Isaacs Jason is British and Jewish by birth, remembered throughout the world for the role of the death eater Lucius Malfoy, in the equally famous film epic "Harry Potter". Jason was born on June 6, 1963 in the Beatles' hometown of Liverpool, England.
Few facts
In addition to Jason, the Isaacs family had three more children, Jason became the third. Father Eric Isaacs and Mother Sheila were strict adherents of religion, therefore they raised their children in accordance with Jewish traditions. Then Jason is sent to a school where only Jews are trained.
By the time Jason turns 11, his entire family has moved to London, the boy is sent to the Haberdashers 'Aske's Boys' School, an elite private school for boys founded by Robert Aske in 1690. It is here that Jason participates in theatrical productions and discovers a profession that will determine all the next steps of the future actor. However, his acting education will continue at a later date. Jason's father, being a conservative and practical man, insisted that his son receive an education worthy of their family. Therefore, after graduating from school, a talented young man was forced to study law at the University of Bristol.
In those years, young Jason continued to devote his free time to acting and directing in the youth theater and did not suspect that a simple hobby would develop into a true love of art, would be the main type of income and would remain with him until today. During his three years at the university, Jason was fortunate enough to become a participant in no less than thirty productions, three of which competed for a prize at the Edinburgh Theater Festival. However, in 1985, Jason, against his father's wishes, left law school and became a student at the London Central School of Stage Speech and Drama, where he met director Paul W. S. Anderson and his future wife, Emma Hewitt.
On the steps of glory
The first appearance of the actor on television screens took place in the serial drama "Taggart", which tells about the investigation of especially grave murders, and the first film released on the wide screen with the participation of Jason Isaacs was called "Bigger". It was 1989, the central figures of the film were the then young Jeff Goldblum and Emma Thompson, and Jason had a small minor role. Thus, the young artist began his ascent up the steps of fame.
Jason continued to appear on small and large screens, but his talent was truly appreciated in 1993. On the stage of the National Theater, the actor shone in the play "Angels in America" based on the play by the American playwright Tony Kushner, his hero's name was Louis Ironson.
In the late 90s, Jason Isaacs began to appear in such large-scale projects as "Armageddon" directed by Michael Bay, "Soldier" where the main star was Kurt Russell, in the film with the participation of world cinema stars Rafe Fiennes and Juliana Moore "The End of the Romance". But the real triumph in cinema was his role in Roland Emmerich's Patriot, where the actor tried on the image of the bloodthirsty, insane and cruel Colonel Tevington, after which the image of a villain was almost fixed for him, so convincing was the hero in his own performance. The English press was indignant and accused the writers of portraying the British as being too cruel.
Then Jason manages to surprise the audience by showing another facet of his talent. He played in the film "Sweet November" where actors Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron starred. Isaacs portrayed a lover of women's dresses, Chez Watley. At the same time, the theater does not become something secondary for Isaacs, and he brilliantly embodies Sergeant Simpson on stage in the production based on the work of G. Mitchell "The Power of Change". After the sweet November melodrama, the role of Ranger Steele followed in Ridley Scott's film The Fall of the Black Hawk about the peacekeeping operation in Somalia.
And yet Jason has to return to the performance of the images of negative characters. At the end of 2002, perhaps one of the most memorable appearances of the actor in the film adaptation of the book "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" took place, where Jason was not imitated, playing the purebred wizard Lucius Malfoy, a ruthless follower of Tom Redl, his aversion to "Mudbloods" cannot be hidden … The father of Draco Malfoy, a classmate and enemy of Harry Potter, appears in four more sequels of the epic about the boy who survived. Here Jason is busy with the outstanding Alan Rickman, who played Professor Severus Snape, as well as with Meggie Smith as Menerva, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson and future stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint taking their first steps in the cinema. The filmography of the artist does not end there, but only begins to gain momentum. While acting in "Potterian", Isaacs manages to play another equally colorful character, the pirate Captain Hook in the film adaptation of James Barry's book about the adventures of Peter Pan.
Isaacs also appears on television, one of his famous reincarnations is the role of crime boss Michael Caffey in the popular American TV series "Brotherhood", as well as British Ambassador Mark Brydon in the mini-series "State within a State" and in the remake transferred to TV, " Rosemary's baby.
In 2017, another very entertaining film, Mount Verbinski, entitled "The Cure for Health", was released. In this atmospheric gothic thriller, which can also be praised for the artistic staging of the intra-frame composition, thanks to the camera work. Isaacs played one of the main roles - Dr. Heinrich Wolmer, the attending physician, the missing patient of the sanatorium.
At the same time, the fantastic series "Star Trek: Discovery" is being released on television, where Isaacs plays Captain Gabriel Lorca, the captain of the starship.
Family and Children
Together with his wife, actress Emma Hewitt, Jason has come a long way: from the day they met in London, when they studied the art of reincarnation together on stage, to the birth of two daughters in 2002 and 2005 to the present day. It is interesting that Emma and Jason are still not legally married, but have been living together for 30 years, is this not proof of true love and loyalty. The couple are raising two beautiful daughters Lily and Ruby and are an example of a strong and close-knit family for many years in a row, which, as a rule, is a rare exception for a dream factory.
