Jason Isaacs

Not to be confused with singer Jason Isaacs.
Jason Isaacs

Isaacs in July 2011
Born 6 June 1963 (1963-06-06) (age 48)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1988–present
Partner Emma Hewitt (1988–present)

Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English[1] actor born in Liverpool, who is best known for his performance as the villain Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, the brutal Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot and as lifelong criminal Michael Caffee in the internationally broadcast American television series Brotherhood.[2][3] Though most of his work has been in film and television, it also includes stage performances; most notably as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre London premières of Parts One (Millennium Approaches) and Two (Perestroika) of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,[4][5] and as Ben, one of two hitmen, playing opposite Lee Evans as Gus, in Harry Burton's 2007 critically acclaimed 50th-anniversary revival of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's 1957 two-hander The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios.[6][7][8]

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Early life and education

Jason Isaacs was born on 6 June 1963, in Liverpool, Merseyside, to Jewish parents. He spent his earliest childhood years in an "insular" and "closely-knit" Jewish community of Liverpudlians, of which his Eastern European great-grandparents were founder-members.[9] The third of four sons,[2] Isaacs attended a Jewish school and a cheder twice a week as a young adult.[10][11] When he was 11, he moved with his family to Northwest London, attending the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, in Elstree, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, where he was in the same year as film reviewer Mark Kermode.[10] He describes his childhood as "preparation" for portraying the "unattractive", villainous characters whom he has most often played.[12] National Front members frequently harassed Isaacs and his friends throughout the 1960s and 1970s.[12][13]

Following his more traditionally inclined brothers, who became respectively a doctor, a lawyer, and an accountant,[2] Isaacs studied law at Bristol University (1982–85), but he became more actively involved in the drama society, eventually performing in over 30 plays and performing each summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, first with Bristol University and then, twice, with the National Student Drama Company. After graduating from Bristol he went immediately to train at London's Central School of Speech and Drama (1985–88).[1][2][14]

Isaacs' parents eventually immigrated to Israel.[10]

Career

After completing his training as an actor, Isaacs almost immediately began appearing on the stage and on television; his film debut was in a minor role as a doctor in Mel Smith's The Tall Guy (1989).[14] He was initially known as a TV actor in the UK, with starring roles in the ITV drama Capital City (1989) and the BBC drama Civvies (1992) and guest roles in series such as Taggart and Inspector Morse in 1992.[3][14] He also played Michael Ryan in ITV1's adaptation of Martina Cole's novel Dangerous Lady, directed by Jack Woods and produced by Lavinia Warner, in 1995.[15]

On stage he portrayed the "emotionally waffling"[14] gay Jewish office temp Louis Ironson in Tony Kushner's Pulitzer-Prize-winning Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, at the Royal National Theatre, in its London première, performing the role in both parts, Part One: Millennium Approaches, in 1992, and Part Two: Perestroika, in 1993.[4][5] When auditioning for that role, he told the producers, "Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish mess. Can't I for once play that on stage?"[11]

His first Hollywood role was alongside Laurence Fishburne in the film Event Horizon in 1997, in which he played a crew member ultimately killed by the protagonist-turned-antagonist acted by Sam Neill.[16] Subsequently, he appeared in the Bruce Willis blockbuster Armageddon (1998).[14][15] Initially called upon to take a fairly substantial role, Isaacs was eventually cast in a much smaller capacity as a planet-saving scientist so that he could accommodate his commitment to Divorcing Jack (1998), a comedy thriller he was making with future fellow Harry Potter cast member David Thewlis.[2]

After portraying a priest opposite Julianne Moore and Ralph Fiennes in Neil Jordan's acclaimed adaptation of Graham Greene's The End of the Affair (1999), Isaacs played the charismatic honorable priest opposite Kirsty Alley in the mini series The Last Don. Their relationship, and subsequent breakup due to his commitment and loyalty to the cloth, (although it ultimately seemed to affect her positively) was the last straw Kirsty Alley's character, Rosemary, was able to handle. He then shone as "memorable" villain, Colonel William Tavington, in Roland Emmerich's Revolutionary War fictional film epic The Patriot (2000).[14] Starring opposite Mel Gibson as the film's hero, and Heath Ledger as Gibson's screen son, Isaacs portrays a sadistic British army officer who kills Ledger's character, among many other soldiers.[14][17] Although his work in the film earned him comparisons to Ralph Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi Amon Göth in Schindler's List (1993) and mention of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, reaching beyond being typecast as an historical villain, Isaacs chose to play a drag queen in his next project, Sweet November (2001), a romantic comedy-drama starring Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves.[2]

Isaacs has appeared in many other films, most notably as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series of films (2002–present). Regarding the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, Isaacs has said: "I went off and read the books after the audition and I read the first 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 were slightly backward, had been so addicted to these children's books. They're like crack."[3] In "The Naked and the Dead", an article published in the San Francisco Chronicle, on 26 November 2006, Neva Chonin names the character Lucius Malfoy one of the 12 "Sexiest Men Who Were Never Alive" and Isaacs one of the 13 "Sexiest Men Who Are Real and Alive".[18]

