Oscar Isaac
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.
Known For
Joseph
The Nativity Story
Prince John
Robin Hood
Blue Jones
Sucker Punch
Jose Ramos-Horta
Balibo
Bassam
Body of Lies
Orestes
Agora
Shiv
Pu-239
Marcus
The Life Before Her Eyes
Marc Spector / Steven Grant / Moon Knight (archive footage)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Standard
Drive
Evgeni
W.E.
Miguel O'Hara (voice)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Reeves
10 Years
Miguel O'Hara (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis
Victoriano 'El Catorce' Ramirez
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
Self - Marc Spector / Steven Grant / Moon Knight / Mr. Knight
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Cecil
Revenge for Jolly!
Laurent LeClaire
In Secret
Abel Morales
A Most Violent Year
Self
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Rydal Keener
The Two Faces of January
Nathan
Ex Machina
Poe Dameron
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Self
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Jack
Mojave
Nick / Dante
In the Hand of Dante
U.N. Interpreter
Che: Part One
En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse
Michael Perry
Won't Back Down
Fartman
Lenny The Wonder Dog
Pool Boy
Illtown
Poe Dameron (archive footage)
The Force of Sound
Mikael Boghosian
The Promise
Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Poe Dameron
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Francesco
All About the Benjamins
Self - Narrator (voice)
Time to Choose
Lucien
Ticky Tacky
Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Raoul
Flesh of the Gods
Jesus Christ (voice)
The King of Kings
Kane
Annihilation
Basil Stitt
Lightningface
Bud Cooper
Suburbicon
Pal in Restaurant Kitchen
The Crew
Will Dempsey
Life Itself
Paul Gauguin
At Eternity's Gate
Self
Bobbi Jene
Peter Malkin
Operation Finale
Poe Dameron
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Santiago 'Pope' Garcia
Triple Frontier
Self
The Director and the Jedi
Gomez Addams (voice)
The Addams Family
Interesting Person #1 (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Outcome #3
The Bourne Legacy
Duke Leto Atreides
Dune
Self
Through the Looking Glass: Making 'Ex Machina'
Anselm
Big Gold Brick
Self
Inside the Operation
William Tell
The Card Counter
Self
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Self
The Skywalker Legacy
Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
London
Oedipus
The Oedipus Project
Gomez Addams (voice)
The Addams Family 2
Richard
The Letter Room
Creon
Antigone in Ferguson
Torch
Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
Mr. Carpool
Gravity - Trentemøller
Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Self
Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
Self
King Hamlet
Self
Lighting the Spark: Creating the Space Battle
Making a Scene
Henry David Thoreau
Hippies
Self - Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
Fury
Self
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte
Self
Guillermo del Toro Behind the Scenes of Frankenstein with Oscar Isaac & Jacob Elordi
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
1979-03-09
Place of Birth
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Also Known As
Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada