We are able to solely pray he retains the flatulence in examine.
Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, identified to followers of AppleTV+ sequence Slow Horses because the shambolic, gassy spy Jackson Lamb, can be honored at this 12 months Edinburgh Television Festival with the fest’s lifetime achievement honor, the Golden Icon Award. He may even sit down with TV presenter Edith Bowman for a dialog on six seasons of Sluggish Horses and different highlights from his outstanding profession.
“To receive an award bearing the title ‘Global Icon’ is both enormously flattering and faintly alarming!” Oldman mentioned in a press release. “In all seriousness, I am touched by this generosity and thankful to all those whose creativity, trust, and collaboration have shaped my journey. My warmest thanks to the festival, and I very much look forward to being with you in Edinburgh.”
Born in 1958 in working-class New Cross, South London, Oldman got here up by means of British theater earlier than breaking out within the Eighties enjoying harmful, broken males, from Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy to playwright Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears. By the mid-Nineties, roles in Léon: The Skilled, True Romance and The Fifth Factor had cemented him as Hollywood’s go-to heavy, incomes him the nickname “Scary Gary” from Air Pressure One co-star Harrison Ford.
The 2000s noticed a reinvention, and some of the acclaimed second acts in Hollywood historical past. Alongside supporting roles in main franchises — enjoying Sirius Black within the Harry Potter movies and Jim Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Darkish Knight trilogy — Oldman performed George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012), incomes his first Oscar nomination, and adopted up with an Oscar-winning efficiency as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2018). His transition to serial TV, with the Emmy and Bafta-winning Sluggish Horses has been equally profitable. Season 6 of Sluggish Horses debuts on Apple TV Sept. 16.
The 2026 Edinburgh Tv Pageant runs Aug. 25-28.
