Jason Isaacs filmography

Jason Isaacs is an English actor known for his performances on screen and stage.

Jason Isaacs filmography

Isaacs at Fury premiere, Newseum, Washington D.C. 2014
Film	95
Television	55
Narrating	7
Theatre	11
Others	20 video games 1 soundtrack 4 audiobooks 4 podcasts and radio

He is particularly known for his performances of imperious screen villains in the early 2000s such as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films (2002–2011), as well as William Tavington in Roland Emmerich's The Patriot (2000), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Admiral Zhao in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008), The Grand Inquisitor in Star Wars Rebels (2014–2016), Pinball FX 3 (2017) and Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (2024). He is also known for his performances in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2000), Rodrigo Garcia's Nine Lives (2005), Paul Greengrass' Green Zone (2010), Armando Iannucci's satirical black comedy The Death of Stalin (2017) and Fran Kranz's Mass (2021).

He is also known for his performances in television including The State Within (2006), The OA (2016–2019), Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2018), and The Great (2021–2023). In 2023, he starred in the TV miniseries Archie, a biography of Cary Grant.

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1989	The Tall Guy	Doctor 2		[1][2]
1993	The Heroic Legend of Arslan II	Rajendra	Voice	[3]
1994	Shopping	Market Trader		[1][2]
	Solitaire for 2	Harry		[1][2]
1996	Dragonheart	Lord Felton		[1][2]
	Guardians	Jim Reed		[2]
1997	Event Horizon	D.J.		[1][2]
1998	Armageddon	Ronald Quincy		[1][2]
	Divorcing Jack	Cow Pat Keegan		[1][2]
	Soldier	Colonel Mekum		[1][2]
1999	The End of the Affair	Fr. Richard Smythe		[1][2]
2000	The Art of War	Himself	Video documentary short
	The Patriot	Colonel William Tavington	Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year	[1][2]
2001	Sweet November	Chaz Watley		[1][2]
	The Tag	Robert	Short film
	The Last Minute	Dave "Percy" Sledge		[1][2]
	Hotel	Australian Actor		[1][2]
	Black Hawk Down	Captain Michael D. Steele		[1][2]
2002	Resident Evil	William Birkin, Narrator	Uncredited
	Windtalkers	Major Mellitz		[1][2]
	Passionada	Charles Beck		[1][2]
	High Times' Potluck	Arneau		[1][2]
	The Tuxedo	Clark Devlin		[1][2]
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Lucius Malfoy and the voice of the Basilisk		[1][2][3]
2003	Peter Pan	George Darling, Captain Hook		[1][2]
2004	Crash	—	Thanked in credits
	Battle of the Brave	General James Wolfe
2005	Riding with Sugar		Short film
	Elektra	DeMarco	Uncredited	[1][2]
	Nine Lives	Damian		[1][2]
	The Chumscrubber	Mr. Parker		[1][2]
	Tennis, Anyone...?	Johnny Green		[1][2]
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Lucius Malfoy		[1][2]
	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	—	(special thanks)
2006	Friends with Money	David		[1][2]
2007	Grindhouse	Bearded Man	Uncredited; Segment: "Don't"
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Lucius Malfoy		[1][2]
2008	The Escorial Conspiracy	Antonio Pérez		[1]
	Good	Maurice Israel Glückstein	Also executive producer Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year	[1][2]
	The Rain Horse	John	Short film
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Lucius Malfoy	Uncredited
2010	Skeletons	The Colonel		[1][2]
	Green Zone	Maj. Briggs		[1][2]
	Batman: Under the Red Hood	Ra's al Ghul	Voice	[1][2][3]
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Lucius Malfoy		[1][2]
2011	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	Sinestro	Voice	[1][2][3]
	Cars 2	Siddeley, Leland Turbo		[1][2][3]
	Commerce	—	Short film; credited thanks
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Lucius Malfoy		[1][2]
	Abduction	Kevin Harper		[1][2]
	The Great Ghost Rescue	Narrator	Voice	[2]
2013	Sweetwater	Prophet Josiah		[2]
	A Single Shot	Waylon		[2]
2014	After the Fall	Frank McTiernan		[2]
	Dawn	Dawson		[2]
	Rio, I Love You	O Gringo	Segment: "Texas"	[2]
	Fury	Captain Waggoner		[1][2]
2015	Stockholm, Pennsylvania	Benjamin McKay	Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	[1][2]
	Field of Lost Shoes	John C. Breckinridge		[1][2]
