Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. 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".

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Filmography

2025

William Tell
William Tell
as Attinghausen
Movie - Released: 1/17/2025
The Penguin Lessons
The Penguin Lessons
as The Headmaster
Movie - Released: 3/27/2025

2024

3 Body Problem
3 Body Problem
as Mike Evans
TV - Released: 3/21/2024

2023

Soul of the Ocean
Soul of the Ocean
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/25/2023
One Life
One Life
as Martin Blake
Movie - Released: 12/21/2023

2022

The Witness is a Whale
The Witness is a Whale
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/2/2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Jacob Marley (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/18/2022
The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking
The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking
as Self - Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/12/2022
All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives
as Bill Compton
Movie - Released: 4/8/2022
Save the Cinema
Save the Cinema
as Mr. Morgan
Movie - Released: 1/14/2022
Slow Horses
Slow Horses
as David Cartwright
TV - Released: 4/1/2022

2021

Movie
Stories of You and I
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/2021

2020

Tales from the Loop
Tales from the Loop
as Russ
TV - Released: 4/3/2020

2019

The Two Popes
The Two Popes
as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
Movie - Released: 11/27/2019
He Dreams of Giants
He Dreams of Giants
as Himself
Movie - Released: 11/16/2019
Piney: The Lonesome Pine
Piney: The Lonesome Pine
as Grandpa Sid
Movie - Released: 9/26/2019

2018

The Wife
The Wife
as Joe Castleman
Movie - Released: 8/2/2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
as Don Quixote
Movie - Released: 5/19/2018
Movie
To Provide All People
as Retired Neurosurgeon
Movie - Released: 6/28/2018

2017

The Healer
The Healer
as Raymond Heacock
Movie - Released: 2/17/2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. John Dickens
Movie - Released: 10/12/2017
Becoming Cary Grant
Becoming Cary Grant
as Cary Grant (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/23/2017
Taboo
Taboo
as Stuart Strange
TV - Released: 1/7/2017

2016

The White King
The White King
as Colonel Fitz
Movie - Released: 6/18/2016
Movie
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Movie - Released: 10/21/2016
To Walk Invisible
To Walk Invisible
as Patrick Brontë
Movie - Released: 12/26/2016
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance
as Special Finale Guest Star
Movie - Released: 9/22/2016
The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Shylock
Movie - Released: 8/4/2016
The Crown
The Crown
as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
TV - Released: 11/4/2016

2015

Dough
Dough
as Nat
Movie - Released: 4/14/2015
Narcopolis
Narcopolis
as Sidorov
Movie - Released: 9/25/2015
Movie
Shylock's Ghost
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/27/2015
Woman in Gold
Woman in Gold
as Chief Justice Rehnquist
Movie - Released: 3/20/2015
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/8/2015
Documentary Now!
Documentary Now!
as Owen Teale-Griffith
TV - Released: 8/20/2015
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
as Cardinal Wolsey
TV - Released: 1/21/2015

2014

Listen Up Philip
Listen Up Philip
as Ike
Movie - Released: 5/7/2014
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood
as Mr. Pugh
Movie - Released: 6/1/2014
The Salvation
The Salvation
as Mayor Nathan Keane
Movie - Released: 5/22/2014
Sluizer Speaks
Sluizer Speaks
Movie - Released: 12/9/2014
The Ghost and the Whale
The Ghost and the Whale
as Whale
Movie - Released: 3/3/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014

2013

G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
as U.S. President
Movie - Released: 3/27/2013

2012

Patience (After Sebald)
Patience (After Sebald)
as Voiceover
Movie - Released: 1/27/2012
King Lear
King Lear
as King Lear
Movie - Released: 11/1/2012
Dark Blood
Dark Blood
as Harry Fletcher
Movie - Released: 9/27/2012

2011

City State
City State
as Jimmy
Movie - Released: 10/14/2011
Hysteria
Hysteria
as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
Movie - Released: 6/6/2011
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
Movie - Released: 11/19/2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
as High Sparrow
TV - Released: 4/17/2011

2010

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010

2009

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as U.S. President
Movie - Released: 8/3/2009
Echelon Conspiracy
Echelon Conspiracy
as Mueller
Movie - Released: 2/27/2009

2008

Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories
as Marty Bronson
Movie - Released: 12/24/2008
Leatherheads
Leatherheads
as CC Frazier
Movie - Released: 3/24/2008
My Zinc Bed
My Zinc Bed
as Victor
Movie - Released: 8/27/2008
What Is Brazil?
What Is Brazil?
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/16/2008
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
as Ian Fleming (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/19/2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self / Horatio Jackson
Movie - Released: 4/8/2008
Clone
Clone
as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
TV - Released: 11/17/2008

2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Movie - Released: 5/19/2007
The Moon and the Stars
The Moon and the Stars
as James Clavel / Scarpia
Movie - Released: 2/2/2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Sherlock Holmes
Movie - Released: 3/25/2007
TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/3/2007
Cranford
Cranford
as Mr. Buxton
TV - Released: 11/18/2007

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Weatherby Swann
Movie - Released: 7/6/2006
Brothers of the Head
Brothers of the Head
as Henry Couling
Movie - Released: 7/28/2006
The One Show
The One Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 8/14/2006

2005

The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm
as Delatombe
Movie - Released: 8/26/2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/7/2005
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/20/2005
The New World
The New World
as King James
Movie - Released: 12/25/2005

2004

De-Lovely
De-Lovely
as Gabriel
Movie - Released: 7/2/2004
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/11/2004

2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Movie - Released: 7/9/2003
What a Girl Wants
What a Girl Wants
as Alistair Payne
Movie - Released: 3/27/2003
Movie
Quest for the Giant Squid
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/9/2003
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/12/2003

2002

Movie
Taliesin Jones
as Da
Movie - Released: 2/1/2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
as Master Schoemacker
Movie - Released: 3/10/2002
Mad Dogs
Mad Dogs
as Supreme Being
Movie - Released: 12/5/2002
Movie
Best Ever Bond
as Self / Elliot Carver
Movie - Released: 11/22/2002
Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love
as Victor Fox
Movie - Released: 8/23/2002
ChalkZone
ChalkZone
as The Quicksand Man (voice)
TV - Released: 3/22/2002

2001

Very Annie Mary
Very Annie Mary
as Jack Pugh
Movie - Released: 5/25/2001
The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace
as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
Movie - Released: 11/30/2001
Bride of the Wind
Bride of the Wind
as Gustav Mahler
Movie - Released: 6/8/2001
Il gioco
Il gioco
as Mark
Movie - Released: 4/20/2001
Victoria & Albert
Victoria & Albert
as King Leopold I of Belgium
Movie - Released: 8/26/2001

2000

The Suicide Club
The Suicide Club
as Bourne
Movie - Released: 1/13/2000
Tales from the Madhouse
Tales from the Madhouse
as The Thief
Movie - Released: 4/16/2000

1999

Stigmata
Stigmata
as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
Movie - Released: 9/2/1999
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/5/1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Master
Movie - Released: 3/26/1999

1998

Ronin
Ronin
as Seamus O'Rourke
Movie - Released: 9/25/1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
Movie - Released: 11/7/1998
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Elliot Carver
Movie - Released: 12/11/1997
David
David
as Saul
Movie - Released: 3/23/1997
Regeneration
Regeneration
as Capt. William Rivers
Movie - Released: 8/27/1997
The Secrets of 007
The Secrets of 007
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/4/1997
David
David
as Saul
TV - Released: 4/6/1997
TV
Davide
as Saul
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Evita
Evita
as Juan Perón
Movie - Released: 12/14/1996
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/13/1996

1995

Carrington
Carrington
as Lytton Strachey
Movie - Released: 5/25/1995

1994

A Troll in Central Park
A Troll in Central Park
as Alan (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/7/1994
A Business Affair
A Business Affair
as Alec Bolton
Movie - Released: 3/16/1994
Great Moments in Aviation
Great Moments in Aviation
as Duncan Stewart
Movie - Released: 5/1/1994
Deadly Advice
Deadly Advice
as Dr. Ted Philips
Movie - Released: 4/29/1994
Shopping
Shopping
as Conway
Movie - Released: 12/6/1994

