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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 6, 1963
Place of Birth:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Jason Isaacs
Biography
Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), James Wolfe in Battle of the Brave (2004), Antonio Pérez in The Escorial Conspiracy (2007), Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), and John Godfrey in Operation Mincemeat (2021).
His television roles include Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama streaming series The OA (2016–2019) and Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2018).
His voice acting roles include Admiral Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and the second season of The Legend of Korra (2013), and the Grand Inquisitor/Sentinel in Star Wars Rebels (2014–2016).
Isaacs has appeared on stage as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premiere of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes and as hitman Ben in a 2007 revival of Harold Pinter's 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End.
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for The State Within (2006) and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe (2008). He also was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor, won the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories (2011–2013), and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Television Series Drama for Brotherhood (2006–2008).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk | |
| 2025 | Juliet & Romeo | Lord Montague |
| 2025 | The Salt Path | Moth Winn |
| 2025 | Words of War | Sacha |
| 2025 | Heavyweight | Freddie Goodson |
| 2025 | Honey Bunch | Joseph |
| 2023 | Spinning Gold | Al Bogatz |
| 2023 | Mind-Set | Nick Reynolds |
| 2022 | Agent Game | Bill |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat | Admiral John Godfrey |
| 2022 | Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men | Indigo |
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Archie |
| 2022 | Julia | |
| 2021 | Cera | John |
| 2021 | Monster Family 2 | Dracula (voice) |
| 2021 | Streamline | Rob Bush |
| 2021 | Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets | Carl |
| 2021 | Creation Stories | Ralph |
| 2021 | Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob | King Arthur Pendragon (voice) |
| 2021 | Mass | Jay |
| 2020 | Scoob! | Dick Dastardly (voice) |
| 2020 | Superman: Red Son | Superman (voice) |
| 2020 | Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait | Narrator |
| 2020 | Occupation: Rainfall | Steve (voice) |
| 2019 | Hotel Mumbai | Vasili Orchevsky |
| 2019 | Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life | Narrator |
| 2019 | Koko: A Red Dog Story | Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Skyfire | Jack Harris |
| 2018 | London Fields | Mark Asprey |
| 2018 | Medusa's Ankles | Lucian |
| 2018 | Look Away | Dan Brennan |
| 2017 | A Cure for Wellness | Volmer |
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin | Field Marshal Zhukov |
| 2017 | Monster Family | Dracula (voice) |
| 2016 | Red Dog: True Blue | Michael Carter |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Mark Jackowski |
| 2015 | Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Ben McKay |
| 2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Lex Luthor (voice) |
| 2015 | Field of Lost Shoes | John C. Breckinridge |
| 2015 | Dawn | Dawson |
| 2015 | Lithgow Saint | Lithgow Saint |
| 2014 | After the Fall | Frank |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion | The Inquisitor (voice) |
| 2014 | Fury | Captain Waggoner |
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | O "Gringo" (segment "Texas") |
| 2013 | A Single Shot | Waylon |
| 2013 | Sweetwater | Prophet Josiah |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Lucius Malfoy |
| 2011 | Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Sinestro (voice) |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice) |
| 2011 | The Great Ghost Rescue | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Abduction | Kevin Harper |
| 2011 | 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments | Lucius Malfoy (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Green Zone | Maj. Briggs |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Lucius Malfoy |
| 2010 | Batman: Under the Red Hood | Ra's al Ghul (voice) |
| 2010 | Skeletons | The Colonel |
| 2010 | Pleading Guilty | Mack |
| 2010 | 9/11 State of Emergency | Narrator |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Lucius Malfoy (uncredited) |
| 2008 | La conjura de El Escorial | Antonio Pérez |
| 2008 | Good | Maurice |
