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Sir Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an British-American actor and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, he is known for his versatility and intense acting style. He received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors to date. Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of a gang of football hooligans in the television film The Firm (1989). Regarded as a member of the "Brit Pack", he achieved greater recognition as a New York gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Oldman portrayed the villains in films such as True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield, whom he played in Léon: The Professional (1994), was called one of cinema's best villains. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994). He later appeared in franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) and a human leader, Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017). He was nominated for his portrayals of George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank (2020). Oldman was executive producer of films like The Contender, Plunkett & Macleane (1999) and Nil by Mouth (1997), the latter of which he also wrote and directed. He featured in television shows such as Fallen Angels, Tracey Takes On... and Friends, voiced Ignitius and Viktor Reznov, respectively, in The Legend of Spyro and Call of Duty video games and appeared in music videos for David Bowie, Guns N' Roses and Annie Lennox.
Gary Oldman
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
for Ernst Stavro Blofeld in High Time to Kill
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The sequel to Never Dream of Dying. Bond and his girlfriend Tylyn Mignonne are attending a dinner party thrown by the Governor of The Bahamas. The Governor, who has a gambling debt with a member of SPECTRE, has refused to pay up since he feels that he had been cheated, so there is much security detail at the event. However, the SPECTRE member disguises himself as one of the guards and kills the Governor. Bond recognizes the assassin as the same tall and unusual looking man that rescued Blofeld via helicopter. He escapes in his car and Bond follows him in his Aston Martin Vanquish. The car seems to disappear in the Bahamian Jungle and Bond loses him. Three weeks later Bond is given undisclosed orders by M to follow a man named Steven Harding. Harding is believed to be the leader of SPECTRE. Bond tracks Harding and his Chinese bodyguard, Basil, to Belgium. While Bond gets in a fight and narrowly kills Harding's bodyguard, Harding escapes. MI6 tracks down Harding in Nepal. Upon arriving in Nepal, Bond discovers Harding's dead body. A note is found next to his body from SPECTRE. It is revealed that Steven Harding was indeed a member of SPECTRE, and the note was directions given to Harding from a previous time. The directions were leading Harding to SPECTRE's newest drug warehouse in the Himalayas. A few days later, ond arrives at the Himalayas and meets sexy mountaineer Hope Kendal. Bond climbs with Hope atop the peak of Kangchenjunga. It turns out that Hope was actually a Spanish spy that was to meet with Harding. She discovers who Bond is and tries to kill him. After a physical high elevation fight, Bond knocks Hope out cold and carries her on his shoulders. Bond reaches the top and quickly meets the tall and unusual looking man once again. We learn this time that the man is Zbigniew Krycsiwiki, but Blofeld calls him Jaws. Bond battles with Jaws and escapes. After a discrete plan, Bond kills Blofeld and shuts down SPECTRE. The film ends with Bond making love with Hope Kendal.
