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 · Words of War as Sacha
- 2025 · The Salt Path as Moth Winn
- 2024 · Star Wars: Tales of the Empire as Grand Inquisitor (voice)
- 2023 · Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant as Cary Grant
- 2023 · The Crowded Room as Jack Lamb
- 2023 · Spinning Gold as Al Bogatz
- 2022 · Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Archie
- 2022 · Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men as Indigo
- 2022 · Agent Game as Bill
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as Admiral John Godfrey
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Butcher (voice)
- 2022 · Good Sam as Rob Griffith
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self
- 2021 · Monster Family 2 as Dracula (voice)
- 2021 · Mass as Jay
- 2021 · Streamline as Rob Bush
- 2021 · What If...? as The Eminence (voice)
- 2021 · The White Lotus as Timothy Ratliff
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Ralph
- 2021 · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
- 2021 · Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Carl
- 2020 · Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)
- 2020 · Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster as
- 2020 · Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 2020 · Superman: Red Son as Superman (voice)
- 2019 · Skyfire as Jack Harris
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 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
- 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 · Red Dog: True Blue as Michael Carter
- 2016 · The OA as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Mark Jackowski
- 2015 · Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as John C. Breckinridge
- 2015 · Dig as Peter Connelly
- 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 · Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
- 2014 · Rosemary's Baby as Roman Castevet
- 2014 · After the Fall as Frank
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Clifford
- 2013 · Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah
- 2013 · A Single Shot as Waylon
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Zhao (voice)
- 2012 · Awake as Michael Britten
- 2011 · Abduction as Kevin Harper
- 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
- 2011 · Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Sinestro (voice)
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lucius Malfoy
- 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
- 2008 · Good as Maurice
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Lucius Malfoy
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006 · The State Within as Mark Brydon
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Brotherhood as Michael Caffee
- 2006 · Friends with Money as David
- 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 · Battle of the Brave as Général James Wolfe
- 2004 · Entourage as
- 2004 · The Magic Touch of Harry Potter as Self
- 2003 · Peter Pan as James Hook / George Darling
- 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 · Hotel as Australian Actor
- 2001 · Sweet November as Chaz Watley
- 2000 · The Sight as Ghost
- 2000 · The Patriot as Col. William Tavington
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
- 1999 · The West Wing as Colin Ayres
- 1998 · Soldier as Colonel Mekum
- 1998 · Armageddon as Ronald Quincy
- 1998 · The Last Don II as Father Luca Tonarini
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · Event Horizon as D.J.
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 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
- 1991 · Ashenden as Andrew Lehman
- 1991 · Civvies as Frank Dillon
- 1990 · TECX as Edward Latham
- 1989 · Capital City as Chas Ewell
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Dr. Desmond Collier
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited)
- Future · Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 as Steve (voice)
- 2026 · Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk as
- 2025 · Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
- 2025 · Honey Bunch as Joseph
- 2023 · Mind-Set as Nick Reynolds
- 2022 · Julia as
- 2021 · Cera as John
- 2020 · Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait as Narrator
- 2019 · Koko: A Red Dog Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life as Narrator
- 2018 · Medusa's Ankles as Lucian
- 2015 · Lithgow Saint as Lithgow Saint
- 2015 · Dawn as Dawson
- 2011 · The Great Ghost Rescue as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · 9/11 State of Emergency as Narrator
- 2010 · Pleading Guilty as Mack
- 2010 · Skeletons as The Colonel
- 2008 · La conjura de El Escorial as Antonio Pérez
- 2008 · The Curse of Steptoe as Harry H Corbett
- 2006 · Scars as Chris
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2006 · Tennis Anyone? as Johnny Green
- 2003 · High Times Potluck as Arneu
- 2003 · Passionada as Charles Beck
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Dave “Percy” Sledge
- 2000 · The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
- 1998 · Divorcing Jack as Cow Pat Keegan
- 1998 · St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 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 · Guardians as Jim Reed
- 1997 · The Fix as Tony Kay
- Future · Victorian Psycho as Mr. Pounds
- Future · The Boy at the Back of the Class as
- Future · Maria as
- 1995 · Solitaire for 2 as Harry
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as Dr. Guy Chadbot
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- Future · Twisting My Melon as Derek Ryder
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
- Future · Mistletoe & Wine as Spencer