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Oldman's portrayal of Vicious was ranked #62 in Premiere magazine's "100 Greatest Performances of All Time". [19] Uncut magazine ranked Gary Oldman as #8 in its "10 Best actors in rockin' roles" list, describing his portrayal as a "hugely sympathetic reading of the punk figurehead as a lost and bewildered manchild."
Oldman at the 2011 Venice International Film Festival. English actor and filmmaker Gary Oldman made his film debut in the 1982 British ensemble drama Remembrance.He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also gaining attention as ...
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades , including an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , three British Academy Film Awards , and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards .
Sid Vicious, left, and Gary Oldman, right, as Vicious in "Sid and Nancy: Love Kills." Aubrey Hart/Evening Standard/Getty Images; The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
Veteran actor Gary Oldman says 'Slow Horses' just 'fell from the sky,' and slovenly sleuth Jackson Lamb is among his favorite characters yet. ... Sid Vicious and Lee Harvey Oswald.
It stars Gary Oldman as Vicious and Chloe Webb as Nancy Spungen. Oldman's performance was praised by Uncut as a "hugely sympathetic reading of the punk figurehead as a lost and bewildered manchild" though Oldman himself detested the film and punk music in general. [97] In 1993, Ade Edmondson played Vicious in The Comic Strip Presents: Demonella.
Gary Oldman is preparing for retirement.. The Oscar-winning actor, 64, shared that he intends to wind down his illustrious career when he completes his run in the acclaimed spy drama Slow Horses ...
In 1986, the film Sid and Nancy, directed by Alex Cox, was released, portraying the life of Vicious, played by Gary Oldman, and his relationship with Spungen, played by Chloe Webb. Critics praised Webb's performance as Spungen. [31] [32] In the film, Cox also put forth the theory that Spungen and Vicious had a suicide pact.