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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-06-06 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Jason Isaacs

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).

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

Acting

2026

2025

Juliet & Romeo as Lord Montague
Words of War as Sacha
Honey Bunch as Joseph

2024

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire as Grand Inquisitor (voice)

2023

Spinning Gold as Al Bogatz
Mind-Set as Nick Reynolds
The Crowded Room as Jack Lamb

2022

Agent Game as Bill
Operation Mincemeat as Admiral John Godfrey
Good Sam as Rob Griffith

2021

Cera as John
Monster Family 2 as Dracula (voice)
Streamline as Rob Bush
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
Mass as Jay
What If...? as The Eminence (voice)
The White Lotus as Timothy Ratliff

2020

Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (voice)
Superman: Red Son as Superman (voice)
Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)

2019

Hotel Mumbai as Vasili Orchevsky
Koko: A Red Dog Story as Narrator (voice)
Skyfire as Jack Harris
Sex Education as Peter Groff
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)

2018

London Fields as Mark Asprey
Medusa's Ankles as Lucian
Look Away as Dan Brennan

2017

The Death of Stalin as Field Marshal Zhukov
Monster Family as Dracula (voice)
Star Trek: Discovery as Gabriel Lorca
Castlevania as The Judge (voice)

2016

Red Dog: True Blue as Michael Carter
The Infiltrator as Mark Jackowski
The OA as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy

2015

Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
Field of Lost Shoes as John C. Breckinridge
Dawn as Dawson
Lithgow Saint as Lithgow Saint
Dig as Peter Connelly

2014

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as The Inquisitor (voice)
Fury as Captain Waggoner
Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
Star Wars Rebels as The Grand Inquisitor (voice)
Rosemary's Baby as Roman Castevet
Inside No. 9 as Clifford
Star Wars Rebels as Sentinel (voice)
Star Wars Rebels as The Inquisitor (voice)
Star Wars Rebels as The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound)

2013

A Single Shot as Waylon
Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah

2012

Awake as Michael Britten

2011

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Sinestro (voice)
Cars 2 as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
The Great Ghost Rescue as Narrator (voice)
Abduction as Kevin Harper
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
Case Histories as Jackson Brodie

2010

Green Zone as Maj. Briggs
Batman: Under the Red Hood as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Skeletons as The Colonel

2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - 'Lucius Malfoy'

2008

La conjura de El Escorial as Antonio Pérez
Good as Maurice
The Curse of Steptoe as Harry H Corbett

2007

Grindhouse as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

2006

Scars as Chris
Tennis Anyone? as Johnny Green
The One Show as Self - Guest
Brotherhood as Michael Caffee
The State Within as Mark Brydon
The One Show as Self

2005

The Chumscrubber as Mr. Parker
Nine Lives as Damien
Elektra as DeMarco (uncredited)
Avatar: The Last Airbender as Admiral Zhao (voice)
American Dad! as Jumpers (voice)

2004

Battle of the Brave as Général James Wolfe

2003

Peter Pan as James Hook / George Darling
Passionada as Charles Beck

2002

The Tuxedo as Clark Devlin
Windtalkers as Major Mellitz
The Last Minute as Dave “Percy” Sledge
Resident Evil as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
Hooligans as Self - Narrator

2001

Black Hawk Down as CPT Mike Steele
Sweet November as Chaz Watley
Hotel as Australian Actor

2000

The Patriot as Col. William Tavington
The Sight as Ghost

1999

The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
The West Wing as Colin Ayres

1998

Armageddon as Ronald Quincy
St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Soldier as Colonel Mekum
Divorcing Jack as Cow Pat Keegan
The Last Don II as Father Luca Tonarini

1997

The Fix as Tony Kay
The View as Self

1996

DragonHeart as Lord Felton
Burn Your Phone as The Killer
A Relative Stranger as Peter Fraiman

1995

Loved Up as Dez 2

1994

Shopping as Market Trader

1993

GMTV as Self

1992

Highlander: The Series as Zachary Blaine
Highlander: The Series as Zachary Blaine (archive footage)

1991

Ashenden as Andrew Lehman
Civvies as Frank Dillon

1990

TECX as Edward Latham

1989

The Tall Guy as Doctor
Capital City as Chas Ewell

1988

This Is David Lander as Dr. Guy Chadbot

1987

Inspector Morse as Dr. Desmond Collier

1983

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited)

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A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
Twisting My Melon as Derek Ryder
Mistletoe & Wine as Spencer
Guardians as Jim Reed

Production

2023

2008

Good as Executive Producer