Gary Oldman

If there is one actor that doesn't get the credit he deserves, it is Gary Oldman.

As I sit here and watch the Fifth Element for the zillionth time I notice what diverse characters he has portrayed thus far in his acting career. In this film he plays the corrupt, money hungry business exec. Zorg who wields a southern accent and a sort of "half" haircut. Which is a bit funny when thinking about his latest big roll in Batman as Commissioner Gordon. Zorg is an evil man who owns most of all the the city, which seems like an evil version of Bruce Wayne and Wayne Enterprises ruling over Gotham.

You may also know Mr. Oldman from his great portrayal of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films. I found the roles he chooses are always ones that he can carry out better than any person you'd expect to see in his place. One of my favorites, mainly because it is such a stretch from all his other characters in the Pimp Drexl Spivey in True Romance. A golden toothed jackass whose main concern is his women and his money. Eventually he gets his balls shot off but that's a non issue. Over the years he has portrayed characters from Lee Harvey Oswald to the Devil himself and even Dracula.

I recently found out that Gary Oldman not only acts on screen but behind animation. He has lent his voice out to a large number of video games and even shares his gift of speech in Planet 51 and the new Christmas Carol movie with Jim Carrey(one of Oldmans three characters is Tiny Tim!). His voice had graced games from Spyro the Dragon, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor and even True Crime(remeber that GTA ripoff?)

My main man Gary takes his characters and makes them come to life and doesn't leave you second guessing the acting. Im glad that we have a good actor still around and in the bunch of some that are not quite up to par, you know....to even things out.

To all the nerds out there, please enjoy this photo of Milla Jovovich before she got all butch to fight zombies.