Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce
Biography
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".
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
165
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-06-01 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK
Acting

2025

The Penguin Lessons as Headmaster Buckle

2025

William Tell as Attinghausen

2024

3 Body Problem as Mike Evans

2023

One Life as Martin Blake

2022

Slow Horses as David Cartwright

2020

Tales from the Loop as Russ

2019

The Two Popes as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis

2019

He Dreams of Giants as Himself

2018

To Provide All People as Retired Neurosurgeon

2017

Taboo as Stuart Strange

2017

Becoming Cary Grant as Cary Grant (voice)

2016

The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

2016

The White King as Colonel Fitz

2015

Wolf Hall as Cardinal Wolsey

2015

Documentary Now! as Owen Teale-Griffith

2015

Dough as Nat

2014

Listen Up Philip as Ike

2014

Under Milk Wood as Mr. Pugh

2013

G.I. Joe: Retaliation as U.S. President

2012

Dark Blood as Harry Fletcher

2011

Game of Thrones as High Sparrow

2009

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as U.S. President

2008

Clone as Dr Victor Blenkinsop

2008

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self / Horatio Jackson

2008

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began as Ian Fleming (voice)

2008

What Is Brazil? as Self

2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Governor Weatherby Swann

2007

Cranford as Mr. Buxton

2007

The Moon and the Stars as James Clavel / Scarpia

2006

The One Show as Self - Guest

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)

2003

What a Girl Wants as Alistair Payne

2002

ChalkZone as The Quicksand Man (voice)

2002

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister as Master Schoemacker

2002

Best Ever Bond as Self / Elliot Carver

2002

Mad Dogs as Supreme Being

2001

Victoria & Albert as King Leopold I of Belgium

2001

Bride of the Wind as Gustav Mahler

2001

Very Annie Mary as Jack Pugh

1999

Stigmata as Cardinal Daniel Houseman

1998

Ronin as Seamus O'Rourke

1998

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies as Elliot Carver

1994

Great Moments in Aviation as Duncan Stewart

1994

Deadly Advice as Dr. Ted Philips

1994

A Business Affair as Alec Bolton

1993

Mr. Wroe's Virgins as John Wroe

1993

Barbarians at the Gate as Henry Kravis

1992

Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Trilby (voice)

1989

The Rachel Papers as Norman

1988

Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself

1988

The Storyteller as King

1988

Consuming Passions as Mr. Farris

1986

Haunted Honeymoon as Charles Abbot

1985

Brazil as Sam Lowry

1985

The Doctor and the Devils as Robert Fallon

1984

An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)

1983

The Ploughman's Lunch as James Penfield

1982

Praying Mantis as Christian Magny

1982

Murder Is Easy as Mr. Ellsworthy

1982

Praying Mantis as Christian Magny

1981

Loophole as Taylor

1978

An Audience with... as Self

1976

Bill Brand as Jamie Finn

1970

Doomwatch as Police Constable

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Winner

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Winner/Performer

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1953

The Oscars as Self

NaN

Under Salt Marsh as Not available

2025

The Thursday Murder Club as Stephen Best

2023

Soul of the Ocean as Narrator (voice)

2022

All the Old Knives as Bill Compton

2022

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley (voice)

2022

Save the Cinema as Mr. Morgan

2018

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote as Don Quixote

2018

The Wife as Joe Castleman

2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas as Mr. John Dickens

2017

The Healer as Raymond Heacock

2016

Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance as Special Finale Guest Star

2016

To Walk Invisible as Patrick Brontë

2015

Woman in Gold as Chief Justice Rehnquist

2015

Narcopolis as Sidorov

2014

The Salvation as Mayor Nathan Keane

2011

Hysteria as Dr. Robert Dalrymple

2009

Echelon Conspiracy as Mueller

2008

Bedtime Stories as Marty Bronson

2008

Leatherheads as CC Frazier

2008

My Zinc Bed as Victor

2005

The Brothers Grimm as Delatombe

2005

The New World as King James

2004

De-Lovely as Gabriel

2002

Unconditional Love as Victor Fox

2001

The Affair of the Necklace as Cardinal Louis de Rohan

1997

David as Saul

1997

Davide as Saul

1997

David as Saul

1997

Regeneration as Capt. William Rivers

1996

Evita as Juan Perón

1995

Carrington as Lytton Strachey

1994

A Troll in Central Park as Alan (voice)

1994

Shopping as Conway

1993

The Age of Innocence as Rivière

1992

Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk

1991

Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann

1988

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson

1987

Man on Fire as Michael

1986

Jumpin' Jack Flash as Jack

1980

Breaking Glass as Ken

1976

Voyage of the Damned as Joseph Manasse

NaN

Flavia de Luce as Not available

2022

The Spirit of 1926 as Narrator

2022

The Witness is a Whale as Self - Narrator (voice)

2021

Stories of You and I as Narrator

2019

Piney: The Lonesome Pine as Grandpa Sid

2016

Aberfan: The Green Hollow as Not available

2015

Shylock's Ghost as Self

2014

Sluizer Speaks as Not available

2012

King Lear as King Lear

2012

Patience (After Sebald) as Voiceover

2011

City State as Jimmy

2011

Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)

2006

Brothers of the Head as Henry Couling

2003

Quest for the Giant Squid as Narrator

2002

Taliesin Jones as Da

2001

Il gioco as Mark

2000

The Suicide Club as Bourne

2000

Tales from the Madhouse as The Thief

1997

The Secrets of 007 as Self

1993

Thicker Than Water as Sam

1993

Selling Hitler as Gerd Heidemann

1992

A Child's Garden of Verses as Narrator / Father (voice)

1990

The Man from the Pru as William Wallace

1989

The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon as Self - 'The Engineer'

1988

The World Within Us as Voice

1983

Martin Luther, Heretic as Martin Luther

1981

The Caretaker as Mick

1981

Timon of Athens as Timon

1980

The Day Christ Died as Herod

1979

Comedians as Gethin Price

1978

For Tea on Sunday as Nicholas

1976

Play Things as Playleader

NaN

Sleeping Lions as Not available