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Best Known

The intro para is almost impossible to read. The phrase "best known" is singular; can we decide on one or rewrite the para to make it comprehensible? --72.10.202.61 (talk) 01:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have done a minor rephrasing. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 05:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should cut the inroduction down a bit more, as it's a bit too long, but also should mention his lead role in the series Awake in the introduction itself.CrocodilesAreForWimps (talk) 13:44, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Liverpool and Lancashire?

Liverpool is in the county of Merseyside.. right??! Not Lancashire...--Vindicta (talk) 00:40, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As the hidden comment in the article indicates, at the time when Isaacs was born Liverpool was in Lancashire. It would be wrong to say that Liverpool was in Merseyside at that time, since "Merseyside" only came into existence in 1974. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 07:14, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well surely the logical thing to do, is to remove the county all together. Liverpool is a city of almost half a million and I would suspect for a city that size the normal style would be to have simply Liverpool, England. Normally only small towns would be clarified by their county so as to remove any potential confusion on which town is being referred to. In this case there is no risk of confusion (See Liverpool (disambiguation)). As such, I will remove Lancashire unless someone sees a valid reason for it to remain included (for example if Mr Isaacs considered himself a Lancashian rather than Liverpudlian) --Daviessimo (talk) 21:00, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. The inclusion of the county seems to cause more confusion than it is worth. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 15:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since when has Liverpool been in Lancashire?

Liverpool is in Merseyside. It is not in Lancashire and never has been. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.147.68 (talk) 05:34, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm, not true. According to "Merseyside", "the title 'Merseyside' came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974", and the article "Liverpool" says the city was "[h]istorically a part of Lancashire". Therefore, in 1963 when Isaacs was born, Liverpool was in Lancashire. Anyway, the point is moot because the reference to the county has been removed, which is probably for the best since it seems to cause more confusion than its inclusion is worth. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 15:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An editor reinserted "Lancashire" as the county that Liverpool was in when Isaacs was born, and this was later changed to "Merseyside" by an anonymous editor. As indicated above, it is incorrect to indicate that Isaacs was born in "Liverpool, Merseyside", as the term "Merseyside" only came into existence in 1974 and Isaacs was born in 1963. I have reworded the article so that it merely states "Liverpool, England", as Daviessimo also did, as this seems to be a suitable compromise. — Cheers, Truth's Out There ^–talk– 04:35, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good article?

If this is a "good article" the standards for that must be pretty low. It reads like a random string of name-dropping and throw-away puff-piece quotes and gossip. So he lobbied for a cameo in a Harry Potter movie... this is noteworthy? "He posed for photographs after his performance on 3 March 2007"... seriously? Are you kidding me? This is not an encyclopedia article; it's a joke. - 99.54.138.197 (talk) 03:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think its a great article. It gives a very good feel for the guy. Besides, if you are going to criticize have something constructive to add. This is just your opinion. No. No one is kidding. Im not sure why you put "good article" in quotations. The reason his activities and interests are written here is because this article is about him. Sign your post next time, whoever you are! Lollipopfop (talk) 15:15, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Isaacs was never part of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'

Jason Isaacs was never part of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. Yes, 'Lucius Malfoy' was mentioned a few times in the film, but that's just about it. Jason never made an appearance in the film, and he was never part of the cast. And, by the way, the year of release is also incorrectly mentioned. The film was not released in 2003, but in 2004. If someone has to put in incorrect information, at least make it look as authentic as possible.

If you want to add his appearance in a Harry Potter film, add 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' where he appears as a moving portrait (of Lucius Malfoy) in the film (and nothing more).

59.184.181.46 (talk) 06:21, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dr Who

It should be mentioned that Issac played the third on screen regeneration of Rassilon the founder of the Time Lords in the Doctor Who special The End of Time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.202.89.11 (talk) 21:12, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That would be Timothy Dalton. Franey (talk) 10:38, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

English people and being Jewish

He is not ethnically English he is Jewish so keep it to British and referring to Great Britain and not English and referring to English people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeordieWikiEditor (talk • contribs) 00:49, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The opinion that people who are not racially English cannot therefore be described as English even when they have been born and raised in England is a contentious issue. After all, the same prejudice does not seem to have been applied to people born in Scotland (i.e. Paolo Nutini, Katie Leung, Darius Danesh) or Wales (i.e. Josie D'arby, Kimberly Nixon, Victor Spinetti). However, the citation provided shows Isaacs describing himself as "English" - his words and no one else's - so that is good enough to warrant Wikipedia describing him as English, never mind that fact that to most people he would come across as the classic English gentleman. 81.178.254.50 (talk) 04:19, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Awards

Under the Selected Works section it lists "Black Hawk Down" and "Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets" as winning back to back Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Acting. When you go to the Wikipedia page for the Society's awards, however, neither film is listed among the winners. The official website for the Phoenix Film Critics Society does not offer an archive of past winners so I was unable to verify. Someone should verify these and the other awards listed for accuracy. Peace! Renegadefl (talk) 23:36, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

British American

The article describes him thus "Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is a British-American actor". In what way is he American? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.172.74.46 (talk) 13:44, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This was part of a vandal edit a few days earlier, from someone claiming in the edit summary to be his wife and telling us how Isaacs was tricked into signing up for an "International Imposters Association". I've reverted all this and restored "English actor". --McGeddon (talk) 16:53, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage and children

Jason Isaacs is not married, as he has stated numerous times in articles. The "children" he refers to are his god-children, not his biological children and Emma Hewitt is a good friend, not a "girlfriend" or "wife". This is all verifiable by Isaacs' PA and please in future refrain from posting mere media gossip, as any intelligent person on this planet knows the media is not to be trusted as it is almost all lies, especially when it comes to celebrities. This page is a mess and this is the first and most important thing that needs sorting out asap. Thank you.

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 :This was part of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Isaacs&diff=611140766&oldid=610541802 vandal edit] a few days earlier, from someone claiming in the edit summary to be his wife and telling us how Isaacs was tricked into signing up for an "International Imposters Association". I've reverted all this and restored "English actor". --[[User:McGeddon|McGeddon]] ([[User talk:McGeddon|talk]]) 16:53, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
+== Marriage and children ==
+Jason Isaacs is not married, as  he has stated numerous times in articles. The "children" he refers to are his god-children, not his biological children and Emma Hewitt is a good friend, not a "girlfriend" or "wife". This is all verifiable by Isaacs' PA and please in future refrain from posting mere media gossip, as any intelligent person on this planet knows the media is not to be trusted as it is almost all lies, especially when it comes to celebrities. This page is a mess and this is the first and most important thing that needs sorting out asap. Thank you.