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{{Short description|Welsh actor (born 1947)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]]
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}}
| name               = Jonathan Pryce
| image              = Jonathan Pryce (28577280662) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Pryce in 2016
| birth_name         = John Price
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|6|1}}
| birth_place        = [[Carmel, Flintshire]], Wales
| alma_mater         = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1972–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Kate Fahy]]|2015}}
| children           = 3
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Jonathan Pryce|Full list]]
}}

''' Sir Jonathan Pryce''' (born '''John Price'''; 1 June 1947) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] actor. He is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Jonathan Pryce|numerous awards]], including two [[Tony Awards]] and two [[Laurence Olivier Awards]] as well as nominations for an [[Academy Award]], three [[BAFTA Awards]], and five [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Awards]]. He was honored with a CBE for services to drama in 2021.

After studying at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], he began his career as a stage actor in the early 1970s. His work in theatre includes an [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Award]]–winning performance in the title role of the [[Royal Court Theatre]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'' in 1980 and as The Engineer in the stage musical ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' in 1990. On the [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] stage he earned two [[Tony Awards]]—the first for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]] for his Broadway debut role in ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]'' (1977), the second for [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]] for the Broadway transfer of the musical ''Miss Saigon'' (1991).

His [[Breakthrough role|breakthrough screen performance]] was in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s [[Satire|satirical]] [[dystopia]]n [[black comedy]] film ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985). Critically lauded for his versatility,<ref>Shenton, Mark (15 October 2007). "[http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008926 Jonathan Pryce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118230552/http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008926 |date=18 January 2008 }}". ''Broadway.com'' in London. Retrieved 10 November 2007.</ref><ref>BWW News Desk (20 November 2005). "[http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=5986 Jonathan Pryce Confirmed To Step Into 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels']". ''BroadwayWorld.com''. Retrieved 10 November 2007.</ref> Pryce has appeared in big-budget films including ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' (1996), ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997) and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' series (2003–2007), as well as [[independent film]]s such as ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' (1992), ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' (1993), ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]'' (1995), ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]'' (2005) and ''[[The Wife (2017 film)|The Wife]]'' (2017). He earned his first [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]] nomination for his portrayal of [[Pope Francis]] in ''[[The Two Popes]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-51096010|title=Hopkins and Pryce nominated for Oscars|date=2020-01-13|access-date=2020-01-14|language=en-GB}}</ref>

For his work on television, he received four [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations for his portrayals of [[Henry Kravis]] in the [[HBO]] film ''[[Barbarians at the Gate (film)|Barbarians at the Gate]]'' (1993), a wealthy widower in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Return to Cranford]]'' (2010), [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', and as a retired senior [[MI5 officer]] in the [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Slow Horses]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53762955 "Jonathan Pryce:Netflix's 'The Crown' casts it final Prince Philip"] bbc.co.uk, 13 August 2020, accessed 31 May 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chuba|first1=Kristen|last2=Lewis|first2=Hilary|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-nominations-2023-list-nominees-1235279872/|title=Golden Globes: List of Nominees|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=12 December 2022|access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hillary |last2=Nordyke |first2=Kimberly |date=17 July 2024 |title=Emmys 2024: List of Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/emmys-nominations-2024-nominees-list-1235950616/|access-date=17 July 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Slow Horses – Ein Fall für Jackson Lamb - Besetzung & Crew - Apple TV+ Press |url=https://www.apple.com/de/tv-pr/originals/slow-horses/cast-crew/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Apple TV+ Press (Deutschland) |language=de-DE}}</ref> Pryce also played [[Thomas Wolsey]] in the [[BBC]] limited series ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (2015), the [[High Sparrow]] in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2015–2016) and Sir Stuart Strange in the series ''[[Taboo (2017 TV series)|Taboo]]'' (2017).

