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Gary Oldman: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Leonard Gary Oldman
  • Birth Place: London, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/21/1958, Aries
  • Profession: Actor; director; writer; producer
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Gary Oldman Fast Facts:
  • Was raised by his mother and two sisters after his father abandoned the family.
  • Dropped out of high school and worked in a sporting-goods store before studying acting at the Greenwich Young People's Theatre.
  • At age 23, appeared in his first film, Remembrance (1981).  
  • Thought up the stage name Laila Morse, an anagram of "mia sorella," the Italian words for "my sister," for his sibling Maureen Oldman. She made her film debut in 1997's Nil By Mouth, her brother's loosely autobiographical directorial debut.
  • In 2001, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in The Contender.
  • Gary Oldman Relationships:
  • Alexandra Edenborough - Wife
  • Alfred Oldman - Son
  • Charlie John Oldman - Son
  • Donya Fiorentino - Ex-wife
  • Gulliver Flynn Oldman - Son
  • Isabella Rossellini - Ex-fiancĂ©e
  • Jackie Oldman - Sister
  • Kathleen Oldman - Mother
  • Laila Morse - Sister
  • Leonard Oldman - Father
  • Lesley Manville - Ex-wife
  • Uma Thurman - Ex-wife
  • Gary Oldman Awards:
  • 2001 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, Kent, England (BA in Theater Arts, 1979)

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