Oscar Isaac

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In this Spanish name, the family name is Hernández.
Oscar Isaac
File:Oscar Isaac by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Isaac at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada[1][2]
(1979-03-09) March 9, 1979 (age 45)[3]
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Education <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Occupation
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active 1996–present
Children 2
Relatives Nicole Hernandez Hammer (sister)

Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979)[4][5][6] is a Guatemalan-American actor. He starred in the tragicomedy Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, the crime drama A Most Violent Year (2014), and the science fiction thriller Ex Machina (2014).

In 2006, he portrayed Saint Joseph, husband of Mary, in The Nativity Story. He also portrayed José Ramos-Horta, former president of East Timor and corecipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, in the Australian film Balibo, for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He starred in the Star Wars sequel trilogy as X-wing pilot Poe Dameron, and in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) as the titular mutant supervillain Apocalypse. He also headlined the 2015 HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero as politician Nick Wasicsko, which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. In 2016, Time named Isaac one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list.[7] In 2017, Isaac was described as the "best dang actor of his generation" by Vanity Fair.[8] In 2020, The New York Times ranked him #14 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.[9] Isaac will star as Marc Spector / Moon Knight in the upcoming Disney+ series Moon Knight (2022) which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[10]

Early life

Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia Estrada Nicolle,[11] and a Cuban father, Óscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist.[12][13][14] He has two siblings, an older sister, climate scientist Nicole Hernandez Hammer,[15] and a younger brother, journalist Mike Hernandez.[16] Isaac's family settled in the U.S. when he was five months old, and he was raised in Miami, Florida.[17][18][19] He has described his evangelical Protestant upbringing as "very Christian."[20] He has also said that he has French origins, describing himself as "definitely a big mix of many things"[21] and is considered a notable French Guatemalan.

Isaac caused trouble at his private grade school, Westminster Christian, when growing up. "I set off a fire extinguisher in the gym, defaced a mural, just stupid stuff", he said in an interview.[22] He liked to make kids laugh. At one point, his teacher had to screen off his desk from the rest of the class with a piece of cardboard. Eventually, he was expelled.[23]

Isaac's entry into professional acting began at the Area Stage Company, Miami Beach, when Artistic Director John Rodaz cast him in a play.[24] He also acted in Miami-based City Theatre's Summer Shorts short play festival in 2000–2001. While in Miami, he played lead guitar and sang vocals for ska-punk band The Blinking Underdogs.[25] Other band members included Nick Speck (bass), Bill Sommer (drums), Alan Mills (trombone), Keith Cooper (saxophone), and Matt LaPlant (guitar).[26] The band enjoyed some success, opening for Green Day[27] and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.[26] Isaac spent his musical years living a "straight edge" lifestyle.[28][29][30] Isaac put music aside after being accepted into the acting program of New York's prestigious Juilliard School in 2001. While a student there, he worked on one of his first films, All About the Benjamins (2002). He was part of the Drama Division's Group 34 (2001–2005).[31]

Career

Early work (1996–2012)

Isaac made his acting debut in the 1996 crime drama Illtown, credited as "Pool Boy".[32] Next, he appeared briefly in 2002's All About the Benjamins and made an appearance on the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent four years later.[33][34] Isaac garnered recognition in his first major film role in 2006 as Joseph in the biblical epic The Nativity Story, opposite Keisha Castle-Hughes.[35] He appeared as Romeo in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park performances of Romeo and Juliet and as Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona.[36]

Isaac was awarded the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor of 2009, for his role as José Ramos-Horta in Balibo (2009).[37] He had a small role in Guerrilla, Part Two of the Che Guevara biographical film Che (2008).[38] Isaac played King John in the 2010 film Robin Hood.[39] He portrayed a security guard in the Madonna-directed film W.E. and starred in the crime drama Drive, both of which were released in September 2011.[38] He had a role as a musician in 10 Years. He performed his own song "Never Had" in the film. "Never Had" and "You Ain't Goin Nowhere" were included in the movie's soundtrack.[40]

Breakthrough (2013–present)

Isaac at the premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis in 2013. His portrayal of the title character received critical praise.

In 2013, Isaac starred in the dramatic comedy film Inside Llewyn Davis, written and directed by the Coen brothers, where he played a talented yet unsuccessful folk singer in Greenwich Village in 1961.[41] The film won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[42] For the role of Llewyn, Isaac was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 2014 Golden Globes.[43] He costarred with Jessica Chastain in J. C. Chandor's film A Most Violent Year (2014), replacing actor Javier Bardem.[44]

In 2015, Isaac portrayed Nathan Hamlet Bateman in the science fiction film Ex Machina and starred in the 6-episode HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero, receiving universal critical acclaim and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his performance as politician Nick Wasicsko.[45][46][47] Isaac costarred in the epic space opera film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, released on December 18, 2015,[48] playing Poe Dameron, an X-wing pilot. He reprised the role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, released on December 15, 2017,[49] and in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the final film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.[50]

Isaac played X-Men villain Apocalypse in the film X-Men: Apocalypse, which was released on May 27, 2016.[51] Also that year, he played the lead role in the historical drama The Promise, with costar Christian Bale, in a story about the Armenian genocide.[52] He narrated the Nike ad "Unlimited You" created by Wieden+Kennedy.[citation needed] In November 2016, the first episode of the podcast series Homecoming was released. It is a six-episode psychological thriller from Gimlet Media, costarring Catherine Keener and David Schwimmer; Isaac voices a soldier trying to rejoin civilian life.[53]

In July 2017, Isaac starred as Prince Hamlet in The Public Theater production of Hamlet alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Ritchie Coster, Gayle Rankin, Roberta Colindrez, and Anatol Yusef.[54] The production, directed by Sam Gold, ran until September 2017.[55] His performance received acclaim from critics and audiences alike.[8] Also that year, Isaac appeared in the black comedy Suburbicon, directed by George Clooney and written by the Coen Brothers.[56] It was his second role in a Coens-written film, after Inside Llewyn Davis.

