Jason Isaacs
Acting • Born 1963-06-06
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.
Filmography
180 credits
Armageddon
Movie • 1998
Ronald Quincy
Black Hawk Down
Movie • 2001
CPT Mike Steele
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie • 2002
Lucius Malfoy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie • 2005
Lucius Malfoy
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie • 2007
Lucius Malfoy
Agent Game
Movie • 2022
Bill
Peter Pan
Movie • 2003
James Hook / George Darling
Sweet November
Movie • 2001
Chaz Watley
The Patriot
Movie • 2000
Col. William Tavington
The Tuxedo
Movie • 2002
Clark Devlin
The End of the Affair
Movie • 1999
Father Richard Smythe
La conjura de El Escorial
Movie • 2008
Antonio Pérez
Operation Mincemeat
Movie • 2022
Admiral John Godfrey
St. Ives
Movie • 1998
Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Green Zone
Movie • 2010
Maj. Briggs
Cera
Movie • 2021
John
Event Horizon
Movie • 1997
D.J.
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Movie • 2022
Indigo
DragonHeart
Movie • 1996
Lord Felton
Friends with Money
Movie • 2006
David
Soldier
Movie • 1998
Colonel Mekum
Good
Movie • 2008
Maurice
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie • 2010
Lucius Malfoy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie • 2011
Lucius Malfoy
Spinning Gold
Movie • 2023
Al Bogatz
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Movie • 2022
Self
Monster Family 2
Movie • 2021
Dracula (voice)
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Movie • 2010
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
The Chumscrubber
Movie • 2005
Mr. Parker
Juliet & Romeo
Movie • 2025
Lord Montague
Divorcing Jack
Movie • 1998
Cow Pat Keegan
Nine Lives
Movie • 2005
Damien
Scars
Movie • 2006
Chris
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Movie • 2011
Sinestro (voice)
Cars 2
Movie • 2011
Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
Skeletons
Movie • 2010
The Colonel
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Movie
The Salt Path
Movie • 2025
Moth Winn
Passionada
Movie • 2003
Charles Beck
The Great Ghost Rescue
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
Battle of the Brave
Movie • 2004
Général James Wolfe
Abduction
Movie • 2011
Kevin Harper
Loved Up
Movie • 1995
Dez 2
A Single Shot
Movie • 2013
Waylon
Sweetwater
Movie • 2013
Prophet Josiah
Solitaire for 2
Movie • 1995
Harry
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Movie • 2022
Archie
Maria
Movie
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie • 2004
Self
The Curse of Steptoe
Movie • 2008
Harry H Corbett
Words of War
Movie • 2025
Sacha
A Winter's Journey
Movie
Wolfgang
Burn Your Phone
Movie • 1996
The Killer
The Fix
Movie • 1997
Tony Kay
After the Fall
Movie • 2014
Frank
Hotel
Movie • 2001
Australian Actor
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
Movie
Steve (voice)
Windtalkers
Movie • 2002
Major Mellitz
Streamline
Movie • 2021
Rob Bush
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Movie • 2014
The Inquisitor (voice)
Heavyweight
Movie • 2026
Freddie Goodson
Fury
Movie • 2014
Captain Waggoner
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Movie • 2015
Ben McKay
Julia
Movie • 2022
London Fields
Movie • 2018
Mark Asprey
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Movie • 2015
Lex Luthor (voice)
A Cure for Wellness
Movie • 2017
Volmer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie • 2009
Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
Dangerous Lady
Movie • 1995
Pleading Guilty
Movie • 2010
Mack
Field of Lost Shoes
Movie • 2015
John C. Breckinridge
Tennis Anyone?
