Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs studied law at Bristol University and graduated in 1985 with a degree in law but decided to study acting. While at Bristol University, he directed and/or appeared in over 20 productions. He then attended the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 1989.

He is best known for his roles as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot, criminal Michael Caffee in the Showtime series Brotherhood, and Marshal Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin.

Isaacs has recently starred in The OA, Star Trek: Discovery, and Hotel Mumbai.

Isaacs' stage roles include Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premieres of Parts One (Millennium Approaches) and Two (Perestroika) of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America and as hitman Ben in a 50th-anniversary revival of Harold Pinter's 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End.

Jason is married to documentary filmmaker Emma Hewitt, with whom he has two children.