“You can’t say Bexy is a villain…” Oldman told Total Film in 2008. And he’s right: estate agent Bex Bissell is too much a product of his times (Thatcher, the Lawson boom) to be classed as a bad guy.

He’s also too damn likeable. But in between selling houses and playing house, Bex also runs a football firm, leading his thugs into bloody, bone-breaking battle with terrifying glee.

“I tell you, that rep was out there,” Oldman says, remembering how people used to mistake him for his characters. “People were surprised when they met me and I was sweet…”

Greatest moment: Head-butting a ‘mate’.

Also see: Sid Vicious (Sid And Nancy), Joe Orton (Prick Up Your Ears), Jackie Flannery (State Of Grace), Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), Count Dracula (Dracula).