==Early life==
Pryce was born John Price on 1 June 1947 in [[Carmel, Flintshire]], the son of Margaret Ellen (née Williams) and Isaac Price, a former [[coal miner]] who ran a small general grocery shop with his wife.<ref name="pryce"/> He has two older sisters and was raised a [[Presbyterian Church of Wales|Welsh Presbyterian]].<ref name="Being Pope">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oKdfi3SZqs| archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/8oKdfi3SZqs| archive-date=2021-11-16 | url-status=live|title=Jonathan Pryce: Being Pope Is A Lonely Job| date= 20 December 2019|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was educated at [[Holywell High School|Holywell Grammar School]],<ref name="pryce"/> and at the age of 16, went to art college before he started training to be a teacher at Edge Hill College (now [[Edge Hill University]]) in [[Ormskirk|Ormskirk, Lancashire]].<ref name="pryce"/> While studying, he took part in a college theatre production and applied to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA).<ref name="pryce"/> Pryce was subsequently awarded a scholarship to [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]], graduating in 1971, with Acting (RADA Diploma).<ref name="rada">{{Cite web|url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/jonathan-pryce/ |title= RADA Student & graduate profiles - Jonathan Pryce |work= rada.ac.uk |access-date= May 12, 2021 }}</ref>

He joined [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]], and took "Jonathan Pryce" as his stage name because his birth name was too similar to that of a performer already represented by Equity.<ref name="pryce">{{Cite web|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/jonathan_pryce.shtml |title= Jonathan Pryce |work= bbc.co.uk |access-date= 28 October 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030416030542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/jonathan_pryce.shtml |archive-date= April 16, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.tribute.ca/people/bio/2478 Jonathan Pryce Biography]". ''Tribute.ca''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.</ref><ref name="popstar">(16 August 2002). "[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/aug/16/artsfeatures I always wanted to be a pop star...]". ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 9 December 2007.</ref> While at RADA, he worked as a door-to-door salesman of velvet paintings.<ref>(8 October 2007). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071113234713/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F10%2F08%2Fbtpryce108.xml Why Jonathan Pryce is right for Mamet]". ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref>

==Career==
=== 1972–1984: Rise to prominence ===
Despite finding RADA "strait-laced"<ref name="popstar"/> and being told by his tutor that he could never aspire to do more than playing villains on ''[[Z-Cars]]'',<ref>(10 July 2001). "[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/07/24/btpryc24.xml&page=2 Life with lots of Doolittles]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}". ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref> Pryce joined the [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman Theatre]] in [[Liverpool]] upon graduation and eventually became its artistic director. He performed with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and the [[Nottingham Playhouse]].<ref name="bbc1">(6 March 2007). "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/03_march/06/sherlock_pryce.shtml Jonathan Pryce is Sherlock Holmes]". ''BBC.co.uk''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002194447/http://www.onsayfa.com/oyuncu/jonathan-pryce-t518.html Jonathan Pryce Mini Biography]". ''Ön Sayfa''. Retrieved 28 October 2007.</ref> To gain his Equity card, he made his first screen appearance in a minor role in "Fire & Brimstone", a 1972 episode of the science fiction drama series ''[[Doomwatch]]''. He then starred in two television films directed by [[Stephen Frears]]: ''Daft as a Brush'' and ''Playthings''.

After leaving Everyman, Pryce joined Sir [[Richard Eyre]] at the Nottingham Playhouse and starred in [[Trevor Griffiths]]' play ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]'', in a role specially written for him. The production moved to the [[Old Vic Theatre]] in London. Pryce reprised the role on Broadway in 1976, this time directed by [[Mike Nichols]], and for which Pryce won the 1977 [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]]. It was around this time that he appeared in his first film role, playing the character Joseph Manasse in the drama ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', starring [[Faye Dunaway]]. He did not, however, abandon the stage, appearing from 1978 to 1979 in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s productions of ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' as [[Petruchio]], and ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' as [[Augustus|Octavius Caesar]].<ref>[http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/tamingOfTheShrew.html The RSC Shakespeare – Plot summaries, The Taming of the Shrew] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822062746/http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/tamingOfTheShrew.html |date=22 August 2010 }}. Retrieved 18 June 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/antonyAndCleopatra.html The RSC Shakespeare – Plot summaries, Antony and Cleopatra] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203131926/http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/antonyAndCleopatra.html |date= 3 December 2008 }}. Retrieved 18 June 2008.</ref>

