter en de vuurbeker (2005), and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)) and James Gordon (in Batman Begins (2005)).
18. He and his ex-wife, Uma Thurman, have both appeared in Batman films. Thurman played Poison Ivy in Batman & Robin (1997), and Oldman played James Gordon in Batman Begins (2005).
19. Uncle of Gerry Bromfield and Tracy Bromfield.
20. His performance as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986) is ranked #62 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).