Isaac costarred with Natalie Portman in the film adaptation of the novel Annihilation, playing her character's husband.[57] Directed by Alex Garland, the role is Isaac's second collaboration with the director, after Ex Machina. In late-January 2019, Isaac was cast as Duke Leto Atreides in the upcoming Denis Villeneuve film Dune.[58] In 2019, Isaac was cast in the Paul Schrader film The Card Counter and starred in the action-adventure film Triple Frontier directed by J. C. Chandor as Pope, an ex-CAG operative.[59] Isaac will star in and produce The Great Machine, an adaptation of the comic Ex Machina.[60] He is also slated to star in London, a science fiction film to be directed by Ben Stiller.[61] Isaac is set to play the titular character of the 2022 Disney+ series Moon Knight.[62] In December 2020, it was announced that Isaac would star as Solid Snake in the film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.[63]

Personal life

Isaac is an accomplished singer and guitar player, having played since the age of twelve.[64] He has been dubbed a sex symbol[65][66] and "the Internet's Boyfriend" by multiple media outlets, most notably Rolling Stone magazine, though he has expressed skepticism about the label.[17]

In December 2007, he became engaged to Maria Miranda.[67][68] In a 2010 interview, he mentioned having a wife.[69]

He met Danish film director Elvira Lind in 2012,[70][71] and they married in February 2017.[72] They have two sons[73][74] and live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[75]

He is bilingual in English and Spanish.[76]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Illtown Pool Boy
2002 All About the Benjamins Francesco/Frank
2004 Lenny the Wonder Dog Detective Fartman
2006 Pu-239 Shiv
The Nativity Story Saint Joseph
2007 The Life Before Her Eyes Marcus
2008 Che Interpreter
Body of Lies Bassam
2009 Agora Orestes
Balibo José Ramos-Horta
2010 Robin Hood John, King of England
2011 Sucker Punch Blue Jones
W.E. Evgeni
10 Years Reeves
Drive Standard Gabriel
2012 For Greater Glory Victoriano "El Catorce" Ramírez
Revenge for Jolly! Cecil
The Bourne Legacy Outcome No. 3
Won't Back Down Michael Perry
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Llewyn Davis
In Secret Laurent LeClaire
2014 The Two Faces of January Rydal Keener
Ticky Tacky Lucien Short film
A Most Violent Year Abel Morales
2015 Ex Machina Nathan Bateman
Mojave John "Jack" Jackson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poe Dameron
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
The Promise Mikael Boghosian
2017 Lightningface Basil Stitt Short film; also executive producer
Suburbicon Bud Cooper
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Poe Dameron
2018 Annihilation Kane
Operation Finale Peter Malkin Also producer
At Eternity's Gate Paul Gauguin
Life Itself Will Dempsey
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse "Interesting Person #1" Voice cameo
2019 Triple Frontier Santiago "Pope" Garcia
The Addams Family Gomez Addams Voice
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Poe Dameron [77]
2020 The Letter Room Richard Short film; also executive producer
2021 The Card Counter William Tell Post-production[78]
Dune Duke Leto Atreides Post-production
Big Gold Brick Anselm Post-production; also executive producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Robbie Paulson Episode: "The Healer"
2015 Show Me a Hero Nick Wasicsko 6 episodes
2018–2019 Star Wars Resistance Poe Dameron (voice) 4 episodes[79]
2022 Scenes from a Marriage Jonathan Post-production
2022 Moon Knight Marc Spector / Moon Knight Filming; 6 episodes

Video games

Year Title Voice role
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Poe Dameron
2016 Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2021 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Podcasts

Year Title Role
2016 Homecoming Walter Cruz

Stage

Year Title Role Venue
2005 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Proteus Delacorte Theater
2006 Beauty of the Father Federico García Lorca New York City Center
2007 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Montague Delacorte Theater
2008 Grace Tom Lucille Lortel Theatre
2011 We Live Here Daniel New York City Center
2017 Hamlet Prince Hamlet The Public Theater

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2009 AACTA Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Balibo Won [37]
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Supporting Role Nominated
2012 ALMA Award Favorite Movie Actor: Supporting Role For Greater Glory Nominated
2013 Gotham Awards Best Actor Inside Llewyn Davis Nominated [80]
Hamptons International Film Festival Breakthrough Performer Won
International Cinephile Society Best Actor Won [81]
Toronto Film Critics Association Best Actor Won
International Cinephile Society Best Ensemble Won [81]
National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor Won [82]
San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Actor Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor Won
Empire Award Best Male Newcomer Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association Award Best Actor Nominated
Golden Globe Award Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated [43]
Independent Spirit Award Best Lead Male Nominated [83]
Saturn Award Best Actor Nominated [84]
New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Award Best Actor (3rd place) Nominated
2014 National Board of Review Award Best Actor (Tied with Michael Keaton) A Most Violent Year Won [85]
Gotham Independent Film Award Best Actor Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award Best Actor Nominated
2015 Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor Ex Machina Won [86]
Online Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actor Won
San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actor (2nd place) Won
Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Award Best Supporting Actor of the Year Nominated [87]
2015 Golden Globe Award Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Show Me a Hero Won [45]
Satellite Award Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated
2017 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actor Suburbicon Nominated

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