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  • Isaacs suffered 'bleak time' for Good - 3 September 2009
    -Actor Jason Isaacs struggled with his role in Nazi movie Good - because he forced himself to read heartwrenching Holocaust diaries.- -The Harry Potter star plays the best friend of a man who becomes a Nazi in 1930s Germany - but the emotional intensity of his part af

Jason Isaacs - what members say


  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets review by Bassman71 from
    Rated - 3.5 stars Darker than the first 13 October 2011
    ...re CGI than before and the great addition of Kenneth Branagh, Mark Williams and Jason Isaacs. Does borrow a lot this time with a lot of Lord of the Rings similarities as w...   Read customer review

Jason Isaacs - filmography


  • Case Histories (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Jason Isaacs,  Kirsty Mitchell,  Daniel Pirrie
    Director: Marc Jobst,  Dan Zeff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kate Atkinson's best-selling detective novel series is brought to life, in the six-part BBC drama CASE HISTORIES. Jason Isaacs (BROTHERHOOD, HARRY POTTER) stars as troubled private investigator Jackson Brodie, who is drawn into a series of gritty mysteries amidst the iconic landscapes of modern ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 374 members
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  • Abduction - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Taylor Lautner,  Lily Collins,  Alfred Molina
    Director: John Singleton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    TWILIGHT series star Taylor Lautner stars in director John Singleton's thriller about a teen who finds himself in mortal danger after realizing that his entire childhood has been built on lies. Realizing that the people who raised him aren't his real parents after stumbling across a childhood photo ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,824 members
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  • Batman - Under the Red Hood (2010)
    Starring: Neil Patrick Harris,  Jensen Ackles,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Brandon Vietti
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In Batman - Under the Red Hood, Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. Killing is an ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1,240 member
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  • Green Zone - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Amy Ryan,  Greg Kinnear
    Director: Paul Greengrass
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    UNITED 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary expose of the same name. A one-time Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 323 members
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  • Skeletons on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Will Adamsdale,  Andrew Buckley,  Paul Dallison
    Director: Nick Whitfield
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two exorcists literally remove the skeletons from the cupboards from people's homes. Some fairly embarrassing secrets are revealed along the way. A case where the skeletons have hidden themselves turns the lives of all those involved upside down.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,459 members
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  • Good on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Jason Isaacs,  Jodie Whittaker
    Director: Vicente Amorim
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    John Halder is a 'good' and decent individual. A German literature professor in the 1930s, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,314 members
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  • Green Zone (2009)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Amy Ryan,  Greg Kinnear
    Director: Paul Greengrass
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    UNITED 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary expose of the same name. A one-time Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,536 member
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  • Friends with Money on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Joan Cusack,  Catherine Keener
    Director: Nicole Holofcener
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    FRIENDS WITH MONEY examines the the shifting relationships between four women who have been friends for many years. As they settle into early middle age, their friendship is challenged by the ever-growing disparity in their individual degrees of financial comfort.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 14,802 members
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  • The State Within (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jason Isaacs,  Sharon Gless,  Neil Pearson
    Director: Michael Offer,  Daniel Percival
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    High stakes foreign politics is the name of the game in TV drama THE STATE WITHIN. After a plane explodes over Washington D.C. panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to the U.S. Mark Brydon (Jason Isaacs) finds himself caught up in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 1,543 member
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  • Battle Of The Brave on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Noemie Godin-Vigneau,  David La Haye,  Juliette Gosselin
    Director: Jean Beaudin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Battle of the Brave is set against the sweeping backdrop of history and is the epic tale of great passion and sacrifice in a time of war. When Canada is besieged by British forces, two brave lovers risk everything to protect their freedom and the freedom of Quebec. Marie-Loup Carignan (Noemie Godin-..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 843 members
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  • Peter Pan on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jason Isaacs,  Jeremy Sumpter,  Rachel Hurd Wood
