Jason Michael Isaacs born 6 June 1963 is an English actor His most notable film roles include Col Tavington in The Patriot 2000 Michael D Steele in Black Hawk Down 2001 Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series 20022011 Capt Hook in Peter Pan 2003 Marshal Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin 2017 and Vasili in Hotel Mumbai 2018 His other films include Divorcing Jack 1998 The End of the Affair 1999 Sweet November 2001 The Tuxedo 2002 Nine Lives 2005 Friends with Money 2006 Good 2008 Green Zone 2010 Abduction 2011 A Cure for Wellness 2016 and Mass 2021 His TV roles include Det Michael Britten in the NBC series Awake 2012 Dr Hunter Aloysius Hap Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama streaming series The OA 201619 and Captain Gabriel Lorca in the first season of Star Trek Discovery 201718 He was also the voice of Adm Zhao in the first season of Avatar The Last Airbender 2005 a role he reprised in the second season of The Legend of Korra 2013 and the Grand Inquisitor as well as the Sentinel in Star Wars Rebels 201416 He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film for The State Within 2006 and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Harry H Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe 2008 He also was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor and won the Satellite Award for Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories 201113 and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor Television Series Drama for Brotherhood 200608 He has appeared on stage as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellans 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premiere of Tony Kushners Pulitzer Prizewinning play Angels in America A Gay Fantasia on National Themes and as hitman Ben in a 2007 revival of Harold Pinters 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End