Leading Men Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs was born in 1963 at Liverpool, Merseyside, England. His family is of East European heritage and Jewish background.
Mr. Isaacs studied law at Bristol University and graduated with a law degree. During that time at college he directed and appeared in over twenty productions and then decided to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
He began his career in films and television in 1988. His first appearance was on the TV series This Is David Lander and he made his early appearances on British TV.
Isaacs has done performances in theatre as well . Some of his notable appearances were in The Black And White Minstrels, 1953, The Force Of Change and The Dumb Waiter.
He made his film debut in 1989 in the film The Tall Guy.
Some of the film roles of Jason Isaacs were:
The Tall Guy (1989) as Doctor #2
Shopping (1994) as Market Trader
Solitaire For 2 (1995) as Harry
Dragon Heart (1996) as Lord Felton
Event Horizon (1997) as D J
Armageddon (1998) as Dr. Ronald Quincy
Divorcing Jack (1998) as Cow Pat Keegan
Soldier (1998) as Colonel Mekum
St. Ives (1998) as Alain de Keroual de St-Yves
The End Of The Affair (1999) as Father Richard Smythe
The Patriot (2000) as Colonel William Tavington
Sweet November (2001) as Chaz Watley
Black Hawk Down (2001) as Captain Mike Steele
The Last Minute (2001) as Dave "Percy" Sledge
Harry Potters And The Chamber Of Secrets (200) as Lucius Malfoy
Passionada (2002) as Charles Beck
The Tuxedo (2002) as Clark Devlin
Wind Talkers (2002) as Major Mellitz
Peter Pan (2003) as George Darling/ Captain Hook
Nouvelle-France (2003) as General James Wolfe
Elektra (2005) as De Marco
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005) as Lucius Malfoy
Nine Lives (2005) as Damian
Tennis Anyone? (2005) as Johnny Green
Friends With Money (2006) as David
Grindhouse (2007) as Bearded Man
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007) as Lucius Malfoy
Good (2008) as Maurice
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (2009) as Lucius Malfoy
Green Zone (2010) as Major Briggs
Skeletons (2010) as The Colonel
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) as Lucius Malfoy
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) as Lucius Malfoy
Abduction (2011) as Kevin
Sweetwater (2012) as Prophet Josiah
A Single Shot (2013) as Waylon
Dawn (2014) as Dawson
Field Of Lost Shoes (2014) as John. C. Breckinridge
Fury (2014) as Captain Waggoner U S Army
After The Fall (2014) as Frank McTiernan
Rio, I Love You (2014) as O "Gringo"
London Fields (2015) as Mark Asprey
He is best known for his role of Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films as well as Colonel Tavington in The Patriot.
Mr. Isaacs has appeared on British TV in such programs as Inspector Morse, Taggart, This Is David Lander, The Curse Of Steptoe and Highlander among others.
He has also appeared in several British made for television films such as Loved Up, Guardians, Burn Your Phone and The Fix.
Isaacs has appeared on American television in The West Wing as Colin Ayres in three episodes.
Jason Isaacs met his partner Emma while studying acting at the Central School Of Speech and Drama. They have been together since 1988 and the couple have two daughters, Lilly and Ruby.
Though he has gained much celebrity as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, he likes to maintain a calm, sedate and suburban life.
I enjoyed this actor in the Harry Potter films as well as in The Patriot, Armageddon and Black Hawk Down.
Louie The Movie Buff