Cast & creator
Jason Isaacs
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Kelly Clarkson Show
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.
124
film credits
64
television credits
186
1944–2028 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (188)
Showing 188 of 188 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
American Dad!
Jumpers (voice)
2005American Dad!
2005
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The West Wing
Colin Ayres
1999
Star Trek: Discovery
Gabriel Lorca
2017
The One Show
Self
2006
Golden Globe Awards
Self (uncredited)
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Entourage
Fredrick 'Freddy' Lyme
2004
The Legend of Korra
Zhao (voice)
2012
The White Lotus
Timothy Ratliff
2021
Sex Education
Peter Groff
2019
Highlander: The Series
Zachary Blaine
1992
What If...?
The Eminence (voice)
2021
Screen Two
Killer (voice)
1985
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lucius Malfoy
2002
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lucius Malfoy
2005
Star Wars Rebels
The Grand Inquisitor (voice)
2014Star Wars Rebels
Sentinel (voice)
2014Star Wars Rebels
The Inquisitor (voice)
2014Star Wars Rebels
The Inquisitor (voice) (archive sound)
2014
GMTV
Self
1993
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Zhao (voice)
2005
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Lucius Malfoy
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Lucius Malfoy
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest
2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Lucius Malfoy (uncredited)
2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Lucius Malfoy
2010
Inspector Morse
Dr. Desmond Collier
1987
Fury
Captain Waggoner
2014
Cars 2
Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
2011
Inside No. 9
Clifford
2014The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Black Hawk Down
Steele
2001
The Crowded Room
Jack Lamb
2023
Vampire Carnival
2026
The OA
Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
2016
Taggart
1983
Resident Evil
Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
2002
The Salt Path
Moth Winn
2025
Castlevania
The Judge (voice)
2017
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Butcher (voice)
2022
The Tuxedo
Clark Devlin
2002
The Patriot
Col. William Tavington
2000
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
skekSo (The Emperor) (voice)
2019
Dig
Peter Connelly
2015
Armageddon
Ronald Quincy
1998
Event Horizon
D.J.
1997
Brotherhood
Michael Caffee
2006
DragonHeart
Lord Felton
1996
Peter Pan
James Hook / George Darling
2003
A Cure for Wellness
Volmer
2017
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
Grand Inquisitor (voice)
2024
The Death of Stalin
Field Marshal Zhukov
2017
Case Histories
Jackson Brodie
2011
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Archie
2022
Sweet November
Chaz
2001
Awake
Michael Britten
2012
Elektra
DeMarco (uncredited)
2005
Hotel Mumbai
Vasili Orchevsky
2019
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Sinestro (voice)
2011
Abduction
Kevin Harper
2011
Operation Mincemeat
Admiral John Godfrey
2022
Victorian Psycho
Mr. Pounds
2026
Green Zone
Maj. Briggs
2010
Scoob!
Dick Dastardly (voice)
2020
The Infiltrator
Mark Jackowski
2016
Monster Family 2
Dracula (voice)
2021
Friends with Money
David
2006
Good Sam
Rob Griffith
2022
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2010
Monster Family
Dracula (voice)
2017
Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
Cary Grant
2023Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant
Executive Producer
2023
The State Within
Mark Brydon
2006
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Lex Luthor (voice)
2015
Rosemary's Baby
Roman Castevet
2014
London Fields
Mark Asprey
2018
Soldier
Colonel Mekum
1998
After Trek
2017
Capital City
Chas Ewell
1989
Look Away
Dan
2018
Windtalkers
Major Mellitz
2002
Spinning Gold
Al Bogatz
2023
Words of War
Sacha
2025
Grindhouse
Bearded Man (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2007Girl
Superman: Red Son
Superman (voice)
2020
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
King Arthur Pendragon (voice)
2021
The End of the Affair
Father Richard Smythe
1999
Occupation: Rainfall
Steve (voice)
2020The Justin Lee Collins Show
Self - Guest
2009
Agent Game
Bill
2022
Skyfire
Jack Harris
2019
Dangerous Lady
Michael Ryan
1995
The Last Don II
Father Luca Tonarini
1998
Juliet & Romeo
Lord Montague
2025
A Single Shot
Waylon
2013
Mass
Jay
2021
Nine Lives
Damien
2005
The Chumscrubber
Mr. Parker
2005
Red Dog: True Blue
Michael Carter
2016
Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
(voice)
2027TECX
1990
Sweetwater
Prophet Josiah
2013
Field of Lost Shoes
John C. Breckinridge
2015
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
The Inquisitor (voice)
2014
Tomb Raider
Atlas DeMornay
Good
Maurice
2008Good
Executive Producer
2008
Rio, I Love You
O "Gringo"
2014
Civvies
Frank Dillon
1992
Creation Stories
Ralph
2021Ashenden
Andrew Lehman
1991
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Lucius Malfoy (archive footage)
2011
The Great Ghost Rescue
Narrator (voice)
2011This Is David Lander
Dr. Guy Chadbot
1988Girl
Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special
Self
2026
Shopping
Market Trader
1994
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Carl
2021Bad Major
Henry VIII: Man Monarch Monster
2020Silverback
Terry
The Last Minute
Dave “Percy” Sledge
2002
Battle of the Brave
Général James Wolfe
2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
2004
The Tall Guy
Doctor
1989
The Julia Set
2026
Divorcing Jack
Cow Pat Keegan
1998
Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
Steve (voice)
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Indigo
2022
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Ben McKay
2015
The Curse of Steptoe
Harry H Corbett
2008
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
2006
Pleading Guilty
Mack
2010
Gundam
Passionada
Charles Beck
2003
Honey Bunch
Joseph
2026
La conjura de El Escorial
Antonio Pérez
2008
The Patriot: The Art of War
Self
2000
After the Fall
Frank
2014
Hotel
Australian Actor
2001
Viva La Madness
2028
A Winter's Journey
Wolfgang
Koko: A Red Dog Story
Narrator (voice)
2019A Quiet Conspiracy
Jean-Marc Sammarty
1989
The Fix
Tony Kay
1997
Burn Your Phone
The Killer
1996Hooligans
Self - Narrator
2002A Relative Stranger
Peter Fraiman
1996
Streamline
Rob Bush
2021
The Sight
Ghost
2000
Lithgow Saint
Lithgow Saint
2015The Boy at the Back of the Class
Solitaire for 2
Harry
1995
St. Ives
Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
1998Tangled Up in Blue
Heavyweight
Freddie Goodson
2026
The Salt Path Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2025
9/11 State of Emergency
Narrator
2010
Eleven Days
Father Joseph O’Brien
2026
Medusa's Ankles
Lucian
2018
Loved Up
Dez 2
1995
Tennis Anyone?
Johnny Green
2006
Maria
Liverpool FC: The 30 Year Wait
Narrator
2020
Skeletons
The Colonel
2010
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life
Narrator
2019Julia
2022
High Times Potluck
Arneu
2003
Mind-Set
Nick Reynolds
2023Guardians
Jim Reed
1996
Dawn
Dawson
2015
Scars
Chris
2006
EP Daily
1997
Cera
John
2021Mistletoe & Wine
Spencer