	Justice League: Gods and Monsters	Lex Luthor	Voice	[1][2][3]
	Lithgow Saint	Lithgow Saint	Short film
2016	The Infiltrator	Mark Jackowski		[1][2]
	A Cure for Wellness	Heinreich Volmer, Baron von Reichmerl		[1][2]
	Red Dog: True Blue	Michael Carter		[2]
2017	The Bard	—	Short film, (hello to)
	Monster Family	Dracula	Voice	[2][3]
	The Death of Stalin	Georgy Zhukov	Nominated—Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Supporting Actor	[1][2]
	And the Winner Isn't	—	Documentary
2018	Medusa's Ankles	Lucian	Short film
	Hotel Mumbai	Vasili		[1][2]
	London Fields	Mark Asprey		[1][2]
	Look Away	Dan		[2]
2019	Koko: A Red Dog Story	Narrator	Voice
	Skyfire	Jack Harris		[2]
	Show the Love	—	Short film
2020	Superman: Red Son	Superman	Voice	[2][3]
	Scoob!	Dick Dastardly		[1][2][3]
	Indigo	Indigo	Short film
	Occupation: Rainfall	Steve	Voice	[2][3][4]
2021	Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets	Carl		[2]
	Mass	Jay Perry	Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	[2][5][6]
	Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob	King Arthur/Thundarr the Barbarian/Winston Pilkingstonshire	Voice	[2][3]
	Creation Stories	Ralph		[2]
	Monster Family 2	Dracula, Dracula A.I.	Voice	[2][3]
	Cera	John	Short film
	Streamline	Rob Bush		[2]
	Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men	Indigo
	Operation Mincemeat	John Godfrey		[2][7]
2022	Agent Game	Bill		[2][8][9]
	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Archie		[2]
	Mind-Set	Nick Reynolds		[2]
2023	Spinning Gold	Al Bogart		[2]
2024	The Salt Path	Moth Winn		[2][10]
2025	Honey Bunch	TBA		[11]
	Juliet & Romeo †	Lord Montague
	Words of War †	Alexander Politkovsky	Post-production
TBA	A Winter's Journey †	TBA	Post-production
	Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk †	TBA	Voice; in production	[12]
	Occupation: Rainfall Chapter 2 †	Steve	Voice; in production	[13]
	Mistletoe & Wine †	Spencer	Filming	[14]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1988	This Is David Lander	Dr. Guy Chadbot	Episode: "A Growing Crisis"
1989	A Quiet Conspiracy	Jean-Marc Sammarty[citation needed]	2 episodes
1989–1990	Capital City	Chas Ewell	23 episodes
1990	TECX	Edward Latham[citation needed]
1991	Ashenden	Andrew Lehman	3 episodes	[1][2]
	Eye Contact	Michael[citation needed]	Television film
1992	The Bill	Doctor McManus	Episode: "Fair Play"
	Taggart	Eric Barr, John Barr	Episode: "Double Exposure"
	Inspector Morse	Desmond Collier	Episode: "Cherubim and Seraphim"	[2]
	Civvies	Frank Dillon	6 episodes	[2]
1993	Highlander: The Series	Immortal Zachary Blaine	Episode: "The Lady and the Tiger"	[2]
1994	The Heroic Legend of Arslan	Lajendra	Voice, English dub	[3][15]
1995	Boon	Mike Puckett	Episode: "Thieves Like Us"
	A Relative Stranger	Peter Fairman
	Dangerous Lady	Michael Ryan	Miniseries
	Loved Up	Dez 2	Television film	[1][2]
1996	Guardians	Jim Reid		[2]
	Burn Your Phone	The Killer[citation needed]
1997	The Fix	Tony Kay
1998	The Last Don II	Father Luca Tonarini	2 episodes	[1][2][16]
	St. Ives	Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves	Television film	[1][2]
2000	2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Himself	TV special documentary
2004	The West Wing	Colin Ayres	3 episodes	[2]
2005	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Commander / Admiral Zhao	Voice, 7 episodes	[2][3]
2006	Scars	Chris	Television film	[2]
	The State Within	Sir Mark Brydon	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	[2]
2006–2008	Brotherhood	Michael Caffee	29 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	[2]
2008	The Curse of Steptoe	Harry H. Corbett	Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Actor	[2]
	Entourage	Fredrick Line	Episode: "Gotta Look Up to Get Down"	[2]
2011–2013	Case Histories	Jackson Brodie	9 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—International Emmy Award for Best Actor	[2]
2012	Awake	Michael Britten	13 episodes, also producer	[2]
	Kendra	Jeffrey	2 episodes
2013	The Legend of Korra	Commander Zhao	Voice, episode: "Darkness Falls"	[3]
2014	Rosemary's Baby	Roman Castavet	Miniseries	[1][2]
2014–2018	Star Wars Rebels	The Grand Inquisitor / Sentinel	Voice, 11 episodes	[2][3]
2015	Dig	Peter Connelly	10 episodes	[2]
2016–2019	The OA	Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy, Himself	14 episodes	[2]
