I, like most others, saw him as an underground, independent film hero tackling roles that would not usually pack North American movie theatres.
Later on, he appeared in bigger budget films like Air Force One, The Professional, and The Fifth Element.
Gary Oldman was finally nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars ceremony in February 2012. Unfortunately, he lost to Jean Dujardin in The Artist. I hadn’t seen Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy until months later. Oldman again transformed himself into the middle-aged British bureaucrat.
I read an article stating that in the near future there will be a revision of the Oscars and the consensus will be that Gary Oldman should have received the award for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I haven’t seen The Artist yet but it is obvious Oldman was the artist I was rooting for to win the coveted award. We didn't have to wait long for Oldman to receive an Oscar for again transforming himself into Winston Churchill for Darkest Hour.
My earliest memories related to Oldman are watching films like Romeo Is Bleeding, True Romance, and Dracula during the early 1990s. Those tended to be films that would leave the audience with more questions than answers by the time the credits rolled.
Later on, he appeared in bigger budget films like Air Force One, The Professional, and The Fifth Element.
None of those films were bigger budget than the revived Christopher Nolan Batman series. He was perfectly cast as the dependable, reliable, dutiful Commissioner Gordon.
As much as I knew his name and face in many films over the years, I truly respected him as an actor when I saw The Contender. He transformed himself perfectly into the role of the jealous, antagonist politician to Joan Allen’s character. Ideally, Oldman should have been nominated and received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in the film. Instead, that honor of Best Supporting Actor nomination went to Jeff Bridges.
As much as I knew his name and face in many films over the years, I truly respected him as an actor when I saw The Contender. He transformed himself perfectly into the role of the jealous, antagonist politician to Joan Allen’s character. Ideally, Oldman should have been nominated and received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in the film. Instead, that honor of Best Supporting Actor nomination went to Jeff Bridges.
Gary Oldman was finally nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars ceremony in February 2012. Unfortunately, he lost to Jean Dujardin in The Artist. I hadn’t seen Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy until months later. Oldman again transformed himself into the middle-aged British bureaucrat.
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