Jonathan Pryce
Longtime veteran of stage and screen Jonathan Pryce (born June 1, 1947, in Holywell, Wales) left home at age 16 to attend art school but found his way into drama classes along the way -- and his future was set. By the mid-1970s, he had begun to appear in London productions of plays such as "Hamlet" and "Uncle Vanya."

During this time, Pryce also made his film bow (in Voyage of the Damned), marking the beginning of a long career that would include impressive performances in films such as Brazil (1985), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and The Age of Innocence (1993). Pryce bagged the Best Actor prize at Cannes in 1995 for his work in Carrington.

In 2003, Pryce played Keira Knightley's aristocrat father in Pirates of the Caribbean (reprising the part in the 2006 sequel), while his later movies include Leatherheads (2008). The busy actor nabbed an Emmy nod in 2010 for his role in the miniseries "Return to Cranford."

Featured Movies
  • BrazilBrazil

    Part social commentary, part outrageous fantasy, Terry Gilliam's black comedy set in an Orwellian future stars Jonathan Pryce as a daydreaming civil servant who, through one bureaucratic error after another, is mistaken for an enemy of the state. By turns grimly disturbing and darkly hilarious, the... Read More

  • Something Wicked This Way ComesSomething Wicked This Way Comes

    When a traveling carnival comes to a small town, the proprietor, Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce), promises to make residents' dreams come true. But the price turns out to be steep, as those dreams slowly spiral into a nightmare. Now, two boys (Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson) must try to fight the... Read More

  • The Affair of the NecklaceThe Affair of the Necklace

    When she and her family have their royal titles stripped by the crown, 18th-century French countess Jeanne de la Motte Valois (Hilary Swank) schemes with her lover (Simon Baker), her husband (Adrien Brody) and a mysterious Italian count (Christopher Walken) to obtain a diamond necklace worth... Read More

  • Barbarians at the GateBarbarians at the Gate

    This seriocomedy based on the RJR-Nabisco leveraged buyout neatly encapsulates the greed that became synonymous with the 1980s. James Garner has never been better as charming, covetous CEO F. Ross Johnson. Johnson grabs for the brass ring when he tries to buy out the conglomerate, only to run up... Read More

  • CarringtonCarrington

    Talented young painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) forges a deep, complex bond with shy homosexual writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) across the vibrant backdrop of the trendy, bohemian scene of London's famed Bloomsbury group. Pryce won the Best Actor Award at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival... Read More

All Jonathan Pryce Movies
Hysteria (2011)
NR
Patience: After Sebald (2011)
NR
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
PG-13
Return to Cranford (2009)
NR
Bedtime Stories (2008)
PG
Leatherheads (2008)
PG-13
My Zinc Bed (2008)
NR
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG-13
Sherlock Holmes & the Baker St Irregulars (2007)
NR
The Moon and the Stars (2007)
NR
Brothers of the Head (2006)
R
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG-13
Renaissance (2006)
Paris 2054
R
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
PG-13
De-Lovely (2004)
PG-13
Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl (2003)
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG-13
What a Girl Wants (2003)
PG
Unconditional Love (2002)
PG-13
Mad Dogs (2002)
NR
Victoria and Albert (2001)
TV-PG
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
R
Very Annie Mary (2001)
NR
Bride of the Wind (2001)
R
The Game of Death (2000)
Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club
R
Tales from the Madhouse (2000)
NR
Small Miracles (2000)
Taliesin Jones
PG
Stigmata (1999)
Stigmate
R
Ronin (1998)
R
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
PG-13
The Bible Collection: David (1997)
NR
Behind the Lines (1997)
Regeneration
R
Evita (1996)
PG
Carrington (1995)
R
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
G
Shopping (1994)
R
A Business Affair (1994)
R
The Age of Innocence (1993)
PG
Shades of Fear (1993)
Great Moments in Aviation
R
Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
R
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
(Bonus materials available separately)
R
Selling Hitler (1991)
NR
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
PG
The Rachel Papers (1989)
R
Consuming Passions (1988)
R
Jim Henson's the Storyteller (1987)
NR
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
PG
Brazil (1985)
(Bonus materials available separately)
R
Brazil: The "Love Conquers All" Version (1985)
NR
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
R
The Ploughman's Lunch (1984)
R
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
PG
Murder Is Easy (1981)
NR
Timon of Athens (1981)
NR
Loophole (1981)
PG
Breaking Glass (1980)
PG

 
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