Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac is Guatemalan by birth, and internationally diverse by family heritage. Isaac graduated from the Drama Division of the Juilliard School in May 2005. He began his film acting career by putting himself on a tape for the role of a Russian gangster/hustler for PU-239. Isaac's tape impressed writer/director Scott Burns to cast him opposite
Paddy Considine and
Radha Mitchell, and after seeing Isaac's performance, producer
Steven Soderbergh cast him in his own feature Guerrilla opposite Benecio del Toro. His other film credits include Blood In The Sand and All About The Benjamins. He was also a guest star on
Law and Order: Criminial Intent. Isaac has also starred in the musical revival of
Two Gentelmen of Verona adapted by John Guare and Mel Shapiro for the NY Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park program. He followed PU-239 by starring in
Beauty of the Father by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz and director Michael Grief at Manhattan Theatre Club. Other theatre credits include:
Arrivals and Departures,
When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba, and
Spinning into Butter. While at Juilliard he starred in the title role of
Macbeth, co-wrote and performed his music in the show,
American Occupation, as well as acted in
The Marriage of Figaro,
The Birds,
Three Sisters, and many others. He also attended Master Classes with such actors as Sir
Ian McKellen, Fionna Shaw, Simon Russell Beale,
Brenda Blethyn,
Alfred Molina and was the recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Award in 2004. Oscar also writes and performs music with his band. He was raised in Miami and currently resides in New York.
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