![]() The country loved Harold Steptoe, but Corbett hated him. ![]() ![]() Starring in hugely successful shows, earning loads of money - but they can't stand their jobs. I've got mates who are in exactly the same situation. Corbett was, without doubt, the finest actor in the country, but the more successful he was as Steptoe, the less work he was offered. Unfortunately, typecasting was far more prevalent in those days. So much of his real life mirrored Steptoe and I think Galton ( Ray Galton) and Simpson ( Alan Simpson) picked up on that. He had that peculiar northern thing of trying to make his accent posher than it was. Everybody knows his Steptoe ( Steptoe and Son (1962)) voice, but that was nothing like his real voice. This wasn't what an early-1960s comedy was supposed to deal with. Corbett was making us laugh, but we were laughing at his pain and the hopelessness of his situation. It was like watching a five-act Ibsen ( Henrik Ibsen) play. Jason is married to documentary filmmaker Emma Hewitt, who he met at drama school and with whom he has two children. On stage he was Louis Ironson in the original productions of Angels in America parts 1 and 2 for the Royal National Theatre and has performed at the Royal Court, Almeida and West End Theatres. He has made many TV series in Britain and the US and has won or been nominated for a Golden Globe, International Emmy, BAFTA, Critics Choice, Peabody, Satellite and many other awards. He was Hap in the cult series The OA, Maurice in the WW2 film Good (2008) and Jay in the multi-award winning MASS. William Tavington in Roland Emmerich's The Patriot (2000), Captain Steele in Ridley Scott's Blackhawk Down, Major Briggs in Paul Greengrass's Green Zone, Captain Waggoner in Fury, Captain Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery, Field Marshall Zhukov in Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin and Rear-Admiral Godfrey in John Madden's Operation Mincemeat. Darling/Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), and many soldiers: Col. Jason's notable roles include Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, Mr. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and began working in 1988. Happiest of Birthday Bonanzas Love ya kid Fake Dad x. Isaacs wrote: 'Thanks for making mischief, music and magic for this fan (and all the others too). He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. Lucius Malfoy actor Jason Isaacs tweeted a happy birthday message to his 'fake son' Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in 'Harry Potter' and turned 33 on September 22.
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