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Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

Birthday: 1963-06-06 | Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Jason Michael Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. His most notable film roles include Col. Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Capt. Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Marshal Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), and Vasili in Hotel Mumbai (2018). His other films include Divorcing Jack (1998), The End of the Affair (1999), Sweet November (2001), The Tuxedo (2002), Nine Lives (2005), Friends with Money (2006), Good (2008), Green Zone (2010), Abduction (2011), A Cure for Wellness (2016), and Mass (2021). Isaacs's roles in television have included Det. Michael Britten in the NBC series Awake (2012), Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama streaming series The OA (2016–19) and Captain Gabriel Lorca in the first season of Star Trek: Discovery (2017–18). He was also the voice of Adm. Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), a role he reprised in the second season of The Legend of Korra (2013), and the Grand Inquisitor (as well as the Sentinel) in Star Wars Rebels (2014–16). 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 and won the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories (2011–13) and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Brotherhood (2006–08) 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Mind-Set

as    Nick Reynolds

2022
Operation Mincemeat

as    Admiral John Godfrey

2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

as    Archie

2022
Agent Game

as    Bill

2022
Streamline

as    Rob Bush

2022
Good Sam

as    Rob Griffith

2021
2021
Mass

as    Jay

2021
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob

as    King Arthur Pendragon (voice)

2021
Creation Stories

as    Ralph

2020
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait

as    Narrator

2020
Occupation: Rainfall

as    Steve (voice)

2020
Superman: Red Son

as    Superman (voice)

2019
Skyfire

as    Jack Harris

2019
Hotel Mumbai

as    Vasili Orchevsky

2018
Look Away

as    Dan Brennan

2018
Monster Family

as    Dracula (voice)

2018
The Death of Stalin

as    Field Marshal Zhukov

2018
London Fields

as    Mark Asprey

2017
A Cure for Wellness

as    Volmer

2016
The OA

as    Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy

2016
Red Dog: True Blue

as    Michael Carter

2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania

as    Ben McKay

2015
Field of Lost Shoes

as    John C. Breckinridge

2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters

as    Lex Luthor (voice)

2015
Dig

as    Peter Connelly