Gary Oldman Thinking about Retirement

Oscar winner Gary Oldman is thinking about retirement and would be happy" if the TV show "Slow Horses" was to be his final project. 

The British star of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and the long-running Harry Potter franchise has an illustrious career that has seen him bag three Academy Award nominations and become one of the highest-grossing actors in history.

Oldman is returning to the small screen in the second season of Apple TV+’s "Slow Horses", and will be happy to bow out whenever the show ends.

“I’ve had an enviable career, but careers wain, and I do have other things that interest me outside of acting. When you’re young you think you’re going to get round to doing all of them — read that book — then the years go by," Oldman told the Times of London.

“I’m 65 next year, 70 is around the corner. I don’t want to be active when I’m 80. I’d be very happy, honored, and privileged to go out as Jackson Lamb [his character in 'Slow Horses'] — and then hang it up.”

Fortunately, Oldman fans will be able to see him for a while yet. He is contracted for two more series of "Slow Horses", in which he plays wizened spymaster Jackson Lamb, the boss of fictional ‘Slough House’, a kind of Siberia for disgraced agents, where they’re sent in the hope they’ll retire – except they don’t.

"Slow Horses" is based on the bestselling books by Mick Herron and after its first season one of Apple’s most critically acclaimed shows.

The veteran actor is also set to appear on the big screen once again for Christopher Nolan next year in "Oppenheimer", which relates the story of the creation of the atomic bomb. Oldman plays President Truman. 

The actor won his Oscar in 2018 for his portrayal of UK wartime prime minister Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour". He was previously nominated for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" in 2012 and later in 2021 for "Mank".