• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Actually, he won it for playing Churchill in The Darkest Hour.
        Although I do believe Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy should have won all kinds of awards. And that includes Oldman for doing the nearly impossible as George Smiley: reprising a truly iconic Alec Guinness role and actually making it his own.