Jason Isaacs
Jason Michael Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. His most notable film roles include Col. Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Capt. Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Marshal Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), and Vasili in Hotel Mumbai (2018). His other films include Divorcing Jack (1998), The End of the Affair (1999), Sweet November (2001), The Tuxedo (2002), Nine Lives (2005), Friends with Money (2006), Good (2008), Green Zone (2010), Abduction (2011), A Cure for Wellness (2016), and Mass (2021). His TV roles include Det. Michael Britten in the NBC series Awake (2012), Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama streaming series The OA (2016–19) and Captain Gabriel Lorca in the first season of Star Trek: Discovery (2017–18). He was also the voice of Adm. Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), a role he reprised in the second season of The Legend of Korra (2013), and the Grand Inquisitor (as well as the Sentinel) in Star Wars Rebels (2014–16). 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 and won the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories (2011–13) and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Brotherhood (2006–08) He 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Verona's Romeo & Juliet as Lord Montague
- 2024 · The Salt Path as Moth
- 2024 · Star Wars: Tales of the Empire as Grand Inquisitor (voice)
- 2023 · Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant as Cary Grant
- 2023 · Spinning Gold as Al Bogatz
- 2022 · Good Sam as Rob Griffith
- 2021 · Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Carl
- 2016 · Red Dog: True Blue as Michael Carter
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as John C. Breckinridge
- 2015 · Dig as Peter Connelly
- 2015 · Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Ben McKay
- 2014 · Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as The Inquisitor (voice)
- 2014 · Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
- 2014 · After the Fall as Frank
- 2013 · Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah
- 2013 · A Single Shot as Waylon
- 2011 · The Great Ghost Rescue as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Case Histories as Jackson Brodie
- 2010 · Skeletons as The Colonel
- 2009 · The Justin Lee Collins Show as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Good as Maurice
- 2008 · La conjura de El Escorial as Antonio Pérez
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
- Future · Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 as Steve (voice)
- 2023 · Mind-Set as Nick Reynolds
- 2023 · The Crowded Room as Jack Lamb
- 2022 · Julia as
- 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 · 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 · Creation Stories as Ralph
- 2021 · Cera as John
- 2021 · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
- 2020 · Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)
- 2020 · Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster as
- 2020 · Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait as Narrator
- 2020 · Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 2020 · Superman: Red Son as Superman (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 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 · 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 · Lithgow Saint as Lithgow Saint
- 2015 · Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2015 · Dawn as Dawson
- 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 · Rosemary's Baby as Roman Castevet
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Clifford
- 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 · Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Sinestro (voice)
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lucius Malfoy
- 2010 · 9/11 State of Emergency as Narrator
- 2010 · Pleading Guilty as Mack
- 2010 · Batman: Under the Red Hood as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- 2010 · Green Zone as Maj. Briggs
- 2009 · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
- 2008 · The Curse of Steptoe as Harry H Corbett
- 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)
- 2007 · Don't as
- 2006 · The State Within as Mark Brydon
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 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 · Nine Lives as Damien
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mr. Parker
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Zhao (voice)
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Admiral Zhao (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Jumpers (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as
- 2005 · Elektra as DeMarco
- 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 Captain Hook / Mr Darling
- 2003 · High Times Potluck as Arneu
- 2003 · Passionada as Charles Beck
- 2002 · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Lucius Malfoy
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Dave “Percy” Sledge
- 2002 · The Tuxedo as Clark Devlin
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Major Mellitz
- 2000 · The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
- 1997 · The Fix as Tony Kay
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as The Killer
- Future · Words of War as Alexander Politkovskiy
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
- 1998 · St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- Future · The Boy At The Back Of The Class as
- 1995 · Dangerous Lady as
- 1995 · Solitaire for 2 as Harry
- Future · Maria as
- Future · Honey Bunch as
- Future · Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
- 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 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
- 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 · A Relative Stranger as Peter Fraiman
- 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
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Zachary Blaine (archive footage)
- 1991 · Ashenden as Andrew Lehman
- 1991 · Civvies as Frank Dillon
- 1990 · TECX as Edward Latham
- 1989 · Capital City as Chas Ewell
- 1989 · The Tall Guy as Doctor
- 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)
- Future · Twisting My Melon as Derek Ryder