Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

Known for
Acting
Born
June 6, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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The Boy at the Back of the Class

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Movie

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Maria poster

Maria

Movie

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A Winter's Journey poster

A Winter's Journey

Movie · as Wolfgang

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Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 poster

Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2

Movie · as Steve (voice)

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Silverback

Silverback

Movie · as Terry

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Bad Major

Bad Major

Movie

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Gundam poster

Gundam

Movie

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Tangled Up in Blue

Tangled Up in Blue

Movie

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Girl

Girl

Movie

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Girl

Girl

Movie

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The Bleeding Ground poster

The Bleeding Ground

Movie

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Spy Duo

Spy Duo

Movie

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Tomb Raider poster

Tomb Raider

TV · as Atlas DeMornay · 1 ep

2028
Viva la Madness poster

Viva la Madness

Movie

2027
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk poster

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk

Movie · as (voice)

2026
Heavyweight poster

Heavyweight

Movie · as Freddie Goodson

2026
Honey Bunch poster

Honey Bunch

Movie · as Joseph

2026
Christmas & Chaos poster

Christmas & Chaos

Movie · as Spencer

2026
Victorian Psycho poster

Victorian Psycho

Movie · as Mr. Pounds

2026
Eleven Days poster

Eleven Days

Movie · as Father Joseph O’Brien

2026
The Julia Set poster

The Julia Set

Movie

2026
Vampire Carnival poster

Vampire Carnival

Movie · as Toussaint

2026
Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special poster

Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special

Movie · as Self

2025
Juliet & Romeo poster

Juliet & Romeo

Movie · as Lord Montague

2025
The Salt Path poster

The Salt Path

Movie · as Moth Winn

2025
Words of War poster

Words of War

Movie · as Sacha

2025
The Salt Path Scandal poster

The Salt Path Scandal

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire poster

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

TV · as Grand Inquisitor (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Spinning Gold poster

Spinning Gold

Movie · as Al Bogatz

2023
Mind-Set poster

Mind-Set

Movie · as Nick Reynolds

2023
The Crowded Room poster

The Crowded Room

TV · as Jack Lamb · 4 eps

2023
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant poster

Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant

TV · as Cary Grant · 4 eps

2022
Agent Game poster

Agent Game

Movie · as Bill

2022
Operation Mincemeat poster

Operation Mincemeat

Movie · as Admiral John Godfrey

2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men poster

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

Movie · as Indigo

2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts poster

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Movie · as Self

2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris poster

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Movie · as Archie

2022
Julia

Julia

Movie

2022
Good Sam poster

Good Sam

TV · as Rob Griffith · 13 eps

2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical poster

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

TV · as Butcher (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Cera poster

Cera

Movie · as John

2021
Monster Family 2 poster

Monster Family 2

Movie · as Dracula (voice)

2021
Streamline poster

Streamline

Movie · as Rob Bush

2021
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets poster

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Movie · as Carl

2021
Creation Stories poster

Creation Stories

Movie · as Ralph

2021
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob poster

Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob

Movie · as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)

2021
Mass poster

Mass

Movie · as Jay

2021
What If...? poster

What If...?

TV · as The Eminence (voice) · 4 eps

2021
The White Lotus poster

The White Lotus

TV · as Timothy Ratliff · 8 eps

2020
Scoob! poster

Scoob!

Movie · as Dick Dastardly (voice)

2020
Superman: Red Son poster

Superman: Red Son

Movie · as Superman (voice)

2020
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait poster

Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait

Movie · as Narrator

2020
Occupation: Rainfall poster

Occupation: Rainfall

Movie · as Steve (voice)

2020
Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster poster

Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster

TV · 3 eps

2019
Hotel Mumbai poster

Hotel Mumbai

Movie · as Vasili Orchevsky

2019
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life poster

Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life

Movie · as Narrator

2019
Koko: A Red Dog Story poster

Koko: A Red Dog Story

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2019
Skyfire poster

Skyfire

Movie · as Jack Harris

2019
Sex Education poster

Sex Education

TV · as Peter Groff · 3 eps

2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance poster

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

TV · as skekSo (The Emperor) (voice) · 10 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
London Fields poster

