Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac is a Guatemalan American actor and musician. He is known for his lead film roles in the comedy-drama Inside Llewyn Davis, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, the crime drama A Most Violent Yearand the science fiction thriller Ex Machina. In 2006 he portrayed Joseph, husband of Mary, in The Nativity Story. He also portrayed José Ramos-Horta, former president of East Timor, in the Australian film Balibo for which he won the AACTA Award for...
NationalityGuatemalan
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 March 1979
CountryGuatemala
I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.
How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.
For me, with a character, you start with the shoes.
'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.
Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
All of my high school issues are resolved!
A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Robin Hood.'
You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.
I was interested in the war part of 'Star Wars,' so I started reading about what it's like to go to war, what that does to you psychically, about the adrenaline and the rush.