Gary Oldman

OR ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR GARY OLDMAN, NOW IS THE PER-fect time for his first TV series. Calling today a “whole new era of TV” after years of “snobbery” from film actors, he says, “You will see some of the best writing and acting and cinematography, now in its third season with the fourth already filmed and waiting in the wings. Based on Mick Herron’s book series, Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the disheveled (and likely intoxicated) head of a U.K. MI5 division for security agents who have screwed up but not been fired. “He’s in, but he’s out. It’s that thing of being really very good at something in a world that you absolutely despise.” Lamb is more in line with Oldman’s usual roles, more adult-driven, with the exception of one of his most famous characters: Sirius Black in the franchise. “My fan base went from [age] 36 to 6 overnight,” he said, adding he’s so “privileged” to have been a part of it.