Name
Jason Isaacs
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-06-06 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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
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Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for a...
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Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the s...
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Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the...
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When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grue...
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Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters w...
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When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil,...
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When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Soma...
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In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Hori...
- 1998 Armageddon as Ronald Quincy
- 2001 Black Hawk Down as Steele
- 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Lucius Malfoy
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Lucius Malfoy
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Lucius Malfoy
- 2022 Agent Game as Bill
- 2003 Peter Pan as James Hook / George Darling
- 2001 Sweet November as Chaz Watley
- 2000 The Patriot as Col. William Tavington
- 2002 The Tuxedo as Clark Devlin
- 1999 The End of the Affair as Father Richard Smythe
- 2008 La conjura de El Escorial as Antonio Pérez
- 2022 Operation Mincemeat as Admiral John Godfrey
- 1998 St. Ives as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- 2010 Green Zone as Maj. Briggs
- 2021 Cera as John
- 1997 Event Horizon as D.J.
- 2022 Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men as Indigo
- 1996 DragonHeart as Lord Felton
- 2006 Friends with Money as David
- 1998 Soldier as Colonel Mekum
- 2008 Good as Maurice
- 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Lucius Malfoy
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Lucius Malfoy
- 2023 Spinning Gold as Al Bogatz
- 2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self
- 2021 Monster Family 2 as Dracula (voice)
- 2010 Batman: Under the Red Hood as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- 2005 The Chumscrubber as Mr. Parker
- 2025 Juliet & Romeo as Lord Montague
- 1998 Divorcing Jack as Cow Pat Keegan
- 2005 Nine Lives as Damien
- 2006 Scars as Chris
- 2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Sinestro (voice)
- 2011 Cars 2 as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
- 2010 Skeletons as The Colonel
- Soon The Boy at the Back of the Class
- 2025 The Salt Path as Moth Winn
- 2003 Passionada as Charles Beck
- 2011 The Great Ghost Rescue as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 Battle of the Brave as Général James Wolfe
- 2011 Abduction as Kevin Harper
- 1995 Loved Up as Dez 2
- 2013 A Single Shot as Waylon
- 2013 Sweetwater as Prophet Josiah
- 1995 Solitaire for 2 as Harry
- 2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Archie
- Soon Maria
- 2004 The Magic Touch of Harry Potter as Self
- 2008 The Curse of Steptoe as Harry H Corbett
- 2025 Words of War as Sacha
- Soon A Winter's Journey as Wolfgang
- 1996 Burn Your Phone as The Killer
- 1997 The Fix as Tony Kay
- 2014 After the Fall as Frank
- 2001 Hotel as Australian Actor
- Soon Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 as Steve (voice)
- 2002 Windtalkers as Major Mellitz
- 2021 Streamline as Rob Bush
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as The Inquisitor (voice)
- 2026 Heavyweight as Freddie Goodson
- 2014 Fury as Captain Waggoner
- 2015 Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Ben McKay
- 2022 Julia
- 2018 London Fields as Mark Asprey
- 2015 Justice League: Gods and Monsters as Lex Luthor (voice)
- 2017 A Cure for Wellness as Volmer
- 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
- 2010 Pleading Guilty as Mack
- 2015 Field of Lost Shoes as John C. Breckinridge
- 2006 Tennis Anyone? as Johnny Green
- 2017 The Death of Stalin as Field Marshal Zhukov
- 1994 Shopping as Market Trader
- 2016 Red Dog: True Blue as Michael Carter
- 1996 A Relative Stranger as Peter Fraiman
- 2019 Hotel Mumbai as Vasili Orchevsky
- 2016 The Infiltrator as Mark Jackowski
- 2002 The Last Minute as Dave “Percy” Sledge
- 2014 Rio, I Love You as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
- 2026 Honey Bunch as Joseph
- 2002 Resident Evil as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
- 2006 The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2018 Medusa's Ankles as Lucian
- 2017 Monster Family as Dracula (voice)
- 2011 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
- 2010 9/11 State of Emergency as Narrator
- 1989 The Tall Guy as Doctor
- 2015 Dawn as Dawson
- 2018 Look Away as Dan
- 2003 High Times Potluck as Arneu
- 2021 Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Carl
