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Films (Titles listed chronologically, followed by date of release and name of character. Those titles with underlines are hotlinked to additional info—go me)
The Green Zone (2009?) LTC Briggs (?) La Conjura de El Escorial (The El Escorial Conspiracy) (200?) Antonio Pérez
Good (2008) Maurice Gluckstein1
Grindhouse (2007) Uncredited (bearded man in faux trailer)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Lucius Malfoy
Friends With Money (2005) David
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Lucius Malfoy
Tennis, Anyone…? (2005) Johnny Green
The Chumscrubber (2005) Mr. Parker
Elektra (2005) (uncredited) DeMarco
Nine Lives (2005) Damian
Crash (2004) Det. Carr2
Nouvelle France (New France; Battle of the Brave) (2004) Gen. James Wolfe Peter Pan (2003) Mr. Darling/Captain Hook
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Lucius Malfoy
The Tuxedo (2002) Clark Devlin
High Times Potluck (2002) Arneau
Passionada (2002) Charlie Beck
Windtalkers (2002) Maj. Mellitz
Resident Evil (2002) (uncredited) Dr. William Birkin/Narrator
Black Hawk Down (2001) Capt. Mike Steele
Hotel (2001) Australian Actor (Gavin McKay)
The Last Minute (2001) “Percy” Sledge
Sweet November (2001) Chaz Watley
The Patriot (2000) Col. William Tavington
The End of the Affair (1999) Father Richard Smythe
St. Ives (1999) Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Soldier (1998) Col. Mekum
Divorcing Jack (1998) "Cow Pat” Keegan
Armageddon (1998) Dr. Ronald Quincy
Event Horizon (1997) D.J.
Spice World (1997) A repugnant journalist3
Dragonheart (1996) Lord Felton
Solitaire for 2 [sic] (1995) Harry
Dangerous Lady (1995) Michael Ryan
Shopping (1994) Market Trader
The Tall Guy (1989) Doctor #2
None More Black4 (Unknown)
Special Occasion4 (Unknown)
Dangerous Love4 (Unknown)
Television movies or series (titles appearing in quotations are the individual episodes in which Jason Isaacs appeared):
The Curse of Steptoe (2008, BBC4) Harry H. Corbett
The State Within (BBC/BBCAmerica co-produced miniseries) (2006 UK/2007 US) His Excellency Mark Brydon, Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America
Scars (2006) (More4) Chris
Brotherhood (Season One, 2006; Season Two, 2007) (Showtime network) Michael James Caffee West Wing ("Gaza", "Memorial Day","NSF Thurmont") (2004) Colin Ayres
V Graham Norton (December 2003) Himself—with my Lego Lucius!
Hooligans8 (2002) (A documentary on sport-related violence) Narrator
SO Graham Norton (2002) Himself
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (2001) Himself
The Sight6 (2000) Ghost (his scene appears only in the UK version of this program)
Auntie's Cracking New Bloomers8 (1999) (Various outtakes from BBC shows [the BBC is sometimes referred to as "Auntie"]— includes two from The Fix, in which Mr. Isaacs attempts to extricate himself from a car.)
The Last Don II (1998) Father Luca Tonarini
The Fix (1997) Tony Kay
Guardians (1996) (ITV) Jim Reid
The Ren and Stimpy Show5,7 ("I Was a Teenage Stimpy") (1996) Thin Stimpy
Loved Up (1995) Dez 2
A Relative Stranger (1995) Peter Fraiman
Outlaws8 (1993) (BBC3)
Boon ("Thieves Like Us", ITV) (1993?) Mike Puckett
Taggart (“Double Exposure”) (1992) Eric & John Barr
Highlander6 (“The Lady and the Tiger”) (1992) Zachary Blaine
Civvies (1992) Frank Dillon
Inspector Morse ("Cherubim and Seraphim") (1992) (reportedly directed by Danny Boyle) Dr. Desmond Collier
Ashenden (1991, BBC) Andrew Lehman
Eye Contact4 (1991) (C4) Michael
TECX4 ("Fall From Grace", ITV) (1990) Edward Latham
Capital City (1989) Chas Ewell
The Lady and the Highwayman (1989) Guard
Quiet Conspiracy, A4 (1989) Unknown (this was a 4-part series on Anglia.)
The Bill4 (Unknown—an ongoing ITV series)
This is David Lander4 ("A Growing Crisis", ITV) (1988) Dr. Guy Chabot
Get Set Go! (10 Sept 1984) (A BBC game show, described as "a kind of verbal ping-pong!")