    Director: P.J. Hogan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Re-discover the timeless story of Peter Pan as you've never seen it before and be swept off your feet to a Neverland you'd never dreamt possible. Join the boy who wouldn't grow up and Wendy, the girl who is told she has to, in their adventure against Captain Hook and his pirate crew. Follow Tinker ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 10,934 members
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  • Peter Pan - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Rachel Hurd Wood,  Jason Isaacs,  Jeremy Sumpter
    Director: P.J. Hogan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Everyone knows Peter Pan as the boy who will never grow up. Writer/director P.J. Hogan's (MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING) live-action interpretation of the classic J.M. Barrie tale is surprisingly sentimental, imbuing Peter--played by the charming Jeremy Sumpter--with a sense of longing and a desire to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 24 members
    Not available for rental
  • High Times Potluck on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jason Isaacs,  Jason Mewes,  Frank Adonis
    Director: Alison Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From High Times magazine, HIGH TIMES' POTLUCK pairs mobster Frank (Frank Adonis) with punk rock girl Jade (Theo Kogan), who meet while chasing a very important suitcase through various exchanges in New York City.
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 46 members
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  • Passionada on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jason Isaacs,  Sofia Milos,  Emmy Rossum
    Director: Dan Ireland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in the small fishing village of New Bedford, Massachusetts, this romantic comedy is a multi-generational tale of a Portuguese-American woman who is coaxed out of mourning by her daughter and mother-in-law. Celia (Sofia Milos) is a 37-year-old widow who lost her husband to a fishing accident ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 698 members
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  • The Tuxedo on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Jennifer Love Hewitt,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Kevin Donovan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In THE TUXEDO, Jackie Chan stars as Jimmy Tong, a taxi driver who's aggressive behind the wheel, but painfully shy outside of his cab. Jimmy's driving talents garner the attention of a secret organization, and soon he's hired as the chauffeur for the suave, enigmatic agent Clark Devlin (Jason ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 8,035 members
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  • Sweet November on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Charlize Theron,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Pat O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Based on the screenplay by Herman Raucher for the 1968 film of the same title, SWEET NOVEMBER stars Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves in the story of an experimental love affair. Theron is Sara, a free-spirited woman who runs across tight-laced ad executive Nelson (Reeves) at the DMV. Nelson wants ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,910 members
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  • The Last Minute (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Max Beesley,  Stephen Graham,  Stephen Dorff
    Director: Stephen Norrington
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    LAST MINUTE is a dark comedy that exudes a well-defined feeling of outlandish exaggeration and startling truth in one smoothly paced motion. Directed by Stephen Norrington (BLADE) and set in London, it is the story of Billy Byrne (Max Beesley), a self-obsessed up-and-coming star. Working as an ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 224 members
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  • The Patriot - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Joely Richardson,  Heath Ledger
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mel Gibson stars in this action-packed historical drama from the director of INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA. Gibson portrays Benjamin Martin, an unassuming man who is forced to join the American Revolution when the British threaten to take his farm away from him. Together with his patriotic son, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,673 member
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  • The Patriot on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Joely Richardson,  Heath Ledger
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Benjamin Martin is a reluctant hero who is swept into the American Revolution when the war reaches his home and threatens his family. A hero of the fierce French and Indian conflict, Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. But when the British arrive at his South ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 11,287 members
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  • All For Love on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Miranda Richardson,  Anna Friel,  Tim Dutton
    Director: Harry Hook
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Starring Miranda Richardson (Blackadder), Anna Friel (Our Mutual Friend), Richard E Grant (Bright Young Things), Tim Dutton (The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries). Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stephenson, St. Ives. Filmed on location in Ireland and Germany. Originally broadcast on BBC One in 1999 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 123 members
