Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

Born 1963-06-06 (age 62) Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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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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Known For

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

as Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)

Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down

2001

as CPT Mike Steele

Fury
Fury

2014

as Captain Waggoner

Cars 2
Cars 2

2011

as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)

Armageddon
Armageddon

1998

as Ronald Quincy

Event Horizon
Event Horizon

1997

as D.J.

The Patriot
The Patriot

2000

as Col. William Tavington

Resident Evil
Resident Evil

2002

as Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)

The Tuxedo
The Tuxedo

2002

as Clark Devlin

Scoob!
Scoob!

2020

as Dick Dastardly (voice)

Peter Pan
Peter Pan

2003

as James Hook / George Darling

Elektra
Elektra

2005

as DeMarco (uncredited)

A Cure for Wellness
A Cure for Wellness

2017

as Volmer

Windtalkers
Windtalkers

2002

as Major Mellitz