Actor
Jonathan Pryce
Born June 1, 1947 in Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK
113 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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First watchBrazil19857.7as Sam LowryA leading role.Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
113 films as actor- TBASleeping Lions
- TBAKeep Her QuietBernie Porter
- 2028Elden Ring
- 2027It's All Going Very Well...Harold
- 2027Bristol
- 2026FlaviaDr. Kissing
- 2025The Thursday Murder ClubStephen
- 2025The Penguin LessonsHeadmaster Buckle
- 2025William TellAttinghausen
- 2023One LifeMartin Blake
- 2022Scrooge: A Christmas CarolJacob Marley (voice)
- 2022The Spirit of 1926Narrator
- 2022All the Old KnivesBill Compton
- 2022Save the CinemaMr. Morgan
- 2021Stories of You and INarrator
- 2019The Two PopesJorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
- 2019Piney: The Lonesome PineGrandpa Sid
- 2019Gone HollywoodBenny Landau
- 2018To Provide All PeopleRetired Neurosurgeon
- 2018The Man Who Killed Don QuixoteDon Quixote
- 2018RunDr Amadi
- 2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMr. John Dickens
- 2017The WifeJoe Castleman
- 2017The HealerRaymond Heacock
- 2016To Walk InvisiblePatrick Brontë
- 2016Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary PerformanceSpecial Finale Guest Star
- 2016The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeShylock
- 2016The White KingColonel Fitz
- 2016One Last DanceJohn
- 2015NarcopolisSidorov
- 2015DoughNat
- 2015Woman in GoldChief Justice Rehnquist
- 2014Listen Up PhilipIke
- 2014The SalvationMayor Nathan Keane
- 2014Under Milk WoodMr. Pugh
- 2014The Ghost and the WhaleWhale
- 2013G.I. Joe: RetaliationU.S. President
- 2012King LearKing Lear
- 2012Dark BloodHarry Fletcher
- 2011City StateJimmy
- 2011HysteriaDr. Robert Dalrymple
- 2010The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
- 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraU.S. President
- 2009Echelon ConspiracyMueller
- 2008Bedtime StoriesMarty Bronson
- 2008My Zinc BedVictor
- 2008LeatherheadsCC Frazier
- 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndGovernor Weatherby Swann
- 2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street IrregularsSherlock Holmes
- 2007HRPeter
- 2007The Moon and the StarsJames Clavel / Scarpia
- 2006Brothers of the HeadHenry Couling
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestGovernor Weatherby Swann
- 2005The New WorldKing James
- 2005The Brothers GrimmDelatombe
- 2004De-LovelyGabriel
- 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlGovernor Weatherby Swann
- 2003What a Girl WantsAlistair Payne
- 2002Mad DogsSupreme Being
- 2002Unconditional LoveVictor Fox
- 2002Taliesin JonesDa
- 2001The Affair of the NecklaceCardinal Louis de Rohan
- 2001Victoria & AlbertKing Leopold I of Belgium
- 2001Bride of the WindGustav Mahler
- 2001Very Annie MaryJack Pugh
- 2001DeceitMark
- 2000The Suicide ClubBourne
- 1999StigmataCardinal Daniel Houseman
- 1999Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal DeathThe Master
- 1998RoninSeamus O'Rourke
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesElliot Carver
- 1997RegenerationCapt. William Rivers
- 1997DavidSaul
- 1996EvitaJuan Perón
- 1995CarringtonLytton Strachey
- 1994ShoppingConway
- 1994A Troll in Central ParkAlan (voice)
- 1994Great Moments in AviationDuncan Stewart
- 1994Deadly AdviceDr. Ted Philips
- 1994A Business AffairAlec Bolton
- 1993The Age of InnocenceRivière
- 1993Thicker Than WaterSam
- 1993Selling HitlerGerd Heidemann
- 1993Barbarians at the GateHenry Kravis
- 1992Glengarry Glen RossJames Lingk
- 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Trilby (voice)
- 1992A Child's Garden of VersesNarrator / Father (voice)
- 1990The Man from the PruWilliam Wallace
- 1989The Rachel PapersNorman
- 1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenThe Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
- 1988The Storyteller: The Three RavensKing
- 1988The World Within UsVoice
- 1988Consuming PassionsMr. Farris
- 1987Man on FireMichael
- 1986Jumpin' Jack FlashJack
- 1986Haunted HoneymoonCharles Abbot
- 1985The Doctor and the DevilsRobert Fallon
- 1985BrazilSam Lowry
- 1985Praying MantisChristian Magny
- 1983Martin Luther, HereticMartin Luther
- 1983The Ploughman's LunchJames Penfield
- 1983Something Wicked This Way ComesMr. Dark
- 1982Murder Is EasyMr. Ellsworthy
- 1981LoopholeTaylor
- 1981The CaretakerMick
- 1981Timon of AthensTimon
- 1980Breaking GlassKen
- 1980The Day Christ DiedHerod
- 1979ComediansGethin Price
- 1978For Tea on SundayNicholas
- 1976Voyage of the DamnedJoseph Manasse
- 1976Play ThingsPlayleader
- 1975The Death of a Young Young ManTommy