Portrait of Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Acting

Biography

Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes." After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".

Born: June 1, 1947

Place of Birth: Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK

Filmography

2025
The Penguin Lessons

as Headmaster Buckle

2025
William Tell

as Attinghausen

2024
3 Body Problem

as Mike Evans

2023
One Life

as Martin Blake

2023
Soul of the Ocean

as Narrator (voice)

2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

as Jacob Marley (voice)

2022
2022
All the Old Knives

as Bill Compton

2022
The Witness is a Whale

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Slow Horses

as David Cartwright

2022
Save the Cinema

as Mr. Morgan

2019
The Two Popes

as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis

2019
2019
2019
Gone Hollywood

as Benny Landau

2018
The Wife

as Joe Castleman

2018
To Provide All People

as Retired Neurosurgeon

2017
2017
Becoming Cary Grant

as Cary Grant (voice)

2017
The Healer

as Raymond Heacock

2017
Taboo

as Stuart Strange

2016
To Walk Invisible

as Patrick Brontë

2016
The Crown

as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

2016
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance

as Special Finale Guest Star

2016
The White King

as Colonel Fitz

2016
2015
Narcopolis

as Sidorov

2015
Documentary Now!

as Owen Teale-Griffith

2015
Dough

as Nat

2015
Woman in Gold

as Chief Justice Rehnquist

2015
Wolf Hall

as Cardinal Wolsey

2014
Under Milk Wood

as Mr. Pugh

2014
The Salvation

as Mayor Nathan Keane

2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

as U.S. President

2012
King Lear

as King Lear

2012
Dark Blood

as Harry Fletcher

2012
2011
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching

as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)

2011
City State

as Jimmy

2011
Hysteria

as Dr. Robert Dalrymple

2011
Game of Thrones

as High Sparrow

2009
2009
2008
Bedtime Stories

as Marty Bronson

2008
Clone

as Dr Victor Blenkinsop

2008
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began

as Ian Fleming (voice)

2008
My Zinc Bed

as Victor

2008
2008
2008
Leatherheads

as CC Frazier

2007
Cranford

as Mr. Buxton

2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

as Governor Weatherby Swann

2007
The Moon and the Stars

as James Clavel / Scarpia

2006
Brothers of the Head

as Henry Couling

2005
The New World

as King James

2005
The Brothers Grimm

as Delatombe

2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)

2004
De-Lovely

as Gabriel

2003
What a Girl Wants

as Alistair Payne

2002
Mad Dogs

as Supreme Being

2002
Unconditional Love

as Victor Fox

2002
ChalkZone

as The Quicksand Man (voice)

2002
2001
The Affair of the Necklace

as Cardinal Louis de Rohan

2001
Victoria & Albert

as King Leopold I of Belgium

2001
Bride of the Wind

as Gustav Mahler

2001
Very Annie Mary

as Jack Pugh

2001
Il gioco

as Mark

2000
2000
1999
Stigmata

as Cardinal Daniel Houseman

1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer

1998
Ronin

as Seamus O'Rourke

1997
Tomorrow Never Dies

as Elliot Carver

1997
Regeneration

as Capt. William Rivers

1997
David

as Saul

1997
David

as Saul

1996
Evita

as Juan Perón

1995
Carrington

as Lytton Strachey

1994
Shopping

as Conway

1994
1994
Great Moments in Aviation

as Duncan Stewart

1994
Deadly Advice

as Dr. Ted Philips

1994
A Business Affair

as Alec Bolton

1993
1993
Selling Hitler

as Gerd Heidemann

1993
Barbarians at the Gate

as Henry Kravis

1993
Mr. Wroe's Virgins

as John Wroe

1992
Glengarry Glen Ross

as James Lingk

1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7.

as Trilby (voice)

1992
A Child's Garden of Verses

as Narrator / Father (voice)

1991
Selling Hitler

as Gerd Heidemann

1989
1989
1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson

1988
1988
Consuming Passions

as Mr. Farris

1987
Man on Fire

as Michael

1986
Haunted Honeymoon

as Charles Abbot

1985
1985
Brazil

as Sam Lowry

1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)

1983
Martin Luther, Heretic

as Martin Luther

1983
The Ploughman's Lunch

as James Penfield

1982
Praying Mantis

as Christian Magny

1982
Murder Is Easy

as Mr. Ellsworthy

1982
Praying Mantis

as Christian Magny

1981
Loophole

as Taylor

1981
1981
1980
1979
Comedians

as Gethin Price

1978
1977
1976
Voyage of the Damned

as Joseph Manasse

1976
Bill Brand

as Jamie Finn

1976
Play Things

as Playleader

1974
Playhouse

as Playleader

1970
Doomwatch

as Police Constable

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner/Performer

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1953
The Oscars

as Self