---
name: "Douglas Urbanski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-urbanski"
fi1m_id: "douglas-urbanski"
imdb_id: "nm0881703"
tmdb_id: 113526
wikidata_id: "Q3038046"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 February 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T02:10:37.825506+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Douglas Urbanski

## Identity

Douglas Urbanski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/douglas-urbanski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** douglas-urbanski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0881703
- **TMDB ID:** 113526
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3038046
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Urbanski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3038046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113526

Producer. Born 17 February 1957 in Somerville, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 February 1957, Somerville, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 2 acting, 5 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Gary Oldman](https://film.one/person/gary-oldman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 87 (1), 2000s 64 (1), 2010s 72 (4), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $232m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Urbanski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3038046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113526

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Contender*](https://film.one/film/the-contender.md) (64)

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## Biography

Douglas Urbanski is an American film producer. Born on 17 February 1957 in Somerville, New Jersey, he graduated from Immaculata High School and was active as a theatrical producer on Broadway and in London during the 1980s. He is the longtime manager and producing partner of actor Gary Oldman; the pair co-founded the production company SE8 Group.

Urbanski produced *Nil by Mouth* (1997), Gary Oldman’s directorial debut, for which he received a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. His other credits include *The Contender* (2000), *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), *Darkest Hour* (2017, for which he received an Academy Award nomination), *Mank* (2020) and the Apple TV+ series *Slow Horses* (2022–). He has also appeared as an actor, notably playing Larry Summers in *The Social Network* (2010).

Urbanski is married to television producer Diane Wilk.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Social Network* (2010), Fi1m 91, as Larry Summers — [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md)
- *The Contender* (2000), Fi1m 64, as Makerowitz — [page](https://film.one/film/the-contender.md)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Slow Horses* (2022), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)
- *Nil by Mouth* (1997), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/nil-by-mouth.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Parthenope* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Crisis* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Mank* (2020), Producer
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Mary* (2019), as Jay · Executive Producer
- *Hunter Killer* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *The Hitman's Bodyguard* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Space Between Us* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Man Down* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Criminal* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Child 44* (2015), Executive Producer
- *RoboCop* (2014), as Mayor Durant
- *Paranoia* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Guns, Girls and Gambling* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)
- *The Social Network* (2010), as Larry Summers — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md)
- *The Backwoods* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Tiptoes* (2002), Producer
- *Nobody's Baby* (2001), Producer
- *The Contender* (2000), as Makerowitz · Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-contender.md)
- *Plunkett & Macleane* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Nil by Mouth* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/nil-by-mouth.md)
- *Megaville* (1992), as Show Host

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2021: Best Picture (nominated), for *Mank*
- 2018: Best Picture (nominated), for *Darkest Hour*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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