Jonathan Pryce

Biography

Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes." After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".

Known For

Game of Thrones

The Crown

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

All Movies (138)

• Elden Ring2028
• Flavia2026 · as Dr. Kissing
• The Thursday Murder Club2025 · as Stephen
• The Penguin Lessons2025 · as Headmaster Buckle
• William Tell2025 · as Attinghausen
• One Life2023 · as Martin Blake
• Soul of the Ocean2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• Scrooge: A Christmas Carol2022 · as Jacob Marley (voice)
• The Spirit of 19262022 · as Narrator
• The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking2022 · as Self - Narrator
• All the Old Knives2022 · as Bill Compton
• The Witness is a Whale2022 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Save the Cinema2022 · as Mr. Morgan
• Stories of You and I2021 · as Narrator
• The Two Popes2019 · as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
• He Dreams of Giants2019 · as Self
• Piney: The Lonesome Pine2019 · as Grandpa Sid
• Gone Hollywood2019 · as Benny Landau
• To Provide All People2018 · as Retired Neurosurgeon
• The Man Who Killed Don Quixote2018 · as Don Quixote
• The Man Who Invented Christmas2017 · as Mr. John Dickens
• The Wife2017 · as Joe Castleman
• Becoming Cary Grant2017 · as Cary Grant (voice)
• The Healer2017 · as Raymond Heacock
• To Walk Invisible2016 · as Patrick Brontë
• Aberfan: The Green Hollow2016
• Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance2016 · as Special Finale Guest Star
• The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2016 · as Shylock
• The White King2016 · as Colonel Fitz
• One Last Dance2016 · as John
• Shylock's Ghost2015 · as Self
• Narcopolis2015 · as Sidorov
• Dough2015 · as Nat
• Woman in Gold2015 · as Chief Justice Rehnquist
• Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life2015 · as Self
• Sluizer Speaks2014
• Listen Up Philip2014 · as Ike
• The Salvation2014 · as Mayor Nathan Keane
• Under Milk Wood2014 · as Mr. Pugh
• The Ghost and the Whale2014 · as Whale
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation2013 · as U.S. President
• King Lear2012 · as King Lear
• Dark Blood2012 · as Harry Fletcher
• Patience (After Sebald)2012 · as Voiceover
• Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching2011 · as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
• City State2011 · as Jimmy
• Hysteria2011 · as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
• The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins2010
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2009 · as U.S. President
• Echelon Conspiracy2009 · as Mueller
• Bedtime Stories2008 · as Marty Bronson
• Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began2008 · as Ian Fleming (voice)
• My Zinc Bed2008 · as Victor
• What Is Brazil?2008 · as Self
• The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen2008 · as Self / Horatio Jackson
• Leatherheads2008 · as CC Frazier
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007 · as Governor Weatherby Swann
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars2007 · as Sherlock Holmes
• HR2007 · as Peter
• The Moon and the Stars2007 · as James Clavel / Scarpia
• Brothers of the Head2006 · as Henry Couling
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006 · as Governor Weatherby Swann
• The New World2005 · as King James
• The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life2005 · as Self
• The Brothers Grimm2005 · as Delatombe
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards2005 · as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
• Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane2004 · as Self
• De-Lovely2004 · as Gabriel
• David Bowie - Sound and Vision2003 · as Narrator
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003 · as Governor Weatherby Swann
• Quest for the Giant Squid2003 · as Narrator
• What a Girl Wants2003 · as Alistair Payne
• Mad Dogs2002 · as Supreme Being
• Best Ever Bond2002 · as Self / Elliot Carver
• Unconditional Love2002 · as Victor Fox
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister2002 · as Master Schoemacker
• Taliesin Jones2002 · as Da
• The Affair of the Necklace2001 · as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
• Victoria & Albert2001 · as King Leopold I of Belgium
• Bride of the Wind2001 · as Gustav Mahler
• Very Annie Mary2001 · as Jack Pugh
• Deceit2001 · as Mark
• The Suicide Club2000 · as Bourne
• Stigmata1999 · as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
• Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death1999 · as The Master
• Titanic: Answers From The Abyss1999 · as Narrator
• Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh1998 · as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
• Ronin1998 · as Seamus O'Rourke
• Highly Classified: The World of 0071998 · as Self
• Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · as Elliot Carver
• The Secrets of 0071997 · as Self
• Regeneration1997 · as Capt. William Rivers
• David1997 · as Saul
• Evita1996 · as Juan Perón
• A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'1996 · as Self
• Carrington1995 · as Lytton Strachey
• Shopping1994 · as Conway
• A Troll in Central Park1994 · as Alan (voice)
• Great Moments in Aviation1994 · as Duncan Stewart
• Deadly Advice1994 · as Dr. Ted Philips
• A Business Affair1994 · as Alec Bolton
• The Age of Innocence1993 · as Rivière
• Thicker Than Water1993 · as Sam
• Selling Hitler1993 · as Gerd Heidemann
• Barbarians at the Gate1993 · as Henry Kravis
• Glengarry Glen Ross1992 · as James Lingk
• Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992 · as Trilby (voice)
• A Child's Garden of Verses1992 · as Narrator / Father (voice)
• The Man from the Pru1990 · as William Wallace
• The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon1989 · as Self - 'The Engineer'
• The Rachel Papers1989 · as Norman
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988 · as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
• The World Within Us1988 · as Voice
• Consuming Passions1988 · as Mr. Farris
• Man on Fire1987 · as Michael
• Jumpin' Jack Flash1986 · as Jack
• Haunted Honeymoon1986 · as Charles Abbot
• The Doctor and the Devils1985 · as Robert Fallon
• Brazil1985 · as Sam Lowry
• An Audience with Mel Brooks1984 · as Self (uncredited)
• Martin Luther, Heretic1983 · as Martin Luther
• The Ploughman's Lunch1983 · as James Penfield
• Something Wicked This Way Comes1983 · as Mr. Dark
• Murder Is Easy1982 · as Mr. Ellsworthy
• Praying Mantis1982 · as Christian Magny
• Loophole1981 · as Taylor
• The Caretaker1981 · as Mick
• Timon of Athens1981 · as Timon
• Breaking Glass1980 · as Ken
• The Day Christ Died1980 · as Herod
• Comedians1979 · as Gethin Price
• For Tea on Sunday1978 · as Nicholas
• Voyage of the Damned1976 · as Joseph Manasse
• Play Things1976 · as Playleader
• The Death of a Young Young Man1975 · as Tommy
• Sleeping Lions—
• Keep Her Quiet— · as Bernie Porter
• Bristol—

