I was quiet, a loner. I was one of those children where, if you put me in a room and gave me some crayons and a pencils, you wouldn't hear from me for nine straight hours. And I was always drawing racing cars and rockets and spaceships and planes, things that were very fast that would take me away.

He starred as the Devil in the BMW short film The Hire: Beat the Devil (2002) and contributed voice acting to several video games. He later won a scholarship to attend the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Sidcup Kent from which he graduated with a BA in Acting in 1979. 2 billion at the United States box office and over $8.

Aside from film acting Oldman has written and directed Nil by Mouth appeared in television shows like Friends and Knots Landing and recorded music with David Bowie and Glen Matlock. Peer Colin Firth described him as "a very strong candidate for the world’s best living actor"; younger actors Ryan Gosling Tom Hardy Brad Pitt and Daniel Radcliffe have each named Oldman as their favourite actor. Oldman has earned renown for his classical acting style and diversity being hailed by prominent film critics such as Roger Ebert and Peter Travers as one of cinema's great actors.