Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac

45 · Born: Mar 9, 1979

Personal Details

Born Mar 9, 1979 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Parents
  • María Eugenia Estrada
  • Oscar Gonzalo Hernández Cano

Biography

Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979) is an American actor. After making his acting debut in the late 1990s, he studied acting at the Juilliard School and played small roles for a majority of the 2000s. For portraying José Ramos-Horta in the Australian film Balibo (2006), Isaac won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Following supporting roles in major films such as Body of Lies (2008), Robin Hood (2010) and Drive (2011), Isaac had his breakthrough with the starring role of a singer in the Coen brothers' black comedy Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), earning a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. Isaac's career progressed with leading roles in the crime drama A Most Violent Year (2014), the thriller Ex Machina (2015), and the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). He became a global star with his starring role as Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). He has since starred in the science fiction films Annihilation (2018) and Dune (2021), and the crime drama The Card Counter (2021). On television, Isaac has starred in the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero (2015) and Scenes from a Marriage (2021), winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for portraying Nick Wasicsko in the former. In 2022, he began starring as the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Moon Knight in the Disney+ series Moon Knight (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Isaac, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2024
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse as Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099 (voice)
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099 (voice)
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2022
Big Gold Brick
Big Gold Brick as Anselm
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Moon Knight
Moon Knight as Marc Spector / Steven Grant / Moon Knight / Mr. Knight
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2021
The Card Counter
The Card Counter as William 'Tell' Tillich
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The Addams Family 2
The Addams Family 2 as Gomez Addams (voice)
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Legend of Destruction
Legend of Destruction as Ben Batich
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Dune
Dune as Duke Leto Atreides
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Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage as Jonathan Levy
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2020
The Letter Room
The Letter Room as Richard
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Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
2019
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker as Poe Dameron
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The Addams Family
The Addams Family as Gomez Addams (voice)
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Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier as Santiago 'Pope' Garcia
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2018
At Eternity's Gate
At Eternity's Gate as Paul Gauguin
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Annihilation
Annihilation as Kane
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The Force of Sound: Creating Sounds in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Force of Sound: Creating Sounds in a Galaxy Far, Far Away as Poe Dameron (archive footage)
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Operation Finale
Operation Finale as Peter Malkin
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Life Itself
Life Itself as Will Dempsey
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Star Wars Resistance
Star Wars Resistance as Poe Dameron (voice)
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2017
Suburbicon
Suburbicon as Bud Cooper
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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi as Poe Dameron
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2016
X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
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The Promise
The Promise as Mikael Boghosian
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2015
Ex Machina
Ex Machina as Nathan Bateman
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Time to Choose
Time to Choose as Narrator
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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Mojave
Mojave as Jack
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Show Me a Hero
Show Me a Hero as Nick Wasicsko
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2014
A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year as Abel Morales
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The Two Faces of January
The Two Faces of January as Rydal Keener
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2013
In Secret
In Secret as Laurent LeClaire
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis as Llewyn Davis
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2012
10 Years
10 Years as Reeves
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Won't Back Down
Won't Back Down as Michael Perry
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Revenge for Jolly!
Revenge for Jolly! as Cecil
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For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada as Victoriano 'El Catorce' Ramirez
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2011
Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch as Blue Jones
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Drive
Drive as Standard Gabriel
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W.E.
W.E. as Evgeni
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2010
Robin Hood
Robin Hood as Prince John
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2009
Agora
Agora as Orestes
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Balibo
Balibo as Jose Ramos-Horta
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2008
Che: Part One
Che: Part One as U.N. Interpreter
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Body of Lies
Body of Lies as Bassam
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2007
The Life Before Her Eyes
The Life Before Her Eyes as Marcus
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2006
The Nativity Story
The Nativity Story as Joseph
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The Half Life of Timofey Berezin
2005
Lenny the Wonder Dog
Lenny the Wonder Dog as Fartman
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2002
All About the Benjamins
All About the Benjamins as Francesco
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1996
Illtown
Illtown as Pool Boy
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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid as Solid Snake
2022
Marvel Studios: Assembled
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2020
The Skywalker Legacy
2019
2017
Bobbi Jene
Bobbi Jene
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