All TV Shows (38)

• Under Salt Marsh2026 · as Solomon Bevan
• 3 Body Problem2024 · as Mike Evans
• Slow Horses2022 · as David Cartwright
• Tales from the Loop2020 · as Russ
• Taboo2017 · as Stuart Strange
• The Crown2016 · as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Documentary Now!2015 · as Owen Teale-Griffith
• Wolf Hall2015 · as Cardinal Wolsey
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Story of Musicals2012 · as Self
• Game of Thrones2011 · as High Sparrow
• Clone2008 · as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
• Cranford2007 · as Mr. Buxton
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• ChalkZone2002 · as The Quicksand Man (voice)
• Easter Tales2000 · as The Thief
• David1997 · as Saul
• Davide1997 · as Saul
• Mr. Wroe's Virgins1993 · as John Wroe
• Selling Hitler1991 · as Gerd Heidemann
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?1988 · as Himself
• The Storyteller1988 · as King
• Screen Two1985 · as William Wallace
• Screen Two1985 · as Duncan Stewart
• Praying Mantis1982 · as Christian Magny
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Nicholas
• Bill Brand1976 · as Jamie Finn
• Playhouse1974 · as Playleader
• Great Performances1971 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Doomwatch1970 · as Police Constable
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner / Performer
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Mavis Eccleston— · as Dennis Eccleston