Leonard Gary Oldman throughout his acting career has been known for his apathetic stance towards celebrity and the ideals of the Hollywood. In the recent years Oldman has been best kown for this performance in the roles of of a futuristic megacorp tyrant Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg in the film The Fifth Element, disfigured pedophile Mason Verger in Hannibal of Ridley Scott, Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series and also in the portrayal of Commissioner James Gordon in the both critically and commercially acclaimed Batman Begins of Christopher Nolan. Besides, Oldman also appeared in two episodes of the Friends in the year 2001. Apart from this, Oldman is known in the realm of the film world as an acclaimed writer and director along with being a talented actor. It is to be noted at this juncture, that his foray into writing and directing, Nil By Mouth, won the 1997 BAAFTA Award in the category of the Best British Film. Howver, if we ever render a glance to his childhood it will seem that he has entred this film world all of a sudden. Oldman was born in the family of Kathleen, an Irish-born homemaker and Len Oldman, a former sailor who also woked as a welder. But since his father being an abusive alcohloic left his family when he was only seven, he had to take all pains for a good life and career. Though he was an an accomplished singer and pianist in his childhood, but for the sake of acting he sacrificed all. In this regard, the ispiration of Oldman was the performance of Malcolm McDowell in the movie The Raging Moon, released in the year 1970. but Oldman always retained hi love for music and can be seen singing and playing piano in the movie Track 29, of the year 1988 and hasalso been found tracing over versions of the music of Beethoven on Immortal Beloved. Meanwhile, in the year 1979 Oldman managed to win a scholarship to the Rose Bruford College, where ge received a BA in Drama. Again, following his graduation from Rose Bruford College, he later studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of stage plays including The Pope's Wedding, for which he received 's the Fringe Award of the Time Out for Best Newcomer of 1985 - 1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor of 1985. though he first appeared in the film Remembrance in 1982 bu had his first starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986). But in the follwing years Oldman has portrayed a number of significant historical figures that includes composer Ludwig Van Beethoven in the Immortal Beloved and Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK. His other notable credits include Joe Orton, James Gordon, Dr. Zachary Smith, Rosencrantz of Tom Stoppard, Pontius Pilate and the Devil. Besides Oldman is also known for his portrayals of many memorable Hollywood villains, including the titular character of the Vampire in Dracula of Bram Stoker; a pimp in the True Romance; a disfigured paedophile in Hannibal; a futuristic megacorp tyrant in The Fifth Element; a corrupt DEA officer in Leon; a sadistic prison warden in Murder in the First; a terrorist in Air Force One; a presidential assassin in JFK; and undoubtedly the violent football hooligan in The Firm.

Oldman rceived the Saturn Award in the category of Best Actor for his performance in the title role of Dracula. However, he is found to be intensely private with his personal life and is known for his apathetic stance towards celebrity and the ideals of Hollywood.