2017	Star Trek Continues	Esper	Voice, episode: "To Boldly Go: Part II"; Credited as Jason Lorca
2017–2018	Star Trek: Discovery	Captain Gabriel Lorca	11 episodes Empire Award for Best Actor in a TV Series Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television	[2][17]
	After Trek	Himself	3 episodes	[2]
2018–2019	Robot Chicken	Slender Man, Various roles	Voice; 2 episodes	[3]
2019	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	skekSo / The Emperor	Voice; 10 episodes	[2][3]
2020	Castlevania	The Judge	Voice, 8 episodes	[3]
	Line of Duty: Sport Relief Special	DC Taylor	TV short
2021	Sex Education	Peter Groff	3 episodes	[2]
2021–2023	The Great	Peter the Great	3 episodes
2022	Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts	Himself	HBO Max special	[2]
	Good Sam	Rob "Griff" Griffith	13 episodes; also director (episode: "Family/Business") and producer	[2][7][18]
	The Boys Presents: Diabolical	Billy Butcher	Voice, episode: "I'm Your Pusher"	[2][3][19]
	Inside No. 9	Clifford	Episode: "Kid/Nap"
	American Dad!	Jumpers	Voice; 2 episodes	[2]
2023	The Crowded Room	Jack Lamb	Recurring role, 4 episodes
	Archie	Cary Grant	Main role, 4 episodes	[20]
2024	Star Wars: Tales	The Grand Inquisitor	Voice, episode: "Devoted"	[3][21][22]
	What If...?	The Eminence	Voice; 4 episodes	[23]
2025	The White Lotus	Timothy Ratliff	8 episodes Main role, Season 3	[2][24]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Reference(s)
	Bent	Max	Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh
	Marat/Sade	Sade
	The Freshman
	In Nomine Patris	Head
	Balm in Gilead	Fick
1992	The Black and White Minstrels	Cyril	The King's Head Theatre, London	[25]
1992–1993	Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes	Louis Ironson	Royal National Theatre, London	[26]
1996	1953	Benito Mussolini	Almeida Theatre, London	[27]
2000	The Force of Change	Mark	Royal Court Theatre, London	[28]
2007	The Dumb Waiter	Ben the Hitman	Trafalgar Studios, London	[29]
2017	Dead Poets Live: Byron & Shelley	George Gordon Lord Byron	Print Room at The Coronet, London	[30]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1994	Beneath a Steel Sky	Ken	Voice, uncredited
1995	Guilty	Character Voices
2002	Reign of Fire	Cast
2004	Future Tactics: The Uprising	Voice Artist
2005	Spartan: Total Warrior	Lucius Aelius Sejanus	Voice
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Zhao	Voice, PC or Windows Version only
2009	Napoleon: Total War	Story Teller	Voice, Grouped under "English Voice Cast"	[31]
2010	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	Satan	Voice	[3]
2011	El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron	Lucifel		[3]
2014	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2	Satan		[3]
2016	Hitman	Reza Zaydan	Voice, episode 3 only	[3]
2017	Pinball FX 3	The Grand Inquisitor	Voice, Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars Rebels
2018	Hitman 2	Reza Zaydan	Legacy Pack, archive audio
2019	Star Trek Online: Rise of Discovery	Captain Gabriel Lorca	Voice	[3][32]
2021	Hitman 3	Reza Zaydan	Archive audio
2022	The Last Worker	Skew	Voice	[3][33]
	Marvel's Midnight Suns	Mephisto	Voice	[3][34]
2023	Baldur's Gate 3	Lord Enver Gortash	Voice	[3][35]
2024	Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League	Brainiac	Voice	[3]
	Gargoyle Doyle	Doyle	Voice	[3]

Soundtrack

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2003	Peter Pan	Performer: "When I Was a Lad", "Toora Loora Lo (Hook's Harpsichord Song)"

Audiobooks

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2012	Thunderball	Narration
2019	H. G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection	Narration	The Island of Doctor Moreau	[36]
	Emergency Skin	Narration	Audie Award winner for Science Fiction	[37]
2020	The Tales of Beedle the Bard	Narration	"The Warlock's Hairy Heart"	[38]

Podcasts and radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2018	The West Wing Weekly	Himself	Episode: "5.21: Gaza"
2020	The Adventures of Superman	Mr. Wolf	DC FanDome; Episode 4	[39]
2022–present	Batman Unburied	Alfred Pennyworth	3 episodes	[40][41]
2024	The Seneschal: A Rebel Moon Story	King Ulmer	6 episodes	[42]

See also

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Jason Isaacs