London Fields

Movie · as Mark Asprey

2018
Medusa's Ankles poster

Medusa's Ankles

Movie · as Lucian

2018
Look Away poster

Look Away

Movie · as Dan

2017
A Cure for Wellness poster

A Cure for Wellness

Movie · as Volmer

2017
The Death of Stalin poster

The Death of Stalin

Movie · as Field Marshal Zhukov

2017
Monster Family poster

Monster Family

Movie · as Dracula (voice)

2017
Star Trek: Discovery poster

Star Trek: Discovery

TV · as Gabriel Lorca · 15 eps

2017
Castlevania poster

Castlevania

TV · as The Judge (voice) · 10 eps

2017
After Trek poster

After Trek

TV · 2 eps

2016
Red Dog: True Blue poster

Red Dog: True Blue

Movie · as Michael Carter

2016
The Infiltrator poster

The Infiltrator

Movie · as Mark Jackowski

2016
The OA poster

The OA

TV · as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy · 16 eps

2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania poster

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Movie · as Ben McKay

2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters poster

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Movie · as Lex Luthor (voice)

2015
Field of Lost Shoes poster

Field of Lost Shoes

Movie · as John C. Breckinridge

2015
Dawn poster

Dawn

Movie · as Dawson

2015
Lithgow Saint poster

Lithgow Saint

Movie · as Lithgow Saint

2015
Dig poster

Dig

TV · as Peter Connelly · 10 eps

2014
After the Fall poster

After the Fall

Movie · as Frank

2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion poster

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion

Movie · as The Inquisitor (voice)

2014
Fury poster

Fury

Movie · as Captain Waggoner

2014
Rio, I Love You poster

Rio, I Love You

Movie · as O "Gringo"

2014
Star Wars Rebels poster

Star Wars Rebels

TV · as The Grand Inquisitor (voice), Sentinel (voice), The Inquisitor (voice), The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound) · 1 ep

2014
Rosemary's Baby poster

Rosemary's Baby

TV · as Roman Castevet · 2 eps

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Clifford · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
A Single Shot poster

A Single Shot

Movie · as Waylon

2013
Sweetwater poster

Sweetwater

Movie · as Prophet Josiah

2012
Awake poster

Awake

TV · as Michael Britten · 13 eps

2012
The Legend of Korra poster

The Legend of Korra

TV · as Zhao (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie · as Lucius Malfoy

2011
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights poster

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Movie · as Sinestro (voice)

2011
Cars 2 poster

Cars 2

Movie · as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)

2011
The Great Ghost Rescue poster

The Great Ghost Rescue

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Abduction poster

Abduction

Movie · as Kevin Harper

2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments poster

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

Movie · as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)

2011
Case Histories poster

Case Histories

TV · as Jackson Brodie · 9 eps

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2010
Green Zone poster

Green Zone

Movie · as Maj. Briggs

2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Movie · as Lucius Malfoy

2010
Batman: Under the Red Hood poster

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Movie · as Ra's al Ghul (voice)

2010
Skeletons poster

Skeletons

Movie · as The Colonel

2010
Pleading Guilty poster

Pleading Guilty

Movie · as Mack

2010
9/11 State of Emergency poster

9/11 State of Emergency

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Movie · as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)

2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show

The Justin Lee Collins Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
La conjura de El Escorial poster

La conjura de El Escorial

Movie · as Antonio Pérez

2008
Good poster

Good

Movie · as Maurice

2008
The Curse of Steptoe poster

The Curse of Steptoe

Movie · as Harry H Corbett

2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Movie · as Lucius Malfoy

2007
Grindhouse poster

Grindhouse

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

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2006
Friends with Money poster

Friends with Money

Movie · as David

2006
Scars poster

Scars

Movie · as Chris

2006
Tennis Anyone? poster

Tennis Anyone?

