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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Isaacs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

American Dad!

American Dad!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The West Wing

The White Lotus

Sex Education

All Movies (122)

• Victorian Psycho2026 · as Mr. Pounds
• Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk2026
• Heavyweight2026 · as Freddie Goodson
• Honey Bunch2026 · as Joseph
• The Salt Path Scandal2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Juliet & Romeo2025 · as Lord Montague
• Words of War2025 · as Sacha
• The Salt Path2025 · as Moth Winn
• Mind-Set2023 · as Nick Reynolds
• Spinning Gold2023 · as Al Bogatz
• Julia2022
• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris2022 · as Archie
• Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men2022 · as Indigo
• Agent Game2022 · as Bill
• Operation Mincemeat2022 · as Admiral John Godfrey
• Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts2022 · as Self
• Monster Family 22021 · as Dracula (voice)
• Mass2021 · as Jay
• Streamline2021 · as Rob Bush
• Creation Stories2021 · as Ralph
• Cera2021 · as John
• Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob2021 · as King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
• Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets2021 · as Carl
• Occupation: Rainfall2020 · as Steve (voice)
• Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait2020 · as Narrator
• Scoob!2020 · as Dick Dastardly (voice)
• Superman: Red Son2020 · as Superman (voice)
• Skyfire2019 · as Jack Harris
• Koko: A Red Dog Story2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life2019 · as Narrator
• Hotel Mumbai2019 · as Vasili Orchevsky
• Look Away2018 · as Dan
• London Fields2018 · as Mark Asprey
• Medusa's Ankles2018 · as Lucian
• The Death of Stalin2017 · as Field Marshal Zhukov
• Monster Family2017 · as Dracula (voice)
• A Cure for Wellness2017 · as Volmer
• Red Dog: True Blue2016 · as Michael Carter
• The Infiltrator2016 · as Mark Jackowski
• Lithgow Saint2015 · as Lithgow Saint
• Justice League: Gods and Monsters2015 · as Lex Luthor (voice)
• Dawn2015 · as Dawson
• Field of Lost Shoes2015 · as John C. Breckinridge
• Stockholm, Pennsylvania2015 · as Ben McKay
• Fury2014 · as Captain Waggoner
• Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion2014 · as The Inquisitor (voice)
• Rio, I Love You2014 · as O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
• After the Fall2014 · as Frank
• Sweetwater2013 · as Prophet Josiah
• A Single Shot2013 · as Waylon
• The Great Ghost Rescue2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• Abduction2011 · as Kevin Harper
• 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments2011 · as Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011 · as Lucius Malfoy
• Cars 22011 · as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights2011 · as Sinestro (voice)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010 · as Lucius Malfoy
• 9/11 State of Emergency2010 · as Narrator
• Pleading Guilty2010 · as Mack
• Batman: Under the Red Hood2010 · as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
• Skeletons2010 · as The Colonel
• Green Zone2010 · as Maj. Briggs
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009 · as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
• Good2008 · as Maurice
• La conjura de El Escorial2008 · as Antonio Pérez
• The Curse of Steptoe2008 · as Harry H Corbett
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007 · as Lucius Malfoy
• Grindhouse2007 · as Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
• Scars2006 · as Chris
• The Making of 'Event Horizon'2006 · as Self
• Friends with Money2006 · as David
• Tennis Anyone?2006 · as Johnny Green
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005 · as Lucius Malfoy
• Nine Lives2005 · as Damien
• The Chumscrubber2005 · as Mr. Parker
• Elektra2005 · as DeMarco (uncredited)
• Battle of the Brave2004 · as Général James Wolfe
• The Magic Touch of Harry Potter2004 · as Self
• Peter Pan2003 · as James Hook / George Darling
• High Times Potluck2003 · as Arneu
• Passionada2003 · as Charles Beck
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 · as Lucius Malfoy
• The Last Minute2002 · as Dave “Percy” Sledge
• The Tuxedo2002 · as Clark Devlin
• Windtalkers2002 · as Major Mellitz
• Resident Evil2002 · as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
• Black Hawk Down2001 · as CPT Mike Steele
• Hotel2001 · as Australian Actor
• Sweet November2001 · as Chaz Watley
• The Sight2000 · as Ghost
• The Patriot: The Art of War2000 · as Self
• The Patriot2000 · as Col. William Tavington
• The End of the Affair1999 · as Father Richard Smythe
• Soldier1998 · as Colonel Mekum
• Divorcing Jack1998 · as Cow Pat Keegan
• Armageddon1998 · as Ronald Quincy
• St. Ives1998 · as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
• Event Horizon1997 · as D.J.
• The Fix1997 · as Tony Kay
• Burn Your Phone1996 · as The Killer
• A Relative Stranger1996 · as Peter Fraiman
• DragonHeart1996 · as Lord Felton
• Loved Up1995 · as Dez 2
• Dangerous Lady1995
• Solitaire for 21995 · as Harry
• Shopping1994 · as Market Trader
• The Tall Guy1989 · as Doctor
• The Boy at the Back of the Class—
• Maria—
• A Winter's Journey— · as Wolfgang
• Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2— · as Steve (voice)
• Twisting My Melon— · as Derek Ryder
• Mistletoe & Wine— · as Spencer
• Guardians— · as Jim Reed
• Eleven Days— · as Father Joseph O’Brien
• The Julia Set—
• Silverback—
• Viva la Madness—
• Bad Major—
• Crave—
• Gundam—
• Tangled Up in Blue—

