Jason Isaacs is an British actor, best known for his portrayals as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot, Captain Hook in Universal's 2003 film, Peter Pan, Admiral Zhao in Book 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Michael Caffee in Brotherhood, Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek Discovery Season 1, and Dick Dastardly in the 2020 Warner Bros. film, Scoob!.
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for The State Within (2006) and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe (2008). He also was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor and won the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories (2011–13) and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Brotherhood (2006–2008)
Isaacs has appeared on stage as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premiere of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and as hitman Ben in a 2007 revival of Harold Pinter's 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End.