Gary Leonard Oldman, born on March 21, 1958, is a popular English actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is very hardworking and multitalented guy who is best known for his character Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series.
For his outstanding career, he has been nominated for many awards and brought home many of them including some Oscar. He has a total net worth of $40 million.
Gary was born and raised in New Cross, south London. He is the son of Kathleen, a housewife and Leonard Bertram Oldman who is a former sailor who also worked as a welder.
After his alcoholic father had left he when he was seven years old and his mother raised him and his sister named Laila Morse. He went to Greenwich School in Deptford but later left the school due to financial problems.
When he was 16, he started working in a sports shop. He was interested towards music since his childhood and was a pianist when he was a child. He later also had a singing career but later gave up his musical dreams to enter the world of acting.
His inspiration for acting came after watching the movie The Raging Moon and its character Malcolm McDowell.
Gary started studying with the Young People’s Theatre in Greenwich and also worked on many jobs including jobs on assembly lines, selling shoes, beheading pigs in an abattoir and as a porter in an operating theater.
He made his stage debut as Puss at the Theatre Royal. Then in the years 1980 and 1991 he starred in The Massacre at Paris, Chinchilla, A Waste of Time, and Dick Whittington and His Cat.
Gary made his film debut in the movie Remembrance. Then he starred in the film Meantime and later for a leading role in the movie Entertaining Mr. Sloane.
Later his movie Saved was a breakthrough in his career, and his performance was applauded by many other directors. He was then given lead role in the movie The Pope’s wedding.
Then after 1991 till 2001 he starred as a villain and also had success. He was given the Best Actor Award for his performance in True Romance.
Then after some years he had some career slump but later regained his fame after appearing in the TV show Friends. He then portrayed in movies like Interstate 60, Tiptoes and Sin.
His role as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series made him even more successful. He also voiced in the award winning film Kung Fu Panda 2 as its main villain, Lord Shen.
He also played in the Batman series including Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. He also appeared in many TV shows later.
Gary is a simple guy with glasses and always seen in his suit. He has sexy blue eyes and has maintained height and weight. He is 5 feet 10 inch tall and has light brown hair with white beard.
He is currently 58 years of age and has had a fascinating dating career. He dated Cyrinda Foxe, Isabella Rossellini, Janye Middlemiss and Alisa Marshall.
He has also married many of his girlfriend including Lesley Manville in 1986 to 1990, Uma Thurman from 1989 to 1992, Donya Fiorentino from 1997 to 2001 and Alexandra Edenborough in 2007.
His current wife Alexandra and Gary have three children. For more details on his biography we can always check any wiki sites as well as on IMDb.
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