Jonathan Pryce
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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".
Known for
Credits
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Flavia (2026)
as Dr. Kissing
Ronin (1998)
as Seamus O'Rourke
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
as U.S. President
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
as U.S. President
Elden Ring (2028)
Actor
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
as Elliot Carver
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
as Delatombe
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
as Stephen
What a Girl Wants (2003)
as Alistair Payne
Brazil (1985)
as Sam Lowry
Bedtime Stories (2008)
as Marty Bronson
Woman in Gold (2015)
as Chief Justice Rehnquist
The Age of Innocence (1993)
as Rivière
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
as Mr. John Dickens
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
One Life (2023)
as Martin Blake
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
as James Lingk
William Tell (2025)
as Attinghausen
The New World (2005)
as King James
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022)
as Jacob Marley (voice)
Stigmata (1999)
as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
The Two Popes (2019)
as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
The Healer (2017)
as Raymond Heacock
The Salvation (2014)
as Mayor Nathan Keane
The Wife (2017)
as Joe Castleman
Evita (1996)
as Juan Perón
All the Old Knives (2022)
as Bill Compton
David (1997)
as Saul
Leatherheads (2008)
as CC Frazier
The Penguin Lessons (2025)
as Headmaster Buckle
Hysteria (2011)
as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
as Mr. Dark
Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
as Mueller
Man on Fire (1987)
as Michael
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
as Alan (voice)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
as Don Quixote
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
as Jack
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
as Joseph Manasse
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
De-Lovely (2004)
as Gabriel
King Lear (2012)
as King Lear
Narcopolis (2015)
as Sidorov
My Zinc Bed (2008)
as Victor
Save the Cinema (2022)
as Mr. Morgan
Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
as Henry Kravis
Shopping (1994)
as Conway
Breaking Glass (1980)
as Ken
The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking (2022)
as Self - Narrator
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance (2016)
as Special Finale Guest Star
Unconditional Love (2002)
as Victor Fox
Taliesin Jones (2002)
as Da
Listen Up Philip (2014)
as Ike
Dark Blood (2012)
as Harry Fletcher
The Rachel Papers (1989)
as Norman
Loophole (1981)
as Taylor
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
as Charles Abbot
Murder Is Easy (1982)
as Mr. Ellsworthy
What Is Brazil? (2008)
as Self
To Walk Invisible (2016)
as Patrick Brontë
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
as Robert Fallon
The White King (2016)
as Colonel Fitz
Carrington (1995)
as Lytton Strachey
Best Ever Bond (2002)
as Self / Elliot Carver
Regeneration (1997)
as Capt. William Rivers
Mad Dogs (2002)
as Supreme Being
Deadly Advice (1994)
as Dr. Ted Philips
Becoming Cary Grant (2017)
as Cary Grant (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992)
as Trilby (voice)
Victoria & Albert (2001)
as King Leopold I of Belgium
Consuming Passions (1988)
as Mr. Farris
Deceit (2001)
as Mark
The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
as James Penfield
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life (2005)
as Self
Bristol (—)
Actor
A Business Affair (1994)
as Alec Bolton
Very Annie Mary (2001)
as Jack Pugh
Selling Hitler (1993)
as Gerd Heidemann
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998)
as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
The Moon and the Stars (2007)
as James Clavel / Scarpia
The Ghost and the Whale (2014)
as Whale
Praying Mantis (1982)
as Christian Magny
Under Milk Wood (2014)
as Mr. Pugh
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
as The Master
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life (2015)
as Self
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002)
as Master Schoemacker
Play Things (1976)
as Playleader
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane (2004)
as Self
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
as Sherlock Holmes
Dough (2015)
as Nat
To Provide All People (2018)
as Retired Neurosurgeon
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
as Self
The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2016)
as Shylock
Gone Hollywood (2019)
as Benny Landau
Timon of Athens (1981)
as Timon
Keep Her Quiet (—)
as Bernie Porter
Martin Luther, Heretic (1983)
as Martin Luther
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
Highly Classified: The World of 007 (1998)
as Self
The Caretaker (1981)
as Mick
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008)
as Self / Horatio Jackson
Sluizer Speaks (2014)
Actor
Piney: The Lonesome Pine (2019)
as Grandpa Sid
Soul of the Ocean (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
City State (2011)
as Jimmy
One Last Dance (2016)
as John
Thicker Than Water (1993)
as Sam
The Man from the Pru (1990)
as William Wallace
The Day Christ Died (1980)
as Herod
Comedians (1979)
as Gethin Price
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
as Self (uncredited)
Brothers of the Head (2006)
as Henry Couling
The Suicide Club (2000)
as Bourne
The Spirit of 1926 (2022)
as Narrator
A Child's Garden of Verses (1992)
as Narrator / Father (voice)
He Dreams of Giants (2019)
as Self
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began (2008)
as Ian Fleming (voice)
Bride of the Wind (2001)
as Gustav Mahler
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita' (1996)
as Self
Great Moments in Aviation (1994)
as Duncan Stewart
Aberfan: The Green Hollow (2016)
Actor
Shylock's Ghost (2015)
as Self
Sleeping Lions (—)
Actor
The World Within Us (1988)
as Voice
The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon (1989)
as Self - 'The Engineer'
Patience (After Sebald) (2012)
as Voiceover
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss (1999)
as Narrator
David Bowie - Sound and Vision (2003)
as Narrator
For Tea on Sunday (1978)
as Nicholas
Stories of You and I (2021)
as Narrator
The Witness is a Whale (2022)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching (2011)
as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
The Death of a Young Young Man (1975)
as Tommy
HR (2007)
as Peter
Quest for the Giant Squid (2003)
as Narrator
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins (2010)
Actor