Classically trained with an internationally diverse heritage, Oscar Isaac recently co-starred in the fi lm BODY OF LIES from acclaimed director Ridley Scott, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. He will soon appear in Steven Soderbergh’s CHE, with Benicio del Toro, and opposite Rachel Weisz in AGORA, directed by Academy Award winner Alejandro Amenabar, due out December 2009. He has reunited with Ridley Scott shooting the untitled Robin Hood film alongside Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett and will play King John in a fi lm to be released by Universal in 2010.
Oscar’s stage credits include Romeo in ROMEO AND JULIET with Lauren Ambrose and a role in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA adapted by John Guare and Mel Shapiro for the NY Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park program. He starred in BEAUTY OF THE FATHER by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz at Manhattan Theatre Club. Isaac was last seen in MCC Theater’s American premiere of Mick Gordon and A.C. Grayling’s GRACE with Lynn Redgrave. Oscar also writes and performs music with his band. He was raised in Miami and currently resides in New York.