Movie • 2006
Johnny Green
The Death of Stalin
Movie • 2017
Field Marshal Zhukov
Shopping
Movie • 1994
Market Trader
Red Dog: True Blue
Movie • 2016
Michael Carter
A Relative Stranger
Movie • 1996
Peter Fraiman
Hotel Mumbai
Movie • 2019
Vasili Orchevsky
The Infiltrator
Movie • 2016
Mark Jackowski
The Last Minute
Movie • 2002
Dave “Percy” Sledge
Rio, I Love You
Movie • 2014
O "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
Honey Bunch
Movie • 2026
Joseph
Resident Evil
Movie • 2002
Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Movie • 2006
Self
Medusa's Ankles
Movie • 2018
Lucian
Monster Family
Movie • 2017
Dracula (voice)
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Movie • 2011
Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
9/11 State of Emergency
Movie • 2010
Narrator
The Tall Guy
Movie • 1989
Doctor
Dawn
Movie • 2015
Dawson
Look Away
Movie • 2018
Dan
High Times Potluck
Movie • 2003
Arneu
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Movie • 2021
Carl
Grindhouse
Movie • 2007
Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Scoob!
Movie • 2020
Dick Dastardly (voice)
Creation Stories
Movie • 2021
Ralph
Twisting My Melon
Movie
Derek Ryder
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Superman: Red Son
Movie • 2020
Superman (voice)
Koko: A Red Dog Story
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Skyfire
Movie • 2019
Jack Harris
Lithgow Saint
Movie • 2015
Lithgow Saint
The Patriot: The Art of War
Movie • 2000
Self
Elektra
Movie • 2005
DeMarco (uncredited)
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Occupation: Rainfall
Movie • 2020
Steve (voice)
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
Movie • 2021
King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
Mass
Movie • 2021
Jay
Mind-Set
Movie • 2023
Nick Reynolds
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
Movie
Mistletoe & Wine
Movie
Spencer
The Sight
Movie • 2000
Ghost
Guardians
Movie
Jim Reed
Victorian Psycho
Movie
Mr. Pounds
Eleven Days
Movie
Father Joseph O’Brien
The Julia Set
Movie
Silverback
Movie
The Salt Path Scandal
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Viva La Madness
Movie
Bad Major
Movie
Crave
Movie
EP Daily
TV • 1997
Entourage
TV • 2004
Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
Brotherhood
TV • 2006
Michael Caffee
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Taggart
TV • 1983
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Dr. Desmond Collier
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
Zachary Blaine
The State Within
TV • 2006
Mark Brydon
Good Sam
TV • 2022
Rob Griffith
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
This Is David Lander
TV • 1988
Dr. Guy Chadbot
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Justin Lee Collins Show
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Ashenden
TV • 1991
Andrew Lehman
Civvies
TV • 1991
Frank Dillon
TECX
TV • 1990
Edward Latham
Awake
TV • 2012
Michael Britten
Case Histories
TV • 2011
Jackson Brodie
Sex Education
TV • 2019
Peter Groff
Dig
TV • 2015
Peter Connelly
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Colin Ayres
The Crowded Room
TV • 2023
Jack Lamb
Star Wars Rebels
TV • 2014
The Grand Inquisitor (voice)
Rosemary's Baby
TV • 2014
Roman Castevet
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV • 2005
Zhao (voice)
The OA
TV • 2016
Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
Star Trek: Discovery
TV • 2017
Gabriel Lorca
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV • 2022
Butcher (voice)
The Last Don II
TV • 1998
Father Luca Tonarini
Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Clifford
Star Wars Rebels
TV • 2014
Sentinel (voice)
Star Wars Rebels
TV • 2014
The Inquisitor (voice)
Star Wars Rebels
TV • 2014
The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound)
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
TV • 2023
Cary Grant
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Jumpers (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV • 2019
skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)
Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster
TV • 2020
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
TV • 2024
Grand Inquisitor (voice)
Castlevania
TV • 2017
The Judge (voice)
Hooligans
TV • 2002
Self - Narrator
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self (uncredited)
What If...?
TV • 2021
The Eminence (voice)
The White Lotus
TV • 2021
Timothy Ratliff
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
The Legend of Korra
TV • 2012
Zhao (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self - Guest
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Tomb Raider
TV
Atlas DeMornay
After Trek
TV • 2017
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self - Panellist
Capital City
TV • 1989
Chas Ewell
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Killer (voice)