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.