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  • The End of the Affair on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Julianne Moore,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    On a rainy night in London in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with the husband of an ex-lover. The obsession is rekindled and soon we discover why the affair ended two years earlier and the pact Sarah had made with God...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,900 members
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  • Soldier on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  Gary Busey,  Jason Scott Lee
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Russell is a futuristic killing machine who becomes the target of a newer, even more vicious breed of killers. After a brutal confrontation, they leave him for dead on a semi-deserted planet. Once there, he begins to learn about the kinder, gentler aspects of life, until the soldiers return to put ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,939 members
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  • Divorcing Jack on DVD (1998)
    Starring: David Thewlis,  Rachel Griffiths,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: David Caffrey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A comedy thriller which follows the antics of a cynical newspaper columnist who meets up with a young women whilst covering a country's first election. When he finds the women dead his own alibi is a nun... Set on a double sided disc. Simply turn the disc over to play side B, after watching side A.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 705 members
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  • Event Horizon on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kathleen Quinlan,  Joely Richardson,  Barclay Wright
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this eerie science-fiction ghost story, an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), haunted by the memory of his wife's suicide, joins a rescue mission to salvage his life's work: the Event Horizon, a prototype spacecraft capable of faster-than-light travel that has been missing for seven years. Their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 16,048 members
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  • Dragonheart - HD (1996)
    Starring: Julie Christie,  Brian Thompson,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Rob Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 195 members
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  • Dragonheart - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Sean Connery,  Pete Postlethwaite
    Director: Rob Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
    Not available for rental
  • Dragonheart on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Julie Christie,  Brian Thompson,  Jason Isaacs
    Director: Rob Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A boy and his dragon unite to fight evil in this fantasy. Bowen (Dennis Quaid), a Knight of The Old Code in Medieval times, is summoned by Aislinn the Queen (Julie Christie) to the bedside of her son, Einon, who is also Bowen's student. Einon has been wounded and is near death; with his heart about ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 8,776 members
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  • Solitaire for 2 (1995)
    Starring: Mark Frankel,  Amanda Pays,  Roshan Seth
    Director: Gary Sinyor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Katie can read minds. Being desirable, the male minds she reads are all thinking of one thing. She always responds by hitting them and storming off without explanation. Daniel is an expert in body language and interprets this as a sign she wants to be pursued. Since Daniel spends most of his time, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2 members
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  • Martina Cole - Dangerous Lady (1995)
    Starring: Jason Isaacs,  David Calder,  Sheila Hancock
    Director: John Woods
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    No one thinks a 17-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful - and she's determined not to be hurt again, which makes her one very dangerous lady.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 155 members
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  • Capital City - Series 1 (4 discs) (1989)
    Starring: William Armstrong,  John Bowe,  Dorian Healy
    Director: Paul Seed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Originally broadcast in 1989, Capital City was a huge success on its original release, giving a realistic insight into the workings of an international bank. Set in the offices of the fictional Shane Longman, the team of bankers are hired for their blend of style, intelligence and verve. They take ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 156 members
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Jason Isaacs facts

5 most recent films

Resident Evil: Retribution - 4.5 stars
Case Histories - 4.0 stars
Abduction - 3.0 stars
Green Lantern - Emerald Knights - 2.5 stars
Abduction - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Batman - Under the Red Hood - 4.0 stars
Avatar - The Last Airbender - Book 1 - Water - Vol.1 - 4.0 stars
Case Histories - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter Goblet of fire - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The State Within - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

High Times Potluck - 2.0 stars
Capital City - The Complete Second Series - 3.0 stars
Peter Pan - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Solitaire for 2 - 3.5 stars
Dragonheart - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Daniel Radcliffe - 9 times - show films
Alan Rickman - 9 times - show films
Emma Watson - 9 times - show films
Rupert Grint - 9 times - show films
Brendan Gleeson - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Paul W.S. Anderson - 7 times - show films
David Yates - 6 times - show films
Chris Columbus - 6 times - show films
Paul Seed - 5 times - show films
Edward Bianchi - 4 times - show films