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When an Actor Is Too Good at Playing Villains - Gary Oldman

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Gary Oldman is Hollywood's chameleon, one of the greatest actors ever with notable roles in Leon the Professional, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, The Darkest Hour and The Fifth Element. From Dracula to Churchill, Beethoven to Zorg, he disappears into every role. But he was so good at playing bad guys that Hollywood refused to see him as anything else. And when some controversy and personal struggles hit at the height of his typecasting, his career reached an all-time low. Then, two major franchises changed everything. Harry Potter (Sirius Black) and The Dark Knight (Jim Gordon). They didn’t just save his career, they changed how audiences saw him.

So today, we’re diving into the rise, fall, and reinvention of Gary Oldman, his most insane transformations, his iconic villain roles, and how he finally escaped typecasting. This is the story of when an actor was a little too good at playing a villain. This is Gary Oldman.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Breakthrough
03:41 - Peak Villains (90s)
10:22 - Rough Times (2000s)
15:44 - Return to Form

Gary Oldman. Greatest Actor. Oscar Best Actor. Sid and Nancy. State of Grace. JFK. Oliver Stone. Bram Stoker's Dracula. Frances Ford Coppola. True Romance. Leon the Professional. The Fifth Element. Hannibal. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Mank. Air Force One. Best Movie Villain. Darkest Hour. Winston Churchhill. Immortal Beloved. Slow Horses. Best Character Actor. The Contender. Sirius Black. Commissioner Gordon. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

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20 Comments

@FilmStack Creator 1 year ago Pinned

BATMAN BEGINS SECTION WAS CUT!
Hey everyone, due to a copyright claim, the Batman Begins section that was 30 - 40 seconds long had to be cut. We'll eventually add the uncut video to our free Patreon tier, but here are the facts that were cut:
- Just like Harry Potter, The Dark Knight Trilogy was filmed a lot in England which helped him stay close to his kids
- Christopher Nolan originally wanted him to play the villain in Batman Begins but went against the typecasting (giving him the most morally good character instead)
- Oldman starred in all 3 films in the trilogy, and each were massive box office hits and loved by the critics

@Luthiart 1 year ago

Gary Oldman is a fucking legend. I love it when I'm half-way through watching a movie and suddenly realize I've been watching Oldman without even knowing it.

@chrysaorcelestial 1 year ago

"Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them." - The late and great, Sir Christopher Lee

@fluffernutterbutter 1 year ago

There's something really poetic about the role that got him out of being typecast as a villain is Sirius Black, who we start out thinking is a villain and turns out to be a sweetheart.

@Roan_Starstrider 1 year ago

I’ve said it a hundred times and I’ll say it again. Gary Oldman is one of the greatest actors of all time and THE greatest actor of the modern era. His ability to preform like a method actor but snap in and out of character like nothing is incredible.

@aphextwinning143 1 year ago

He was legitimately terrifying in leon. Ruthless, unhinged, careless, sometimes uncanny.

@BPBomber 1 year ago

“Imagine one day you're at work or out for a drink or doing the shopping and someone shouts "CUT" and it turns out you were Gary Oldman all along. That's how good an actor he is.”

@kellir2679 1 year ago

We always joke in my house that you never joke about Gary oldman because he could be successfully acting as the lamp in our living room, this man is amazing

@brandonsheumaker2673 1 year ago

What I love the most about Gary Oldman is the fact that he becomes his characters so effortlessly that you often don't realize it's him. Oldman is an Actor, not a movie star. An Actor brings a character to life. A movie star steals the spotlight from the character. When my wife and I saw Darkest Hour, she didn't believe me when I told her that the man who played Churchill was the same person who played Sid Vicious, Beethoven, and Sirius Black. It completely blew her mind when I showed her the proof on IMDB. She now agrees with me that he is not only one of the best actors of his generation, but of all time.

@stevieflax 1 year ago

He should have won the Oscar for his role in Dracula. Acting just doesn't get better than the job he did with that. It was brilliant.

@puppenbuhnebauchkribbeln1183 1 year ago

Love Gary and the fact he was Bowies best friend speaks volumes...two great artists with a beautiful sense of humour...

@drlca6601 1 year ago

That story about Oldman's ex hits so hard... the way he persevered, got custody, and was exonerated publicly by HIS SON, is legendary. One of my favourite actors, loved him as Drexel, Churchill and Dracula.

@andresbolanos993 1 year ago

I honestly don't know how you do it, but you take actors I love and make me love them even more. Gary Oldman is a global treasure and it saddens me to think that he'll eventually retire and we will be robbed of his immense talent.

@jungleboy1 1 year ago

it took me 20 years to realise Gary Oldman was not lee harvey oswald. Fucking thought it was archival footage all this time.

@jaykarahan6256 1 year ago

Pound for pound, Oldman is one of the greatest actors with the greatest range and depth of all time.

@FrancescoMami 1 year ago

Gary Oldman epitomises what it means to be an actor.

@JounLord1 1 year ago

Fun fact, Gary Oldman is such a acting chameleon that he started an entire Youtube channel called Filmstack just to make this video.

@jp3813 1 year ago

There's an entire generation of moviegoers who can't imagine Gary Oldman playing a Batman villain b/c his Jim Gordon is so iconic. But no doubt he would've been a great Joker, Two-Face, Riddler, Scarecrow, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Ra's al Ghul, Ventriloquist, etc... Heck, he could've also convincingly played the supervillains of other superheroes like Spider-Man & X-Men.

@Coxmaul 1 year ago

I love watching Gary Oldman. He doesn't get the respect he deserves. And he really deserves it

@MusgraveRitual 1 year ago

In a sense, maybe it was better for Gary Oldman's talent and craft that he never quite reached that "leading man" status. Too many actors become such celebrities, when you watch them in a movie, you're acutely aware you are watching a famous actor instead of the character they play. Gary is a master of disappearing into character and always gives a stellar performance. One of the best of all time for sure.