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Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

Born: 1963-06-06 • Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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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Filmography
Heavyweight poster
Heavyweight
2026 • Freddie Goodson
Honey Bunch poster
Honey Bunch
2026 • Joseph
The Salt Path Scandal poster
The Salt Path Scandal
2025 • Self (archive footage)
Juliet & Romeo poster
Juliet & Romeo
2025 • Lord Montague
Words of War poster
Words of War
2025 • Sacha
The Salt Path poster
The Salt Path
2025 • Moth Winn
Mind-Set poster
Mind-Set
2023 • Nick Reynolds
Spinning Gold poster
Spinning Gold
2023 • Al Bogatz
No Image
Julia
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris poster
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022 • Archie
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men poster
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
2022 • Indigo
Agent Game poster
Agent Game
2022 • Bill
Operation Mincemeat poster
Operation Mincemeat
2022 • Admiral John Godfrey
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts poster
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022 • Self
Monster Family 2 poster
Monster Family 2
2021 • Dracula (voice)
Mass poster
Mass
2021 • Jay
Streamline poster
Streamline
2021 • Rob Bush
Creation Stories poster
Creation Stories
2021 • Ralph
Cera poster
Cera
2021 • John
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob poster
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
2021 • King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets poster
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021 • Carl
Occupation: Rainfall poster
Occupation: Rainfall
2020 • Steve (voice)
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait poster
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait
2020 • Narrator
Scoob! poster
Scoob!
2020 • Dick Dastardly (voice)
Superman: Red Son poster
Superman: Red Son
2020 • Superman (voice)
Skyfire poster
Skyfire
2019 • Jack Harris
Koko: A Red Dog Story poster
Koko: A Red Dog Story
2019 • Narrator (voice)
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life poster
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life
2019 • Narrator
Hotel Mumbai poster
Hotel Mumbai
2019 • Vasili Orchevsky
Look Away poster
Look Away
2018 • Dan
London Fields poster
London Fields
2018 • Mark Asprey
Medusa's Ankles poster
Medusa's Ankles
2018 • Lucian
The Death of Stalin poster
The Death of Stalin
2017 • Field Marshal Zhukov
Monster Family poster
Monster Family
2017 • Dracula (voice)
A Cure for Wellness poster
A Cure for Wellness
2017 • Volmer
Red Dog: True Blue poster
Red Dog: True Blue
2016 • Michael Carter
The Infiltrator poster
The Infiltrator
2016 • Mark Jackowski
Lithgow Saint poster
Lithgow Saint
2015 • Lithgow Saint
Justice League: Gods and Monsters poster
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015 • Lex Luthor (voice)
Dawn poster
Dawn
2015 • Dawson
Field of Lost Shoes poster
Field of Lost Shoes
2015 • John C. Breckinridge
Stockholm, Pennsylvania poster
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015 • Ben McKay
Fury poster
Fury
2014 • Captain Waggoner
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion poster
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014 • The Inquisitor (voice)
Rio, I Love You poster
Rio, I Love You
2014 • O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
After the Fall poster
After the Fall
2014 • Frank
Sweetwater poster
Sweetwater
2013 • Prophet Josiah
A Single Shot poster
A Single Shot
2013 • Waylon
The Great Ghost Rescue poster
The Great Ghost Rescue
2011 • Narrator (voice)
Abduction poster
Abduction
2011 • Kevin Harper
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments poster
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011 • Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 • Lucius Malfoy
Cars 2 poster
Cars 2
2011 • Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights poster
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
2011 • Sinestro (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 • Lucius Malfoy
9/11 State of Emergency poster
9/11 State of Emergency
2010 • Narrator
Pleading Guilty poster
Pleading Guilty
2010 • Mack
Batman: Under the Red Hood poster
Batman: Under the Red Hood
2010 • Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Skeletons poster
Skeletons
2010 • The Colonel
Green Zone poster
Green Zone
2010 • Maj. Briggs
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 • Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
Good poster
Good
2008 • Maurice
La conjura de El Escorial poster
La conjura de El Escorial
2008 • Antonio Pérez
The Curse of Steptoe poster
The Curse of Steptoe
2008 • Harry H Corbett
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 • Lucius Malfoy
Grindhouse poster
Grindhouse
2007 • Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Scars poster
Scars
2006 • Chris
The Making of 'Event Horizon' poster
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006 • Self
Friends with Money poster
Friends with Money
2006 • David
Tennis Anyone? poster
Tennis Anyone?
2006 • Johnny Green
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 • Lucius Malfoy
Nine Lives poster
Nine Lives
2005 • Damien
The Chumscrubber poster
The Chumscrubber
2005 • Mr. Parker
Elektra poster
Elektra
2005 • DeMarco (uncredited)
Battle of the Brave poster
Battle of the Brave
2004 • Général James Wolfe
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter poster
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004 • Self
Peter Pan poster
Peter Pan
2003 • James Hook / George Darling
High Times Potluck poster
High Times Potluck
2003 • Arneu
Passionada poster
Passionada
2003 • Charles Beck
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 • Lucius Malfoy
The Last Minute poster
The Last Minute
2002 • Dave “Percy” Sledge
The Tuxedo poster
The Tuxedo
2002 • Clark Devlin
Windtalkers poster
Windtalkers
2002 • Major Mellitz
Resident Evil poster
Resident Evil
2002 • Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
Black Hawk Down poster
Black Hawk Down
2001 • CPT Mike Steele
Hotel poster
Hotel
2001 • Australian Actor
Sweet November poster
Sweet November
2001 • Chaz Watley
The Sight poster
The Sight
2000 • Ghost
The Patriot: The Art of War poster
The Patriot: The Art of War
2000 • Self
The Patriot poster
The Patriot
2000 • Col. William Tavington
The End of the Affair poster
The End of the Affair
1999 • Father Richard Smythe
Soldier poster
Soldier
1998 • Colonel Mekum
Divorcing Jack poster
Divorcing Jack
1998 • Cow Pat Keegan
Armageddon poster
Armageddon
1998 • Ronald Quincy
St. Ives poster
St. Ives
1998 • Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Event Horizon poster
Event Horizon
1997 • D.J.
The Fix poster
The Fix
1997 • Tony Kay
Burn Your Phone poster
Burn Your Phone
1996 • The Killer
No Image
A Relative Stranger
1996 • Peter Fraiman
DragonHeart poster
DragonHeart
1996 • Lord Felton