Short films (in many cases, we're not sure if these were produced for television or not. These days it may be worth your while to check YouTube.)
Mummy and Baddy (2007) Dr. Maniacal
This Different Night (2004)
Brotherly Love (2001)
The Tag (short film) (2001) Robert
Mild and Bitter (1998, FilmFour)
Burn Your Phone/Burn the Phone4 (1996) The Killer
Jason Isaacs received his training, and his start, in live Theatre. Our information on his theatrical performances is less complete, but here are some highlights:
The Dumb Waiter (Trafalgar Studios Theatre, 2007) Ben
The Force of Change (Royal Court Theatre, 2000) Mark
1953 (Almeida Theatre, 1996) Vittorio Mussolini
Angels in America/Parts I & II (Royal National Theatre, 1993) Louis Ironson (opposite Daniel Craig as Joseph Porter Pitt)
The Black and White Minstrels (Edinburgh Festival and King's Head)
Bent; Glory of Love; Idle Hands (Bristol University; Glory of Love was performed at the Edinburgh Festival as well)
Video Games (I found these on other websites, typically, and can’t vouch for their accuracy)
"Spartan: Total Warrior" (2005) Sejanus
"Future Tactics: The Uprising" (2004)
"Reign of Fire" (2002)
"Guilty" (1995)
"Beneath a Steel Sky" (1994)
"The Heroic Legend of Arislan" (1991) (English version) Lajendra
Miscellaneous Voice Work
Mr. Isaacs has contributed vocal performances for a number of other projects: He is among the cast of the the audiobook version of Robert Rankin's Brightonomicon (a cast which also included Andy Serkis). He read the five-CD audiobook of the first volume of Conn Iggulden's biography of Genghis Khan, Wolf of the Plains. (NB: while this recording is available in bookstores in the UK as well as from Amazon's UK site, it does not appear on Amazon's U.S. site, and Mr. Isaacs is not the reader for the recording of the second book in the series, Lords of the Bow.) He has also been heard in the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender (he was the voice of Commander Zhao in ep. 3, "The Southern Air Temple", first aired 25 Feb. 2005, and ep. 8, "Winter Solstice", Apr. 2005). He provided narration for "Tractor Ted in Springtime", a British preschool-age children's story (available on DVD), and is credited as reader on an audiobook of kid's stories called Once Upon a Time (he did "Aladdin"). Jason Isaacs' is one of two voices heard on the CD accompanying the picture book "I've Seen Santa" and he read for the CD of "Incy Wincy Spider". Jason Isaacs has done a number of voiceovers for commercials, recently for British Gas, and appeared in several radio productions, among them a multi-hour reading of The Prince and the Pauper (BBC 7), a ten-part reading of Tim Lott's 1991 novel Rumours of a Hurricane in 2002, and a role in Boothby Graffoe's The Condition of the Virgin, both on BBC4, as well as a role opposite Celia Imrie on Radio 4 in The Snowfield8 (1993).
1. Filming on Good took place in Hungary in 2007, and Jason Isaacs has been 'talking it up' during appearances on radio and television. Jason Isaacs plays a Jewish psychoanalyst opposite Viggo Mortenson as Prof. John Halder. Based on C.P. Taylor's play of the same name, Good promises to be a mature, classy, thought-provoking work offering a compelling story and great scope for the actors. It lost first a principal—Colin Firth was originally said to be confirmed for one lead. Then the cast was to include both Jason Isaacs and Hugh Jackman. Then a director had to bow out after an automobile accident, and then funding was lost. You may imagine my happiness at appending this (latest!) revision! The link provided here goes to a page with information about a concluded theatrical production, with which Mr. Isaacs was not connected.
2. Jason Isaacs's part in this Academy Award®-winning movie was almost entirely excised, a decision he described as perfectly appropriate to maintain the strength of the storyline.
3. Jason Isaacs had a small role in this Spice Girls vehicle, along with the likes of Alan Cumming and Stephen Fry, but his brief scene was cut. His explanation was that the director had taken issue with Mr. Isaacs' decision to play the entire scene with his gaze fixed firmly on Emma Bunton's breasts, something he felt was completely apt for the part. No word on Baby Spice's response.
4. These projects were listed in a program for "1953"
5. Information on these projects taken from http://www.tv.com/
6. This program has appeared on commercially available recordings—ease of acquisition not implied!
7. I can't help but add "allegedly" to this listing
8. Gillian spotted these in a catalogue of BBC productions—we don't know anything else about them
Thanks Ursadiana and Gillian for obscurity spotting!
*Last updated 26 June 2008* |
