Jonathan Pryce
Born: 1947-06-01 in Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes." After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".
Filmography
2028
2026
- Under Salt Marsh as Solomon Bevan
- Flavia as Dr. Kissing
2025
- William Tell as Attinghausen
- The Thursday Murder Club as Stephen
- The Penguin Lessons as Headmaster Buckle
- World of Westeros Ambient Video as High Sparrow
2024
- 3 Body Problem as Mike Evans
2023
- One Life as Martin Blake
- Soul of the Ocean as Narrator (voice)
2022
- Slow Horses as David Cartwright
- All the Old Knives as Bill Compton
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley (voice)
- Save the Cinema as Mr. Morgan
- The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking as Self - Narrator
- The Spirit of 1926 as Narrator
- The Witness is a Whale as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
- Stories of You and I as Narrator
2020
- Tales from the Loop as Russ
2019
- The Two Popes as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
- He Dreams of Giants as Himself
- Piney: The Lonesome Pine as Grandpa Sid
- Gone Hollywood as Benny Landau
2018
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as Don Quixote
- To Provide All People as Retired Neurosurgeon
2017
- Taboo as Stuart Strange
- The Healer as Raymond Heacock
- The Wife as Joe Castleman
- The Man Who Invented Christmas as Mr. John Dickens
- Becoming Cary Grant as Cary Grant (voice)
2016
- The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- To Walk Invisible as Patrick Brontë
- Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance as Special Finale Guest Star
- The White King as Colonel Fitz
- The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Shylock
- Aberfan: The Green Hollow
- One Last Dance as John
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Wolf Hall as Cardinal Wolsey
- Documentary Now! as Owen Teale-Griffith
- Woman in Gold as Chief Justice Rehnquist
- Narcopolis as Sidorov
- Dough as Nat
- Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life as Self
- Shylock's Ghost as Self
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- The Salvation as Mayor Nathan Keane
- Listen Up Philip as Ike
- Under Milk Wood as Mr. Pugh
- The Ghost and the Whale as Whale
- Sluizer Speaks
2013
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation as U.S. President
2012
- The Story of Musicals as Self
- Dark Blood as Harry Fletcher
- King Lear as King Lear
- Patience (After Sebald) as Voiceover
2011
- Game of Thrones as High Sparrow
- Hysteria as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
- Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
- City State as Jimmy
2009
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as U.S. President
- Echelon Conspiracy as Mueller
2008
- Bedtime Stories as Marty Bronson
- Leatherheads as CC Frazier
- What Is Brazil? as Self
- Clone as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
- My Zinc Bed as Victor
- The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self / Horatio Jackson
- Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began as Ian Fleming (voice)
2007
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Governor Weatherby Swann
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- Cranford as Mr. Buxton
- The Moon and the Stars as James Clavel / Scarpia
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Sherlock Holmes
2006
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Governor Weatherby Swann
- Brothers of the Head as Henry Couling
2005
- The Brothers Grimm as Delatombe
- The New World as King James
- The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
2004
- De-Lovely as Gabriel
- Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane as Self
2003
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Governor Weatherby Swann
- What a Girl Wants as Alistair Payne
- Quest for the Giant Squid as Narrator
- David Bowie - Sound and Vision as Narrator
2002
- ChalkZone as The Quicksand Man (voice)
- Unconditional Love as Victor Fox
- Mad Dogs as Supreme Being
- Taliesin Jones as Da
- Best Ever Bond as Self / Elliot Carver
- Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister as Master Schoemacker
2001
- The Affair of the Necklace as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
- Victoria & Albert as King Leopold I of Belgium
- Very Annie Mary as Jack Pugh
- Bride of the Wind as Gustav Mahler
- Deceit as Mark
2000
- Easter Tales as The Thief
- The Suicide Club as Bourne
1999
- Stigmata as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Master
- Titanic: Answers From The Abyss as Narrator
1998
- Ronin as Seamus O'Rourke
- Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
- Highly Classified: The World of 007 as Self
1997
- Tomorrow Never Dies as Elliot Carver
- David as Saul
- David as Saul
- Regeneration as Capt. William Rivers
- Davide as Saul
- The Secrets of 007 as Self
1996
- Evita as Juan Perón
- A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' as Self
1995
- Carrington as Lytton Strachey
1994
- Shopping as Conway
- A Troll in Central Park as Alan (voice)
- A Business Affair as Alec Bolton
- Great Moments in Aviation as Duncan Stewart
- Deadly Advice as Dr. Ted Philips
1993
- The Age of Innocence as Rivière
- Mr. Wroe's Virgins as John Wroe
- Barbarians at the Gate as Henry Kravis
- Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann
- Thicker Than Water as Sam
1992
- Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk
- Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Trilby (voice)
- A Child's Garden of Verses as Narrator / Father (voice)
1991
- Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann
1990
- The Man from the Pru as William Wallace
1989
- The Rachel Papers as Norman
- The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon as Self - 'The Engineer'
1988
- The Storyteller as King
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
- Consuming Passions as Mr. Farris
- The World Within Us as Voice
1987
- Man on Fire as Michael
1986
- Jumpin' Jack Flash as Jack
- Haunted Honeymoon as Charles Abbot
1985
- Brazil as Sam Lowry
- The Doctor and the Devils as Robert Fallon
1984
- An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
1983
- Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mr. Dark
- The Ploughman's Lunch as James Penfield
- Martin Luther, Heretic as Martin Luther
1982
- Murder Is Easy as Mr. Ellsworthy
- Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
- Praying Mantis as Christian Magny
1981
- Loophole as Taylor
- Timon of Athens as Timon
- The Caretaker as Mick
1980
- Breaking Glass as Ken
- The Day Christ Died as Herod
1979
- Comedians as Gethin Price
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- For Tea on Sunday as Nicholas
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Nicholas
1976
- Bill Brand as Jamie Finn
- Voyage of the Damned as Joseph Manasse
- Play Things as Playleader
1975
- The Death of a Young Young Man as Tommy
1974
- Playhouse as Playleader
1971
- Great Performances as Self - Narrator (voice)
1970
- Doomwatch as Police Constable
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Winner
1953
- The Oscars as Self