Jason Isaacs Biography

Fast Facts

• Made his big-screen debut in 1989, playing a doctor in the Jeff Goldblum romantic comedy The Tall Guy
• Became known to British audiences with villainous turns in Inspector Morse: Cherubim & Seraphim and Taggart: Double Exposure (both 1992)
• Collaborated on several films with actor Sean Pertwee, director Paul W
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• Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt (all of whom he met at the Central School of Speech and Drama), including Shopping (1994), Event Horizon (1997) and Soldier (1998)
• Breakout role came with the part of Col
• William Tavington in Mel Gibson's historical drama The Patriot (2000)
• Became a household name playing the nefarious Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film adaptations
• Made an uncredited appearance as "Bearded Man" in a fake movie trailer from the 2007 double feature Grindhouse
• Is fluent in Spanish