Prior to the making of the film, when asked whether or not he would be in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Isaacs replied, "I hope so – you'll have to ask David (producer David Heyman). I can't bear the idea that somebody else would get to wear my Paris Hilton wig, but you never know."[19] Isaacs also talked to J. K. Rowling on the inclusion of Lucius Malfoy in the then unpublished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, so that he would have a part in the seventh and final film: "The character does not appear in the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; but ... [Isaacs joked], 'I fell to my knees and begged ... It didn't do any good. I'm sure she doesn't need plot ideas from me. But I made my point. We'll see. Like everybody else, I'm holding my breath to July to see what's in there. I just want to bust out of prison, that's all. I don't want to stay in Azkaban most of my life.' "[20] However, on 12 September 2008, AceShowBiz.com revealed that Isaacs is indeed reprising his role of Lucius Malfoy as a cameo appearance in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), where he is seen in a moving portrait.[21] Afterwards, Isaacs reprised the role again in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and Part 2 (2011).[22]

He has appeared in Dragonheart (1996), Event Horizon (1997), Black Hawk Down (2001), Jackie Chan's The Tuxedo (2002), and as George Darling and Captain Hook in P. J. Hogan's adaptation of Peter Pan (2003), and as the voice of Admiral Zhao in the animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005).[3][15]

Isaacs played the leading role of Sir Mark Brydon, the British Ambassador to the US in the BBC Four miniseries The State Within (2006), for which he was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for the 65th Golden Globe Awards.[23][24] On British television, he also portrayed actor Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe, part of "a season of new one-off dramas for BBC Four revealing the stories behind some of Britain's best loved television entertainers, and their achievements," first broadcast in March 2008.[25][26] On American television, Isaacs appeared in three episodes of The West Wing in 2004, prior to developing his most notable TV serial role, as Michael Caffee in Brotherhood (2006–08).[15]

Between 2 February and 24 March 2007, Isaacs played Ben, opposite Lee Evans (Gus), in the critically acclaimed 50th-anniversary production of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, at Trafalgar Studios, in London, his first theatre performance since appearing in The Force of Change (2000).[6][7][8][27][28] He posed for photographs after his performance on 3 March 2007.

Isaacs played Major Briggs, an American military officer, opposite Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear, in Paul Greengrass's thriller Green Zone (2010), a fictionalised drama set in Iraq after the defeat of Saddam Hussein based on the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone (2006), by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, for which production began in Morocco, in January 2008.[15][29][30]

In 2007, he was cast in Jan de Bont's then-still-upcoming film Stopping Power, to play its star John Cusack's "nemesis",[31][32] but, on 31 August 2007, Variety reported that the film, also planned for release in 2009, had been cancelled after a financial backer pulled out.[33] Isaacs appeared in one episode of the TV show Entourage in the fall of 2008 as Fredrick Line. In 2009, he was nominated at the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor for his role as Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe.[34]

On the evening of 2 May 2009, Isaacs performed the role of Ben again, opposite his Brotherhood co-star (and Tony Award winner) Brian F. O'Byrne (as Gus), in a "rehearsed reading" of The Dumb Waiter. Their reading capped off the Harold Pinter Memorial Celebration being curated by Harry Burton (who had directed him and Evans at Trafalgar Studios). This Tribute to Harold Pinter co-sponsored by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (MESTC), of The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (CUNY), was part of the Fifth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, held in New York City, from 27 April to 3 May 2009.[35][36]

More recently, he provided the voice of Ra's al Ghul in the DC animated film, Batman: Under the Red Hood.

Personal life

Isaacs and his partner, BBC documentary filmmaker Emma Hewitt, whom he began dating at the Central School, have lived together since 1988 and have two daughters: Lily (born 23 March 2002) and Ruby (26 August 2005).[2][3] Although unmarried, he refers to Hewitt as his wife.[37]

Despite Isaacs' screen celebrity as Lucius Malfoy, he maintains a relatively modest, "calm, sedate and suburban" life,[37][38] which he prefers to the "hideously compromised lives" of the more rich and famous: "I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who have those obscene amounts of money and have obscene amounts of fame have awful lives. Really. I mean hideously compromised lives...."[3] Described as an "invisible star" who can still travel by the London Underground to film premières unrecognised, he has observed: "They just think, who's that t*** in black tie? As soon as I get on the red carpet they start screaming and screaming. ... It's laughable because when it's all over I go home on the Tube as well."[39] "I can go anywhere. No one knows who I am. I can go on the tube and bus and wander through the streets."[3] Despite this Isaacs has picked up something of a cult following due to the weekly "Hello to Jason Isaacs" reference on Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode's film review show on BBC Radio Five Live.[40]

