Gary Oldman is an English actor and filmmaker. Oldman won a scholarship to attend Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Kent, where he graduated in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in theatre arts.

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He has since appeared in Sid and Nancy, as Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Fifth Element, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter, The Dark Knight, and Darkest Hour, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama.

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Oldman also starred in the Apple TV series Slow Horses. Behind the camera, Oldman directed Nil By Mouth and produced Crisis and The Contender.