Jason Isaacs
b. 1963
British actor (born 1963)
- Born
- 6 Jun 1963 · Liverpool
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- 6 Jun 1963BornBorn in Liverpool
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1963 – today).
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
Biography
Jason Michael Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. Primarily known for his character actor roles and in particular portrayals of villains in both independent films and blockbusters, he has received various accolades including an Empire Award and an Independent Spirit Award, with nominations for a British Academy Film Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Satellite Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
He is best known for portraying Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), D.J in Event Horizon (1997), Timothy Ratliff in The White Lotus (2025) and Captain Waggoner in Fury (2014).
Other television roles include Michael Caffee in the Showtime crime drama series Brotherhood (2006–2008), Michael Britten in police procedural fantasy NBC series Awake (2012), Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama series The OA (2016–2019), Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2018). With his role in the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2025), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award. He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for The State Within (2006) and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe (2008), and for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor for Case Histories (2011–2013).
His voice acting roles include Admiral Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), the Grand Inquisitor / Sentinel in Star Wars Rebels (2014–2016), Lord Enver Gortash in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 (2023), and Eminence in the third season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series What If...? (2024).
Isaacs has appeared on stage as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premiere of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and as hitman Ben in a 2007 revival of Harold Pinter's 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End.
Text from the Wikipedia article Jason Isaacs, CC BY-SA 4.0
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