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Jason Isaacs

(1963) Film Actor United Kingdom

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Jason Isaacs is a film actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Big Sky.

Quick Facts About Jason Isaacs

Born: June 6, 1963
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Big Sky

About Jason Isaacs

Jason Michael Isaacs is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in Event Horizon (1997), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Captain Waggoner in Fury (2014), Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), Jay Perry in Mass (2021), John Godfrey in Operation Mincemeat (2021), and Timothy Ratliff in The White Lotus (2025).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor

Quotes by Jason Isaacs

I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who…

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There is nothing nicer than playing someone who is cooler, tougher, more virtuous and sexier than yourself and thinking, 'I can be…

Anyone

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I'm at the beginning of it. I'm Elektra's last job before the story kicks off.

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I can't tell you too much about it because I'm not even meant to tell you that I'm in it. In fact,…

About

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Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.

Acting

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I would love to tell you I've found the secret to eternal youth. I go to the gym and avoid too many…

Avoid

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Acting is a really simple job - it's just hard to do. You just have to be that person with their background…

Acting

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I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

Achilles

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The weird job of acting is that it is so simple. You just see the person in the situation. It is whatever…

Acting

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I went to university and I was a bit out of my depth, socially.

Bit

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I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who…

Amount

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I'm still spending my working life trying to mine people's souls and now they're complimenting me in reviews on the amount of…

Amount

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Every time I make a plan, God laughs at me.

Every

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In fact my favourite thing is the wig because I'm a very lazy actor so every time I put it on, in…

Actors

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When I started acting, I thought everything should be issue-based and that there should be a helpline at the end of every…

Acting

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Well, he's not going to get any nicer. He's a genocidal racist maniac. He's one of these people who thinks the world…

Any

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I went off and read the books after the audition and I read all four books in one sitting - you know…

Auditions

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I get some of the nicest fan mail you could imagine. Also when I'm up for an award, my fans all vote…

About

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I think this show I'm going to do,' Awake,' if it's done well, will not only be provocative and entertaining, but help…

Awake

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When I came back from filming 'Abduction', I told my agent: I'm staying in London now. If it takes doing children's theater…

Abduction

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God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al…

About

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I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really…

Because

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I don't know if it's a romantic comedy but I'm in the beginning of the first of the season of 'The West…

Asks

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It seems a bit weird to call someone your girlfriend when you have a child.

Bit

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It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so…

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