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