In 1980, his performance in the [[Prince Hamlet|title role]] of ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] won him an [[Olivier Award]], and was acclaimed by some critics as the definitive Hamlet of his generation.<ref>"[http://www.rsc.org.uk/hamlet/about/stage.html Performance history of Hamlet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118125408/http://www.rsc.org.uk/hamlet/about/stage.html |date=18 November 2007 }}". ''Royal Shakespeare Company''. Retrieved 6 November 2007</ref><ref>"[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/winners/ Laurence Olivier Awards: Past winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212214818/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/winners |date=12 December 2003 }}". ''The Society of London Theatre''. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref> That year, Pryce had a small but pivotal role as [[Zarniwoop]] in the 12th episode of the ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' radio series, one that he reprised for the ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases#The Quintessential Phase|Quintessential Phase]]'' which was broadcast in 2005. In his original role as Zarniwoop, Pryce's character questions the "ruler of the Universe", a [[solipsism|solipsist]] who has been chosen to rule arguably because of either his inherent manipulability, or immunity therefrom, on his philosophical opinions. Around the same time, in 1980, he also appeared in the film ''[[Breaking Glass (film)|Breaking Glass]]''. In 1983, Pryce played the role of the sinister Mr Dark in ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (film)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]'', based on the [[Ray Bradbury]] [[Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)|novel of the same title]]. Afterward, he began appearing mostly in films, such as the [[Ian McEwan]]-scripted ''[[The Ploughman's Lunch]]'', and ''[[Martin Luther, Heretic (1983 film)|Martin Luther, Heretic]]'' (both also 1983).

=== 1985–2002: Established actor ===
He achieved a breakthrough with his role as the subdued [[protagonist]] Sam Lowry in the [[Terry Gilliam]] [[science fiction]] [[dystopian]] [[dark comedy]], ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985).<ref>"[http://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew.html Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 Cult Movies (Brazil #13)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331185021/http://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew.html |date=31 March 2014 }}". ''FilmSite.org''. Retrieved 26 November 2007.</ref> After ''Brazil'', Pryce appeared in the historical thriller ''[[The Doctor and the Devils]]'' (also 1985) and then in the [[Gene Wilder]]-directed film ''[[Haunted Honeymoon]]'' (1986). During this period of his life, Pryce continued to perform on stage, and gained particular notice as the successful but self-doubting writer Trigorin in a London production of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'' in late 1985.<ref>"[http://masterclass.org.uk/masters.php?ar_id=118 Jonathan Pryce's Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220100605/http://masterclass.org.uk/masters.php?ar_id=118 |date=20 December 2008 }}". ''The Theatre Royal Haymarket website''. Retrieved 26 November 2007.</ref> From 1986 to 1987 Pryce played the [[Macbeth (character)|lead part]] in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s production of ''[[Macbeth]]'', which also starred [[Sinéad Cusack]] as [[Lady Macbeth]].<ref>[http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/macbeth.html The RSC Shakespeare – Plot summaries, The Tragedy of Macbeth] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223084232/http://www.rscshakespeare.co.uk/macbeth.html |date=23 December 2014 }}. Retrieved 18 June 2008.</ref> Pryce worked once again with Gilliam in ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' (1988), playing "[[The Right Honourable|The Right Ordinary]] Horatio Jackson". The film was a notorious financial fiasco,<ref>Robert Parish, James (2006). ''Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops''. Wiley. {{ISBN|0-471-69159-3}}</ref> with production costing more than $40 million, when the original budget was $23.5 million.<ref>"[http://www.halleonard.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=314112&order=41&refer=browse&start=L&end=M&catcode=05 Losing The Light – Terry Gilliam & The Munchausen Saga (a summary)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311203556/http://www.halleonard.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=314112&order=41&refer=browse&start=L&end=M&catcode=05 |date=11 March 2007 }}". ''Hal Leonard Online''. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref><ref>"[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=adventuresofbaronmunchausen.htm The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]". ''Box Office Mojo''. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref> The following year Pryce appeared in three of the earliest episodes of the [[improvisational comedy|improvisation]] show ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', alongside [[Paul Merton]] and [[John Sessions]],<ref>"[http://www.whoseline.net/show/epguide/01guide.html "Whose Line is it Anyway?" – Episode Guide – Series one (1988)]". ''WhoseLine.net''. Retrieved 26 November 2007.</ref> and in ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', again a play by [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]], at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]].<ref name="martineagain">(18 March 2003). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20030909070652/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2003%2F03%2F18%2Fbtpry18.xml Work with Martine again? I think not]". ''Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref> After a series of major dramatic roles on stage, including Vanya and Macbeth, Pryce decided he wanted to do musicals after seeing his friend [[Patti LuPone]] in the original London production of ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]''.<ref>Shenton, Mark (15 June 2008). "[http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008926 Q&A – Jonathan Pryce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118230552/http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008926 |date=18 January 2008 }}". ''Broadway.com in London''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref>

