
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 · The Thursday Murder Club as Stephen Best
- 2025 · The Penguin Lessons as Headmaster Buckle
- 2025 · William Tell as Attinghausen
- 2024 · 3 Body Problem as Mike Evans
- 2023 · One Life as Martin Blake
- 2022 · Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley (voice)
- 2022 · All the Old Knives as Bill Compton
- 2022 · Slow Horses as David Cartwright
- 2020 · Tales from the Loop as Russ
- 2019 · The Two Popes as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
- 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 · The Healer as Raymond Heacock
- 2017 · Taboo as Stuart Strange
- 2016 · The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 2016 · Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance as Special Finale Guest Star
- 2015 · Narcopolis as Sidorov
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Owen Teale-Griffith
- 2015 · Woman in Gold as Chief Justice Rehnquist
- 2015 · Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life as Self
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as Cardinal Wolsey
- 2014 · The Salvation as Mayor Nathan Keane
- 2014 · Listen Up Philip as Ike
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · G.I. Joe: Retaliation as U.S. President
- 2011 · Hysteria as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as High Sparrow
- 2009 · G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as U.S. President
- 2009 · Echelon Conspiracy as Mueller
- 2008 · Bedtime Stories as Marty Bronson
- 2008 · Clone as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
- 2008 · My Zinc Bed as Victor
- 2008 · Leatherheads as CC Frazier
- 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 New World as King James
- 2005 · The Brothers Grimm as Delatombe
- 2004 · De-Lovely as Gabriel
- 2003 · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Governor Weatherby Swann
- 2003 · What a Girl Wants as Alistair Payne
- 2002 · Unconditional Love as Victor Fox
- 2002 · ChalkZone as The Quicksand Man (voice)
- 2001 · The Affair of the Necklace as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
- 1999 · Stigmata as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
- 1998 · Ronin as Seamus O'Rourke
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Elliot Carver
- 1997 · David as Saul
- 1997 · David as Saul
- 1996 · Evita as Juan Perón
- 1995 · Carrington as Lytton Strachey
- 1994 · Shopping as Conway
- 1994 · A Troll in Central Park as Alan (voice)
- 1993 · The Age of Innocence as Rivière
- 1993 · Mr. Wroe's Virgins as John Wroe
- 1992 · Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk
- 1991 · Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann
- 1989 · The Rachel Papers as Norman
- 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself
- 1988 · The Storyteller as King
- 1987 · Man on Fire as Michael
- 1986 · Jumpin' Jack Flash as Jack
- 1985 · Brazil as Sam Lowry
- 1983 · Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mr. Dark
- 1982 · Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
- 1982 · Murder Is Easy as Mr. Ellsworthy
- 1981 · Loophole as Taylor
- 1980 · Breaking Glass as Ken
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Nicholas
- 1976 · Voyage of the Damned as Joseph Manasse
- 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
- 2023 · Soul of the Ocean as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Save the Cinema as Mr. Morgan
- 2017 · Becoming Cary Grant as Cary Grant (voice)
- 2016 · To Walk Invisible as Patrick Brontë
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 2016 · The White King as Colonel Fitz
- 2015 · Dough as Nat
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as Mr. Pugh
- 2014 · The Ghost and the Whale as Whale
- 2012 · Dark Blood as Harry Fletcher
- 2012 · Patience (After Sebald) as Voiceover
- 2010 · The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins as
- 2008 · What Is Brazil? as Self
- 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Sherlock Holmes
- 2006 · Brothers of the Head as Henry Couling
- 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)
- 2003 · An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Self
- 2002 · Mad Dogs as Supreme Being
- 2002 · Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister as Master Schoemacker
- 2002 · Taliesin Jones as Da
- 2001 · Victoria & Albert as King Leopold I of Belgium
- 2001 · Bride of the Wind as Gustav Mahler
- 2001 · Il gioco as Mark
- 2000 · Tales from the Madhouse as The Thief
- 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
- 1997 · Regeneration as Capt. William Rivers
- 1997 · Davide as Saul
- 1994 · A Business Affair as Alec Bolton
- 1993 · Thicker Than Water as Sam
- 1993 · Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann
- 1993 · Barbarians at the Gate as Henry Kravis
- 1992 · Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Trilby (voice)
- 1989 · The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon as Self - 'The Engineer'
- 1988 · Consuming Passions as Mr. Farris
- 1986 · Haunted Honeymoon as Charles Abbot
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Robert Fallon
- Future · Flavia de Luce as
- 2022 · The Spirit of 1926 as Narrator
- 2022 · The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · The Witness is a Whale as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Stories of You and I as Narrator
- 2019 · He Dreams of Giants as Himself
- 2019 · Piney: The Lonesome Pine as Grandpa Sid
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Retired Neurosurgeon
- 2016 · The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Shylock
- 2015 · Shylock's Ghost as Self
- 2014 · Sluizer Speaks as
- 2012 · King Lear as King Lear
- 2011 · Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
- 2011 · City State as Jimmy
- 2008 · Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began as Ian Fleming (voice)
- 2008 · The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self / Horatio Jackson
- 2007 · The Moon and the Stars as James Clavel / Scarpia
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2003 · David Bowie - Sound and Vision as Narrator
- 2003 · Quest for the Giant Squid as Narrator
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / Elliot Carver
- 2001 · Very Annie Mary as Jack Pugh
- 2000 · The Suicide Club as Bourne
- 1999 · Titanic: Answers From The Abyss as Narrator
- 1998 · Highly Classified: The World of 007 as
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1996 · A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' as Self
- 1994 · Great Moments in Aviation as Duncan Stewart
- 1994 · Deadly Advice as Dr. Ted Philips
- 1992 · A Child's Garden of Verses as Narrator / Father (voice)
- 1990 · The Man from the Pru as William Wallace
- 1988 · The World Within Us as Voice
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1983 · Martin Luther, Heretic as Martin Luther
- 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as James Penfield
- 1981 · The Caretaker as Mick
- 1981 · Timon of Athens as Timon
- 1980 · The Day Christ Died as Herod
- Future · Sleeping Lions as
- 1982 · Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
- 1979 · Comedians as Gethin Price
- 1978 · For Tea on Sunday as Nicholas
- 1976 · Play Things as Playleader
- 1975 · The Death of a Young Young Man as Tommy