
Jonathan Pryce
Known for Acting · 172 credits
- Born
- 1947-06-01 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as
- John Price
Biography
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes."
After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".
Known For

Game of Thrones
2011
as High Sparrow

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

The Crown
2016
as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Great Performances
1971
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Winner / Performer / Self - Presenter
TV Shows (34)

Game of Thrones
2011
as High Sparrow

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

The Crown
2016
as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Great Performances
1971
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Winner / Performer / Self - Presenter

Slow Horses
2022
as David Cartwright

Playhouse
1974
as Playleader

3 Body Problem
2024
as Mike Evans

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Screen Two
1985
as William Wallace / Duncan Stewart

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Taboo
2017
as Stuart Strange
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self

Under Salt Marsh
2026
as Solomon Bevan

Wolf Hall
2015
as Cardinal Wolsey

ChalkZone
2002
as The Quicksand Man (voice)

Documentary Now!
2015
as Owen Teale-Griffith

The Storyteller
1988
as King

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Nicholas

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Himself

Doomwatch
1970
as Police Constable

Tales from the Loop
2020
as Russ

Cranford
2007
as Mr. Buxton

Bill Brand
1976
as Jamie Finn

Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993
as John Wroe

Selling Hitler
1991
as Gerd Heidemann

The Story of Musicals
2012
as Self

Clone
2008
as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
Davide
1997
as Saul

Praying Mantis
1982
as Christian Magny

David
1997
as Saul

Easter Tales
2000
as The Thief
Mavis Eccleston
as Dennis Eccleston
Movies (138)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Governor Weatherby Swann

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Governor Weatherby Swann

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Governor Weatherby Swann

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as U.S. President

The Brothers Grimm
2005
as Delatombe

G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
as U.S. President

Ronin
1998
as Seamus O'Rourke

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as Elliot Carver

Bedtime Stories
2008
as Marty Bronson

The Thursday Murder Club
2025
as Stephen

Brazil
1985
as Sam Lowry

William Tell
2025
as Attinghausen

Stigmata
1999
as Cardinal Daniel Houseman

The Two Popes
2019
as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis

The Age of Innocence
1993
as Rivière

What a Girl Wants
2003
as Alistair Payne

One Life
2023
as Martin Blake

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson

The Penguin Lessons
2025
as Headmaster Buckle

Woman in Gold
2015
as Chief Justice Rehnquist

Echelon Conspiracy
2009
as Mueller

The New World
2005
as King James

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
as James Lingk

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022
as Jacob Marley (voice)

The Salvation
2014
as Mayor Nathan Keane

Evita
1996
as Juan Perón

Flavia
2026
as Dr. Kissing

David
1997
as Saul

The Wife
2017
as Joe Castleman

Hysteria
2011
as Dr. Robert Dalrymple

Leatherheads
2008
as CC Frazier

The Healer
2017
as Raymond Heacock

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
as Mr. Dark

The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mr. John Dickens

All the Old Knives
2022
as Bill Compton

Man on Fire
1987
as Michael

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
as Don Quixote

Unconditional Love
2002
as Victor Fox

A Troll in Central Park
1994
as Alan (voice)

De-Lovely
2004
as Gabriel

The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Cardinal Louis de Rohan

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Jack

Shopping
1994
as Conway

Elden Ring
2028

Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Joseph Manasse

Narcopolis
2015
as Sidorov

Save the Cinema
2022
as Mr. Morgan

Regeneration
1997
as Capt. William Rivers

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
as Self

The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Robert Fallon

Carrington
1995
as Lytton Strachey

Barbarians at the Gate
1993
as Henry Kravis

Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
as Self

The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016
as Shylock

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Master

An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)

Haunted Honeymoon
1986
as Charles Abbot

The Moon and the Stars
2007
as James Clavel / Scarpia

City State
2011
as Jimmy

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)

Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance
2016
as Special Finale Guest Star

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer

Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
as Self

The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
2005
as Self

The Rachel Papers
1989
as Norman

Breaking Glass
1980
as Ken

Selling Hitler
1993
as Gerd Heidemann

Listen Up Philip
2014
as Ike

Loophole
1981
as Taylor

World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
as High Sparrow

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
as Sherlock Holmes

To Walk Invisible
2016
as Patrick Brontë

Consuming Passions
1988
as Mr. Farris

Murder Is Easy
1982
as Mr. Ellsworthy

Under Milk Wood
2014
as Mr. Pugh

Dough
2015
as Nat
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self / Elliot Carver
To Provide All People
2018
as Retired Neurosurgeon

Dark Blood
2012
as Harry Fletcher

The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
as James Penfield

Very Annie Mary
2001
as Jack Pugh

Brothers of the Head
2006
as Henry Couling

King Lear
2012
as King Lear

The White King
2016
as Colonel Fitz

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Trilby (voice)

The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self

A Business Affair
1994
as Alec Bolton

Victoria & Albert
2001
as King Leopold I of Belgium

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2002
as Master Schoemacker

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
as Self / Horatio Jackson

What Is Brazil?
2008
as Self

The Day Christ Died
1980
as Herod

Becoming Cary Grant
2017
as Cary Grant (voice)

Praying Mantis
1982
as Christian Magny

Mad Dogs
2002
as Supreme Being

Bride of the Wind
2001
as Gustav Mahler

The Ghost and the Whale
2014
as Whale

David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003
as Narrator

Martin Luther, Heretic
1983
as Martin Luther

The Suicide Club
2000
as Bourne

Deadly Advice
1994
as Dr. Ted Philips

He Dreams of Giants
2019
as Himself

My Zinc Bed
2008
as Victor
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016

A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
1996
as Self
Bristol

Timon of Athens
1981
as Timon

Great Moments in Aviation
1994
as Duncan Stewart
Taliesin Jones
2002
as Da

Soul of the Ocean
2023
as Narrator (voice)

Thicker Than Water
1993
as Sam

Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
2011
as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)

The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon
1989
as Self - 'The Engineer'

The Spirit of 1926
2022
as Narrator

Gone Hollywood
2019
as Benny Landau
The Man from the Pru
1990
as William Wallace

The Death of a Young Young Man
1975
as Tommy

The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking
2022
as Self - Narrator

Play Things
1976
as Playleader

Sluizer Speaks
2014
About Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes." After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough s… With 172 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Jonathan Pryce has appeared in 138 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jonathan Pryce Movies
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) — as Governor Weatherby Swann
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) — as Governor Weatherby Swann
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) — as Governor Weatherby Swann
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) — as U.S. President
- The Brothers Grimm (2005) — as Delatombe
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