As a non-religious Jew, Isaacs has semi-jokingly called himself a "Jewish man who does almost nothing Jewish in his life".[13]

Selected work

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Tall Guy, TheThe Tall Guy Doctor No. 2
1994 Shopping Market Trader
1995 Loved Up Dez 2
1995 Solitaire for Two Harry
1996 Dragonheart Lord Felton
1997 Event Horizon D.J.
1998 Armageddon Dr. Ronald Quincy, Research
1998 Divorcing Jack Cow Pat Keegan
1998 Soldier Colonel Mekum
1998 St. Ives Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
1999 End of the Affair, TheThe End of the Affair Father Richard Smythe
2000 Patriot, TheThe Patriot Colonel William Tavington Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Villain
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle British Supporting Actor of the Year
2001 Sweet November Chaz Watley
2001 Black Hawk Down US Army Ranger Captain Mike Steele Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Lucius Malfoy Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2002 Passionada Charles Beck
2002 Resident Evil Dr. William Birkin Uncredited
2002 Tuxedo, TheThe Tuxedo Clark Devlin
2002 Windtalkers Major Mellitz
2003 Peter Pan George Darling and Captain Hook
2003 Nouvelle-France Général James Wolfe
2005 Chumscrubber, TheThe Chumscrubber Mr. Parker
2005 Elektra DeMarco (uncredited)
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Lucius Malfoy
2005 Nine Lives Damian Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Acting Award
2005 Tennis, Anyone...? Johnny Green
2006 Friends with Money David
2007 Grindhouse, in the faux trailer "Don't" Bearded Man
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Lucius Malfoy Scream Award for Best Ensemble
2008 Good Maurice
2008 Conjura de El Escorial, LaLa 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
2010 Batman: Under The Red Hood Ra's al Ghul Voice role
2010 Skeletons The Colonel
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Lucius Malfoy
2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Sinestro Voice role
2011 Cars 2 Siddeley and Leland Turbo Voice roles
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Lucius Malfoy Nominated—Scream Award for Best Cast Cast
Pending—People's Choice Award for Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast
2011 Abduction Kevin

Television

Year(s) Title Role Notes
1989 Quiet Conspiracy, AA Quiet Conspiracy
1989 This Is David Lander French Doctor
1989–90 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 Inspector Morse Dr. Desmond Collier Episode: "Cherubim and Seraphim"
1992 Taggart Barr Episode: "Double Exposure"
1993 Highlander: The Series Immortal Zachary Blaine Episode: "The Lady and the Tiger"
1995 Relative Stranger, AA Relative Stranger Peter Fairman
1995 Dangerous Lady Michael Ryan
1995 Loved Up Des Television film
1996 Guardians Jim Reid Television film
1996 Burn Your Phone The Killer Television film
1997 Fix, TheThe Fix Tony Kay Television film
1998 Last Don II, TheThe Last Don II Father Luca Tonarini
2004 West Wing, TheThe West Wing Colin Ayres Episodes: "Gaza", "Memorial Day" and "N.S.F. Thurmont"
2005 Adventure time Sir Slicer Voice role
2005–06 Avatar: The Last Airbender Admiral Zhao Voice role
2006 Scars Chris
2006 State Within, TheThe State Within Sir Mark Brydon, British Ambassador to the USA Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2006–08 Brotherhood Michael Caffee
2008 Curse of Steptoe, TheThe Curse of Steptoe Harry H. Corbett Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
2008 Entourage Fredrick Line Episode:"#5.7 Gotta Look Up to Get Down"
2011 Case Histories Jackson Brodie
2012 Awake Michael Britten

Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Jason Isaacs: Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005042/. Retrieved 28 November 2007. 

Theatre

Year(s) Title Role Notes
[Unknown] God: A Comedy in One Act
1992 The|Black and White Minstrels}} Cyril The King's Head Theatre, London
1992–93 Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes[5] Louis Ironson Royal National Theatre, London
1993 1953 Benito Mussolini Almeida Theatre, London
2000 Force of Change, TheThe Force of Change Royal Court Theatre, London
2007 Dumb Waiter, TheThe Dumb Waiter[28] Ben Trafalgar Studios, London

Video games

Year(s) Title Role Notes
1994 Beneath a Steel Sky Voice role
2009 Napoleon: Total War Story Teller Voice role
2010 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Satan Voice role
2011 El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Lucifel Voice role

Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Jason Isaacs: Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005042/. Retrieved 28 November 2007.  Napoleon: Total War story teller from http://www.totalwar.com/napoleon/gallery/videos.php (Napoleon: Total War – Story Trailer).

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  39. ^ Jasper Rees (27 January 2007). "'There is a streak of cruelty in me': Actor Jason Isaacs Says Life Prepared Him to Become a Specialist in Unattractive Characters". The Daily Telegraph, Review. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/01/27/baisaacs127.xml. Retrieved 27 June 2008. 
  40. ^ ^http://www.hellotojasonisaacs.com/

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