Gary Oldman

This guy doesn't act. He just becomes whatever his character is. Even in bad films Oldman is never less than excellent, and has the true mark of a great actor, in that his "style" is non-existant. Someone like Jack Nicholson, who while a fine actor, essentially does "Jack doing his character" most of the time and is easily recognizable. Oldman submerges himself in his character and becomes almost unrecognizable in so doing.

The chameleon. This man can become a victorian mansion if given time to study his subject. A lot of younger reviewers don't think he's so talented because he's 'all old and shit', but he is usually married to someone in their 20's anyway, so go bite one.

Hope he wins an Oscar some day. He has brought such memorable characters, albeit either disturbed or evil, to the big screen. Too many great roles to mention, but certainly among them: Zorg, Korshunov, Stansfield, Oswald, and Joe Orton.

Blows away as Oswald in "JFK"

The actor's actor. There is no signature role or character for him, he can do it all. He is often unrecogonizable behind his character.  I assume there was a lifetime of mortgage payments paid to him for his part in the recent Batman films.  I hope the payoff is freedom to give another performance like Immortal Beloved.

Watch "The Professional" for a fine Gary Oldman performance. One of the best bad guy performances ever.

One of my top four favorite British actors. A.Rickman, G.Oldman, J. Isaacs, L.Neeson

I agree with jswenson! I love Gary's style!

He has been awesome in everything I've seen him in.

All I know about this guy is he was one SCARY Dracula. 5 stars for creeping me out, which is what horror movies are supposed to do.

Very underated.

By far, he is, if not the greatest, then pretty damn close to being the best actor in our time. Not to rag on anyone else's favorites but the difference between him and, let's say, Al Pacino is that every single character seems to be completely new to himself as well as to his audience. Al Pacino plays the exact same role with the exact amount of time for some long speech and you can only tell the characters apart by the different scripts and nothing more. Now, Gary Oldman can literally cahnge everything about himself for a role except his fingerprints. And I know a handful of people who have only watched Harry Potter films to see his small role in them.

Great actor, I regard Oldman and Sean Penn as probably the finest actors of their age group. Oldman is an extremely versatile actor who has played everything from Sid Vicious to Dracula to a Hell's Kitchen gangster and more. He always puts forth his best effort, and he is one of the comparatively few actors who cause you to thoroughly suspend any notion of disbelief and nearly forget that there is actually any acting going on at all. Incredible talent.

This guy is incredible. He has a different face in every movie. His accents are not quite as good, but Hey! he's human. I think.

Way underrated! Character actors are my favorite, and this guy is exceptional, full of dimension. I love this guy. You can really tell which actors have training in theater and ones that don't. Appearently this one does.

Absolutely riveting in everything he does. Criminally underrated.

Excellent as Oswald in JFK.

Never has the same accent in each of his films and is always completely unpredictable. His talent turns me on and I would definitely shag his wrinkly old arse!

What else can I say. He's a great actor. (He also does a fantastic American accent)

One of the best current actors, my favorite role of his is in The Professional as a drug crazed DEA agent. He was also good in Harry Potter:The Prisioner of Azkaban but he didn't get enough screen time.

Like Gary Sinise, Gary Oldman is very underrated. But let the facts be clear about this. Oldman is a great actor, and I find it hard to believe he is not getting any lead roles nor getting any attention. Could it be because of his conservative leanings? Hmmm? In any case, Oldman is superb in any type of film genre. As the bad guy in 'The Fifth Element', or as Beethoven in 'Immortal Beloved', his acting range seems to have no limits. If anything, he should have top-billing.

An actor so good, so mesmorizing that many times you are left saying who is that guy? He is so good, so effective that no traces of Gary Oldman are found in any of his characters. He is one of those actors so good at absorbing into the character whether it be through both performance, speech and make-up. He is amazing to watch.

One of the greatest actors, living or dead. Can play virtually any role, and can convey any emotion with a flick of the eyes. Mostly plays villains, but is outstanding at all character types. My favourite Gary Oldman scene is in Immortal Beloved, when he is standing on stage watching the orchestra play his Ninth Symphony, unable to hear them or the audience. He expresses more joy and sorrow in five wordless minutes than most actors do throughout their entire career. He was so good in the Scarlet Letter that he made Demi Moore look talented through sheer proximity.

Great great great! One of the very best!!!

Gary Oldman is the BEST actor in Hollywood today. Period. He has never, ever given a bad performance. He is the master of dialect- he has changed his accent in practically ever movie that he has played in. He does not have that big a resume, but that is a testament to just how carefully he selects and prepares for his roles. Although he did not look much like Lee Harvey Oswald, his performance as Oswald in "JFK" was nonetheless breathtaking. "The Scarlet Letter" was an excellent movie as well. He shocked me in "Air Force One" by actually producing a great performance as a Russian terrorist who takes over the Presidential aircraft. Then, to top that off, he starred as a vindictive Congressman in "The Contender". The places that this very talented actor can go are unlimited. I'd like to see him do more comedy- he was pretty good in "The Fifth Element"- and that southern accent he slapped on in there must've taken months to perfect. If only there were more actors like Gary Oldman around.

Excellent actor.

As an actor and writer, I find that severe scrutiny is an undulating force that drives us to achieve greater things. Gary Oldman is one actor, I have noticed, that has suffered this plight as much as any other for no reason I can understand. I have seen every movie he has appeared in, from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" to "Sid and Nancy" to "True Romance". The only consistency between each of these roles (or ANY movie he has graced with his involvement) is the name in the credits. He harbors more personalities than the file cabinet in Alfred Adler's office. What else is an actor, anyway?

It is so obvious watching Mr. Oldman on screen that he is one of the greatest. Versatile, dark, villinous, sophisticated... He has it all. Whatever film he graces is a hit and whatever actor/actress he stars with is put to shame. It is a true shame that ne does not get the credit nor the attention he deserves. Tk you for your performances -- all of them -- and I hope to be seeing more of you on screen. You are a true actor...

Gary Oldman has got to be my favorite character actor since Kevin Spacey has been booted up to leading man status. Oldman doesn't play the part, he is the part! He never ceases to amaze me. Every time I see him in a film, I am blown away!!! Words can not express what his Sid Vicious means to me or what he and Chloe Webb did for the film, "Sid and Nancy"! His Dracula put Lugosi and Christopher Lee to shame. And how often can you a see a working class Brit sport dreadlocks and speak like a homeboy like he did in "True Romance"? How many Brits do you think could pass it off and be effectively frightening as well? None that I could think of.... except for Gary Oldman!

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Gary Oldman makes his characters believable through his creative ingenuity. His directorial skill is also to be applauded. I would personally like to see him play more comedy..I have a feeling he has the capacity to be a wonderful comedic actor!

He's great! All he's caracters are the villons, the bad guys, the hatefull ones, but when you look at him and you see him act, you realise that you want to go to bed with him. He's the sexiest man on earth!

This guy has been one of my favorite actors over the past decade or so. He has portrayed so many different types of characters in a bunch of movies over the years. Gangster-pimp wanna be in 'True Romance'. Creepy vampire in 'Dracula'. Even played the devil in one of the last music videos ever made by Guns 'n' Roses. Very versatile in his range, master of accents and dialects. I have seen some bad movies that Gary Oldman has been in, but I have never seen him give a bad performance.