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Jonathan Pryce

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Jonathan Pryce

Born June 1, 1947 in Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK114 films

Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes."

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After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl posterFirst watchPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl20037.8as Governor Weatherby SwannWhen wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest poster7.4Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End poster7.3Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007Brazil poster7.7Brazil1985The Two Popes poster7.5The Two Popes2019Ronin poster7.0Ronin1998Glengarry Glen Ross poster7.3Glengarry Glen Ross1992One Life poster7.8One Life2023Woman in Gold poster7.3Woman in Gold2015

Filmography

114 films as actor
  1. TBASleeping Lions
  2. TBAKeep Her QuietBernie Porter
  3. 2028Elden Ring
  4. 2027Bristol
  5. 2026FlaviaDr. Kissing
  6. 2025The Thursday Murder ClubStephen
  7. 2025The Penguin LessonsHeadmaster Buckle
  8. 2025William TellAttinghausen
  9. 2023One LifeMartin Blake
  10. 2022Scrooge: A Christmas CarolJacob Marley (voice)
  11. 2022The Spirit of 1926Narrator
  12. 2022All the Old KnivesBill Compton
  13. 2022Save the CinemaMr. Morgan
  14. 2021Stories of You and INarrator
  15. 2019The Two PopesJorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
  16. 2019Piney: The Lonesome PineGrandpa Sid
  17. 2019Gone HollywoodBenny Landau
  18. 2018To Provide All PeopleRetired Neurosurgeon
  19. 2018The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteDon Quixote
  20. 2018RunDr Amadi
  21. 2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMr. John Dickens
  22. 2017The WifeJoe Castleman
  23. 2017The HealerRaymond Heacock
  24. 2016To Walk InvisiblePatrick Brontë
  25. 2016Aberfan: The Green Hollow
  26. 2016Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary PerformanceSpecial Finale Guest Star
  27. 2016The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeShylock
  28. 2016The White KingColonel Fitz
  29. 2016One Last DanceJohn
  30. 2015NarcopolisSidorov
  31. 2015DoughNat
  32. 2015Woman in GoldChief Justice Rehnquist
  33. 2014Listen Up PhilipIke
  34. 2014The SalvationMayor Nathan Keane
  35. 2014Under Milk WoodMr. Pugh
  36. 2014The Ghost and the WhaleWhale
  37. 2013G.I. Joe: RetaliationU.S. President
  38. 2012King LearKing Lear
  39. 2012Dark BloodHarry Fletcher
  40. 2011City StateJimmy
  41. 2011HysteriaDr. Robert Dalrymple
  42. 2010The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
  43. 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraU.S. President
  44. 2009Echelon ConspiracyMueller
  45. 2008Bedtime StoriesMarty Bronson
  46. 2008My Zinc BedVictor
  47. 2008LeatherheadsCC Frazier
  48. 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndGovernor Weatherby Swann
  49. 2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street IrregularsSherlock Holmes
  50. 2007HRPeter
  51. 2007The Moon and the StarsJames Clavel / Scarpia
  52. 2006Brothers of the HeadHenry Couling
  53. 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestGovernor Weatherby Swann
  54. 2005The New WorldKing James
  55. 2005The Brothers GrimmDelatombe
  56. 2004De-LovelyGabriel
  57. 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlGovernor Weatherby Swann
  58. 2003What a Girl WantsAlistair Payne
  59. 2002Mad DogsSupreme Being
  60. 2002Unconditional LoveVictor Fox
  61. 2002Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterMaster Schoemacker
  62. 2002Taliesin JonesDa
  63. 2001The Affair of the NecklaceCardinal Louis de Rohan
  64. 2001Victoria & AlbertKing Leopold I of Belgium
  65. 2001Bride of the WindGustav Mahler
  66. 2001Very Annie MaryJack Pugh
  67. 2001DeceitMark
  68. 2000The Suicide ClubBourne
  69. 1999StigmataCardinal Daniel Houseman
  70. 1999Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal DeathThe Master
  71. 1998RoninSeamus O'Rourke
  72. 1997Tomorrow Never DiesElliot Carver
  73. 1997RegenerationCapt. William Rivers
  74. 1997DavidSaul
  75. 1996EvitaJuan Perón
  76. 1995CarringtonLytton Strachey
  77. 1994ShoppingConway
  78. 1994A Troll in Central ParkAlan (voice)
  79. 1994Great Moments in AviationDuncan Stewart
  80. 1994Deadly AdviceDr. Ted Philips
  81. 1994A Business AffairAlec Bolton
  82. 1993The Age of InnocenceRivière
  83. 1993Thicker Than WaterSam
  84. 1993Selling HitlerGerd Heidemann
  85. 1993Barbarians at the GateHenry Kravis
  86. 1992Glengarry Glen RossJames Lingk
  87. 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Trilby (voice)
  88. 1992A Child's Garden of VersesNarrator / Father (voice)
  89. 1990The Man from the PruWilliam Wallace
  90. 1989The Rachel PapersNorman
  91. 1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenThe Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
  92. 1988The Storyteller: The Three RavensKing
  93. 1988The World Within UsVoice
  94. 1988Consuming PassionsMr. Farris
  95. 1987Man on FireMichael
  96. 1986Jumpin' Jack FlashJack
  97. 1986Haunted HoneymoonCharles Abbot
  98. 1985The Doctor and the DevilsRobert Fallon
  99. 1985BrazilSam Lowry
  100. 1983Martin Luther, HereticMartin Luther
  101. 1983The Ploughman's LunchJames Penfield
  102. 1983Something Wicked This Way ComesMr. Dark
  103. 1982Murder Is EasyMr. Ellsworthy
  104. 1982Praying MantisChristian Magny
  105. 1981LoopholeTaylor
  106. 1981The CaretakerMick
  107. 1981Timon of AthensTimon
  108. 1980Breaking GlassKen
  109. 1980The Day Christ DiedHerod
  110. 1979ComediansGethin Price
  111. 1978For Tea on SundayNicholas
  112. 1976Voyage of the DamnedJoseph Manasse
  113. 1976Play ThingsPlayleader
  114. 1975The Death of a Young Young ManTommy