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Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), James Wolfe in Battle of the Brave (2004), Antonio Pérez in The Escorial Conspiracy (2007), Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), and John Godfrey in Operation Mincemeat (2021). His television roles include Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama streaming series The OA (2016–2019) and Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2018). His voice acting roles include Admiral Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and the second season of The Legend of Korra (2013), and the Grand Inquisitor/Sentinel in Star Wars Rebels (2014–2016). Isaacs has appeared on stage as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premiere of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes and as hitman Ben in a 2007 revival of Harold Pinter's 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for The State Within (2006) and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe (2008). He also was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor, won the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories (2011–2013), and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Television Series Drama for Brotherhood (2006–2008). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Isaacs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The story of the novel begins in the Turkish city of Istanbul, located on both banks of the Bosphorus, which separates Europe from Asia. A rich tobacco trader, Kéraban, lives here. His house is located in the Asian district of Scutari, his office is in the European part, so he has to use the ferry every day. Kéraban is visited by a business partner from Rotterdam, Jan Van Mitten, and a servant, Bruno. He decides to invite Van Mitten to his house for dinner. When everyone wants to travel across the strait, Kéraban finds out that this transport has been burdened by a new tax. Kerraban is very angry, he doesn't want to pay. He decides to take a 700km trip around the Black Sea. The problem with the trip is that he has to return to Istanbul within six weeks to arrange Ahmet's nephew's wedding to the girl Amasia, who has to marry by her 17th birthday, otherwise he will not inherit one hundred thousand Turkish pounds. in Odessa, Ahmet and Amasia joins, followed by a wild boar attack, then big problems arise due to hired bandits who are trying to prevent the wedding. Then the Russian Cossacks, pirates, and Kurds, and abduction of Amasia. They get back to Istanbul. Ahmet's wedding to Amasia can be only in the European part of the city, where Kéraban can´t get without paying that ferry fee. A well-known artist intends to cross the Bosphorus on a rope that is 1,300 meters long stretched between its two banks. Kéraban lets himself be transported on a rope in a wheelbarrow.
