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
- 2025 · Words of War as Sacha
- 2024 · Star Wars: Tales of the Empire as Grand Inquisitor (voice)
- 2023 · Mind-Set as Nick Reynolds
- 2023 · The Crowded Room as Jack Lamb
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Butcher (voice)
- 2022 · Good Sam as Rob Griffith
- 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 · Cera as John
- 2020 · Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)
- 2020 · Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (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 · Sex Education as Peter Groff
- 2018 · Look Away as Dan Brennan
- 2018 · Medusa's Ankles as Lucian
- 2017 · The Death of Stalin as Field Marshal Zhukov
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Gabriel Lorca
- 2017 · Monster Family as Dracula (voice)
- 2017 · Castlevania as The Judge (voice)
- 2017 · A Cure for Wellness as Volmer
- 2016 · The OA as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
- 2015 · Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2015 · Dig as Peter Connelly
- 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 · Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
- 2014 · Rosemary's Baby as Roman Castevet
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Clifford
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Zhao (voice)
- 2012 · Awake as Michael Britten
- 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 · Case Histories as Jackson Brodie
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lucius Malfoy
- 2010 · Green Zone as Maj. Briggs
- 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 · Grindhouse as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Brotherhood as Michael Caffee
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lucius Malfoy
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mr. Parker
- 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
- 2003 · Peter Pan as James Hook / George Darling
- 2003 · High Times Potluck as Arneu
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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 · 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
- 2001 · Hotel as Australian Actor
- 2001 · Sweet November as Chaz Watley
- 2000 · The Patriot as Col. William Tavington
- 1999 · The West Wing as Colin Ayres
- 1998 · Soldier as Colonel Mekum
- 1998 · Armageddon as Ronald Quincy
- 1997 · Event Horizon as D.J.
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Fix as Tony Kay
- 1996 · DragonHeart as Lord Felton
- 1995 · Loved Up as Dez 2
- 1994 · Shopping as Market Trader
- 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
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- Future · Eleven Days as Father Joseph O’Brien
- 2026 · Honey Bunch as Joseph
- 2025 · Juliet & Romeo as Lord Montague
- 2025 · The Salt Path as Moth Winn
- 2023 · Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant as Cary Grant
- 2022 · Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Archie
- 2022 · Agent Game as Bill
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as Admiral John Godfrey
- 2021 · Monster Family 2 as Dracula (voice)
- 2021 · Mass as Jay
- 2021 · Streamline as Rob Bush
- 2021 · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
- 2020 · Superman: Red Son as Superman (voice)
- 2019 · Hotel Mumbai as Vasili Orchevsky
- 2018 · London Fields as Mark Asprey
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Mark Jackowski
- 2013 · Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah
- 2013 · A Single Shot as Waylon
- 2011 · 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
- 2011 · Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Sinestro (voice)
- 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
- 2009 · The Justin Lee Collins Show as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Good as Maurice
- 2008 · The Curse of Steptoe as Harry H Corbett
- 2006 · The State Within as Mark Brydon
- 2006 · Friends with Money as David
- 2006 · Tennis Anyone? as Johnny Green
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Damien
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as Général James Wolfe
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
- 1998 · The Last Don II as Father Luca Tonarini
- 1996 · Burn Your Phone as The Killer
- 1996 · A Relative Stranger as Peter Fraiman
- Future · Tomb Raider as Atlas DeMornay
- 1998 · Divorcing Jack as Cow Pat Keegan
- 1995 · Dangerous Lady as
- 1990 · TECX as Edward Latham
- 1989 · Capital City as Chas Ewell
- 1989 · The Tall Guy as Doctor
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as Dr. Guy Chadbot
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Victorian Psycho as Mr. Pounds
- 2026 · Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk as
- 2026 · Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
- 2023 · Spinning Gold as Al Bogatz
- 2022 · Julia as
- 2022 · Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men as Indigo
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Ralph
- 2021 · Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Carl
- 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
- 2016 · Red Dog: True Blue as Michael Carter
- 2015 · Lithgow Saint as Lithgow Saint
- 2015 · Dawn as Dawson
- 2015 · Field of Lost Shoes as John C. Breckinridge
- 2015 · Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Ben McKay
- 2014 · Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as The Inquisitor (voice)
- 2014 · After the Fall as Frank
- 2011 · The Great Ghost Rescue as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · La conjura de El Escorial as Antonio Pérez
- 2006 · Scars as Chris
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2004 · The Magic Touch of Harry Potter as Self
- 2003 · Passionada as Charles Beck
- 2002 · Hooligans as Self - Narrator
- 2000 · The Sight as Ghost
- 2000 · The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
- 1998 · St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1995 · Solitaire for 2 as Harry
- 1991 · Ashenden as Andrew Lehman
- 1991 · Civvies as Frank Dillon
- Future · Twisting My Melon as Derek Ryder
- Future · The Boy at the Back of the Class as
- Future · Guardians as Jim Reed
- Future · Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 as Steve (voice)
- Future · Maria as
- Future · The Julia Set as
- Future · Silverback as
- Future · Mistletoe & Wine as Spencer
- Future · A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
- Future · Castlevania as the Judge (voice)