Happy Birthday! Gary Oldman Turns 57 Today

Today is actor Gary Oldman's birthday.

A prolific actor with dozens of films on his resume, Gary Oldman is best known to comic book fans as Jim Gordon from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. As Batman's closest ally in the war on crime, Oldman was a central to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises as The Caped Crusader himself.

Oldman has held a number of other iconic roles, including Sirius Black from the Harry Potter franchise, Dracula himself in Dracula, and Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg from The Fifth Element. Just last past year, Oldman starred in the Robocop reboot and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Born in London, England, Oldman turns 57 today. Happy Birthday, Gary Oldman.