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Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac

Actor · b. 1979 · Guatemala City, Guatemala

Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979) is an American actor. Recognized for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Latino characters in Hollywood. He was named the best actor of his generation by Vanity Fair in 2017 and one of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century by The New York Times in 2020. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2016, he featured on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Guatemala, Isaac moved with his family to the United States as an infant. As a teenager, he joined a punk band, acted in plays and made his film debut in a minor role. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Isaac was a character actor in films for much of the 2000s. His first major role was that of Joseph in the biblical drama The Nativity Story (2006), and he won an AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying political leader José Ramos-Horta in the Australian film Balibo (2009). After gaining recognition for playing supporting parts in Robin Hood (2010) and Drive (2011), Isaac had his breakthrough with the eponymous role of a singer in the musical drama Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. 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 the role of Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). Isaac starred in the historical drama Operation Finale (2018)—which marked his first venture into production—the science fiction films Annihilation (2018), Dune (2021), and Frankenstein (2025), the crime drama The Card Counter (2021), and the animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). On television, Isaac was the lead in three miniseries: Show Me a Hero (2015), in which his portrayal of Nick Wasicsko won him a Golden Globe Award, Scenes from a Marriage (2021), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Moon Knight (2022). His stage work includes title roles in Romeo and Juliet (2007), Hamlet (2017) and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Isaac, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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    Dune

    2021 · 15K votes

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    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    2017 · 16K votes

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    Frankenstein

    2025 · 3.8K votes

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    X-Men: Apocalypse

    2016 · 14K votes

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    Ex Machina

    2015 · 14K votes

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    Drive

    2011 · 14K votes

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    Annihilation

    2018 · 9.6K votes

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    The Bourne Legacy

    2012 · 6.3K votes

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    Robin Hood

    2010 · 5.1K votes

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    The Addams Family 2

    2021 · 1.4K votes

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    Sucker Punch

    2011 · 5.2K votes

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    The Addams Family

    2019 · 2.5K votes

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    A Most Violent Year

    2014 · 1.6K votes

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    Triple Frontier

    2019 · 3.6K votes

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    The King of Kings

    2025 · 212 votes

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    Body of Lies

    2008 · 3.4K votes

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    In Secret

    2014 · 261 votes

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    Inside Llewyn Davis

    2013 · 3K votes

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    Life Itself

    2018 · 648 votes

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    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    2019 · 72 votes

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    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

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    The Daily Show

    1996 · 660 votes

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    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

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    Conan

    2010 · 265 votes

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    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 217 votes

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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 51 votes

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    El hormiguero

    2006 · 40 votes

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    Hot Ones

    2015 · 78 votes

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    What If...?

    2021 · 4.7K votes

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    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

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    Moon Knight

    2022 · 3.7K votes

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    BEEF

    2023 · 1K votes

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    Star Wars Resistance

    2018 · 179 votes

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    Show Me a Hero

    2015 · 198 votes