Jason Isaacs
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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- 2026 · Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk as
- 2025 · Words of War as Sacha
- 2025 · The Salt Path as Moth Winn
- 2025 · Honey Bunch as Joseph
- 2023 · Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant as Cary Grant
- 2022 · Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men as Indigo
- 2022 · Good Sam as Rob Griffith
- 2021 · Monster Family 2 as Dracula (voice)
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Ralph
- 2021 · Cera as John
- 2021 · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
- 2021 · Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Carl
- 2020 · Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait as Narrator
- 2020 · Superman: Red Son as Superman (voice)
- 2017 · The Death of Stalin as Field Marshal Zhukov
- 2015 · Dawn as Dawson
- 2015 · Dig as Peter Connelly
- 2014 · Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
- 2014 · Rosemary's Baby as Roman Castevet
- 2013 · Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah
- 2011 · Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Sinestro (voice)
- 2010 · 9/11 State of Emergency as Narrator
- 2010 · Skeletons as The Colonel
- 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
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Damien
- 2003 · High Times Potluck as Arneu
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mr. Parker
- 2004 · The Magic Touch of Harry Potter as Self
- 2001 · Hotel as Australian Actor
- 1989 · The Tall Guy as Doctor
- Future · Maria as
- 2014 · After the Fall as Frank
- 2000 · The Sight as Ghost
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
- 1995 · Loved Up as Dez 2
- 1989 · Capital City as Chas Ewell
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Eleven Days as Father Joseph O’Brien
- 2025 · Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
- 2025 · Juliet & Romeo as Lord Montague
- 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 · Julia as
- 2022 · Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Archie
- 2022 · Agent Game as Bill
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as Admiral John Godfrey
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Butcher (voice)
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self
- 2021 · Mass as Jay
- 2021 · Streamline as Rob Bush
- 2021 · What If...? as The Eminence (voice)
- 2021 · The White Lotus as Timothy Ratliff
- 2020 · Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)
- 2020 · Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster as
- 2020 · Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 2019 · Skyfire as Jack Harris
- 2019 · Koko: A Red Dog Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life as Narrator
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 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 · Medusa's Ankles as Lucian
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Gabriel Lorca
- 2017 · Monster Family as Dracula (voice)
- 2017 · Castlevania as The Judge (voice)
- 2017 · A Cure for Wellness as Volmer
- 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 · Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as John C. Breckinridge
- 2015 · Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Ben McKay
- 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 · Inside No. 9 as Clifford
- 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 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Lucius Malfoy
- 2011 · Cars 2 as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
- 2011 · Case Histories as Jackson Brodie
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lucius Malfoy
- 2010 · Pleading Guilty as Mack
- 2010 · Batman: Under the Red Hood as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- 2010 · Green Zone as Maj. Briggs
- 2009 · Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - 'Lucius Malfoy'
- 2009 · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
- 2009 · The Justin Lee Collins Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Lucius Malfoy
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Brotherhood as Michael Caffee
- 2006 · Scars as Chris
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2006 · Friends with Money as David
- 2006 · Tennis Anyone? as Johnny Green
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lucius Malfoy
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Zhao (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Jumpers (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as
- 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
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Dave “Percy” Sledge
- 2000 · The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
- 1998 · The Last Don II as Father Luca Tonarini
- 1998 · St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- Future · Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 as Steve (voice)
- 2003 · Passionada as Charles Beck
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Lucius Malfoy
- 2002 · The Tuxedo as Clark Devlin
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Major Mellitz
- 2002 · Hooligans as Self - Narrator
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2002 · Resident Evil as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
- 2001 · Black Hawk Down as CPT Mike Steele
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · Sweet November as Chaz Watley
- 2000 · The Patriot as Col. William Tavington
- 1999 · The West Wing as Colin Ayres
- 1998 · Soldier as Colonel Mekum
- 1998 · Divorcing Jack as Cow Pat Keegan
- 1998 · Armageddon as Ronald Quincy
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · Event Horizon as D.J.
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Fix as Tony Kay
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as The Killer
- 1996 · A Relative Stranger as Peter Fraiman
- 1996 · DragonHeart as Lord Felton
- 1995 · Dangerous Lady as
- 1995 · Solitaire for 2 as Harry
- 1994 · Shopping as Market Trader
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Zachary Blaine
- 1991 · Ashenden as Andrew Lehman
- 1991 · Civvies as Frank Dillon
- 1990 · TECX as Edward Latham
- Future · Mistletoe & Wine as Spencer
- Future · Victorian Psycho as Mr. Pounds
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as Dr. Guy Chadbot
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Dr. Desmond Collier
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- Future · Guardians as Jim Reed
- Future · The Boy at the Back of the Class as
- Future · Twisting My Melon as Derek Ryder