gary oldman: biography
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Full Name: Gary Leonard Oldman
Height: 5' 9" (175cm)
Date of Birth: March 21, 1958
Place of Birth: New Cross, South London, England
Occupation: Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Also Credited As: Maurice Escargot
Education: Studied in Greenwich Young People's Theatre at the
age of 15 but shortly after dropped out. Consider acting as a serious ambiotion
in 1975, he attempted to join London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at
17 years old but was rejected. Won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford
Drama College of Speech and Drama and received a BA in Theatre Arts in
1979 there.
Relationships: Late 1980's married British stage actress Leslye
Manville (has a son, Alfie from this marriage); 1990-1992 married actress
Uma Thurman (divorced after 18 months of marriage due to drinking problems);
met on the set of Immortal Beloved atress/model Isabella Rossellini
Donya (dated on and off until Gary's drinking interferred with their relationship);
16 February 1997 married professional photographer Donya Fiorentino and
is still married to her (met in alcoholic rehadilitation; they have two sons
together, Gulliver
Flynn, who was born on the 20th August 1997, and Charles John, who was born
in February 1999).
Career: During the 1980's Gary toured Europe and South
America as a member of the Glasgow Citizen's Theater. Gary appeared in
a number of plays, including Massacre at Paris, Desperado
Corner, A Waste of Time and The Pope's Wedding, (for
which he received TIME OUT'S Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985-'86
and The British Theatre Association's Drama Mag. Award as Best Actor 1985).
The films Sid and Nancy where he played Sid Vicious and Prick
Up Your Ears brought him early notice. He won the Evening Standard
Film Award as Best Newcomer for his role in Sid and Nancy. In 1988,
he received a Best Actor nomination from the British Academy of Film and
TV Arts for his portrayal of 60's play-wright Joe Orton in Prick
Up Your Ears.
Oldman has an ability to transform himself physically and a has a brilliant
command of accents which has allowed him to play a variety of characters
and histortical figures including Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK and Ludwig
van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved
Gary wrote, directed and produced his own motion picture, Nil By
Mouth in 1997. Gary turned to directing saying he was tired of acting
after 20 years and wanted a new challenge.
Oldman has also done the voice over for Ruber in the Warner Bros' antimated
film The Quest for Camelot.
Gary played Dr.Smith in the movie Lost In Space earning him
$4,000,000! =)
Other Stuff: Early in Oldman's life he considered an ambition
in music, his mother Kathleen encouraged this career; Gary has two sisters,
one who appeared as Janet in Nil By Mouth under the name Laila Morse
(anagram for "my sister" in Italian).
The book written by Anne Rice, The Violin is totally inspired
to the chracter of Ludwig wan Beethoven, performed by Oldman in
Immortal Beloved.
?Rumours?: Gary has switched from his "Creative Artists" agency, to the
"William Morris Agency".
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