All TV Shows (63)

• Star Wars: Tales of the Empire2024 · as Grand Inquisitor (voice)
• Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant2023 · as Cary Grant
• The Crowded Room2023 · as Jack Lamb
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical2022 · as Butcher (voice)
• Good Sam2022 · as Rob Griffith
• What If...?2021 · as The Eminence (voice)
• The White Lotus2021 · as Timothy Ratliff
• Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster2020
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance2019 · as skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)
• Sex Education2019 · as Peter Groff
• Star Trek: Discovery2017 · as Gabriel Lorca
• After Trek2017
• Castlevania2017 · as The Judge (voice)
• The OA2016 · as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
• Dig2015 · as Peter Connelly
• Star Wars Rebels2014 · as The Grand Inquisitor (voice)
• Star Wars Rebels2014 · as Sentinel (voice)
• Star Wars Rebels2014 · as The Inquisitor (voice)
• Star Wars Rebels2014 · as The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound)
• Rosemary's Baby2014 · as Roman Castevet
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Inside No. 92014 · as Clifford
• The Legend of Korra2012 · as Zhao (voice)
• Awake2012 · as Michael Britten
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self - Guest
• Case Histories2011 · as Jackson Brodie
• The Justin Lee Collins Show2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self - Panellist
• The State Within2006 · as Mark Brydon
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Brotherhood2006 · as Michael Caffee
• Avatar: The Last Airbender2005 · as Zhao (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Jumpers (voice)
• American Dad!2005
• Entourage2004 · as Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Hooligans2002 · as Self - Narrator
• V Graham Norton2002 · as Self
• Richard & Judy2001 · as Self
• 周杰伦2000
• The West Wing1999 · as Colin Ayres
• The Last Don II1998 · as Father Luca Tonarini
• EP Daily1997
• The View1997 · as Self
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Highlander: The Series1992 · as Zachary Blaine
• Civvies1992 · as Frank Dillon
• Ashenden1991 · as Andrew Lehman
• TECX1990 · as Edward Latham
• Capital City1989 · as Chas Ewell
• A Quiet Conspiracy1989 · as Jean-Marc Sammarty
• This Is David Lander1988 · as Dr. Guy Chadbot
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Dr. Desmond Collier
• Screen Two1985 · as Killer (voice)
• Taggart1983
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self (uncredited)
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self
• Tomb Raider— · as Atlas DeMornay