
Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · William Tell as Attinghausen
- 2024 · 3 Body Problem as Mike Evans
- 2023 · One Life as Martin Blake
- 2022 · Slow Horses as David Cartwright
- 2020 · Tales from the Loop as Russ
- 2017 · Taboo as Stuart Strange
- 2016 · The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Owen Teale-Griffith
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as Cardinal Wolsey
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · G.I. Joe: Retaliation as U.S. President
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as High Sparrow
- 2009 · G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as U.S. President
- 2008 · Clone as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
- 2007 · Cranford as Mr. Buxton
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Governor Weatherby Swann
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Weatherby Swann
- 2005 · The Brothers Grimm as Delatombe
- 2003 · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Governor Weatherby Swann
- 2003 · What a Girl Wants as Alistair Payne
- 2002 · ChalkZone as The Quicksand Man (voice)
- 1998 · Ronin as Seamus O'Rourke
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Elliot Carver
- 1997 · David as Saul
- 1997 · Davide as Saul
- 1993 · Mr. Wroe's Virgins as John Wroe
- 1991 · Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself
- 1988 · The Storyteller as King
- 1978 · The BBC Television Shakespeare as Timon
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · Bill Brand as Jamie Finn
- 1974 · Playhouse as Playleader
- 1970 · Doomwatch as Police Constable
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner/Performer
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Under Salt Marsh as
- 2025 · The Thursday Murder Club as Stephen Best
- 2025 · The Penguin Lessons as Headmaster Buckle
- 2022 · The Witness is a Whale as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · He Dreams of Giants as Himself
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Retired Neurosurgeon
- 2016 · To Walk Invisible as Patrick Brontë
- 2016 · The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Shylock
- 2016 · The White King as Colonel Fitz
- 2015 · Narcopolis as Sidorov
- 2015 · Dough as Nat
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as Mr. Pugh
- 2014 · Listen Up Philip as Ike
- 2012 · Dark Blood as Harry Fletcher
- 2008 · My Zinc Bed as Victor
- 2008 · The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self / Horatio Jackson
- 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Sherlock Holmes
- 2007 · The Moon and the Stars as James Clavel / Scarpia
- 2005 · The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
- 2005 · Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2003 · An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Self
- 2003 · David Bowie - Sound and Vision as Narrator
- 2002 · Mad Dogs as Supreme Being
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / Elliot Carver
- 2002 · Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister as Master Schoemacker
- 2001 · Victoria & Albert as King Leopold I of Belgium
- 2001 · Bride of the Wind as Gustav Mahler
- 2001 · Very Annie Mary as Jack Pugh
- 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Master
- 1998 · Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
- 1998 · Highly Classified: The World of 007 as
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1997 · Regeneration as Capt. William Rivers
- 1994 · Great Moments in Aviation as Duncan Stewart
- 1994 · A Business Affair as Alec Bolton
- 1993 · Barbarians at the Gate as Henry Kravis
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Robert Fallon
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as James Penfield
- 1982 · Murder Is Easy as Mr. Ellsworthy
- 1982 · Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
- 1981 · Loophole as Taylor
- 1980 · Breaking Glass as Ken
- Future · Flavia de Luce as
- 2023 · Soul of the Ocean as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley (voice)
- 2022 · The Spirit of 1926 as Narrator
- 2022 · The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · All the Old Knives as Bill Compton
- 2022 · Save the Cinema as Mr. Morgan
- 2021 · Stories of You and I as Narrator
- 2019 · The Two Popes as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
- 2019 · Piney: The Lonesome Pine as Grandpa Sid
- 2018 · The Wife as Joe Castleman
- 2018 · The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as Don Quixote
- 2017 · The Man Who Invented Christmas as Mr. John Dickens
- 2017 · Becoming Cary Grant as Cary Grant (voice)
- 2017 · The Healer as Raymond Heacock
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 2016 · Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance as Special Finale Guest Star
- 2015 · Shylock's Ghost as Self
- 2015 · Woman in Gold as Chief Justice Rehnquist
- 2015 · Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life as Self
- 2014 · Sluizer Speaks as
- 2014 · The Salvation as Mayor Nathan Keane
- 2014 · The Ghost and the Whale as Whale
- 2012 · King Lear as King Lear
- 2012 · Patience (After Sebald) as Voiceover
- 2011 · Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
- 2011 · City State as Jimmy
- 2011 · Hysteria as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
- 2010 · The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins as
- 2009 · Echelon Conspiracy as Mueller
- 2008 · Bedtime Stories as Marty Bronson
- 2008 · Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began as Ian Fleming (voice)
- 2008 · What Is Brazil? as Self
- 2008 · Leatherheads as CC Frazier
- 2006 · Brothers of the Head as Henry Couling
- 2005 · The New World as King James
- 2004 · De-Lovely as Gabriel
- 2003 · Quest for the Giant Squid as Narrator
- 2002 · Unconditional Love as Victor Fox
- 2002 · Taliesin Jones as Da
- 2001 · The Affair of the Necklace as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
- 2001 · Il gioco as Mark
- 2000 · Tales from the Madhouse as The Thief
- 2000 · The Suicide Club as Bourne
- 1999 · Stigmata as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
- 1999 · Titanic: Answers From The Abyss as Narrator
- 1997 · David as Saul
- 1996 · Evita as Juan Perón
- 1996 · A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' as Self
- 1995 · Carrington as Lytton Strachey
- 1994 · Shopping as Conway
- 1994 · A Troll in Central Park as Alan (voice)
- 1994 · Deadly Advice as Dr. Ted Philips
- 1993 · The Age of Innocence as Rivière
- 1993 · Thicker Than Water as Sam
- 1993 · Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann
- 1992 · Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk
- 1992 · Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Trilby (voice)
- 1992 · A Child's Garden of Verses as Narrator / Father (voice)
- 1990 · The Man from the Pru as William Wallace
- 1989 · The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon as Self - 'The Engineer'
- 1989 · The Rachel Papers as Norman
- 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
- 1988 · The World Within Us as Voice
- 1988 · Consuming Passions as Mr. Farris
- 1987 · Man on Fire as Michael
- 1986 · Jumpin' Jack Flash as Jack
- 1986 · Haunted Honeymoon as Charles Abbot
- 1985 · Brazil as Sam Lowry
- 1983 · Martin Luther, Heretic as Martin Luther
- 1983 · Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mr. Dark
- 1982 · Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
- 1981 · The Caretaker as Mick
- 1981 · Timon of Athens as Timon
- 1980 · The Day Christ Died as Herod
- 1979 · Comedians as Gethin Price
- 1976 · Voyage of the Damned as Joseph Manasse
- Future · Sleeping Lions as
- 1978 · For Tea on Sunday as Nicholas
- 1976 · Play Things as Playleader
- 1975 · The Death of a Young Young Man as Tommy