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Jason Isaacs(I)

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Jason Isaacs
What do Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, and Bill Withers all have in common with the rock band KISS?  They all rose to their musical heights under the watchful ear of the music industry's most colorful and brilliant music producer, Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records, the most successful independent record company of all time.  Along with a rag tag team of young music lovers, Neil and Casablanca Records would rewrite history and change the music industry forever.
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Spinning Gold (2023)
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Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool. He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and began working in 1988.

Jason's notable roles include Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, Mr. Darling/Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), and many soldiers: Col. William Tavington in Roland Emmerich's The Patriot (2000), Captain Steele in Ridley Scott's Blackhawk Down, Major Briggs in Paul Greengrass's Green Zone, Captain Waggoner in Fury, Captain Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery, Field Marshall Zhukov in Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin and Rear-Admiral Godfrey in John Madden's Operation Mincemeat. He was Hap in the cult series The OA, Maurice in the WW2 film Good (2008) and Jay in the multi-award winning MASS. He has made many TV series in Britain and the US and has won or been nominated for a Golden Globe, International Emmy, BAFTA, Critics Choice, Peabody, Satellite and many other awards.

On stage he was Louis Ironson in the original productions of Angels in America parts 1 and 2 for the Royal National Theatre and has performed at the Royal Court, Almeida and West End Theatres.

Jason is married to documentary filmmaker Emma Hewitt, who he met at drama school and with whom he has two children.
BornJune 6, 1963
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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Steve Buscemi, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Isaacs, and Rupert Friend in The Death of Stalin (2017)
Jason Isaacs in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Jason Isaacs in Peter Pan (2003)
Jason Isaacs in The Patriot (2000)
Jason Isaacs and Ellen Thomas in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Jason Isaacs and Alistair Petrie in Episode #3.1 (2021)
Jason Isaacs and Laura Allen in Awake (2012)
Jason Isaacs in Awake (2012)
Jason Isaacs in Look Away (2018)
Jason Isaacs in Look Away (2018)

Known for

Rupert Grint, Toby Jones, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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  • Lucius Malfoy
  • 2002
The Patriot (2000)
The Patriot
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  • Col. William Tavington
  • 2000
The Death of Stalin (2017)
The Death of Stalin
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  • Field Marshal Zhukov
  • 2017
Martha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs, Reed Birney, and Ann Dowd in Mass (2021)
Mass
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  • Jay
  • 2021

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Actor

  • Spinning Gold
    • Completed
  • Verona
    • In Production
  • The Crowded Room
    • Post-production
  • Archie
    • Post-production
  • A Winter's Journey
    • In Production
  • Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
    • In Development
  • Maria
    • Pre-production
  • The Dead Spit of Kelly
    • Pre-production
  • Anna
    • Post-production
  • Midnight Suns (2022)
    Midnight Suns
    • (voice)
  • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
    American Dad!
    • (voice)
  • Lesley Manville in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
    Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
  • Inside No. 9 (2014)
    Inside No. 9
  • Batman Unburied (2022)
    Batman Unburied
    • (voice)
  • Jason Isaacs and Sophia Bush in Good Sam (2022)
    Good Sam
  • Mel Gibson, Dermot Mulroney, and Annie Ilonzeh in Agent Game (2022)
    Agent Game
  • Mind-Set (2022)
    Mind-Set
  • Christian Slater, Don Cheadle, Kieran Culkin, Kevin Smith, Grey Griffin, John DiMaggio, Chris Diamantopoulos, Randall Duk Kim, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, Fred Tatasciore, Aisha Tyler, Youn Yuh-jung, Antony Starr, Nasim Pedrad, Jermaine Fowler, Chace Crawford, Ben Schwartz, Ursula Taherian, Parker Simmons, Asjha Cooper, Emily V. Gordon, Caleb McLaughlin, Awkwafina, Jenny Yokobori, and Somali Rose in The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)
    The Boys Presents: Diabolical
    • (voice)
  • Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning in The Great (2020)
    The Great
  • Colin Firth, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, and Johnny Flynn in Operation Mincemeat (2021)
    Operation Mincemeat
  • Alan Cumming, Jason Isaacs, Jonathan Cake, Alex Désert, Jonathan Firth, Lorien Haynes, Issy Knopfler, Emmett Carnahan, and Charlie Field in Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2021)
    Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
  • Emily Watson, Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Emily Carey in Monster Family 2 (2021)
    Monster Family 2
    • (voice)
  • Robot Chicken (2001)
    Robot Chicken
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  • Aimee Lou Wood, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey in Sex Education (2019)
    Sex Education

Producer

  • Jason Isaacs and Sophia Bush in Good Sam (2022)
    Good Sam
  • Jason Isaacs in Case Histories (2011)
    Case Histories
  • Jason Isaacs, Laura Allen, and Dylan Minnette in Awake (2012)
    Awake
  • Good (2008)
    Good

Director

  • Jason Isaacs and Sophia Bush in Good Sam (2022)
    Good Sam

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Event Horizon
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    • June 6, 1963
    • Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
    • Emma Hewitt1988 - present (2 children)
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    Played the title character in "Rupa Lucian" the radio play for BBC World Service. Original play by Ad De Bont.
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    • 5 Interviews
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

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    Speaks Spanish fluently. Besides a brief scene in Friends with Money (2006), his role in The Conspiracy (2008) (original title: 'La conjura de El Escoria') was completely in Spanish.
  • Quotes
    [on the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling] I went off and read the books after the audition and I read all four books in one sitting - you know - didn't wash, didn't eat, drove around with them on the steering wheel like a lunatic. I suddenly understood why my friends, who I'd thought where slightly backward, had been so addicted to these children's books. They're like crack.
    • Frequently plays elegant villains

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