
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
- 2023 · Soul of the Ocean as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · All the Old Knives as Bill Compton
- 2022 · Slow Horses as David Cartwright
- 2020 · Tales from the Loop as Russ
- 2017 · Taboo as Stuart Strange
- 2016 · The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Owen Teale-Griffith
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as Cardinal Wolsey
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · G.I. Joe: Retaliation as U.S. President
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as High Sparrow
- 2009 · G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as U.S. President
- 2008 · Bedtime Stories as Marty Bronson
- 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
- 2003 · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Governor Weatherby Swann
- 2003 · What a Girl Wants as Alistair Payne
- 2002 · ChalkZone as The Quicksand Man (voice)
- 1999 · Stigmata as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
- 1998 · Ronin as Seamus O'Rourke
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Elliot Carver
- 1988 · The Storyteller as King
- 1985 · Brazil as Sam Lowry
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Nicholas
- 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
- 2022 · Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley (voice)
- 2022 · Save the Cinema as Mr. Morgan
- 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
- 2016 · To Walk Invisible as Patrick Brontë
- 2016 · Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance as Special Finale Guest Star
- 2016 · The White King as Colonel Fitz
- 2015 · Woman in Gold as Chief Justice Rehnquist
- 2015 · Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life as Self
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as Mr. Pugh
- 2014 · The Salvation as Mayor Nathan Keane
- 2014 · Listen Up Philip as Ike
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2011 · Hysteria as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
- 2009 · Echelon Conspiracy as Mueller
- 2008 · Clone as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
- 2008 · Leatherheads as CC Frazier
- 2004 · De-Lovely as Gabriel
- 2002 · Unconditional Love as Victor Fox
- 2001 · The Affair of the Necklace as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
- 1997 · David as Saul
- 1997 · David as Saul
- 1996 · Evita as Juan Perón
- 1994 · Shopping as Conway
- 1994 · A Troll in Central Park as Alan (voice)
- 1994 · A Business Affair as Alec Bolton
- 1993 · The Age of Innocence as Rivière
- 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 · Consuming Passions as Mr. Farris
- 1986 · Jumpin' Jack Flash as Jack
- 1986 · Haunted Honeymoon as Charles Abbot
- 1983 · Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mr. Dark
- 1982 · Murder Is Easy as Mr. Ellsworthy
- 1980 · Breaking Glass as Ken
- 1976 · Voyage of the Damned as Joseph Manasse
- 1976 · Bill Brand as Jamie Finn
- 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
- 2017 · Becoming Cary Grant as Cary Grant (voice)
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 2016 · The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Shylock
- 2015 · Shylock's Ghost as Self
- 2015 · Narcopolis as Sidorov
- 2015 · Dough as Nat
- 2014 · Sluizer Speaks as
- 2014 · The Ghost and the Whale as Whale
- 2012 · King Lear as King Lear
- 2012 · Dark Blood as Harry Fletcher
- 2012 · Patience (After Sebald) as Voiceover
- 2011 · Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
- 2011 · City State as Jimmy
- 2010 · The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins as
- 2008 · Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began as Ian Fleming (voice)
- 2008 · My Zinc Bed as Victor
- 2008 · What Is Brazil? as Self
- 2008 · The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self / Horatio Jackson
- 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Sherlock Holmes
- 2007 · The Moon and the Stars as James Clavel / Scarpia
- 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)
- 2004 · Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2003 · An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Self
- 2003 · David Bowie - Sound and Vision as Narrator
- 2003 · Quest for the Giant Squid as Narrator
- 2002 · Mad Dogs as Supreme Being
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / Elliot Carver
- 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 · Very Annie Mary as Jack Pugh
- 2001 · Il gioco as Mark
- 2000 · Tales from the Madhouse as The Thief
- 2000 · The Suicide Club as Bourne
- 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Master
- 1999 · Titanic: Answers From The Abyss as Narrator
- 1998 · Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
- 1998 · Highly Classified: The World of 007 as
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1997 · Regeneration as Capt. William Rivers
- 1997 · Davide as Saul
- 1996 · A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' as Self
- 1995 · Carrington as Lytton Strachey
- 1994 · Great Moments in Aviation as Duncan Stewart
- 1994 · Deadly Advice as Dr. Ted Philips
- 1993 · Thicker Than Water as Sam
- 1993 · Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann
- 1993 · Barbarians at the Gate as Henry Kravis
- 1993 · Mr. Wroe's Virgins as John Wroe
- 1992 · Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Trilby (voice)
- 1992 · A Child's Garden of Verses as Narrator / Father (voice)
- 1990 · The Man from the Pru as William Wallace
- 1989 · The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon as Self - 'The Engineer'
- 1988 · The World Within Us as Voice
- 1987 · Man on Fire as Michael
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Robert Fallon
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1983 · Martin Luther, Heretic as Martin Luther
- 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as James Penfield
- 1982 · Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
- 1982 · Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
- 1981 · Loophole as Taylor
- 1981 · The Caretaker as Mick
- 1981 · Timon of Athens as Timon
- 1980 · The Day Christ Died as Herod
- 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
- Future · Sleeping Lions as