Hi everyone, it's Sophia and welcome back to work in progress.

Today's guest is Jason Isaacs, a remarkable actor, philanthropist, and someone who makes me laugh

every day at work. I'm going to guess that you already know Jason. If you don't know him as

Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, you might know him as Captain Hook and Peter Pan,

or Colonel William Tavington in the Patriot, or HAP in the OA when we first met trust that I

fan-girled him about that show. Perhaps you've seen him in his latest tour de force film,

Mass, or maybe you know him the way I know him best. As my TV dad, Dr. Rob Griffith, on Good Sam.

Jason's come an awfully long way since his first appearance in Mel Smith's The Tall Guy in 1989.

Originally from Liverpool, Jason and his family moved to London when he was a child, where he

experienced his own injustice that shaped his outlook and no doubt influenced the legacy he wants

to leave on the world around him. You might have heard, but Jason's been an incredible supporter

of the British Red Cross with his ultimate Harry Potter quiz that raised 78,000 dollars just

last year for the Red Cross. He's visited refugee projects to learn how the Red Cross is helping

over half a million refugees rebuild their lives, and he works constantly to destigmatize their

experience by lending his platform to their voices. Whatever he's doing throughout his career

of well over a hundred films, he has been an advocate for those who feel inferior,

for those who've been marginalized, and for those whose voices are not being heard. For someone

who often plays a villain, Jason Isaacs is an incredibly caring and deeply empathetic human being,

who I am so glad to call my real-life friend and my make-believe dad. We're going to find out

more about his life, his career, and his incredible work right here right now. And we had such a good

conversation that we've actually decided to break this up into two episodes. Enjoy.

I know, that is weird. You're not talking on microphones.

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