Welcome to the new home of Jason Isaacs Online!
(formerly Dominion Online)

Contrary to popular belief, we have not actually fallen under the jurisdiction of FEMA—we are just still slowly amending.  We apologize for not yet presenting a site worthy of its subject!  While we labour (unhurriedly!) at cumulative improvements, click on the buttons at left to visit pages devoted to the life of Jason Isaacs, in his own words (the Biography); the work of Jason Isaacs (so far!); fan reviews of selected movies (the Movies); and a small assortment of images of the man, in character and out (the Gallery).

In the absence of complete organization and attention, we encourage you to visit our message board to get all the latest news, updates, and goings-on of this very talented actor.  (thanks again, Gillian!)

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     JasonIsaacsonline.com is an UNOFFICIAL fansite dedicated to the work of the delightful actor Jason Isaacs.  It is brought to you by a consortium of enthusiastic admirers who bring to the project a cumulative 25+ years of following his career—which, when you consider it, is longer than Mr. Isaacs has been pursuing his career.  So if you find a discrepancy between something Mr. Isaacs says and something you read here, I guess you’ll know whom to believe.

     We hope to provide you with some helpful background on Mr. Isaacs as well as some entirely subjective opinions on the man and his work.  In deference to fans relying on dial-up connections as well as those simply seeking brief confirmation of something, we have kept most of these pages fairly basic, but they usually contain links to more in-depth material—most of our images of Mr. Isaacs are found in the Gallery.  Click on the buttons at left to check the "Biography" page for information on himself, and for a quick rundown of his projects so far, see "The Work" page.  "The Movies" currently offers our reviews of various films (for professional opinions of recent releases, please check the message boards, where we've got lots of links and transcriptions!).  After some contemplation, the notion of a blog has been abandoned as a bit untidy, but we'll try and keep the updates below absolutely current, and you are urged to double-check the message board as well.   If you find any gaping holes, or you’ve got a hot tip, we hope you’ll share!

     With best wishes for your enjoyment here—

     The Lost Girls

 


HEADS UP!!
    Jason Isaacs plays Harry H. Corbett opposite Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell in The Curse of Steptoe, a docudrama that examines the relationship between the actors in the long-running sitcom Steptoe and Son and how appearing in the series affected their lives.  It's scheduled for broadcast at 9:00 p.m., 19 March, on BBC4.
 
    Variety has confirmed Empire magazine's report that Jason Isaacs has joined Matt Damon in the cast of The Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass.  We're told Mr. Isaacs will be playing an American Army officer.

     Jason Isaacs was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category "Best performance by an actor in a [television] mini-series" for his performance as Sir Mark Brydon in the BBC/BBCAmerica production The State Within, which also received a nomination for best miniseries!  

     Mr. Isaacs, who can be heard talking about his roles in The State Within as well as Brotherhood on this segment of Simon Mayo's show on BBC Radio's Five Live, returned to exchange barbs with Mark Kermode on 1 February 2008.  Sign up for the Friday podcast and have Jason on your iPod!

     After enjoying critical enthusiasm accompanied by growing viewership, Brotherhood has finally been given the green light to proceed with production of a third season!  Initial broadcast of Season Two of Showtime's Peabody Award-winning series Brotherhood, in which Jason Isaacs stars as Michael Caffee opposite Jason Clarke as his politician brother Tommy, has concluded, with viewership numbers for this season's finale estimated to be 117% higher than last season's.  Apparently viewers are finally catching up with the critics.  Showtime is owned by CBS Corp., and, probably encouraged by the ongoing writers' strike, CBS may broadcast expurgated episodes on its own mainstream network.  Check Showtime's site for updates--or visit the message board!

     Good is given a release date of 2008 on IMDb.  Watch this space for updates on this intriguing movie, also starring Viggo Mortensen, which features Jason Isaacs as a Jewish psychoanalyst in prewar Germany.

    Many fans pounced on news of the casting of Mr. Isaacs as the sociopathic villain to John Cusack's hapless hero in Stopping Power, to be directed by Jan de Bont, but then financing fell through (after filming had commenced) so the movie was off.  Except wait, it's on again—though maybe without Jason Isaacs, because he was off in Spain, playing Antonio Perez in La Conjura de El Escorial (The El Escorial Conspiracy) set in the 15th century Spanish court of Philip II.  We'll let you know whatever we got.

     Jason Isaacs starred in a seven-week run of the Harold Pinter play The Dumb Waiter at London's Trafalgar Studios Theatre from 2 February through 24 March 2007.  Official cast photos may be found at http://www.thedumbwaiter.co.uk/index.html.  Some of the stellar reviews the production received may be found on the message board!

     

  

Brotherhood was broadcast on an HD channel in Canada, so if you’re a Canadian viewer, check your local listings (and your bank account) as that may be an option for Season 2.  The complete first season is available on a three-DVD set from Amazon.com, as well as other retail outlets.  The official website for Brotherhood offered a number of resources including podcasts, one of them an interview with Jason Isaacs.  Episodes from both Season 1 and 2 are available for download from iTunes; these can be viewed on your computer, as well as or instead of your MP3 player.

 
       From time to time, the Lost Girls offer eBay auctions of Jason Isaacs-related items.  Proceeds (totalling roughly $2,250 so far!) are donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a leading pediatric cancer research hospital.  Look for our auctions under the eBay seller ID jasonisaacsonline--we recently offered an autographed jar of Peter Pan peanut butter, one with a limited-release label featuring a photo of Jason Isaacs as Capt. Jas. Hook in the live-action movie.  Ours had an autograph of Mr. Isaacs, signed March 2007 during the Dumb Waiter run.  Stop by and see what we've got!