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===2000s=== In 2000, Isaacs appeared in the [[Historical drama|historical]] [[epic film]] ''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]'', opposite [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Heath Ledger]], playing sadistic cavalry officer [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] William Tavington. Critics deemed the performance "memorable";<ref name=Yahoo/> a [[Moviefone]] article called it "his biggest international break to date".<ref name=Yahoo/><ref name=Mitovich>{{Cite journal |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |title=Interviews & Features: Jason Isaacs: More Than a Bad Brother |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting=%7B4C8BB519-4955-469B-BFAA-4F92B24C3768%7D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421133501/http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting=%7B4C8BB519-4955-469B-BFAA-4F92B24C3768%7D |archive-date=21 April 2008 |journal=[[TV Guide]] |date=21 July 2006 |access-date=24 June 2008 }} [http://www.jasonisaacsphotoalbumsonline.com/TV/Brotherhood/7_20_2006%20TVGuideInsider.htm Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207141441/http://www.jasonisaacsphotoalbumsonline.com/TV/Brotherhood/7_20_2006%20TVGuideInsider.htm |date=7 December 2008 }}</ref> It led to rumours that Isaacs would be nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[73rd Academy Awards]]. Nonetheless, demonstrating his range beyond historic films, Isaacs next chose to play a [[drag queen]] in the romantic comedy-drama ''[[Sweet November (2001 film)|Sweet November]]'' (2001).<ref name=Marx/> Isaacs has appeared in many other films, most notably as [[Death Eater#Lucius Malfoy|Lucius Malfoy]] in the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' series of films (2002–2011). Regarding the Harry Potter books by [[J. K. Rowling]], he has said: "I went off and read the books after the audition and I read the first four books in one sitting—you know—didn't wash, didn't eat, drove around with them on the steering wheel like a lunatic. I suddenly understood why my friends, who I'd thought were slightly backward, had been so addicted to these children's books. They're like [[Crack cocaine|crack]]." (From an interview in 2009 on ITV's ''[[The Justin Lee Collins Show]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason is addicted to Harry's tales |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-sport-1098/20090425/281784215035198 |via=PressReader |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801225652/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-sport-1098/20090425/281784215035198 |url-status=live }}</ref> In "The Naked and the Dead", an article published in the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', on 26 November 2006, Neva Chonin named the character Lucius Malfoy one of the 12 "Sexiest Men Who Were Never Alive" and Isaacs one of the 13 "Sexiest Men Who Are Real and Alive".<ref>{{cite news |last=Chonin |first=Neva |title=The Naked and the Dead |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/26/PKGMQKFMGP1.DTL |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=26 November 2006 |access-date=29 June 2008 |archive-date=23 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223022252/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/26/PKGMQKFMGP1.DTL |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the making of the film, when asked whether or not he would be in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' (2007), Isaacs replied, "I hope so – you'll have to ask David (producer [[David Heyman]]). I can't bear the idea that somebody else would get to wear my [[Paris Hilton]] wig, but you never know."<ref name=Empire>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Order of the Phoenix News: The Cast Talk Harry Potter 5 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/exclusive-order-phoenix-news/ |work=[[Empire Online]] |first=Willow |last=Green |date=15 March 2006 |access-date=23 June 2008 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107162936/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/exclusive-order-phoenix-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Isaacs also talked to Rowling on the inclusion of Lucius Malfoy in the then unpublished ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', so that he would have a part in the seventh and final film: "The character does not appear in the sixth book, ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''; but ... [Isaacs joked], 'I fell to my knees and begged ... It didn't do any good. I'm sure she doesn't need plot ideas from me. But I made my point. We'll see. Like everybody else, I'm holding my breath to July to see what's in there. I just want to bust out of prison, that's all. I don't want to stay in [[Places in Harry Potter#Azkaban|Azkaban]] most of my life.' "<ref name=White>{{cite news |last=White |first=Cindy |title=''Potter V'' Has More Isaacs |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=39440 |work=[[Sci Fi Wire]] |date=11 January 2007 |access-date=24 June 2008 |quote=Order of the Phoenix open[ed] July 13, [2007]. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603093650/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=39440 |archive-date = 3 June 2008}}</ref> Ultimately Isaacs did reprise the role of Malfoy as a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' (2009), where he is seen in a moving [[portrait]]. Afterwards, Isaacs reprised the role again in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' (2010) and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|Part 2]]'' (2011).