Cast & creator
Jonathan Pryce
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes." After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".
Also known as: John Price
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television credits
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1953–2028 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (182)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Game of Thrones
High Sparrow
2011
Slow Horses
David Cartwright
2022
Great Performances
Self - Narrator (voice)
1971
The Crown
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
2016
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Screen Two
William Wallace
1985Screen Two
Duncan Stewart
1985
Playhouse
Playleader
1974Film '72
Self
1971
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Governor Weatherby Swann
2007
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Governor Weatherby Swann
2006The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
The Oscars
Self
1953
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Governor Weatherby Swann
2003
3 Body Problem
Mike Evans
2024
Taboo
Stuart Strange
2017
Documentary Now!
Owen Teale-Griffith
2015
BBC2 Play of the Week
Nicholas
1977
Wolf Hall
Cardinal Wolsey
2015
ChalkZone
The Quicksand Man (voice)
2002
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Himself
1988
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
U.S. President
2013
The Brothers Grimm
Delatombe
2005
Bedtime Stories
Marty Bronson
2008
The Storyteller
King
1988
The Thursday Murder Club
Stephen
2025
Doomwatch
Police Constable
1970
Tomorrow Never Dies
Elliot Carver
1997
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
U.S. President
2009
Tales from the Loop
Russ
2020
What a Girl Wants
Alistair Payne
2003
Cranford
Mr. Buxton
2007
William Tell
Attinghausen
2025
Under Salt Marsh
Solomon Bevan
2026
One Life
Martin Blake
2023
All the Old Knives
Bill Compton
2022
The New World
King James
2005
Brazil
Sam Lowry
1985
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
1988
The Age of Innocence
Rivière
1993
Woman in Gold
Chief Justice Rehnquist
2015
Bill Brand
Jamie Finn
1976
Ronin
Seamus O'Rourke
1998
Glengarry Glen Ross
James Lingk
1992
The Salvation
Mayor Nathan Keane
2014
The Wife
Joe Castleman
2017
The Two Popes
Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
2019
Flavia
Dr. Kissing
2026
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Don Quixote
2018
Stigmata
Cardinal Daniel Houseman
1999
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Jacob Marley (voice)
2022
Echelon Conspiracy
Mueller
2009
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Mr. Dark
1983
The Story of Musicals
Self
2012
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. John Dickens
2017
Evita
Juan Perón
1996
The Penguin Lessons
Headmaster Buckle
2025
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Jack
1986
The Healer
Raymond Heacock
2017
Leatherheads
CC Frazier
2008
Voyage of the Damned
Joseph Manasse
1976
Selling Hitler
Gerd Heidemann
1991
A Troll in Central Park
Alan (voice)
1994
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
John Wroe
1993
Haunted Honeymoon
Charles Abbot
1986
Under Milk Wood
Mr. Pugh
2014
Hysteria
Dr. Robert Dalrymple
2011
David
Saul
1997
The Rachel Papers
Norman
1989
The Doctor and the Devils
Robert Fallon
1985
The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Shylock
2016
Consuming Passions
Mr. Farris
1988
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Trilby (voice)
1992
Unconditional Love
Victor Fox
2002
Easter Tales
The Thief
2000The Sound of Laughter
Mr Ambrose
1977
Barbarians at the Gate
Henry Kravis
1993
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes
2007Tickets for the Titanic
Rev Richard Hopkins
1987
Man on Fire
Michael
1987
Murder Is Easy
Mr. Ellsworthy
1982
The Affair of the Necklace
Cardinal Louis de Rohan
2001
Elden Ring
2028
Shopping
Conway
1994
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance
Special Finale Guest Star
2016
The Moon and the Stars
James Clavel / Scarpia
2007
David
Saul
1997
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
King
1988
De-Lovely
Gabriel
2004
Loophole
Taylor
1981
Bride of the Wind
Gustav Mahler
2001
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Master
1999
Narcopolis
Sidorov
2015
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
Self
2015
Breaking Glass
Ken
1980
Soul of the Ocean
Self - Narrator
2022
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
Self
2005Mavis Eccleston
Dennis Eccleston
Brothers of the Head
Henry Couling
2006
Save the Cinema
Mr. Morgan
2022Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Roger Flower
1981
Listen Up Philip
Ike
2014
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997
Sluizer Speaks
2014
To Walk Invisible
Patrick Brontë
2016
Piney: The Lonesome Pine
Grandpa Sid
2019
Victoria & Albert
King Leopold I of Belgium
2001Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
Great Moments in Aviation
Duncan Stewart
1994
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
Self
1996
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Master Schoemacker
2002
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
1998
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Becoming Cary Grant
Cary Grant (voice)
2017Taliesin Jones
Da
2002
Very Annie Mary
Jack Pugh
2001
A Business Affair
Alec Bolton
1994
The Day Christ Died
Herod
1980
The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon
Self - 'The Engineer'
1989
He Dreams of Giants
Self
2019To Provide All People
Retired Neurosurgeon
2018
The Ghost and the Whale
Whale
2014
Run
Dr Amadi
2018
Best Ever Bond
Self / Elliot Carver
2002
Regeneration
Capt. William Rivers
1997
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
2005
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Narrator
2003
Praying Mantis
Christian Magny
1982
Clone
Dr Victor Blenkinsop
2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self / Horatio Jackson
2008
Comedians
Gethin Price
1979Bristol
2027
Selling Hitler
Gerd Heidemann
1993
My Zinc Bed
Victor
2008
Dough
Nat
2015
Carrington
Lytton Strachey
1995
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Self
2004
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes
2007
Deadly Advice
Dr. Ted Philips
1994
The World Within Us
Voice
1988
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Self
1998HR
Peter
2007
Play Things
Playleader
1976
The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking
Self - Narrator
2022
The Suicide Club
Bourne
2000
Martin Luther, Heretic
Martin Luther
1983
The Spirit of 1926
Narrator
2022
A Child's Garden of Verses
Narrator / Father (voice)
1992
The Ploughman's Lunch
James Penfield
1983
What Is Brazil?
Self
2008
Deceit
Mark
2001
For Tea on Sunday
Nicholas
1978
King Lear
King Lear
2012
The White King
Colonel Fitz
2016
The Death of a Young Young Man
Tommy
1975
Timon of Athens
Timon
1981Quest for the Giant Squid
Narrator
2003
Thicker Than Water
Sam
1993
The Caretaker
Mick
1981
Dark Blood
Harry Fletcher
2012
The Witness is a Whale
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022The Man from the Pru
William Wallace
1990
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Ian Fleming (voice)
2008
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss
Narrator
1999
Patience (After Sebald)
Voiceover
2012
Gone Hollywood
Benny Landau
2019
Praying Mantis
Christian Magny
1982
City State
Jimmy
2011Stories of You and I
Narrator
2021
Mad Dogs
Supreme Being
2002Keep Her Quiet
Bernie Porter
One Last Dance
John
2016
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
2011
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
2010Shylock's Ghost
Self
2015