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Name: Jason Isaacs
Birthplace: Liverpool, England 
Birthdate: June 6, 1963
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Height: 5'11"

Best Known as: Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter

The third of four sons of a Liverpool merchant, Jason Isaacs was born in his father's hometown. He initially planned to go into law, but was swayed by acting early in the course of his law studies at Bristol University. Although he first became interested in acting in part because "it was a great way to meet girls," Isaacs soon found deeper meaning in the theater (in one interview he was quoted as saying "I could release myself into acting in a way that I was not released socially") and duly dropped out of Bristol to hone his skills at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. He was well on the way to a solid career as a character actor, mainly playing dark, taciturn characters who have an air of menace to them. Not all of his roles, however, called for the actor to be nasty. Isaacs won critical praise for his turn as Louis Ironside, the politically-driven, emotionally waffling gay man, in Tony Kushner's epic Angels in America. He was fine as the ship's medic in Event Horizon and Michael Bay tapped him to play one of the world's smartest men, brought in to combat an oncoming meteor, in the summer blockbuster Armageddon.

Filmography:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) (pre-production) Lucius Malfoy
Good (2006) (pre-production) Maurice
"Brotherhood" (2006) TV Series (filming) Michael Caffee
Friends with Money (2006) (post-production)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (post-production) Lucius Malfoy
Tennis, Anyone...? (2005) Johnnie Green
The Chumscrubber (2005) Mr. Parker
Elektra (2005) (uncredited) DeMarco
Nine Lives (2005) Damian
Nouvelle-France (2004) Gen. James Wolfe
... aka New France (International: English title)
Future Tactics: The Uprising (2004) (VG) (voice)
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) Charles Beck
Windtalkers (2002) Major Mellitz
Resident Evil (2002) (uncredited) Dr. William Birkin/Narrator
Reign of Fire (2002/II) (VG) (voice)
Black Hawk Down (2001) Capt. Mike Steele
Hotel (2001) Australian Actor
The Last Minute (2001) Percy
The Tag (2001) Robert
Sweet November (2001) Chaz Watley
The Sight (2000) (TV) Ghost
The Patriot (2000) 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, Research
"The Last Don II" (1998) (mini) TV Series Father Luca Tonarini
The Fix (1997) (TV) Tony Kay
Event Horizon (1997) D.J.
Dragonheart (1996) Lord Felton
Burn Your Phone (1996) The Killer
Guardians (1996) Jim Reid
Loved Up (1995) (TV) Dez 2
Solitaire for 2 (1995) Harry
Dangerous Lady (1995) Michael Ryan
A Relative Stranger (1995) (TV) Peter Fraiman
Shopping (1994) Market Trader
Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) (VG) (voice)
Civvies (1992) (TV) Frank Dillon
"Ashenden" (1991) (mini) TV Series
Aruslân senki (1991) (voice: English version) Lajendra
... aka The Heroic Legend of Arislan (USA)
"Capital City" (1989) TV Series Chas Ewell
The Tall Guy (1989) Doctor #2

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