Jonathan Pryce
Born
June 1, 1947 (78 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK
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
The Penguin Lessons
Headmaster Buckle
2025
William Tell
Attinghausen
2025
One Life
Martin Blake
2023
Soul of the Ocean
Narrator (voice)
2023
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Jacob Marley (voice)
2022
The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking
Self - Narrator
2022
The Witness is a Whale
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
The Wife
Joe Castleman
2018
The Healer
Raymond Heacock
2017
Narcopolis
Sidorov
2015
Dough
Nat
2015
Under Milk Wood
Mr. Pugh
2014
The Salvation
Mayor Nathan Keane
2014
Listen Up Philip
Ike
2014
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
U.S. President
2013
King Lear
King Lear
2012
Patience (After Sebald)
Voiceover
2012
City State
Jimmy
2011
Hysteria
Dr. Robert Dalrymple
2011
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
2010
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
U.S. President
2009
Echelon Conspiracy
Mueller
2009
Bedtime Stories
Marty Bronson
2008
My Zinc Bed
Victor
2008
Leatherheads
CC Frazier
2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Governor Weatherby Swann
2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes
2007
The Moon and the Stars
James Clavel / Scarpia
2007
Brothers of the Head
Henry Couling
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Weatherby Swann
2006
The Brothers Grimm
Delatombe
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
2005
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Self
2004
De-Lovely
Gabriel
2004
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Self
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Governor Weatherby Swann
2003
Quest for the Giant Squid
Narrator
2003
What a Girl Wants
Alistair Payne
2003
Mad Dogs
Supreme Being
2002
Best Ever Bond
Self / Elliot Carver
2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Master Schoemacker
2002
Taliesin Jones
Da
2002
The Affair of the Necklace
Cardinal Louis de Rohan
2001
Bride of the Wind
Gustav Mahler
2001
Very Annie Mary
Jack Pugh
2001
The Suicide Club
Bourne
2000
Stigmata
Cardinal Daniel Houseman
1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Master
1999
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss
Narrator
1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
1998
Ronin
Seamus O'Rourke
1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
Elliot Carver
1997
Regeneration
Capt. William Rivers
1997
David
Saul
1997
Evita
Juan Perón
1996
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
Self
1996
Carrington
Lytton Strachey
1995
A Troll in Central Park
Alan (voice)
1994
Great Moments in Aviation
Duncan Stewart
1994
Deadly Advice
Dr. Ted Philips
1994
A Business Affair
Alec Bolton
1994
The Age of Innocence
Rivière
1993
Thicker Than Water
Sam
1993
Selling Hitler
Gerd Heidemann
1993
Barbarians at the Gate
Henry Kravis
1993
Glengarry Glen Ross
James Lingk
1992
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Trilby (voice)
1992
The Man from the Pru
William Wallace
1990
The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon
Self - 'The Engineer'
1989
The Rachel Papers
Norman
1989
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
1988
Consuming Passions
Mr. Farris
1988
Man on Fire
Michael
1987
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Jack
1986
Haunted Honeymoon
Charles Abbot
1986
The Doctor and the Devils
Robert Fallon
1985
Brazil
Sam Lowry
1985
The Ploughman's Lunch
James Penfield
1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Mr. Dark
1983
Loophole
Taylor
1981
Breaking Glass
Ken
1980
Flavia de Luce
The Thursday Murder Club
Stephen Best
2025
3 Body Problem
Mike Evans · (5 episodes)
2024
The Spirit of 1926
Narrator
2022
All the Old Knives
Bill Compton
2022
Slow Horses
David Cartwright · (11 episodes)
2022
Save the Cinema
Mr. Morgan
2022
Stories of You and I
Narrator
2021
Tales from the Loop
Russ · (4 episodes)
2020
The Two Popes
Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
2019
He Dreams of Giants
Himself
2019
Piney: The Lonesome Pine
Grandpa Sid
2019
To Provide All People
Retired Neurosurgeon
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Don Quixote
2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. John Dickens
2017
Becoming Cary Grant
Cary Grant (voice)
2017
Taboo
Stuart Strange · (8 episodes)
2017
To Walk Invisible
Patrick Brontë
2016
The Crown
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh · (20 episodes)
2016
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance
Special Finale Guest Star
2016
The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Shylock
2016
The White King
Colonel Fitz
2016
Shylock's Ghost
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Documentary Now!
Owen Teale-Griffith · (1 episode)
2015
Woman in Gold
Chief Justice Rehnquist
2015
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
Self
2015
Wolf Hall
Cardinal Wolsey · (8 episodes)
2015
Sluizer Speaks
2014
The Ghost and the Whale
Whale
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Dark Blood
Harry Fletcher
2012
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
2011
Game of Thrones
High Sparrow · (15 episodes)
2011
Clone
Dr Victor Blenkinsop · (6 episodes)
2008
Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
Ian Fleming (voice)
2008
What Is Brazil?
Self
2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self / Horatio Jackson
2008
Cranford
Mr. Buxton · (1 episode)
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
The One Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
The New World
King James
2005
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
Self
2005
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Narrator
2003
Unconditional Love
Victor Fox
2002
ChalkZone
The Quicksand Man (voice) · (1 episode)
2002
Victoria & Albert
King Leopold I of Belgium
2001
Il gioco
Mark
2001
Tales from the Madhouse
The Thief
2000
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997
David
Saul · (2 episodes)
1997
Davide
Saul · (2 episodes)
1997
Shopping
Conway
1994
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
John Wroe · (4 episodes)
1993
A Child's Garden of Verses
Narrator / Father (voice)
1992
Selling Hitler
Gerd Heidemann · (5 episodes)
1991
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Himself · (3 episodes)
1988
The Storyteller
King · (1 episode)
1988
The World Within Us
Voice
1988
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Martin Luther, Heretic
Martin Luther
1983
Praying Mantis
Christian Magny · (2 episodes)
1982
Murder Is Easy
Mr. Ellsworthy
1982
Praying Mantis
Christian Magny
1982
The Caretaker
Mick
1981
Timon of Athens
Timon
1981
The Day Christ Died
Herod
1980
Comedians
Gethin Price
1979
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Timon · (1 episode)
1978
For Tea on Sunday
Nicholas
1978
An Audience with...
Self · (1 episode)
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
Nicholas · (1 episode)
1977
Voyage of the Damned
Joseph Manasse
1976
Bill Brand
Jamie Finn · (1 episode)
1976
Play Things
Playleader
1976
The Death of a Young Young Man
Tommy
1975
Sleeping Lions
Playhouse
Playleader · (1 episode)
1974
Doomwatch
Police Constable · (1 episode)
1970
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner/Performer · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
Under Salt Marsh
(6 episodes)