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Jason Isaacs

Acting

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Isaacs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: June 6, 1963

Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Filmography

2026
Honey Bunch

as Joseph

2025
Heavyweight

as Freddie Goodson

2025
Juliet & Romeo

as Lord Montague

2025
Words of War

as Sacha

2025
The Salt Path

as Moth Winn

2024
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

as Grand Inquisitor (voice)

2023
Mind-Set

as Nick Reynolds

2023
The Crowded Room

as Jack Lamb

2023
Spinning Gold

as Al Bogatz

2022
Agent Game

as Bill

2022
Operation Mincemeat

as Admiral John Godfrey

2022
2022
Good Sam

as Rob Griffith

2021
Monster Family 2

as Dracula (voice)

2021
Mass

as Jay

2021
Streamline

as Rob Bush

2021
What If...?

as The Eminence (voice)

2021
The White Lotus

as Timothy Ratliff

2021
2021
Cera

as John

2021
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob

as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)

2020
Occupation: Rainfall

as Steve (voice)

2020
Scoob!

as Dick Dastardly (voice)

2020
Superman: Red Son

as Superman (voice)

2019
Skyfire

as Jack Harris

2019
Koko: A Red Dog Story

as Narrator (voice)

2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)

2019
Hotel Mumbai

as Vasili Orchevsky

2019
Sex Education

as Peter Groff

2018
Look Away

as Dan Brennan

2018
London Fields

as Mark Asprey

2018
2017
The Death of Stalin

as Field Marshal Zhukov

2017
Star Trek: Discovery

as Gabriel Lorca

2017
Monster Family

as Dracula (voice)

2017
Castlevania

as The Judge (voice)

2017
2016
Red Dog: True Blue

as Michael Carter

2016
The OA

as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy

2016
The Infiltrator

as Mark Jackowski

2015
Lithgow Saint

as Lithgow Saint

2015
2015
Dawn

as Dawson

2015
Field of Lost Shoes

as John C. Breckinridge

2015
Dig

as Peter Connelly

2015
2014
Fury

as Captain Waggoner

2014
Star Wars Rebels

as The Grand Inquisitor (voice)

2014
Star Wars Rebels

as Sentinel (voice)

2014
Star Wars Rebels

as The Inquisitor (voice)

2014
Star Wars Rebels

as The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound)

2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion

as The Inquisitor (voice)

2014
Rio, I Love You

as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")

2014
Rosemary's Baby

as Roman Castevet

2014
2014
Inside No. 9

as Clifford

2013
Sweetwater

as Prophet Josiah

2013
A Single Shot

as Waylon

2012
The Legend of Korra

as Zhao (voice)

2012
Awake

as Michael Britten

2011
The Great Ghost Rescue

as Narrator (voice)

2011
Abduction

as Kevin Harper

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self - Guest

2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)

2011
Cars 2

as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)

2011
Case Histories

as Jackson Brodie

2011
2010
2010
Batman: Under the Red Hood

as Ra's al Ghul (voice)

2010
Skeletons

as The Colonel

2010
Green Zone

as Maj. Briggs

2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)

2008
Good

as Maurice

2008
La conjura de El Escorial

as Antonio Pérez

2008
The Curse of Steptoe

as Harry H Corbett

2007
Grindhouse

as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

2006
The State Within

as Mark Brydon

2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2006
2006
Brotherhood

as Michael Caffee

2006
Scars

as Chris

2006
2006
Tennis Anyone?

as Johnny Green

2005
Nine Lives

as Damien

2005
The Chumscrubber

as Mr. Parker

2005
2005
American Dad!

as Jumpers (voice)

2005
Elektra

as DeMarco (uncredited)

2004
Battle of the Brave

as Général James Wolfe

2004
Entourage

as Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme

2003
Peter Pan

as James Hook / George Darling

2003
2003
Passionada

as Charles Beck

2002
The Last Minute

as Dave “Percy” Sledge

2002
The Tuxedo

as Clark Devlin

2002
Windtalkers

as Major Mellitz

2002
2002
Resident Evil

as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)

2001
Black Hawk Down

as CPT Mike Steele

2001
2001
Hotel

as Australian Actor

2001
Sweet November

as Chaz Watley

2000
The Sight

as Ghost

2000
The Patriot

as Col. William Tavington

1999
The End of the Affair

as Father Richard Smythe

1999
The West Wing

as Colin Ayres

1998
Soldier

as Colonel Mekum

1998
Divorcing Jack

as Cow Pat Keegan

1998
Armageddon

as Ronald Quincy

1998
The Last Don II

as Father Luca Tonarini

1998
St. Ives

as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves

1997
1997
The View

as Self

1997
The Fix

as Tony Kay

1996
Burn Your Phone

as The Killer

1996
DragonHeart

as Lord Felton

1995
Loved Up

as Dez 2

1995
1994
Shopping

as Market Trader

1993
GMTV

as Self

1992
Highlander: The Series

as Zachary Blaine

1991
Civvies

as Frank Dillon

1989
Capital City

as Chas Ewell

1989
The Tall Guy

as Doctor

1987
Inspector Morse

as Dr. Desmond Collier

1949
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self (uncredited)

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Twisting My Melon

as Derek Ryder

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Victorian Psycho

as Mr. Pounds