Gary Oldman vs Johnny Depp

[1987_Lakers]

Two questions...

1) Which actor is more versatile?
2) Which is a better actor overall?

I have a feeling most will say Depp because of his popularity, but I'm going with Oldman. I remember watching "True Romance" and I had no idea Gary Oldman played the pimp in that movie until a few years later, that's how versatile he is.

[rezznor]

i like them both but oldman is a much better actor. he's near daniel day lewis level. he's a freakin chameleon

[Horde of Temujin]

ya i loved him in True Romance he was great as the white Jamaican pimp.

[Doomsday Dallas]

Gonna have to go with Gary Oldman

[ZeN]

Oldman by taking Substance over Style..

[LJJ]

Oldman by taking Substance over Style..

Wot?

Oldman has style for days.

[JohnnySic]

Both are great but Oldman has more range and is more believable in his roles. He "becomes" his characters more convincingly.

he's near daniel day lewis level. he's a freakin chameleon

Yup, DDL is the current greatest...

[Doomsday Dallas]

[JohnnySic]

n/m

[Take Your Lumps]

Gary Oldman made an episode of "Friends" funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWEgJZ3MADA

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[Doomsday Dallas]

"I'm an oilman.............ladies and gentlemen...."

uhmmm...

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Why did you bring this to the thread?

[Thorpesaurous]

I've gotta go with Oldman too. Sam Rockwell reminds me a lot of a young Gary Oldman, and not just because they look sort of similar. He's got a lot of that same edge to a lot of his characters.

Just to play Devil's Advocate though, I'm not sure Depp shouldn't be considered more versatile because he's far more suited to play a romantic lead, like say in Chocolat, that I'm not sure Oldman can do. I don't remember him doing it even when he was younger, but I could be forgetting.

[rezznor]

Freakin chameleon i tell ya

[JohnnySic]

uhmmm...

uhmm...

Why did you bring this to the thread?

Excellent question. I'm not sure - deleted.

[rezznor]

Both are talented but Depp is a bona fide leading man. Oldman isn't.