Harry Oldman Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. His biography includes examples of successful cooperation with directors of a global scale, such as Quentin Tarantino, Luke Besson, Christopher Nolan and Ridley Scott. The actor became world famous thanks to the role of Sid from the movie “Sid and Nancy” and Dracula - the protagonist in the ribbon of the same name by Brem Stoker.

In the year, he received his first Oscar for the brilliant performance of Winston Churchill in the drama "Dark Times". His father Leonard Bertram Oldman worked as a welder, and his mother Kaitlin was a housewife. The head of the family suffered from alcoholism, and when Gary was 7 years old, he threw children and his wife. In high school, Gary threw his studies for the sake of working in a sports goods store.

In childhood, Gary Oldman sang well and played the piano well, but he did not develop his musical abilities, since the acting career was more interesting for him. In the year, he watched the film “The Mad Moon” with Malcolm McDauell, after which he was convinced of his desire to become an actor. In the year, he graduated with honors, having received the degree of bachelor of stage arts.

The acting career after release began the career of Oldman in the largest London theaters. His debut on a professional scene was the role of a cat in the production of Dick Whitington and his cat.

Gary Oldman on the stage of the year the actor was awarded the award for the best debut of the season, which was established by Time Out magazine. At the same time, Gary received the award of the British Theater Association. The young actor achieved success on the big screen in the year after he played the main role in the famous film “Sid and Nancy”. The director Alex Koks managed to persuade Oldman only on the third attempt, offering the actor a high fee.

For this role, Gary had to lose weight, as a result of which he ended up in the hospital. However, it was this role that the name of Oldman was truly glorified and secured the role of a “bad guy” behind him. The Premiere Magazine magazine compiled its own rating of performances of all time, the role of Sid Vishes in this rating was located 62 positions.

The acting skills of Gary Oldman received many positive reviews from critics and literally opened all the roads to Hollywood. Gary Oldman in the film "John F. Shots in Dallas." The picture was awarded the highest assessments of critics. This confirmation is eight nominations for the Oscar, among which are two victories. During the preparation of the role of Kennedy killer, Gary considered that there is very little information about his character in the script.

So that the actor could replenish the gaps, the director gave him the necessary phone numbers, and Oldman took up his own investigation. The actor met the wife of the alleged killer and with his daughters. For the best reincarnation, the actor attended special classes to lower the timbre of the voice on the octave. For a more believable game in sorrows, Oldman used a photograph of his own son Alfi.

Thanks to this role, Gary literally “sprinkled” on the proposals to play negative characters. Gary Oldman in the film “Immortal Beloved” for two years later Oldman reincarnated in Beethoven in the film “Immortal Beloved”. The actor was helped by the daily five -hour lessons of the piano game. Oldman agreed to act in this film, without even looking at the script. The actor was enough that the director of this picture of Besson, with whom he collaborated in the film "Leon".

The director himself still believes that Oldman is one of the five best performers of our time. The interview with Gary Oldman Gary's main failure is the shooting in the year in the film “Scarlet letter”, in which the actor played the priest Arthur Dimsdale. The picture failed at the box office and received negative reviews. In addition, this tape was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award seven times.

One of them was in the category of "worst pair", in which Oldman and Demi Moore fell. Gary Oldman in the film "Hannibal" in February was released on the screens The film "Hannibal". After that, for three years, Oldman did not star in full -length films. At this time, the actor took part in the ribbons of the “track 60” and “small fingers” almost unnoticed by film critics. Gary Oldman in the role of Sirius Black Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban himself said that he was tired of playing the roles of the "villains-psychopaths", and therefore, in the year, without hesitation, he agreed to the role of Sirius Black in the world-famous franchise about Harry Potter.

Gary supplemented his new role as the “good guy” by the role of honest policeman Jim Gordon in the paintings shot by Christopher Nolan on Batman's comics on Batmen's first part of the first part of the Batman: Start: Oldman, Oldman, attracted the attention of the audience with the film “Book of Ilai”, in which Denzel Washington also took part and three years later than three years later After the role in the film “Spy, go out!

Gary Oldman in the film “Ilai Book” in the remake of the film about “Robocope”, released in the year, Gary played a doctor who created the Robot-Police.In the same year, the actor starred in the role of the surviving representative of the human race in the fantastic action movie "Planet of Monkeys: Revolution." The figurine “For the best male role” was awarded to him for the role of Winston Churchill in the Military Drama “Dark Times” by Joe Wright.

Gary Oldman at the Oscar Awards “Oscar” received a dressing room, which managed to transform Oldman beyond recognition - on the screen he looks much older and thicker than in life. During the filming of the film “Dark Times”, Gary smoked cigars in a couple of days, after which he received nicotine poisoning. After that, the assistant brought Oldman another cigar. This went on more than 10 takes of each scene.

In the year, Gary Oldman again began cooperation with Joe Wright. Their next joint project is called "Woman in the window." In the same year, Oldman took part in the project of Donovan Marsh “Hunter-killer”. The trailer for the film with the participation of Gary Oldman "Hunter-killer" Other achievements of Gary Oldman, together with his friend Douglas Urbansky, who is part-time, has opened the company "SE8 Group" to finance the filming of independent paintings.

Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski in the year Gary shot his own film “not to swallow”, in which he took part as a director and screenwriter. They signed a year, a year later, Lesli gave birth to Oldman's son Alfi. Three months after the birth of a child, the actor threw his wife. Gary Oldman and Leslie Menville in the year during the filming of the “Status Continence” film, Oldman met with a little -known actress Uma Thurman.

Soon the actors got married, but two years later parted. The main reason for the divorce was the alcohol dependence of Gary. Gary Oldman and Um Turman for several years Oldman lived in a civil marriage with the Italian actress Isabella Rossellini, until he met Don Fiorentino, with whom he engaged in the year. Four years later, the family union broke up, despite 2 common children.

Don said that Oldman has alcohol and drug addiction, and therefore the divorce turned out to be scandalous. Gary, in turn, argued that Fiorentino also did not refuse prohibited substances. After a long trial, the actor nevertheless received a single custody of his sons. Don received the right to periodically visit children. A happy wife was the British jazz singer Alexander Edenboro.

The pair of the steam was sealed in California. In January, Alexander filed for divorce - Gary's problems with alcohol again became the reason. The fifth time Gary married in the year. The chosen one was the writer Giselle Schmidt, for whom Oldman began to care for a divorce from the previous wife. The wedding of Giselle and Gary played secretly in Los Angeles, for their wedding the couple called only relatives and friends.

Gary Oldman now in the year Gary Oldman appeared in several films. Surprisingly, despite the presence in the ribbons of such an eminent actor, they received extremely low grades of critics and spectators. According to KinoPoisk, the average rating of films made points from the year the actor appeared in David Fincher’s film - this work was more than successful.

The plot told the story of Hermann Mankevich, who is retained in the house in the middle of the Mohave desert and writes the script for the director Orson Wells, simultaneously recalling the years spent in Hollywood. The trailer for the film “Mank” among other recent prime minister with the participation of Oldman is a thriller “Traffic”, in which he starred with Army Hammer and Michel Rodriguez, and the psychological detective “Woman in the window”.

At the filming stage is the director's work of Gary - the painting “Flying Horse”, which will tell the story of the life of Edward Maybridge, photographer and pioneer filming. Gary Oldman in the film “Traffic” and of course, the name of Gary Oldman was on the list of actors invited to the special project “Return to Hogwarts” - this is a documentary tape dedicated to the summer of Harry Potter in the format of interviews with the participants of the saga about young wizards.

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