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Gary Oldman at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards
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Quiz: How much do you know about Gary Oldman?
Put it to the test on this week’s Best of the Box quiz.
SLOW HORSES IS back, and that means a chance to once again witness Gary Oldman play the remarkable character of Jackson Lamb.
Flatulent, sharp-tongued and generally pretty gross, Lamb is nonetheless a very smart leader of a gang of down-on-their-luck MI5 agents. In Slow Horses, he leads the crew of ne’er-do-wells from their base at Slough House in London. (You can read our Best of the Box review of the latest series of Slow Horses here.)
Oldman has had a very long career, but how much do you know about him? Put your knowledge to the test in our Best of the Box quiz this week.
What year did Gary make his acting debut in film (in Remembrance)?
1979
1982
1985
When he rose to fame in the 1980s, the media referred to him as being part of a group of actors known as the...
Brit Pack
Hollywood Hotties
London Lads
What soap opera did his sister Maureen star in?
Coronation St
Emmerdale
Eastenders
He received an Emmy nomination for his 2001 guest star role on which popular US comedy series?
Friends
Frasier
Seinfeld
What role did he play in Christopher Nolan's Batman films?
Alfred Pennyworth
Ra's al Ghul
Police officer Jim Gordon
What film did he get his first Oscar nomination for?
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Sid and Nancy
Darkest Hour
How many times has he been married?
Twice
Three times
Five times
What's the name of the first film he wrote and directed?
The Scarlet Letter
Romeo is Bleeding
Nil By Mouth
What male British musical icon did he perform a duet with in 1995?
David Bowie
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney
Which notorious killer has he played twice on screen?
Ted Bundy
Lee Harvey Oswald
The Zodiac Killer
How many films has he starred in that were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars?
4
5
6
In the 1990 film Henry & June, he was credited under an unusual name. What was that name?
Gee Oldman
Maurice Escargot
Henry Juniper
Which Oscar-winning film is this still of Gary Oldman taken from?
Alamy
Dracula
Darkest Hour
Oppenheimer
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