Jason Isaacs
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
as Steve (voice)
Heavyweight
as Freddie Goodson
A Winter's Journey
as Wolfgang
Twisting My Melon
as Derek Ryder
Mistletoe & Wine
as Spencer
Guardians
as Jim Reed
(2026)
(2025)
Juliet & Romeo
as Lord Montague
(2025)
The Salt Path
as Moth
(2025)
Words of War
as Sacha
(2025)
Honey Bunch
as Joseph
(2023)
Spinning Gold
as Al Bogatz
(2023)
Mind-Set
as Nick Reynolds
(2022)
(2022)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Archie
(2022)
Operation Mincemeat
as Admiral John Godfrey
(2022)
Agent Game
as Bill
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Mass
as Jay
(2021)
Monster Family 2
as Dracula (voice)
(2021)
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
(2021)
Creation Stories
as Ralph
(2021)
(2021)
Streamline
as Rob Bush
(2021)
Cera
as John
(2020)
Scoob!
as Dick Dastardly (voice)
(2020)
Superman: Red Son
as Superman (voice)
(2020)
Occupation: Rainfall
as Steve (voice)
(2020)
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait
as Narrator
(2019)
Hotel Mumbai
as Vasili Orchevsky
(2019)
Skyfire
as Jack Harris
(2019)
Koko: A Red Dog Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life
as Narrator
(2018)
London Fields
as Mark Asprey
(2018)
Look Away
as Dan Brennan
(2018)
Medusa's Ankles
as Lucian
(2017)
A Cure for Wellness
as Volmer
(2017)
The Death of Stalin
as Field Marshal Zhukov
(2017)
Monster Family
as Dracula (voice)
(2016)
The Infiltrator
as Mark Jackowski
(2016)
Red Dog: True Blue
as Michael Carter
(2015)
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Lex Luthor (voice)
(2015)
Field of Lost Shoes
as John C. Breckinridge
(2015)
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Ben McKay
(2015)
Dawn
as Dawson
(2015)
Lithgow Saint
as Lithgow Saint
(2014)
Fury
as Captain Waggoner
(2014)
Rio, I Love You
as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
(2014)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as The Inquisitor (voice)
(2014)
After the Fall
as Frank
(2013)
A Single Shot
as Waylon
(2013)
Sweetwater
as Prophet Josiah
(2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Lucius Malfoy
(2011)
Cars 2
as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
(2011)
Abduction
as Kevin Harper
(2011)
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
(2011)
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
as Sinestro (voice)
(2011)
The Great Ghost Rescue
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Lucius Malfoy
(2010)
Green Zone
as Maj. Briggs
(2010)
Batman: Under the Red Hood
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
(2010)
Skeletons
as The Colonel
(2010)
9/11 State of Emergency
as Narrator
(2010)
Pleading Guilty
as Mack
(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)
Friends with Money
as David
(2006)
(2006)
Tennis Anyone?
as Johnny Green
(2006)
Scars
as Chris
(2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lucius Malfoy
(2005)
Elektra
as DeMarco (uncredited)
(2005)
Nine Lives
as Damien
(2005)
The Chumscrubber
as Mr. Parker
(2004)
(2004)
Battle of the Brave
as Général James Wolfe
(2003)
Peter Pan
as James Hook / George Darling
(2003)
Passionada
as Charles Beck
(2003)
High Times Potluck
as Arneu
(2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Lucius Malfoy
(2002)
The Tuxedo
as Clark Devlin
(2002)
Resident Evil
as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
(2002)
Windtalkers
as Major Mellitz
(2002)
The Last Minute
as Dave “Percy” Sledge
(2001)
Black Hawk Down
as CPT Mike Steele
(2001)
Sweet November
as Chaz Watley
(2001)
Hotel
as Australian Actor
(2000)
The Patriot
as Col. William Tavington
(2000)
The Sight
as Ghost
(2000)
The Patriot: The Art of War
as Self
(1999)
The End of the Affair
as Father Richard Smythe
(1998)
Armageddon
as Ronald Quincy
(1998)
Soldier
as Colonel Mekum
(1998)
St. Ives
as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
(1998)
Divorcing Jack
as Cow Pat Keegan
(1997)
Event Horizon
as D.J.
(1997)
The Fix
as Tony Kay
(1996)
DragonHeart
as Lord Felton
(1996)
A Relative Stranger
as Peter Fraiman
(1996)
Burn Your Phone
as The Killer
(1995)
Loved Up
as Dez 2
(1995)
(1995)
Solitaire for 2
as Harry
(1994)
Shopping
as Market Trader
(1989)
The Tall Guy
as Doctor
Crew
(2008)
Good
Executive Producer