Jason Isaacs

**Jason Michael Isaacs** (born 6 June 1963) is an English 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.

### Movies

|width=05%|Year|width=27%|Film|width=27%|Role|Awards and nominations|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|1989|_The Tall Guy_|Doctor 2||||
|align=center|1994|_Shopping_|Market Trader||||
|align=center|1995|_Solitaire For Two_|Harry||||
|align=center|1996|_Dragonheart_|Lord Felton||||
|align=center|1997|_Event Horizon_|D.J.||||
|rowspan=4 align=center|1998|_Armageddon_|Dr. Ronald Quincy, Research||||
|_Divorcing Jack_|Cow Pat Keegan||||||
|_Soldier_|Colonel Mekum||||||
|_St. Ives_|Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves||||||
|align=center|1999|_The End of the Affair_|Father Richard Smythe||||
|align=center|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).|||
|rowspan=2 align=center|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).|||||
|rowspan=5 align=center|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||||||
|rowspan="2" align=center|2003|_Peter Pan_|George Darling and Captain Hook||||
|_Nouvelle-France_|Général James Wolfe||||||
|rowspan=5 align=center|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||||||
|align=center|2006|_Friends with Money_|David||||
|rowspan=2 align=center|2007|_Grindhouse_, in the _faux_ trailer "Don't"|Bearded Man||||
|_Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix_|Lucius Malfoy||||||
|rowspan=2 align=center|2008|_Good_|Maurice||||
|_La Conjura de El Escorial_|Antonio Pérez||||||
|rowspan=1 align=center|2009|_Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince_|Lucius Malfoy|_Appears as a moving portrait_|||
|rowspan=4 align=center|2010|_Green Zone_|Major Briggs||||
|_Batman: Under The Red Hood_|Ra's al Ghul (Voice)||||||
|_Skeletons_|The Colonel||||||
|_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I_|Lucius Malfoy|_Post-production_|||||
|align=center|2011|_Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II_|Lucius Malfoy|_Post-production_|||

### Television

|width=05%|Year(s) of appearance|width=27%|Programme or series|width=27%|Role|Awards and nominations|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|1989|_A Quiet Conspiracy_|||||
|align=center|1989|_This Is David Lander_|French Doctor||||
|align=center|1989 (2 seasons)|_Capital City_|Chas Ewell||||
|align=center|1989|_Boon_|Mike Puckett||||
|align=center|1990|_TECX_|Edward Latham||||
|align=center|1991|_Ashenden_|Andrew Lehman||||
|align=center|1991|_Eye Contact_|Michael||||
|align=center|1992|_Civvies_|Frank Dillon||||
|align=center|1992 (1 episode)|_Inspector Morse_ (1987–2000) "Cherubim and Seraphim"|Dr. Desmond Collier||||
|align=center|1992 (1 episode)|_Taggart_ (1983–present) "Double Exposure"|Barr||||
|align=center|1993 (1 episode)|_Highlander: The Series_ (1992–1998)" The Lady and the Tiger"|Immortal Zachary Blaine||||
|align=center|1995|_A Relative Stranger_|Peter Fairman||||
|align=center|1995|_Dangerous Lady_|Michael Ryan||||
|align=center|1995 (TV movie)|_Loved Up_|Des||||
|align=center|1996 (TV movie)|_Guardians_|Jim Reid||||
|align=center|1996 (TV movie)|_Burn Your Phone_|The Killer||||
|align=center|1997 (TV movie)|_The Fix_|Tony Kay||||
|align=center|1998|_The Last Don II_|Father Luca Tonarini||||
|align=center|2004 (3 episodes)|_The West Wing_ (1999–2006) "Gaza" "Memorial Day" "N.S.F. Thurmont"|Colin Ayres||||
|align=center|2006|_Scars_|Chris||||
|align=center|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).|||
|align=center|2006–2008|_Brotherhood_|Michael Caffee||||
|align=center|2008|_The Curse of Steptoe_|Harry H. Corbett|*Best Actor, BAFTA TV Awards (nominated) (2009).|||
|align=center|2008 (one episode)|_Entourage_ "#5.7 Gotta Look Up to Get Down"|Mr. Fredrick Line||||

<small>Some of the information in this table was obtained from </small>

### Theatre

|Year(s) of appearance|Play|Role|Awards and nominations||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|[_Unknown_]|_God: A Comedy in One Act_|||
|align=center|1992|_The Black and White Minstrels_ The King's Head Theatre, London|Cyril||
|align=center|1992 and 1993|_Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes_ Royal National Theatre, London|Louis Ironson||
|align=center|1993|_1953_ Almeida Theatre, London|Benito Mussolini||
|align=center|2000|_The Force of Change_ Royal Court Theatre, London|||
|align=center|2007|_The Dumb Waiter_ Trafalgar Studios, London|Ben||

### Animated television series and video games

|width=19%|Year(s) of appearance|width=27%|Animated television series or video game|width=27%|Role|Awards and nominations|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|1994|_Beneath a Steel Sky_ (video game)|(Voice)||||
|align=center|2005|_Spartan: Total Warrior_ (video game)|(Voice of Sejanus)||||
|align=center|2005–2006|_Avatar: The Last Airbender_ (animated television series)|Admiral Zhao||||
|align=center|2009|_Napoleon: Total War_ (video game)|(Voice) Story teller||||
|align=center|2010|_Castlevania: Lords of Shadow_ (video game)|(Voice) Unknown character||||
<small>Some of the information in this table was obtained from  Napoleon: Total War story teller from http://www.totalwar.com/napoleon/gallery/videos.php (Napoleon: Total War - Story Trailer).</small>

## Other websites

- Biographies
- . Retrieved 23 June 2008. [Includes unsourced "Personal Quotes".]

- Interviews
- Filmed on the set of _Brotherhood_; includes Isaacs' demonstration of a [magic trick.]

- Other articles
- ["Players: See Past Participants."]
- &emdash;.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jason Isaacs
- **image**: Jason Isaacs 2014.jpg
- **caption**: Isaacs at the premiere of _Fury (2014 film), Fury_ at the Newseum in Washington D.C, October 2014
- **birth place**: Liverpool, Merseyside, England
- **years active**: 1989–present
- **occupation**: Actor, Voice Actor
- **partner**: Emma Hewitt
- **children**: 2