Gary Oldman has brought us some amazing characters.

Oldman is our tinker, tailor, soldier and spy.

Perhaps Oldman’s greatest legacy, however, is being dad to some amazing children.

Gary Oldman close up

It’s best to understand the story from the beginning.

The two younger sons are the children of Gary and ex-wife Donya Fiorentino.

Gary would go on to get full custody of his two sons, and clearly made an impression.

Gary Oldman and family

He is the man I aspire one day to become.

If I could only become even half as great and half as pure."

As it’s possible for you to see, these boys are close.

Gulliver Oldman is an aspiring photographer, specializing in black and whites (viaTwitter).

Clearly, it worked.