Jason Isaacs
119 movies · 40 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 6, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Biography
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).
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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).
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Known for
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Film
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★ 7.8 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Film
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★ 8.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Film
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★ 7.5 Fury
2014 · Film
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★ 6.8 Armageddon
1998 · Film
Jason Isaacs: movies and TV shows
Acting (159)
- Upcoming Victorian Psycho
as Mr. Pounds
- Upcoming Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
as (voice)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming A Winter's Journey
as Wolfgang
- Upcoming Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
as Steve (voice)
- Upcoming Mistletoe & Wine
as Spencer
- Upcoming Silverback
as Terry
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2026 Eleven Days
as Father Joseph O’Brien
- 2026
- 2026 Heavyweight
as Freddie Goodson
- 2026 Honey Bunch
as Joseph
- 2025 Juliet & Romeo
as Lord Montague
- 2025 Words of War
as Sacha
- 2025 The Salt Path
as Moth Winn
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023 Mind-Set
as Nick Reynolds
- 2023
- 2023 Spinning Gold
as Al Bogatz
- 2022
- 2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Archie
- 2022
- 2022 Agent Game
as Bill
- 2022 Operation Mincemeat
as Admiral John Godfrey
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Monster Family 2
as Dracula (voice)
- 2021 Mass
as Jay
- 2021 Streamline
as Rob Bush
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 Creation Stories
as Ralph
- 2021 Cera
as John
- 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
- 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
- 2019 Hotel Mumbai
as Vasili Orchevsky
- 2019
- 2018 Look Away
as Dan
- 2018 London Fields
as Mark Asprey
- 2018 Medusa's Ankles
as Lucian
- 2017 The Death of Stalin
as Field Marshal Zhukov
- 2017
- 2017 Monster Family
as Dracula (voice)
- 2017
- 2017 A Cure for Wellness
as Volmer
- 2016 Red Dog: True Blue
as Michael Carter
- 2016
- 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
- 2015 Field of Lost Shoes
as John C. Breckinridge
- 2015
- 2015 Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Ben McKay
- 2014 Fury
as Captain Waggoner
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels · TV
as The Grand Inquisitor (voice) / Sentinel (voice) / The Inquisitor (voice) / The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound) · 10 episodes
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as The Inquisitor (voice)
- 2014 Rio, I Love You
as O "Gringo"
- 2014
- 2014 After the Fall
as Frank
- 2014
- 2013 Sweetwater
as Prophet Josiah
- 2013 A Single Shot
as Waylon
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 The Great Ghost Rescue
as Narrator (voice)
- 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)
- 2011
- 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 Skeletons
as The Colonel
- 2010 Green Zone
as Maj. Briggs
- 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
- 2008 Good
as Maurice
- 2008 La conjura de El Escorial
as Antonio Pérez
- 2008 The Curse of Steptoe
as Harry H Corbett
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Lucius Malfoy
- 2007 Grindhouse
as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Scars
as Chris
- 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
- 2005
- 2005 Elektra
as DeMarco (uncredited)
- 2004 Battle of the Brave
as Général James Wolfe
- 2004
- 2003 Peter Pan
as James Hook / George 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
- 2002 Resident Evil
as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
- 2001 Black Hawk Down
as Steele
- 2001 Hotel
as Australian Actor
- 2001 Sweet November
as Chaz
- 2000 The Sight
as Ghost
- 2000 The Patriot
as Col. William Tavington
- 1999 The End of the Affair
as Father Richard Smythe
- 1999
- 1998 Soldier
as Colonel Mekum
- 1998 Divorcing Jack
as Cow Pat Keegan
- 1998 Armageddon
as Ronald Quincy
- 1998
- 1998 St. Ives
as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 1997 Event Horizon
as D.J.
- 1997 The Fix
as Tony Kay
- 1996 Burn Your Phone
as The Killer
- 1996 Guardians
as Jim Reed
- 1996 A Relative Stranger
as Peter Fraiman
- 1996 DragonHeart
as Lord Felton
- 1995 Loved Up
as Dez 2
- 1995
- 1995 Solitaire for 2
as Harry
- 1994 Shopping
as Market Trader
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 The Tall Guy
as Doctor
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1983
Behind the camera (2)
- 2023
- 2008 Good
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (25)
- 2026
- 2025
- 2022
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2017 After Trek
2 episodes
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2011 The Jonathan Ross Show
1 episode
- 2009 The Justin Lee Collins Show
1 episode
- 2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show
1 episode
- 2007 Would I Lie to You?
1 episode
- 2006 The One Show
2 episodes
- 2006
- 2004
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 2002 Hooligans
3 episodes
- 2002 V Graham Norton
1 episode
- 2001 Richard & Judy
1 episode
- 2000
- 1997 EP Daily
1 episode
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1993 GMTV
1 episode
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes