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My Take
Jason Isaacs is my favorite kind of actor: the one who makes villainy look like an intellectual exercise. A Liverpool kid with a University of Bristol education, he plays cruelty with such precision that Colonel Tavington remains one of cinema's most elegantly hateful creations, and you end up admiring the craft even as you despise the character. What I value most is his refusal to coast; he moves between film, stage, voice work, and producing with the restlessness of someone genuinely curious. Great supporting actors are the load-bearing walls of cinema, and Isaacs has been quietly holding up other people's films for decades. He deserves more leading roles than he gets.
Overview
Jason Michael Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in Event Horizon (1997), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jason Isaacs
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイソン・アイザックス
- Reading
- じぇいそん・あいざっくす
- Born
- June 6, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
- Origin
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / voice actor / stage actor / television actor / television producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- King David High School
- University
- University of Bristol
Awards & achievements
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.