- 2007 Grindhouse as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2020 Scoob! as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 2021 Creation Stories as Ralph
- 2019 Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life as Narrator
- 2020 Superman: Red Son as Superman (voice)
- 2019 Koko: A Red Dog Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 Skyfire as Jack Harris
- 2015 Lithgow Saint as Lithgow Saint
- 2000 The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
- 2005 Elektra as DeMarco (uncredited)
- 2020 Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait as Narrator
- 2020 Occupation: Rainfall as Steve (voice)
- 2021 Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
- 2021 Mass as Jay
- 2023 Mind-Set as Nick Reynolds
- 2027 Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk as (voice)
- Soon Mistletoe & Wine as Spencer
- 2000 The Sight as Ghost
- 1996 Guardians as Jim Reed
- 2026 Victorian Psycho as Mr. Pounds
- Soon Eleven Days as Father Joseph O’Brien
- 2026 The Julia Set
- Soon Silverback
- 2025 The Salt Path Scandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2028 Viva la Madness
- Soon Bad Major
- Soon Crave
- Soon Gundam
- Soon Tangled Up in Blue
- Soon Girl
- 1997 EP Daily ( 1 episode )
- 2004 Entourage ( 1 episode ) as Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
- 2006 Brotherhood ( 29 episodes ) as Michael Caffee
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1983 Taggart ( 1 episode )
- 1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Desmond Collier
- 2001 Richard & Judy ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Highlander: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Zachary Blaine
- 2006 The State Within ( 6 episodes ) as Mark Brydon
- 2022 Good Sam ( 13 episodes ) as Rob Griffith
- 2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 This Is David Lander ( 12 episodes ) as Dr. Guy Chadbot
- 2002 V Graham Norton ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 The Justin Lee Collins Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1993 GMTV ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 Ashenden ( 4 episodes ) as Andrew Lehman
- 1992 Civvies ( 6 episodes ) as Frank Dillon
- 2012 Awake ( 13 episodes ) as Michael Britten
- 2011 Case Histories ( 9 episodes ) as Jackson Brodie
- 2019 Sex Education ( 3 episodes ) as Peter Groff
- 2015 Dig ( 10 episodes ) as Peter Connelly
- 1999 The West Wing ( 3 episodes ) as Colin Ayres
- 2023 The Crowded Room ( 4 episodes ) as Jack Lamb
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels ( 1 episode ) as The Grand Inquisitor (voice)
- 2014 Rosemary's Baby ( 2 episodes ) as Roman Castevet
- 2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender ( 7 episodes ) as Zhao (voice)
- 2016 The OA ( 16 episodes ) as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
- 2017 Star Trek: Discovery ( 15 episodes ) as Gabriel Lorca
- 2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical ( 1 episode ) as Butcher (voice)
- 1998 The Last Don II ( 2 episodes ) as Father Luca Tonarini
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Clifford
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels ( 1 episode ) as Sentinel (voice)
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels ( 7 episodes ) as The Inquisitor (voice)
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels ( 1 episode ) as The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound)
- 2023 Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant ( 4 episodes ) as Cary Grant
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Jumpers (voice)
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode )
- 2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance ( 10 episodes ) as skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)
- 2020 Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster ( 3 episodes )
- 2024 Star Wars: Tales of the Empire ( 1 episode ) as Grand Inquisitor (voice)
- 2017 Castlevania ( 10 episodes ) as The Judge (voice)
- 2002 Hooligans ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 2021 What If...? ( 4 episodes ) as The Eminence (voice)
- 2021 The White Lotus ( 8 episodes ) as Timothy Ratliff
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 The One Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2012 The Legend of Korra ( 1 episode ) as Zhao (voice)
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 The Jonathan Ross Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- Soon Tomb Raider ( 1 episode ) as Atlas DeMornay
- 2017 After Trek ( 2 episodes )
- 2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panellist
- 1989 Capital City ( 23 episodes ) as Chas Ewell
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Killer (voice)
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1989 A Quiet Conspiracy ( 4 episodes ) as Jean-Marc Sammarty
- 1990 TECX ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Dangerous Lady ( 4 episodes ) as Michael Ryan
- 2023 baldur's gate 3 ( 4 episodes ) as lord enver gortsh
