Jason Isaacs
Acting
- Born:
- 1963-06-06
- Place of birth:
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Viva La Madness
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Victorian Psycho
Vampire Carnival
Eleven Days
The Julia Set
Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special
Heavyweight
Honey Bunch
The Salt Path Scandal
Juliet & Romeo
Words of War
The Salt Path
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
Mind-Set
The Crowded Room
Spinning Gold
Julia
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Agent Game
Operation Mincemeat
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Good Sam
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Monster Family 2
Mass
Streamline
What If...?
The White Lotus
Creation Stories
Cera
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Occupation: Rainfall
Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait
Scoob!
Superman: Red Son
Skyfire
Koko: A Red Dog Story
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Hotel Mumbai
Sex Education
Look Away
London Fields
Medusa's Ankles
The Death of Stalin
Star Trek: Discovery
After Trek
Monster Family
Castlevania
A Cure for Wellness
Red Dog: True Blue
The OA
The Infiltrator
Lithgow Saint
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Dawn
Field of Lost Shoes
Dig
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Fury
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Rio, I Love You
Rosemary's Baby
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
After the Fall
Inside No. 9
Sweetwater
A Single Shot
The Legend of Korra
Awake
The Great Ghost Rescue
Abduction
The Jonathan Ross Show
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Cars 2
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Case Histories
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
9/11 State of Emergency
Pleading Guilty
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Skeletons
Green Zone
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Justin Lee Collins Show
Good
La conjura de El Escorial
The Curse of Steptoe
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Would I Lie to You?
Grindhouse
The State Within
The One Show
Brotherhood
Scars
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Friends with Money
Tennis Anyone?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Nine Lives
The Chumscrubber
Avatar: The Last Airbender
American Dad!
Elektra
Battle of the Brave
Entourage
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Peter Pan
High Times Potluck
Passionada
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Last Minute
The Tuxedo
Windtalkers
Hooligans
V Graham Norton
Resident Evil
Black Hawk Down
Richard & Judy
Hotel
Sweet November
The Sight
The Patriot: The Art of War
The Patriot
The End of the Affair
The West Wing
Soldier
Divorcing Jack
Armageddon
The Last Don II
St. Ives
EP Daily
Event Horizon
The View
The Fix
Burn Your Phone
Guardians
A Relative Stranger
DragonHeart
Loved Up
Dangerous Lady
Solitaire for 2
Shopping
GMTV
Highlander: The Series
Civvies
Ashenden
TECX
Capital City
A Quiet Conspiracy
The Tall Guy
This Is David Lander
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Inspector Morse
Boon
Screen Two
Taggart
The Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Maria
A Winter's Journey
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
Mistletoe & Wine
Silverback
Bad Major
Gundam
Tangled Up in Blue
Girl
Girl
The Bleeding Ground
Spy Duo
Tomb Raider