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Jason Isaacs

Profession
Acting
Born
June 6, 1963 · 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Isaacs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Film · 2002 · ★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Film · 2005 · ★ 7.8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011 · ★ 8.1
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007 · ★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Film · 2009 · ★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010 · ★ 7.7
Fury poster
Fury
Film · 2014 · ★ 7.5
Armageddon poster
Armageddon
Film · 1998 · ★ 6.8
Cars 2 poster
Cars 2
Film · 2011 · ★ 6.2
Sex Education poster
Sex Education
Series · 2019 · ★ 8.2
Resident Evil poster
Resident Evil
Film · 2002 · ★ 6.7
Black Hawk Down poster
Black Hawk Down
Film · 2001 · ★ 7.4

Filmography