1993

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
as Rivière
Movie - Released: 9/10/1993
Barbarians at the Gate
Barbarians at the Gate
as Henry Kravis
Movie - Released: 3/20/1993
Thicker Than Water
Thicker Than Water
as Sam
Movie - Released: 7/29/1993
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
as John Wroe
TV - Released: 2/24/1993

1992

Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross
as James Lingk
Movie - Released: 9/10/1992
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as Trilby (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/14/1992
A Child's Garden of Verses
A Child's Garden of Verses
as Narrator / Father (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/3/1992

1991

Selling Hitler
Selling Hitler
as Gerd Heidemann
Movie - Released: 6/11/1991
Selling Hitler
Selling Hitler
as Gerd Heidemann
TV - Released: 6/11/1991

1990

Movie
The Man from the Pru
as William Wallace
Movie - Released: 6/30/1990

1989

The Rachel Papers
The Rachel Papers
as Norman
Movie - Released: 5/12/1989
The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon
The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon
as Self - 'The Engineer'
Movie - Released: 12/20/1989

1988

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
Movie - Released: 12/7/1988
Consuming Passions
Consuming Passions
as Mr. Farris
Movie - Released: 4/6/1988
The World Within Us
The World Within Us
as Voice
Movie - Released: 4/26/1988
The Storyteller
The Storyteller
as King
TV - Released: 5/15/1988
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Himself
TV - Released: 9/23/1988

1987

Man on Fire
Man on Fire
as Michael
Movie - Released: 9/4/1987

1986

Jumpin' Jack Flash
Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Jack
Movie - Released: 10/9/1986
Haunted Honeymoon
Haunted Honeymoon
as Charles Abbot
Movie - Released: 7/25/1986

1985

Brazil
Brazil
as Sam Lowry
Movie - Released: 2/20/1985
The Doctor and the Devils
The Doctor and the Devils
as Robert Fallon
Movie - Released: 10/4/1985

1984

An Audience with Mel Brooks
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/4/1984

1983

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Mr. Dark
Movie - Released: 4/29/1983
The Ploughman's Lunch
The Ploughman's Lunch
as James Penfield
Movie - Released: 5/30/1983
Martin Luther, Heretic
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Martin Luther
Movie - Released: 11/8/1983

1982

Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis
as Christian Magny
Movie - Released: 1/1/1982
Murder Is Easy
Murder Is Easy
as Mr. Ellsworthy
Movie - Released: 1/2/1982
Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis
as Christian Magny
TV - Released: 11/17/1982

1981

Loophole
Loophole
as Taylor
Movie - Released: 6/25/1981
Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens
as Timon
Movie - Released: 4/16/1981
The Caretaker
The Caretaker
as Mick
Movie - Released: 6/7/1981

1980

Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass
as Ken
Movie - Released: 10/1/1980
The Day Christ Died
The Day Christ Died
as Herod
Movie - Released: 3/26/1980

1979

Comedians
Comedians
as Gethin Price
Movie - Released: 10/25/1979

1978

For Tea on Sunday
For Tea on Sunday
as Nicholas
Movie - Released: 3/29/1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Timon
TV - Released: 12/3/1978
An Audience with...
An Audience with...
as Self
TV - Released: 1/8/1978

1976

Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned
as Joseph Manasse
Movie - Released: 12/22/1976
Play Things
Play Things
as Playleader
Movie - Released: 5/7/1976
Bill Brand
Bill Brand
as Jamie Finn
TV - Released: 6/7/1976

1975

The Death of a Young Young Man
The Death of a Young Young Man
as Tommy
Movie - Released: 1/30/1975

1970

Doomwatch
Doomwatch
as Police Constable
TV - Released: 2/9/1970

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner/Performer
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

Unknown

Movie
Movie
The Thursday Murder Club
as Stephen Best
Movie