Oldman's overdue Oscar

It's all politics. Some actors just aren't big favourites of the academy, hence why Hanks and Penn get an Oscar (or nod) every time they fall out of bed, and Bacon and Cusack haven't as much as sniffed a nod despite decades of terrific performances. Oldman is somewhere in the middle: he finally got his apology nod for Tinker Tailor after fans, fellow actors and critics (particularly Peter Travers and Mark Kermode) lobbied for years, and Darkest Hour might be baity enough for a second nod, but I'm not sure we'll ever see them turn the statue over to our favourite non-PC, celebrity status-avoiding Englishman.

It's depressing to see he's only had one Oscar nomination for best actor before and none for suppoting actor, but his role as Winston Churchill has won him a Golden Globe nomination!

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He was fantastic in this film and deserves to win. I do think he will win.

When do you think he was robbed? He just doesn't do a lot of "Oscar" type roles.

I watch hundreds of full length feature films per year, so I oftentimes don't read movie reviews or watch trailers prior to watching a movie. So prior to watching this film, I must admit I didn't even know what the film was about, nor did I know who starred in it. So when Churchill entered the scene, while I knew right away that whoever portrayed him was a very good actor, I could not identify who it was. Boy was I in for a surprise. As the film progressed, I kept telling myself, why isn't this phenomenal actor in other Hollywood movies? Towards the end, I finally realized that this actor's subtle and nuanced microexpressions were at times similar to Gary Oldman's. That was the only thing that remotely gave it away. Oldman completely disappears into this role. Talk about a chameleon actor! Very well deserved Best Actor Oscar win.

About freaking time this man got his!

He's been in far far more movies that were complete and utter crap than he's been in Oscar worthy movies.

Robert De Niro has also now been in far more movies that were complete and utter crap than he's been in Oscar worthy movies, but at least Mr De Niro was smart enough to get his Oscar worthy performances in first before he sold out to the highest paying producer who would pay him just for turning up.