What is Gary Oldman’s net worth? Who is Gary Oldman’s wife?
Introduction
Gary Oldman is an English actor and director who portrayed Sirius Black in Harry Potter movies and Count Dracula in 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
He won an Academy Award in 2017 for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
Biography
He was born on March 21, 1958, in London, as Gary Leonard Oldman, to Kathleen (née Cheriton) and Leonard Bertram Oldman.
His father left home when Oldaman was even years old.
He dropped out of school at the age of 16,
Oldman said he wanted to be an actor after seeing Malcolm McDowell in The Raging Moon.
In 1979, Gary graduated with a BA in Acting from Rose Bruford College in Sidcup.
In 1982, Oldman made his film debut in Remembrance.
Gary Oldman in the film ‘True Romance’ 1993 – @Getty
Dracula
In 1992, he portrayed Count Dracula / Vlad the Impaler in the film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film grossed $215.9 million against its $40 million budget. It was produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
“I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: ‘I’ve crossed oceans of time to find you,‘” Oldman said in a later interview.
In 1997, he wrote and directed the film Nil by Mouth.
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Batman
Oldman starred as police lieutenant James Gordon in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.
Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Christian Bale also appeared in all three movies.
Sirius Black in the Harry Potter franchise
In 2004, Oldman played Sirius Black in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Sirius is Harry’s godfather. He was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
Gary Oldman on the set of the film ‘Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban’, London – @Getty
“There was such secrecy that was shrouded around the novels,” Oldman said about performing in the Harry Potter franchise during the Cannes press conference for his new film, “Parthenope,” in May 2022.
In 2011, the Batman star earned his first Oscar nomination for his work in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
In 2018, Oldman played in the action thriller Hunter Killer alongside Michael Nyqvist and Gerard Butler.
In 2022, he took on the role of Jackson Lamb in the TV series Slow Horses.
Wife
The actor has been wed five times.
In 1987, Gary Oldman married his first wife Lesley Manville, an English actress known for her roles in The Crown, Sherwood, Mum, and River.
Lesley Manville, Gisele Schmidt, Sarah Oldman and Gary Oldman attend the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards – @Getty
They split in 1990
In 1990, Oldman married actress Uma Thurman. They met on the set of State of Grace. The two divorced in 1992.
Gary Oldman and Uma Thurman arrive by boat for dinner party after “Made in Milan” film screening – 1990 – @Getty
“We met when I was 18,” Thurman said in 1996. “He was 12 years older. It was a crazy love affair that ended as it needed to.”
From 1994 to 1996, he was engaged to Italian actress Isabella Rossellini.
Isabella Rossellini and Gary Oldman 1995 – @Getty
In 1997, the English actor married former model turned photographer Donya Fiorentino. The couple met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in 1996.
Gary Oldman with Donya Fiorentino at the premiere of Nil By Mouth at the 50th Cannes Film Festival 1997 – @Getty
Oldman and Fiorentina have two children, Gulliver and Charlie.
They split in 2001.
In the divorce proceedings in 2001, she accused Oldman of assaulting her in front of his children.
“I was there at the time of the ‘incident,’ so I’d like to make this radiantly clear: it didn’t happen,” their son Gulliver stated. “Anyone who says it did is lying.”
After a lengthy legal battle, he was awarded full custody of the children.
“My kids are not geniuses, but they’re really, really nice people,” Oldman confessed in an interview. “I think [that we need] more nice people in the world.
In 2008, Gary Oldman married jazz and electronica singer Alexandra Edenborough.
Gary Oldman and Alexandra Edenborough attend the 19th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party 2011 – @Getty
In 2015, Edenborough filed for divorce after a year-long separation. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
“While I have been sad about this for over a year, I am grateful for the good times we did have, and we remain friends,” the actor said in a statement.
As part of the divorce settlement, he paid Edenborough $3.3 million.
In 2017, Oldman married his fifth wife, writer and art curator Gisele Schmidt.
Gary Oldman and wife Gisele Schmidt attends the photocall for Rendez-Vous With Gary Oldman during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival 2018 – @Getty
Schmidt was his assistant on Darkest Hour (2017).
They met through their “mutual love of art and photography.”
Height
Gary Oldman is 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m) tall.
Gary Oldman – Net Worth
So, how much is Gary Oldman worth?
Oldman earned most of his wealth from performing in 104 movies and TV series.
Gary Oldman attends a celebration and special Q&A for “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+ at The Ham Yard Hotel on February 07, 2025 in London – @Getty
His films have grossed over $11 billion. “I’ve had an enviable career,” he recalled.
He was paid $5 million for Lost in Space, $1 million for Jesus, and $3 million for The Dark Knight.
‘Thank God for Harry Potter, I tell you, the two really, they saved me,” he said in 2023 on The Drew Barrymore Show.
It is undisclosed how much Oldman was paid for his role in Harry Potter. Therefore, Gary Oldman has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
Real estate
In 2002, Oldman sold his three-story Mediterranean-style house in Hollywood Hills for about $2 million.
In 2011, he paid $2.9 million for a mansion in Los Feliz. Oldman sold in 2018 to Hudgens and her boyfriend, Austin Butler for close to $5 million. Later, Gary Oldman bought a home in Palm Springs.
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