Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool, the third of four children of Sheila .
Has a daughter named Lily, born on 23 March 2002.
Was set to play Dr. William Birkin in Resident Evil: Apocalypse , but left the project.
Had an uncredited role as Dr. William Birkin (and the narrator) in Resident Evil .
Has a daughter named Ruby, born August 2005, who was named by her older sister, Lily.
Shares two roles with Hans Conried. Conried appeared in the Disney animated version of Peter Pan , while Isaacs appeared in the 2003 live action film. Both films followed a tradition encouraged by J.M. Barrie , and followed in most stage productions, that Mr. Darling and Captain Hook be played by the same actor. Accordingly, he and Conried played both parts in their respective films.
Longtime best friend of writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson.
In addition to doubling for Mel Gibson , Girard Swan worked as Isaacss stand-in and photo double in The Patriot .
Met his wife, Emma Hewitt , at drama school.
His parents were both from Ashkenazi Jewish families. Their ancestors emigrated from Eastern Europe to England.
Speaks Spanish fluently.
Harry Potter co-star Gary Oldman is one of his favorite actors.
Ranked 54 on Empire Magazines 100 Sexiest Movie Stars.
Has a cult following due to the weekly Kermode and Mayos Film Review on BBC, Radio Five Live, where he is regularly saluted ("Hello to Jason Isaacs!") by his former classmate and film critic Dr Mark Kermode , a practice that the fan base of this show picked up.
Is an avid comic-book fan and possessed an enormous collection of Marvel and DC titles as a child.
Good friends with Paul Greengrass.
He writes left-handed, but is otherwise right-handed.
He sings two songs (albeit briefly) in Peter Pan (Isaacs was also listed for these in the closing credits; however, the songs were omitted from the movie soundtrack. Other movie singing performances include The Last Minute (two songs), and Sweetwater. On TV (BBC), Isaacs sang in the 2013 Case Histories episode, "Jackson and the Women", and in the TV-movie, The Curse of Steptoe.
Has worked with two different men named "Paul Davies": Paul Davies was the Supervising Sound Editor for Isaacss movie, Good. Paul Davies was an uncredited Assistant Colourist for both Black Hawk Down (in which Isaacs portrayed Capt. Mike Steele), and for 2002s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets --plus other "Harry Potter" movies--in which Isaacss character, Lucius Malfoy, was introduced.
In Armageddon , Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis ) sarcastically called Dr. Ronald Quincy (Isaacs) "Mr. Wizard". Four years later, Isaacs began portraying Wizard Lucius Malfoy (in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Isaacs has worked with Logan Lerman twice: In The Patriot , they were Col. William Tavington and William Martin, respectively; later, they reunited in Fury. Both are from Ashkenazi Jewish families.
Has been in at least two movies with the offspring of music legends. In Armageddon , Isaacs appeared alongside Liv Tyler . Lily Collins --daughter of Genesis drummer/soloist Phil Collins --starred in 2011s "Abduction", in which Isaacs appeared.
Emma Hewitt is his common law wife with whom he has lived for 20 years.
Every time I make a plan, God laughs at me.
