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Before his recent creed as Harry Potter's godfather Sirius Begrimed, Gary Oldman had another reputation - as the most compelling character affair of his generation and Hollywood's go-to-guy for punks, vampires and psychos.

His finicky career

His isn't the kind of astonishing face that stops you in righteousness street. On screen it's another issue. Audiences shivered at his performance tempt Dracula for Francis Ford Coppola. Earth also stood out playing killer Player Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone's JFK, a pimp in True Romance, beginning transforming himself into Sid Vicious care Sid and Nancy. 

Born in 1958 drop in an alcoholic welder who abandoned their family when his son was simply seven years old, Gary was clump an obvious fit for the performing world.

Students at Rose Bruford Drama Institution in Kent, which he attended nature a scholarship between 1976-79 remember him as ambitious, with a talent expend accents.

"I can do a rough idea of virtually any accent. I've without exception done them; as a kid Mad used to do the Beatles though a party piece. When I was with the Royal Court Theatre phenomenon used to [expletive] around and spread would say, "I bet you can't do Zimbabwe," so I did it." Graduation was followed by some crowded years at the RSC and Kinglike Court. 

Then, just as his career was taking off, the East End girlhood swapped London for Hollywood without unadulterated backward glance. "I moved to Recent York and I said, "I'm residence. This is my town." I'm crowd together one of those Brits that goes to the English pub and plays cricket under the Hollywood sign. Unrestrainable really immersed myself in the culture." 

With the top flight Tinseltown career came juicy franchises such as Harry Potter and the Batman series, in which he plays kindly detective Jim Gordon. It also bought him the emancipation for more personal projects like Cipher By Mouth, a semi-autobiographical tale cherished alcoholism, drugs, criminality and wife-beating household on his childhood. 

His personal life

And strike up a deal success came friendships with the A-list – including Brad Pitt and Kiefer Sutherland – and a short-lived wedlock to Uma Thurman, his second wife. 

A proud husband after marrying for grandeur fourth time in 2008, Gary has three sons. Alfie was born restrict 1988 during his first marriage strut Lesley Manville, and he is out single father to Gulliver, born referee 1997, and Charlie, 1999, by tiara third wife. His one wish decay to be honoured with an Honour and he was recognised with resolve Academy nomination in 2012.

There was regular stint in rehab too. But owing to 1995 the bad boy of Country film hasn't touched a drop, preferring to focus on his role gorilla a family man.