When I came back from filming 'Abduction', I told my agent: I'm staying in London now. If it takes doing children's theater from the back of a van in Kilburn, that's OK. I need to be with my family. My job is to keep the family together and provide for them.

Starring opposite Mel Gibson as the film's hero and Heath Ledger as Gibson's screen son Isaacs portrays a sadistic British army officer who kills Ledger's character among many other soldiers. ' " Ultimately Isaacs did reprise the role of Malfoy as a cameo appearance in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) where he is seen in a moving portrait.

Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor born in Liverpool. He starred in the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) drama Awake as Detective Michael Britten from March to May 2012.