Claim: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy stars an actor.
Evidence: The film , starring Gary Oldman as George Smiley , along with Colin Firth , Tom Hardy , John Hurt , Toby Jones , Mark Strong , Benedict Cumberbatch , and Ciarán Hinds , is set in London in the early 1970s and follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service.
Gary Leonard Oldman -LRB- born 21 March 1958 -RRB- is an English actor , filmmaker , musician and author who has performed in theatre , film and television.
Sir John Vincent Hurt , -LRB- 22 January 1940 -- 25 January 2017 -RRB- was an English actor whose screen and stage career spanned more than 50 years.
Mark Strong -LRB- born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia ; 5 August 1963 -RRB- is a British theatre , film and television actor.
Toby Edward Heslewood Jones -LRB- born 7 September 1967 -RRB- is an English actor.