Jason Isaacs
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-06-06 (62 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
A Winter's Journey
as Wolfgang
Eleven Days
as Father Joseph O’Brien
Mistletoe & Wine
as Spencer
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
as Steve (voice)
Victorian Psycho
as Mr. Pounds
Guardians
as Jim Reed
Twisting My Melon
as Derek Ryder
(2026)
(2025)
Heavyweight
as Freddie Goodson
(2025)
Words of War
as Sacha
(2025)
Juliet & Romeo
as Lord Montague
(2025)
The Salt Path
as Moth Winn
(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)
Agent Game
as Bill
(2022)
Operation Mincemeat
as Admiral John Godfrey
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
(2021)
Monster Family 2
as Dracula (voice)
(2021)
Cera
as John
(2021)
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
(2021)
Mass
as Jay
(2021)
Creation Stories
as Ralph
(2021)
Streamline
as Rob Bush
(2020)
Scoob!
as Dick Dastardly (voice)
(2020)
Occupation: Rainfall
as Steve (voice)
(2020)
Superman: Red Son
as Superman (voice)
(2020)
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait
as Narrator
(2019)
Skyfire
as Jack Harris
(2019)
Hotel Mumbai
as Vasili Orchevsky
(2019)
Koko: A Red Dog Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life
as Narrator
(2018)
Look Away
as Dan Brennan
(2018)
London Fields
as Mark Asprey
(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)
Red Dog: True Blue
as Michael Carter
(2016)
The Infiltrator
as Mark Jackowski
(2015)
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Lex Luthor (voice)
(2015)
Dawn
as Dawson
(2015)
Lithgow Saint
as Lithgow Saint
(2015)
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Ben McKay
(2015)
Field of Lost Shoes
as John C. Breckinridge
(2014)
Fury
as Captain Waggoner
(2014)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as The Inquisitor (voice)
(2014)
After the Fall
as Frank
(2014)
Rio, I Love You
as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
(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)
The Great Ghost Rescue
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
as Sinestro (voice)
(2011)
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Lucius Malfoy
(2010)
Batman: Under the Red Hood
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
(2010)
Green Zone
as Maj. Briggs
(2010)
Skeletons
as The Colonel
(2010)
Pleading Guilty
as Mack
(2010)
9/11 State of Emergency
as Narrator
(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)
Tennis Anyone?
as Johnny Green
(2006)
(2006)
Friends with Money
as David
(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)
Battle of the Brave
as Général James Wolfe
(2004)
(2003)
Peter Pan
as James Hook / George Darling
(2003)
High Times Potluck
as Arneu
(2003)
Passionada
as Charles Beck
(2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Lucius Malfoy
(2002)
Resident Evil
as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
(2002)
The Tuxedo
as Clark Devlin
(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)
Divorcing Jack
as Cow Pat Keegan
(1998)
St. Ives
as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
(1997)
Event Horizon
as D.J.
(1997)
The Fix
as Tony Kay
(1996)
DragonHeart
as Lord Felton
(1996)
Burn Your Phone
as The Killer
(1996)
A Relative Stranger
as Peter Fraiman
(1995)
Solitaire for 2
as Harry
(1995)
(1995)
Loved Up
as Dez 2
(1994)
Shopping
as Market Trader
(1989)
The Tall Guy
as Doctor
Crew
(2008)
Good
Executive Producer