Oscar Isaac
Biography
Oscar Isaac is an American actor who was born in Guatemala City and moved to the United States as an infant. Trained at the Juilliard School, he played character parts through the 2000s before his first major role, Joseph in The Nativity Story (2006). He won an AACTA Award as José Ramos-Horta in Balibo (2009) and drew notice in Robin Hood (2010) and Drive (2011). His breakthrough came as a struggling folk singer in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), a performance that brought him a Golden Globe nomination. Leading roles followed in A Most Violent Year (2014) and Ex Machina (2015), and he became a global star playing Poe Dameron across the Star Wars sequel trilogy, including The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). A Golden Globe win came for the miniseries Show Me a Hero. Later films include Annihilation (2018), Dune (2021), The Card Counter (2021) and Frankenstein (2025).
47years old
Turns 48 on March 9in 148 days
- Born Guatemala City
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (birth name)Also credited as Oscar Isaac Hernández Estrada and Óscar Isaac
Movie Career
- Films
- 47
- Career span
- 20 years2006 to 2026
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About the name
Oscar Isaac chose to use Isaac as his surname when he went to auditions, since he did not want to be typecast as a Latino gangster.
First role
Isaac attended a two-day casting director workshop and landed a small role in the independent movie Illtown, which came out in 1998.
Getting ready for a role
For Inside Llewyn Davis, Isaac learned Travis picking on guitar and worked with musicians Erik Frandsen and T Bone Burnett, and before production he dressed and behaved like his character to observe reactions.
Getting ready for a role
Isaac came up with the idea that his character should hail from Yavin 4, a moon seen in Star Wars (1977) in scenes shot in his own country, Guatemala, and the suggestion was used.
Getting ready for a role
To tell the three alters apart, Isaac gave each one a different nationality. He proposed that Steven Grant be English, and Jake Lockley speaks Spanish because Isaac wanted to bring part of his own life to the role.
Oscar Isaac movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens2015 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Poe Dameron
IMDb rating 7.71.0M votes
Most often with
J.J. Abrams directed two of these films, Alex Garland two and Ridley Scott two. Two actors appear in six of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Daisy Ridley's page
All films by J.J. Abrams
All films by Alex Garland
All films by Ridley Scott
Also five films together1 more actor
- John BoyegaThe Skywalker Legacy (2020), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), The Director and the Jedi (2018), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Oscar Isaac's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$8.1 billion
33 of the 47 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 47 films: 33 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 33Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 84% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.1B25.5% of the total
- 2$1.3B16.5% of the total
- 3$1.1B13.3% of the total
- 4$691M8.5% of the total
- 5$544M6.7% of the total
- 6$411M5.1% of the total
- 7$395M4.9% of the total
- 8$322M4.0% of the total
$1.3 billionfrom the other 25 films with a worldwide figure, 16% of the total
Awards
Five awards and honors from 2009 to 2022, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2015 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Show Me a Hero | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Saturn Award for Best Actor in Streaming Presentation | Moon Knight | Won |
| 2014 | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor | A Most Violent Year | Won |
| 2013 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor | Inside Llewyn Davis | Won |
| 2009 | AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Balibo | Won |
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