The Lists: In Contention's Top 10 Gary Oldman Performances
With 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' heading to theaters, we look at the actor's best work
In Contention's Top 10 Gary Oldman Performances
Gary Oldman has settled into pimps and dwarfs, rednecks and clergymen, kingpins and gangster pawns, punk rockers and classical musicians, crooked cops and noble detectives, political villains and Gothic monsters with equal aplomb. The performances are varied and lived-in. With "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (pictured) heading to theaters, we use it as an excuse to count down the best of them. Click through to see where your favorites ranked, and feel free to join the discussion at In Contention.
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December 6, 2011 at 3:08PM EST Reply to CommentNo Zorg? Sure, not awards bait but god it was a fun performance :D
Kristopher Tapley It was fun but fleeting.
December 6, 2011 at 3:44PM ESTYani
December 7, 2011 at 4:46AM EST Reply to CommentI personally loved him as Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved". Really great performance!
Lovely list though (I haven't seen all these films)! And it makes you realise how much vision the Academy lacks - such an amazing performer was never even nominated for an Oscar!
Toren
December 8, 2011 at 8:06PM EST Reply to CommentHe was wonderful in "Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead."
megandvc
December 9, 2011 at 5:22PM EST Reply to Commentthe title of number 4 is not LEON, it is The Professional, and it costarred Natalie Portman.
Couch Wrong. The edited US version is "The Professional." The original, complete, and much better international version is "Leon."
December 9, 2011 at 5:34PM ESTesko7
April 30, 2013 at 3:31PM EST Reply to CommentThanks for the write up. Only seen him in a few movies like batman series, 5th element and Leon. One of the greatest actors I've ever seen. Leon was off the chart IMO