Jason Isaacs

Jason Michael Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English^[1] actor and voice actor who was born in Liverpool. His best-known roles include Colonel William Tavington in the movie The Patriot and Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movie franchise. He is Jewish.^[2]

Jason Isaacs
Isaacs at the premiere of Fury at the Newseum in Washington D.C, October 2014
Born	(1963-06-06) 6 June 1963 (age 62) Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, Voice Actor
Years active	1989–present
Partner	Emma Hewitt
Children	2

Filmography

Movies

Year	Film	Role	Awards and nominations
1989	The Tall Guy	Doctor 2
1994	Shopping	Market Trader
1995	Solitaire For Two	Harry
1996	Dragonheart	Lord Felton
1997	Event Horizon	D.J.
1998	Armageddon	Dr. Ronald Quincy, Research
	Divorcing Jack	Cow Pat Keegan
	Soldier	Colonel Mekum
	St. Ives	Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
1999	The End of the Affair	Father Richard Smythe
2000	The Patriot	British Col. William Tavington	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Villain (Internet Only) (nominated) (2001). British Supporting Actor of the Year, Awards for the London Film Critics Circle (ALFS) (nominated) (2001).
2001	Sweet November	Chaz Watley
	Black Hawk Down	US Army Ranger Captain Mike Steele	Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) Award (nominated) (2002).
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Lucius Malfoy	Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) Award (nominated) (2003).
	Passionada	Charles Beck
	Resident Evil	Dr. William Birkin (uncredited)
	The Tuxedo	Clark Devlin
	Windtalkers	Major Mellitz
2003	Peter Pan	George Darling and Captain Hook
	Nouvelle-France	Général James Wolfe
2005	The Chumscrubber	Mr. Parker
	Elektra	DeMarco (uncredited)
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Lucius Malfoy
	Nine Lives	Damian	Best Ensemble Acting Award, Gotham Awards (2005).
	Tennis, Anyone...?	Johnny Green
2006	Friends with Money	David
2007	Grindhouse, in the faux trailer "Don't"	Bearded Man
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Lucius Malfoy
2008	Good	Maurice
	La Conjura de El Escorial	Antonio Pérez
2009	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince	Lucius Malfoy	Appears as a moving portrait
2010	Green Zone	Major Briggs
	Batman: Under The Red Hood	Ra's al Ghul (Voice)[3]
	Skeletons	The Colonel[4]
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	Lucius Malfoy	Post-production
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Lucius Malfoy	Post-production

Television

Year(s) of appearance	Programme or series	Role	Awards and nominations
1989	A Quiet Conspiracy
1989	This Is David Lander	French Doctor
1989 (2 seasons)	Capital City	Chas Ewell
1989	Boon	Mike Puckett
1990	TECX	Edward Latham
1991	Ashenden	Andrew Lehman
1991	Eye Contact	Michael
1992	Civvies	Frank Dillon
1992 (1 episode)	Inspector Morse (1987–2000) "Cherubim and Seraphim"	Dr. Desmond Collier
1992 (1 episode)	Taggart (1983–present) "Double Exposure"	Barr
1993 (1 episode)	Highlander: The Series (1992–1998)" The Lady and the Tiger"	Immortal Zachary Blaine
1995	A Relative Stranger	Peter Fairman
1995	Dangerous Lady	Michael Ryan
1995 (TV movie)	Loved Up	Des
1996 (TV movie)	Guardians	Jim Reid
1996 (TV movie)	Burn Your Phone	The Killer
1997 (TV movie)	The Fix	Tony Kay
1998	The Last Don II	Father Luca Tonarini
2004 (3 episodes)	The West Wing (1999–2006) "Gaza" "Memorial Day" "N.S.F. Thurmont"	Colin Ayres
2006	Scars	Chris
2006	The State Within	Sir Mark Brydon, British Ambassador to the USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, 65th Golden Globe Awards (nominated) (2008).
2006–2008	Brotherhood	Michael Caffee
2008	The Curse of Steptoe	Harry H. Corbett	Best Actor, BAFTA TV Awards (nominated) (2009).
2008 (one episode)	Entourage "#5.7 Gotta Look Up to Get Down"	Mr. Fredrick Line

Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Jason Isaacs: Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 2007-11-28.

Theatre

Year(s) of appearance	Play	Role	Awards and nominations
[Unknown]	God: A Comedy in One Act
1992	The Black and White Minstrels The King's Head Theatre, London	Cyril
1992 and 1993	Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes Royal National Theatre, London	Louis Ironson
1993	1953 Almeida Theatre, London	Benito Mussolini
2000	The Force of Change Royal Court Theatre, London
2007	The Dumb Waiter Trafalgar Studios, London	Ben

Animated television series and video games

Year(s) of appearance	Animated television series or video game	Role	Awards and nominations
1994	Beneath a Steel Sky (video game)	(Voice)
2005	Spartan: Total Warrior (video game)	(Voice of Sejanus)
2005–2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated television series)	Admiral Zhao
2009	Napoleon: Total War (video game)	(Voice) Story teller
2010	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (video game)	(Voice) Unknown character

Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Jason Isaacs: Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 2007-11-28. Napoleon: Total War story teller from http://www.totalwar.com/napoleon/gallery/videos.phpArchived+2012-04-20+at+the+Wayback+Machine (Napoleon: Total War - Story Trailer).