| 2008 | The Curse of Steptoe | Harry H Corbett |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Lucius Malfoy |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Friends with Money | David |
| 2006 | Scars | Chris |
| 2006 | Tennis Anyone? | Johnny Green |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Event Horizon' | Self |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lucius Malfoy |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Mr. Parker |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Damien |
| 2005 | Elektra | DeMarco (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Battle of the Brave | Général James Wolfe |
| 2004 | The Magic Touch of Harry Potter | Self |
| 2003 | Peter Pan | James Hook / George Darling |
| 2003 | Passionada | Charles Beck |
| 2003 | High Times Potluck | Arneu |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Lucius Malfoy |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo | Clark Devlin |
| 2002 | Windtalkers | Major Mellitz |
| 2002 | The Last Minute | Dave “Percy” Sledge |
| 2002 | Resident Evil | Dr. William Birkin (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | CPT Mike Steele |
| 2001 | Sweet November | Chaz Watley |
| 2001 | Hotel | Australian Actor |
| 2000 | The Patriot | Col. William Tavington |
| 2000 | The Patriot: The Art of War | Self |
| 2000 | The Sight | Ghost |
| 1999 | The End of the Affair | Father Richard Smythe |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Ronald Quincy |
| 1998 | St. Ives | Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves |
| 1998 | Soldier | Colonel Mekum |
| 1998 | Divorcing Jack | Cow Pat Keegan |
| 1997 | Event Horizon | D.J. |
| 1997 | The Fix | Tony Kay |
| 1996 | DragonHeart | Lord Felton |
| 1996 | Burn Your Phone | The Killer |
| 1996 | A Relative Stranger | Peter Fraiman |
| 1995 | Loved Up | Dez 2 |
| 1995 | Solitaire for 2 | Harry |
| 1995 | Dangerous Lady | |
| 1994 | Shopping | Market Trader |
| 1989 | The Tall Guy | Doctor |
| The Boy at the Back of the Class | ||
| Maria | ||
| A Winter's Journey | Wolfgang | |
| Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 | Steve (voice) | |
| Twisting My Melon | Derek Ryder | |
| Mistletoe & Wine | Spencer | |
| Guardians | Jim Reed | |
| Victorian Psycho | Mr. Pounds |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Star Wars: Tales of the Empire | Grand Inquisitor (voice) |
| 2023 | The Crowded Room | Jack Lamb |
| 2023 | Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant | Cary Grant |
| 2022 | Good Sam | Rob Griffith |
| 2022 | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Butcher (voice) |
| 2021 | What If...? | The Eminence (voice) |
| 2021 | The White Lotus | Timothy Ratliff |
| 2020 | Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster | |
| 2019 | Sex Education | Peter Groff |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | skekSo (The Emperor) (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery | Gabriel Lorca |
| 2017 | Castlevania | The Judge (voice) |
| 2016 | The OA | Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy |
| 2015 | Dig | Peter Connelly |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | The Grand Inquisitor (voice) |
| 2014 | Rosemary's Baby | Roman Castevet |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Clifford |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | Sentinel (voice) |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | The Inquisitor (voice) |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound) |
| 2012 | Awake | Michael Britten |
| 2011 | Case Histories | Jackson Brodie |
| 2009 | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Creating the World of Harry Potter | Self - 'Lucius Malfoy' |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Brotherhood | Michael Caffee |
| 2006 | The State Within | Mark Brydon |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |
| 2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Zhao (voice) |
| 2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Admiral Zhao (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Jumpers (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! | |
| 2004 | Entourage | |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self |
| 2002 | Hooligans | Self - Narrator |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Colin Ayres |
| 1998 | The Last Don II | Father Luca Tonarini |
| 1997 | EP Daily | |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Zachary Blaine |
| 1991 | Ashenden | Andrew Lehman |
| 1991 | Civvies | Frank Dillon |
| 1990 | TECX | Edward Latham |
| 1989 | Capital City | Chas Ewell |
| 1988 | This Is David Lander | Dr. Guy Chadbot |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Dr. Desmond Collier |
| 1983 | Taggart | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self |