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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Credits
- 2025 · Juliet & Romeo as Lord Montague
- 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
- 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 · What If...? as The Eminence (voice)
- 2021 · The White Lotus as Timothy Ratliff
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Ralph
- 2020 · Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)
- 2020 · Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 2019 · Skyfire as Jack Harris
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)
- 2019 · Sex Education as Peter Groff
- 2018 · Look Away as Dan Brennan
- 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 · A Cure for Wellness as Volmer
- 2016 · The OA as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Mark Jackowski
- 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 · Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Clifford
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Zhao (voice)
- 2012 · Awake as Michael Britten
- 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)
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lucius Malfoy
- 2010 · Pleading Guilty as Mack
- 2010 · Green Zone as Maj. Briggs
- 2009 · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
- 2008 · Good as Maurice
- 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
- 2006 · Brotherhood as Michael Caffee
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lucius Malfoy
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Damien
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mr. Parker
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Zhao (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Jumpers (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as
- 2005 · Elektra as DeMarco (uncredited)
- 2004 · Entourage as Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
- 2003 · Peter Pan as James Hook / George Darling
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Lucius Malfoy
- 2002 · The Tuxedo as Clark Devlin
- 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 · Hotel as Australian Actor
- 2001 · Sweet November as Chaz Watley
- 2000 · The Sight as Ghost
- 2000 · The Patriot as Col. William Tavington
- 1999 · The West Wing as Colin Ayres
- 1998 · Soldier as Colonel Mekum
- 1998 · Armageddon as Ronald Quincy
- 1997 · Event Horizon as D.J.
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Fix as Tony Kay
- 1996 · DragonHeart as Lord Felton
- 1995 · Loved Up as Dez 2
- 1994 · Shopping as Market Trader
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Zachary Blaine
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Dr. Desmond Collier
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- Future · Victorian Psycho as Mr. Pounds
- 2025 · Words of War as Sacha
- Future · Eleven Days as Father Joseph O’Brien
- 2025 · Honey Bunch as Joseph
- 2023 · Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant as Cary Grant
- 2023 · Spinning Gold as Al Bogatz
- 2022 · Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Archie
- 2022 · Good Sam as Rob Griffith
- 2021 · Monster Family 2 as Dracula (voice)
- 2021 · Streamline as Rob Bush
- 2021 · Cera as John
- 2021 · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
- 2020 · Superman: Red Son as Superman (voice)
- 2019 · Hotel Mumbai as Vasili Orchevsky
- 2018 · London Fields as Mark Asprey
- 2018 · Medusa's Ankles as Lucian
- 2016 · Red Dog: True Blue as Michael Carter
- 2015 · Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2015 · Dig as Peter Connelly
- 2014 · Rosemary's Baby as Roman Castevet
- 2013 · Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah
- 2011 · Abduction as Kevin Harper
- 2011 · Case Histories as Jackson Brodie
- 2011 · Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Sinestro (voice)
- 2010 · Batman: Under the Red Hood as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- 2010 · Skeletons as The Colonel
- 2008 · The Curse of Steptoe as Harry H Corbett
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006 · Friends with Money as David
- 2006 · Tennis Anyone? as Johnny Green
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as Général James Wolfe
- 2003 · High Times Potluck as Arneu
- 2003 · Passionada as Charles Beck
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Dave “Percy” Sledge
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Major Mellitz
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
- 1998 · Divorcing Jack as Cow Pat Keegan
- 1998 · The Last Don II as Father Luca Tonarini
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as The Killer
- 1996 · A Relative Stranger as Peter Fraiman
- 1995 · Dangerous Lady as
- 1989 · The Tall Guy as Doctor
- Future · Twisting My Melon as Derek Ryder
- 2026 · Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk as
- 2025 · Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
- 2022 · Julia as
- 2022 · Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men as Indigo
- 2021 · Mass as Jay
- 2021 · Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Carl
- 2019 · Koko: A Red Dog Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Lithgow Saint as Lithgow Saint
- 2015 · Dawn as Dawson
- 2014 · Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as The Inquisitor (voice)
- 2014 · After the Fall as Frank
- 2013 · A Single Shot as Waylon
- 2011 · The Great Ghost Rescue as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · 9/11 State of Emergency as Narrator
- 2009 · The Justin Lee Collins Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The State Within as Mark Brydon
- Future · Maria as
- 2020 · Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster as
- 2020 · Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait as Narrator
- 2019 · Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life as Narrator
- 2008 · La conjura de El Escorial as Antonio Pérez
- 2006 · Scars as Chris
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2004 · The Magic Touch of Harry Potter as Self
- 2002 · Hooligans as Self - Narrator
- 2000 · The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
- 1998 · St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1995 · Solitaire for 2 as Harry
- 1991 · Ashenden as Andrew Lehman
- 1991 · Civvies as Frank Dillon
- 1990 · TECX as Edward Latham
- 1989 · Capital City as Chas Ewell
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as Dr. Guy Chadbot
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · The Boy at the Back of the Class as
- Future · Tomb Raider as
- Future · Guardians as Jim Reed
- Future · Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 as Steve (voice)
- Future · Silverback as
- Future · The Julia Set as
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
- Future · Mistletoe & Wine as Spencer