<ref name=Huver>{{cite news |last=Huver |first=Scott |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46320 |title=Isaacs Conjures Lucius Malfoy's Return to Harry Potter |work=ComingSoon.net |date=25 June 2008 |access-date=4 July 2008 |archive-date=16 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716234845/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46320 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Isaacs appeared in ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'' (2001), [[Jackie Chan]]'s ''[[The Tuxedo]]'' (2002), as [[Characters of Peter Pan#George and Mary Darling|George Darling]] and [[Captain Hook]] in [[P. J. Hogan]]'s adaptation of ''[[Peter Pan (2003 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (2003), and as the voice of Admiral Zhao in [[Avatar: The Last Airbender season 1|the first season]] of the animated [[Nickelodeon]] series ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' (2005). He played the leading role of Sir Mark Brydon, the British Ambassador to the United States, in the BBC Four miniseries ''[[The State Within]]'' (2006), for which he was nominated for the [[65th Golden Globe Awards#Television|Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television]] for the [[65th Golden Globe Awards]].<ref name=GoldenGlobes>{{cite web |title=Nominations & Winners 2008 |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations |work=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |access-date=14 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108115828/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations |archive-date= 8 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=Elsworth>{{cite news |last=Elsworth |first=Catherine |title=Britons Triumph at Minimalist Golden Globes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1575541/Britons-triumph-at-minimalist-Golden-Globes.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1575541/Britons-triumph-at-minimalist-Golden-Globes.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=14 January 2008 |access-date=15 January 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On television, he also portrayed actor [[Harry H. Corbett]] in ''[[The Curse of Steptoe]]'', part of "a season of new [[Television film|one-off dramas]] for [[BBC Four]] revealing the stories behind some of Britain's best loved television entertainers, and their achievements", first broadcast in March 2008.<ref name=Holmwood>{{cite news |last=Holmwood |first=Leigh |title=BBC4 to Show Steptoe and Son Biopic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/27/bbc.television5 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 November 2007 |access-date=26 June 2008 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029225345/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/27/bbc.television5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=BBC4>{{cite news |title=BBC Four Unveils New Drama Season |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/28/drama.shtml |work=BBC |date=28 November 2007 |access-date=26 June 2008 |archive-date=31 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231041715/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/28/drama.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> On American television, Isaacs appeared in three episodes of ''[[The West Wing]]'' in 2004, prior to developing his most notable TV serial role, as Michael Caffee in ''[[Brotherhood (American TV series)|Brotherhood]]'' (2006–08). [[File:Jason Isaacs (5976216289).jpg|thumb|Isaacs in July 2011]] Between 2 February and 24 March 2007, Isaacs played Ben, opposite [[Lee Evans (comedian)|Lee Evans]] (Gus), in the 50th-anniversary production of Harold Pinter's ''[[The Dumb Waiter]]'', at [[Trafalgar Studios]], in London, his first theatre performance since appearing in ''The Force of Change'' (2000).<ref name=Rees/><ref name=Friedman/><ref name=Ansdell/><ref name=Revival>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Revival of 'The Dumb Waiter' Shows Harold Pinter's Comic Side |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/09/arts/EU-A-E-STG-Britain-The-Dumb-Waiter.php |work=International Herald Tribune |date=9 February 2007 |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011103826/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/09/arts/EU-A-E-STG-Britain-The-Dumb-Waiter.php |archive-date=11 October 2008}}</ref><ref name=Billington>{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |title=The Dumb Waiter, Trafalgar Studios, London |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2009375,00.html |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 February 2007 |access-date=23 June 2008 |author-link=Michael Billington (critic) |archive-date=4 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904213812/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2009375,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Isaacs played Major Briggs, an American military officer, opposite [[Matt Damon]] and [[Greg Kinnear]], in Paul Greengrass's thriller ''[[Green Zone (film)|Green Zone]]'' (2010), a fictionalised drama set in Iraq after the defeat of [[Saddam Hussein]] based on the book ''[[Imperial Life in the Emerald City|Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone]]'' (2006), by [[Rajiv Chandrasekaran]], for which production began in Morocco, in January 2008.