Jason Isaacs
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Isaacs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
- 2024 · Star Wars: Tales of the Empire as Grand Inquisitor (voice)
- 2023 · The Crowded Room as Jack Lamb
- 2022 · Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Archie
- 2022 · Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men as Indigo
- 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 · What If...? as The Eminence (voice)
- 2021 · The White Lotus as Timothy Ratliff
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Ralph
- 2021 · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
- 2021 · Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Carl
- 2020 · Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 2020 · Superman: Red Son as Superman (voice)
- 2019 · Skyfire as Jack Harris
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 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
- 2017 · The Death of Stalin as Field Marshal Zhukov
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Gabriel Lorca
- 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 · Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as John C. Breckinridge
- 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 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · After the Fall as Frank
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Clifford
- 2013 · A Single Shot as Waylon
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Zhao (voice)
- 2011 · The Great Ghost Rescue as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Abduction as Kevin Harper
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 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 · Batman: Under the Red Hood as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- 2009 · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Lucius Malfoy
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Brotherhood as Michael Caffee
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2006 · Friends with Money as David
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lucius Malfoy
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Damien
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Zhao (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Jumpers (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as
- 2005 · Elektra as DeMarco (uncredited)
- 2004 · Entourage as Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
- 2004 · The Magic Touch of Harry Potter as Self
- 2003 · Peter Pan as James Hook / George Darling
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Lucius Malfoy
- 2002 · The Tuxedo as Clark Devlin
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Major Mellitz
- 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
- 2000 · The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
- 2000 · The Patriot as Col. William Tavington
- 1999 · The West Wing as Colin Ayres
- 1998 · Armageddon as Ronald Quincy
- 1998 · St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 1997 · Event Horizon as D.J.
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1995 · Solitaire for 2 as Harry
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Zachary Blaine
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Dr. Desmond Collier
- 1985 · Screen Two as Killer (voice)
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- Future · Mistletoe & Wine as Spencer
- 2026 · Honey Bunch as Joseph
- 2025 · Juliet & Romeo as Lord Montague
- 2025 · Words of War as Sacha
- 2025 · The Salt Path as Moth Winn
- 2023 · Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant as Cary Grant
- 2023 · Spinning Gold as Al Bogatz
- 2022 · Agent Game as Bill
- 2022 · Good Sam as Rob Griffith
- 2021 · Monster Family 2 as Dracula (voice)
- 2021 · Mass as Jay
- 2020 · Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)
- 2018 · London Fields as Mark Asprey
- 2017 · Monster Family as Dracula (voice)
- 2015 · Dawn as Dawson
- 2015 · Dig as Peter Connelly
- 2015 · Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Ben McKay
- 2014 · Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as The Inquisitor (voice)
- 2014 · Rosemary's Baby as Roman Castevet
- 2013 · Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah
- 2012 · Awake as Michael Britten
- 2011 · 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
- 2011 · Case Histories as Jackson Brodie
- 2010 · Green Zone as Maj. Briggs
- 2000 · The Sight as Ghost
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
- 2009 · The Justin Lee Collins Show as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Good as Maurice
- 2008 · La conjura de El Escorial as Antonio Pérez
- 2006 · The State Within as Mark Brydon
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as Général James Wolfe
- 2002 · Hooligans as Self - Narrator
- 2001 · Hotel as Australian Actor
- 2001 · Sweet November as Chaz Watley
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
- 1998 · Soldier as Colonel Mekum
- 1998 · The Last Don II as Father Luca Tonarini
- 1996 · DragonHeart as Lord Felton
- 1994 · Shopping as Market Trader
- 1991 · Ashenden as Andrew Lehman
- 1990 · TECX as Edward Latham
- 1989 · Capital City as Chas Ewell
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as Dr. Guy Chadbot
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk as
- Future · Tomb Raider as Atlas DeMornay
- Future · The Julia Set as
- 2025 · The Salt Path Scandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Mind-Set as Nick Reynolds
- 2022 · Julia as
- 2021 · Streamline as Rob Bush
- 2021 · Cera as John
- 2020 · Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster as
- 2020 · Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait as Narrator
- 2019 · Koko: A Red Dog Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life as Narrator
- 2018 · Medusa's Ankles as Lucian
- 2017 · After Trek as
- 2016 · Red Dog: True Blue as Michael Carter
- 2015 · Lithgow Saint as Lithgow Saint
- 2014 · Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
- 2010 · 9/11 State of Emergency as Narrator
- 2010 · Pleading Guilty as Mack
- 2010 · Skeletons as The Colonel
- 2008 · The Curse of Steptoe as Harry H Corbett
- 2006 · Scars as Chris
- 2006 · Tennis Anyone? as Johnny Green
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mr. Parker
- 2003 · High Times Potluck as Arneu
- 2003 · Passionada as Charles Beck
- 1998 · Divorcing Jack as Cow Pat Keegan
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · The Fix as Tony Kay
- 1995 · Loved Up as Dez 2
- 1995 · Dangerous Lady as
- 1991 · Civvies as Frank Dillon
- 1989 · The Tall Guy as Doctor
- Future · Maria as
- Future · Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 as Steve (voice)
- Future · Viva La Madness as
- Future · Eleven Days as Father Joseph O’Brien
- Future · Victorian Psycho as Mr. Pounds
- Future · The Boy at the Back of the Class as
- Future · Guardians as Jim Reed
- 2002 · The Last Minute as Dave “Percy” Sledge
- Future · Twisting My Melon as Derek Ryder
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as The Killer
- 1996 · A Relative Stranger as Peter Fraiman
- Future · Silverback as
- Future · Bad Major as
- Future · Crave as