Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac is a Guatemalan American actor and musician. He is known for his lead film roles in the comedy-drama Inside Llewyn Davis, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, the crime drama A Most Violent Yearand the science fiction thriller Ex Machina. In 2006 he portrayed Joseph, husband of Mary, in The Nativity Story. He also portrayed José Ramos-Horta, former president of East Timor, in the Australian film Balibo for which he won the AACTA Award for...
NationalityGuatemalan
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 March 1979
CountryGuatemala
I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.
The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.
You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.
I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.
I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.
I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return.
It's nice to create a character, not just within two scenes, but within the journey of a whole movie. It's fun to do that.
Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.
My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason.
People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel.
Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.
When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult to leave that behind.