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

• 2028Viva La Madness
• 2027Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk — (voice)
• 2026Eleven Days — Father Joseph O’Brien
• 2026Heavyweight — Freddie Goodson
• 2026Honey Bunch — Joseph
• 2026The Julia Set
• 2026Vampire Carnival
• 2026Victorian Psycho — Mr. Pounds
• 2025Juliet & Romeo — Lord Montague
• 2025The Salt Path — Moth Winn
• 2025Words of War — Sacha
• Star Wars: Tales of the Empire — Grand Inquisitor (voice)
• Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant — Cary Grant, Executive Producer
• 2023Mind-Set — Nick Reynolds
• 2023Spinning Gold — Al Bogatz
• The Crowded Room — Jack Lamb
• 2022Agent Game — Bill
• 2022Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men — Indigo
• Good Sam — Rob Griffith
• 2022Julia
• 2022Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Archie
• 2022Operation Mincemeat — Admiral John Godfrey
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Butcher (voice)
• 2021Cera — John
• 2021Creation Stories — Ralph
• 2021Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets — Carl
• 2021Mass — Jay
• 2021Monster Family 2 — Dracula (voice)
• 2021Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob — King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
• 2021Streamline — Rob Bush
• The White Lotus — Timothy Ratliff
• What If...? — The Eminence (voice)
• Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster
• 2020Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait — Narrator
• 2020Occupation: Rainfall — Steve (voice)
• 2020Scoob! — Dick Dastardly (voice)
• 2020Superman: Red Son — Superman (voice)
• 2019Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life — Narrator
• 2019Hotel Mumbai — Vasili Orchevsky
• 2019Koko: A Red Dog Story — Narrator (voice)
• Sex Education — Peter Groff
• 2019Skyfire — Jack Harris
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)
• 2018London Fields — Mark Asprey
• 2018Look Away — Dan
• 2018Medusa's Ankles — Lucian
• 2017A Cure for Wellness — Volmer
• After Trek
• Castlevania — The Judge (voice)
• 2017Monster Family — Dracula (voice)
• Star Trek: Discovery — Gabriel Lorca
• 2017The Death of Stalin — Field Marshal Zhukov
• 2016Red Dog: True Blue — Michael Carter
• 2016The Infiltrator — Mark Jackowski
• The OA — Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
• 2015Dawn — Dawson
• Dig — Peter Connelly
• 2015Field of Lost Shoes — John C. Breckinridge
• 2015Justice League: Gods and Monsters — Lex Luthor (voice)
• 2015Lithgow Saint — Lithgow Saint
• 2015Stockholm, Pennsylvania — Ben McKay
• 2014After the Fall — Frank
• 2014Fury — Captain Waggoner
• Inside No. 9 — Clifford
• 2014Rio, I Love You — O "Gringo"
• Rosemary's Baby — Roman Castevet
• Star Wars Rebels — The Grand Inquisitor (voice), Sentinel (voice), The Inquisitor (voice), The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound)
• 2014Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion — The Inquisitor (voice)
• 2013A Single Shot — Waylon
• 2013Sweetwater — Prophet Josiah
• Awake — Michael Britten
• The Legend of Korra — Zhao (voice)
• 201150 Greatest Harry Potter Moments — Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
• 2011Abduction — Kevin Harper
• 2011Cars 2 — Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
• Case Histories — Jackson Brodie
• 2011Green Lantern: Emerald Knights — Sinestro (voice)
• 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — Lucius Malfoy
• 2011The Great Ghost Rescue — Narrator (voice)
• 20109/11 State of Emergency — Narrator
• 2010Batman: Under the Red Hood — Ra's al Ghul (voice)
• 2010Green Zone — Maj. Briggs
• 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — Lucius Malfoy
• 2010Pleading Guilty — Mack
• 2010Skeletons — The Colonel
• 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
• 2008Good — Maurice, Executive Producer
• 2008La conjura de El Escorial — Antonio Pérez
• 2008The Curse of Steptoe — Harry H Corbett
• 2007Grindhouse — Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
• 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — Lucius Malfoy
• Brotherhood — Michael Caffee
• 2006Friends with Money — David
• 2006Scars — Chris
• 2006Tennis Anyone? — Johnny Green
• The State Within — Mark Brydon
• American Dad! — Jumpers (voice)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender — Zhao (voice)
• 2005Elektra — DeMarco (uncredited)
• 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Lucius Malfoy
• 2005Nine Lives — Damien
• 2005The Chumscrubber — Mr. Parker
• 2004Battle of the Brave — Général James Wolfe
• Entourage — Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
• 2003High Times Potluck — Arneu
• 2003Passionada — Charles Beck
• 2003Peter Pan — James Hook / George Darling
• 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — Lucius Malfoy
• 2002Resident Evil — Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
• 2002The Last Minute — Dave “Percy” Sledge
• 2002The Tuxedo — Clark Devlin
• 2002Windtalkers — Major Mellitz
• 2001Black Hawk Down — Steele
• 2001Hotel — Australian Actor
• 2001Sweet November — Chaz
• 2000The Patriot — Col. William Tavington
• 2000The Sight — Ghost
• 1999The End of the Affair — Father Richard Smythe
• The West Wing — Colin Ayres
• 1998Armageddon — Ronald Quincy
• 1998Divorcing Jack — Cow Pat Keegan
• 1998Soldier — Colonel Mekum
• 1998St. Ives — Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
• The Last Don II — Father Luca Tonarini
• EP Daily
• 1997Event Horizon — D.J.
• 1997The Fix — Tony Kay
• 1996A Relative Stranger — Peter Fraiman
• 1996Burn Your Phone — The Killer
• 1996DragonHeart — Lord Felton
• 1996Guardians — Jim Reed
• Dangerous Lady — Michael Ryan
• 1995Loved Up — Dez 2
• 1995Solitaire for 2 — Harry
• 1994Shopping — Market Trader
• Civvies — Frank Dillon
• Highlander: The Series — Zachary Blaine
• Ashenden — Andrew Lehman
• TECX
• A Quiet Conspiracy — Jean-Marc Sammarty
• Capital City — Chas Ewell
• 1989The Tall Guy — Doctor
• This Is David Lander — Dr. Guy Chadbot
• Inspector Morse — Dr. Desmond Collier
• Screen Two — Killer (voice)
• Taggart
• A Winter's Journey — Wolfgang
• Bad Major
• Girl
• Girl
• Gundam
• Maria
• Mistletoe & Wine — Spencer
• Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2 — Steve (voice)
• Silverback — Terry
• Tangled Up in Blue
• The Boy at the Back of the Class
• Tomb Raider — Atlas DeMornay

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2026Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special — Self
• 2025The Salt Path Scandal — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self - Guest
• The Justin Lee Collins Show — Self - Guest
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self - Panellist
• 2006The Making of 'Event Horizon' — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 2004The Magic Touch of Harry Potter — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Hooligans — Self - Narrator
• V Graham Norton — Self
• Richard & Judy — Self
• 2000The Patriot: The Art of War — Self
• The View — Self
• GMTV — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self (uncredited)