Movie · as Johnny Green

2006
The Making of 'Event Horizon' poster

The Making of 'Event Horizon'

Movie · as Self

2006
Brotherhood poster

Brotherhood

TV · as Michael Caffee · 29 eps

2006
The State Within poster

The State Within

TV · as Mark Brydon · 6 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Movie · as Lucius Malfoy

2005
The Chumscrubber poster

The Chumscrubber

Movie · as Mr. Parker

2005
Nine Lives poster

Nine Lives

Movie · as Damien

2005
Elektra poster

Elektra

Movie · as DeMarco (uncredited)

2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender poster

Avatar: The Last Airbender

TV · as Zhao (voice) · 7 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Jumpers (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Battle of the Brave poster

Battle of the Brave

Movie · as Général James Wolfe

2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter poster

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Movie · as Self - Lucius Malfoy

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme · 1 ep

2003
Peter Pan poster

Peter Pan

Movie · as James Hook / George Darling

2003
Passionada poster

Passionada

Movie · as Charles Beck

2003
High Times Potluck poster

High Times Potluck

Movie · as Arneu

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Movie · as Lucius Malfoy

2002
The Tuxedo poster

The Tuxedo

Movie · as Clark Devlin

2002
Windtalkers poster

Windtalkers

Movie · as Major Mellitz

2002
The Last Minute poster

The Last Minute

Movie · as Dave “Percy” Sledge

2002
Resident Evil poster

Resident Evil

Movie · as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)

2002
V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Hooligans

Hooligans

TV · as Self - Narrator · 3 eps

2001
Black Hawk Down poster

Black Hawk Down

Movie · as Steele

2001
Sweet November poster

Sweet November

Movie · as Chaz

2001
Hotel poster

Hotel

Movie · as Australian Actor

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
The Patriot poster

The Patriot

Movie · as Col. William Tavington

2000
The Patriot: The Art of War poster

The Patriot: The Art of War

Movie · as Self

2000
The Sight poster

The Sight

Movie · as Ghost

1999
The End of the Affair poster

The End of the Affair

Movie · as Father Richard Smythe

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Colin Ayres · 3 eps

1998
Armageddon poster

Armageddon

Movie · as Ronald Quincy

1998
St. Ives poster

St. Ives

Movie · as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves

1998
Soldier poster

Soldier

Movie · as Colonel Mekum

1998
Divorcing Jack poster

Divorcing Jack

Movie · as Cow Pat Keegan

1998
The Last Don II poster

The Last Don II

TV · as Father Luca Tonarini · 2 eps

1997
Event Horizon poster

Event Horizon

Movie · as D.J.

1997
The Fix poster

The Fix

Movie · as Tony Kay

1997
EP Daily poster

EP Daily

TV · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
DragonHeart poster

DragonHeart

Movie · as Lord Felton

1996
Burn Your Phone poster

Burn Your Phone

Movie · as The Killer

1996
A Relative Stranger

A Relative Stranger

Movie · as Peter Fraiman

1996
Guardians

Guardians

Movie · as Jim Reed

1995
Loved Up poster

Loved Up

Movie · as Dez 2

1995
Solitaire for 2 poster

Solitaire for 2

Movie · as Harry

1995
Dangerous Lady poster

Dangerous Lady

TV · as Michael Ryan · 4 eps

1994
Shopping poster

Shopping

Movie · as Market Trader

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Zachary Blaine · 1 ep

1992
Civvies poster

Civvies

TV · as Frank Dillon · 6 eps

1991
Ashenden

Ashenden

TV · as Andrew Lehman · 4 eps

1990
TECX

TECX

TV · 1 ep

1989
The Tall Guy poster

The Tall Guy

Movie · as Doctor

1989
Capital City poster

Capital City

TV · as Chas Ewell · 23 eps

1989
A Quiet Conspiracy

A Quiet Conspiracy

TV · as Jean-Marc Sammarty · 4 eps

1988
This Is David Lander

This Is David Lander

TV · as Dr. Guy Chadbot · 12 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Dr. Desmond Collier · 1 ep

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Mike Puckett · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Killer (voice) · 1 ep

1983
Taggart poster

Taggart

TV · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep