
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)