<ref name="Variety: Green Zone">{{cite news |last=Dawtrey |first=Adam |title=Jason Isaacs Joins Greengrass Thriller: Working Title/Universal project Filming in Spain |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/jason-isaacs-joins-greengrass-thriller-1117981756/ |work=Variety |date=3 March 2008 |access-date=24 June 2008 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031024528/http://variety.com/2008/film/news/jason-isaacs-joins-greengrass-thriller-1117981756/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jaafar |first=Ali |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/morocco-strong-but-not-the-same-1117976411/ |title=Morocco Strong, But Not the Same |work=Variety |date=21 November 2007 |access-date=24 June 2008 |archive-date=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611095524/http://variety.com/2007/film/features/morocco-strong-but-not-the-same-1117976411/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, he was originally cast in [[Jan de Bont]]'s then upcoming film ''Stopping Power'', to play its star [[John Cusack]]'s "nemesis",<ref name=AMG>{{Cite news |url=http://www.moviefone.com/movie/stopping-power/1374285/synopsis |last=Wheeler |first=Jeremy |title=Stopping Power |work=[[Moviefone]] |access-date=24 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621105700/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/stopping-power/1374285/synopsis |archive-date=21 June 2008}}</ref><ref name=Mitovich2>{{Cite journal |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Movies-Justin-Timberlake/800020880 |title=Today's News: Our Take: At the Movies: Justin Timberlake Hits the Ice, Ice, Baby|journal=[[TV Guide]] |date=23 August 2007 |access-date=4 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511193245/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Movies-Justin-Timberlake/800020880 |archive-date=11 May 2008}}</ref> but, on 31 August 2007, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that the film, which was also planned for release in 2009, had been cancelled after a financial backer pulled out.<ref name=Meza>{{Cite news |last=Meza |first=Ed |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/de-bont-s-john-cusack-starrer-killed-1117971158/ |title=De Bont's John Cusack Starrer Killed: Internationalmedia Unplugs 'Stopping Power' |work=Variety |date=31 August 2007 |access-date=4 July 2008 |archive-date=19 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019010419/http://variety.com/2007/film/news/de-bont-s-john-cusack-starrer-killed-1117971158/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Isaacs appeared in one episode of the TV show ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' in the autumn of 2008 as Fredrick Line. In 2009, he was nominated at the [[British Academy Television Awards]] for Best Actor for his role as [[Harry H. Corbett]] in ''[[The Curse of Steptoe]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Jason Isaacs on why he's not taking his Bafta nomination too seriously |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2009/04/06/liverpool-born-film-actor-jason-isaacs-on-why-he-s-not-taking-his-bafta-nomination-too-seriously-92534-23319759/2 |first=Dawn |last=Collinson |work=Liverpool Daily Post |publisher=Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited |date=6 April 2009 |access-date=20 April 2009 |issn=0307-2037 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100352/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-culture/2009/04/06/liverpool-born-film-actor-jason-isaacs-on-why-he-s-not-taking-his-bafta-nomination-too-seriously-92534-23319759/2/ |archive-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> On the evening of 2 May 2009, Isaacs performed the role of Ben again, opposite his ''[[Brotherhood (American TV series)|Brotherhood]]'' co-star (and [[Tony Award]] winner) [[Brían F. O'Byrne]] (as Gus), in a "rehearsed reading" of ''The Dumb Waiter''.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} Their reading capped off the [[Harold Pinter]] Memorial Celebration being curated by Harry Burton (who had directed him and Evans at Trafalgar Studios). This tribute to Harold Pinter co-sponsored by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (MESTC), of [[CUNY Graduate Center|The Graduate Center]] of The [[City University of New York]] (CUNY), was part of the Fifth Annual [[PEN World Voices|PEN World Voices Festival]] of International Literature, held in New York City, from 27 April to 3 May 2009.<ref name=MESTC>{{cite web |url=http://web.gc.cuny.edu/mestc/events/s09/PEN_World_Voices.html |title=Events: PEN World Voices Festival: Harold Pinter Memorial Celebration: Updated Schedule |work=[[PEN World Voices|PEN World Voices Festival]]: The New York Festival of International Literature |publisher=Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, [[CUNY Graduate Center|Graduate Center]], [[City University of New York]] (CUNY) |date=29 April 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614060751/http://web.gc.cuny.edu/mestc/events/s09/PEN_World_Voices.html |archive-date=14 June 2011}}</ref><ref name=PEN>[[Cf.]] {{cite web |url=http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3239/prmID/1831 |title=Tribute to Harold Pinter |work=The Fifth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, 27 April – 3 May 2009 |publisher=[[PEN American Center]] |date=29 April 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714015021/http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3239/prmID/1831 |archive-date=14 July 2011}}</ref>
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