He successfully returned to the stage originating the role of The Engineer, a Eurasian [[pimp]], in the West End musical ''[[Miss Saigon]]''. His performance was praised in England where he won the Olivier and Variety Club awards,<ref>"[http://www.screenrush.co.uk/personne/fichepersonne.html?cpersonne=544 Jonathan Pryce Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229101455/http://www.screenrush.co.uk/personne/fichepersonne.html?cpersonne=544 |date=29 December 2008 }}". ''Allocine.co.uk''. Retrieved 26 November 2007.</ref><ref>O'Keefe, Robert (20 September 1999). "[https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/miss-saigon-1999 Miss Saigon 10th Anniversary show 1990 Review]". ''London Theatre Guide Online''. Retrieved 26 November 2007.</ref> but when the production transferred to Broadway the [[Actors' Equity Association]] (AEA) tried to stop Pryce from portraying The Engineer because, according to their executive secretary, "[t]he casting of a [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] actor made up to appear Asian is an affront to the Asian community."<ref name="NYT">Rothstein, Mervyn (8 August 1990). "Union Bars White in Asian Role; Broadway May Lose 'Miss Saigon'". ''The New York Times''.</ref> The London production featured Pryce in [[yellowface]], wearing prosthetics to alter the shape of his eyes and makeup to alter the colour of his skin.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=2017-03-17 |title=The Battle of 'Miss Saigon': Yellowface, Art and Opportunity |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/theater/the-battle-of-miss-saigon-yellowface-art-and-opportunity.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The show's producer, [[Cameron Mackintosh]], decided to cancel the $10 million New York production.<ref>Rich, Frank (10 August), 1990). "[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DD1E39F933A2575BC0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 Jonathan Pryce, 'Miss Saigon' and Equity's Decision (page 3)]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref> Realising that its decision would result in the loss of many jobs, and after Pryce received much support from fellow actors (both [[Charlton Heston]] and [[John Malkovich]] threatened to leave the union if Pryce was not allowed to perform) the AEA decided to make a deal with Mackintosh, allowing Pryce to appear in the production. He won a [[Tony Award]] for his performance in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/kleeemt/miss_saigon.htm |title=Miss Saigon: Bringing Discrimination into the Limelight |access-date=2010-10-16 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112081815/http://geocities.com/kleeemt/miss_saigon.htm |archive-date=12 November 2007 }}. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref><ref>Rothstein, Mervyn (19 September 1990). "[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DE133AF93AA2575AC0A966958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/M/Mackintosh,%20Cameron Dispute Settled, 'Miss Saigon' Is Broadway Bound]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref> The controversy over Pryce's casting in ''Miss Saigon'' provided playwright [[David Henry Hwang]] the inspiration for his plays ''[[Face Value (play)|Face Value]]'' and ''[[Yellow Face (play)|Yellow Face]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bearing the 'Yellow Face': