no wonder you never recognize him

Gary Oldman. You have watched him your entire life, and you have almost certainly never once recognized him. He was the punk who destroyed himself as Sid Vicious. The bloodthirsty Count in Bram Stoker's Dracula. The dreadlocked dealer in True Romance. The screaming villain Zorg. Commissioner Gordon. Sirius Black. The whispering spymaster George Smiley. And, finally, Winston Churchill. A different voice, a different body, a different face — every single time. For forty years, that was the whole point. He vanished so completely into every role that for most of his career even the people who hand out the awards could barely find him. It took more than thirty years, and burying himself under Churchill, before Hollywood finally handed him the Oscar. So today, we're telling the story of the most unrecognizable great actor who ever lived — and the quietly heartbreaking reason a shy kid from South London spent his whole life making sure you never saw him. No wonder you never recognized him. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. #garyoldman #darkesthour #dracula