New, stunning portraits of Gary Oldman! (I know that wasn’t a complete sentence; I just wanted to cut straight to the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.)
Was there ever an actor more capable, more willing, or more splendid than Gary Oldman?
Here are some facts about your very favorite actor (after Alan Rickman, I mean):
Ahem. Gary Oldman, accomplished actor of stage and screen, was a prodigy pianist (and singer!) as a child. As a teenager, he applied for admission to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but was denied. His seminal portrayal of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986) marked the fledgling film actor’s first starring screen role. Younger generations, damn them, might know Oldman best as Commissioner Gordon in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, or else they might recognize him as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies. Also! Oldman was once married, albeit briefly, to Uma Thurman.
And now, the photos!
Image gallery via ONTD; photographs by London-based portrait photographer Ian Derry.
3rd for me
1 Bill Nighy
2 Alan Rickman
3 Gary Oldman
If one of them is in it, I will watch it
Now that is a damned fine list.
Agreed. (although I would switch around 1 and 2)
Oldman has a new movie out in September, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, it looks amazing.
A class act… I loved him in Syd and Nancy… and I loved him in whatever movie he starred in as Beethoven… The name eludes me…
Immortal Beloved. I just watched on TV last night =]
How could you not mention him being so sexy and seducing in Bram Stoker’s Dracula??? That’s where I saw him first and I’ve been in lust ever since!