Oscar Isaac
Born 09/03/1979
(45 years old)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Biography
Oscar Isaac starred as the title character in the Coen Brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis. This film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix award, and since, has garnered numerous awards and nominations including Oscar Isaac's Toronto Film Critics Award for Best Actor, and his Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical. Isaac shows off his skills as a singer and performer on the Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack, lending an element of authenticity to his portrayal of the struggling folk singer. Isaac also starred in The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment of the Bourne franchise, directed by Tony Gilroy, W.E., directed by Madonna, Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive opposite Carey Mulligan, and as King John in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood.
His credits include Two Faces of January from director Hossein Amini, Mojave written and directed by William Monahan and Isaac will next been seen starring alongside Jessica Chastain in J.C. Chandor's action-packed drama, A Most Violent Year, as a Hispanic man who immigrates to America and winds up a successful businessman during 1981, one of the deadliest years in New York City history. Isaac was cast in Star Wars: Episode VII, the first of a trilogy planned by Disney and directed by J.J. Abrams. Isaac's list of projects also includes the new HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero alongside Catherine Keener. Isaac stars as Nick Wasickso, the youngest big-city mayor in the nation, who finds himself thrust into the center of the fight for housing desegregation in Yonkers, N.Y. in the late 1980s.
Other past films include, the Anchor Bay ensemble feature Ten Year for which Oscar wrote an original song that he performs in the film, Zak Snyder's Sucker Punch; (NAgora, directed by Alejandro Amenabar; Balibo for which Oscar received an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor; In Secret based on the Emile Zola novel; Ridley Scott's Body of Lies; Daniel Barnz's Won't Back Down; Steven Soderbergh's Che; Vadim Perelman's The Life Before Her Eyes; HBO's PU-239; and as Joseph in The Nativity Story.
Off-Broadway, Isaac appeared in Zoe Kazan's play We Live Here at Manhattan Theatre Club, as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and in Two Gentlemen of Verona, the latter productions for the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. Oscar also appeared in Beauty of the Father at Manhattan Theatre Club and in MCC Theater's Grace.
Additional theatre credits include: Arrivals and Departures, When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba and Spinning into Butter. Oscar Isaac studied performing arts at the famed Juilliard School in New York City.
Universal Pictures
Actor
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2022 |
Moon Knight |
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Gods and Monsters (E06) |
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Asylum (E05) |
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The Tomb (E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2021 |
Scenes from a Marriage |
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In the Middle of the Night, in a Dark House, Somewhere in the World (E05) |
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The Illiterates (E04) |
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The Vale of Tears (E03) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
2019 |
Star Wars Resistance |
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The Core Problem (S01E16) |
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2018 |
Star Wars Resistance |
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Station Theta Black (S01E10) |
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Signal from Sector Six (S01E06) |
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The Recruit (S01E01) |
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2015 |
Show Me a Hero |
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Episode 6 (E06) |
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Episode 5 (E05) |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2006 |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
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The Healer (S05E18) |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Marvel Studios: Assembled (series) |
The Making of Moon Knight (E09) |
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2020 |
A World of Calm (series) - narrator |
Noodles - narrator (E07) |
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The Skywalker Legacy |
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2018 |
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy |
The Director and the Jedi |
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2016 |
ILM: The Visual Magic of 'The Force Awakens' |
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey |
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2015 |
Unfiltered with Renee Young (series) |
2013 |
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis (TV movie) |
Music videos | |
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2014 |
Gravity |
Short | |
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2020 |
The Letter Room |
2016 |
Lightningface |
2014 |
Ticky Tacky |
2013 |
Making a Scene |
Producer
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2025 |
Flesh of the Gods |
2024 |
London |
2018 |
Operation Finale |