Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 6, 1963
BiographyJason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in Event Horizon (1997), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Captain Waggoner in Fury (2014), Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), Jay Perry in Mass (2021), and John Godfrey in Operation Mincemeat (2021).

His television roles include Michael Caffee in the Showtime crime drama series Brotherhood (2006–2008), Michael Britten in police procedural fantasy NBC series Awake (2012), Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama series The OA (2016–2019), Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2018), and Timothy Ratliff in the third season of the HBO anthology black comedy drama series The White Lotus (2025). 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 for Case Histories (2011–2013) and later in 2025 for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for The White Lotus.

His voice acting roles include Admiral Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), the Grand Inquisitor / Sentinel in Star Wars Rebels (2014–2016), Lord Enver Gortash in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 (2023), and Eminence in the third season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series What If...? (2024).

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.

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