Jason Isaacs
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In London, Jason Isaacs began landing professional work almost immediately, appearing on the stage and on television. Isaacs was initially known as a TV actor in the U.K., having a starring role in the ITV drama Capital City and guest roles in series such as Taggart and Inspector Morse. He made his big-screen debut in 1989 with a minor turn as a doctor in Mel Smith's The Tall Guy. Jason exhibited his versatility in several more TV series and on-stage in such productions as the Royal National Theatre's 1993 staging of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America. He also began to find more work onscreen, receiving his first nod of Hollywood recognition in his casting in the Bruce Willis blockbuster Armageddon(1998). Initially called upon to take a fairly substantial role, Jason 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 fellow Harry Potter alumni David Thewlis 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, Jason got his biggest international break to date when he was picked to portray the villain, Colonel William Tavington, in Roland Emmerich's Revolutionary War epic The Patriot (2000). Starring opposite Mel Gibson, who (naturally) played the film's hero, Jason made an unnervingly memorable impression as a man whose pastimes included mass murder of civillians and church-burning, emerging as one of summer 2000's most indelible screen presences. Although his work in the film earned him comparisons to Ralph Fiennes' portrayal of evil Nazi "Amon Goeth" in Schindler's List and talks of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, the actor was not content to be typecast in the historical scum mold. Thus, he logically signed on to play none other than a drag queen for his next project, Sweet November (2001), a romantic comedy-drama starring Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves. Isaacs has appeared in many films such as Black Hawk Down, Divorcing Jack, Dragonheart, Event Horizon, The End of the Affair but most notably in the Harry Potter series playing Lucius Malfoy, as well as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling in P. J. Hogan's adaptation of Peter Pan. Isaacs has also appeared in episodes of The West Wing and the upcoming Showtime series Brotherhood.
Selected filmography
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Elektra (2005) (uncredited)
The Chumscrubber (2005)
Peter Pan (2003)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as Lucius Malfoy
The Tuxedo (2002)
Passionada (2002)
Windtalkers (2002)
Resident Evil (2002)
Black Hawk Down (2001) as U.S. Army Captain Mike Steele
Sweet November (2001)
The Patriot (2000) as British Colonel William Tavington
The End of the Affair (1999)
Soldier (1998)
Divorcing Jack (1998)
Armageddon (1998)
Event Horizon (1997)
Dragonheart (1996)
Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) (VG) (voice)
The Tall Guy (1989)