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Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

Acting1963Liverpool, 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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Acting History

2026
Honey Bunch
as Joseph
Heavyweight
as Freddie Goodson
Would I Lie to You?
TVas Self - Panellist1 eps
2025
The Salt Path
as Moth Winn
Words of War
as Sacha
Juliet & Romeo
as Lord Montague
The Salt Path Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
The One Show
TVas Self2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
The Emmy Awards
TVas Self1 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
The White Lotus
TVas Timothy Ratliff8 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self1 eps
2024
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
TVas Grand Inquisitor (voice)1 eps
What If...?
TVas The Eminence (voice)4 eps
2023
Spinning Gold
as Al Bogatz
Mind-Set
as Nick Reynolds
The Crowded Room
TVas Jack Lamb4 eps
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
TVExecutive Producer4 eps
2022
Agent Game
as Bill
Operation Mincemeat
as Admiral John Godfrey
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TVas Butcher (voice)1 eps
Inside No. 9
TVas Clifford1 eps
Good Sam
TVas Rob Griffith13 eps
American Dad!
TVas Jumpers (voice)1 eps
2021
Cera
as John
Mass
as Jay
Monster Family 2
as Dracula (voice)
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
Streamline
as Rob Bush
Sex Education
TVas Peter Groff3 eps
2020
Scoob!
as Dick Dastardly (voice)
Superman: Red Son
as Superman (voice)
Occupation: Rainfall
as Steve (voice)
Castlevania
TVas The Judge (voice)10 eps
2019
Skyfire
as Jack Harris
Koko: A Red Dog Story
as Narrator (voice)
Hotel Mumbai
as Vasili Orchevsky
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TVas skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)10 eps
2018
London Fields
as Mark Asprey
Look Away
as Dan
Star Wars Rebels
TVas The Inquisitor (voice) / The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound) / The Grand Inquisitor (voice) / Sentinel (voice)1 eps
2017
Monster Family
as Dracula (voice)
The Death of Stalin
as Field Marshal Zhukov
Star Trek: Discovery
TVas Gabriel Lorca15 eps
2016
Red Dog: True Blue
as Michael Carter
The Infiltrator
as Mark Jackowski
The OA
TVas Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy16 eps
2015
Battlefield of Lost Souls
as John C. Breckinridge
Dawn
as Dawson
Lithgow Saint
as Lithgow Saint
Dig
TVas Peter Connelly10 eps
2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as The Inquisitor (voice)
Rio, I Love You
as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
Fury
as Captain Waggoner
Rosemary's Baby
TVas Roman Castevet2 eps
2013
A Single Shot
as Waylon
Sweetwater
as Prophet Josiah
The Legend of Korra
TVas Zhao (voice)1 eps
2012
Awake
TVas Michael Britten13 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self1 eps
2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
Cars 2
as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
The Great Ghost Rescue
as Narrator (voice)
Abduction
as Kevin Harper
Case Histories
TVas Jackson Brodie9 eps
2010
Green Zone
as Maj. Briggs
Skeletons
as The Colonel
Batman: Under the Red Hood
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
GMTV
TVas Self1 eps
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TVas Self1 eps
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
The Justin Lee Collins Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2008
La conjura de El Escorial
as Antonio Pérez
Good
as Maurice
The Curse of Steptoe
as Harry H Corbett
Entourage
TVas Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme1 eps
Good
Executive Producer
2007
Grindhouse
as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Richard & Judy
TVas Self1 eps
2006
Scars
as Chris
Tennis Anyone?
as Johnny Green
Brotherhood
TVas Michael Caffee29 eps
The State Within
TVas Mark Brydon6 eps
2005
The Chumscrubber
as Mr. Parker
Nine Lives
as Damien
Elektra
as DeMarco (uncredited)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TVas Zhao (voice)7 eps
2004
Battle of the Brave
as Général James Wolfe
The West Wing
TVas Colin Ayres3 eps
2003
Peter Pan
as James Hook / George Darling
Passionada
as Charles Beck
The View
TVas Self1 eps
V Graham Norton
TVas Self1 eps
2002
The Tuxedo
as Clark Devlin
The Last Minute
as Dave “Percy” Sledge
Resident Evil
as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
Windtalkers
as Major Mellitz
Hooligans
TVas Self - Narrator3 eps
2001
Sweet November
as Chaz Watley
Black Hawk Down
as CPT Mike Steele
Hotel
as Australian Actor
2000
The Patriot
as Col. William Tavington
The Sight
as Ghost
1999
The End of the Affair
as Father Richard Smythe
1998
Soldier
as Colonel Mekum
Armageddon
as Ronald Quincy
Divorcing Jack
as Cow Pat Keegan
St. Ives
as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
The Last Don II
TVas Father Luca Tonarini2 eps
1997
The Fix
as Tony Kay
1996
DragonHeart
as Lord Felton
Burn Your Phone
as The Killer
A Relative Stranger
as Peter Fraiman
Screen Two
TVas Killer (voice)1 eps
1994
Shopping
as Market Trader
1993
Highlander: The Series
TVas Zachary Blaine1 eps
1992
Inspector Morse
TVas Dr. Desmond Collier1 eps
Civvies
TVas Frank Dillon6 eps
1991
Ashenden
TVas Andrew Lehman4 eps
1990
TECX
TVas Edward Latham13 eps
1989
The Tall Guy
as Doctor
Capital City
TVas Chas Ewell23 eps
1988
This Is David Lander
TVas Dr. Guy Chadbot12 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/6/1963(62 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK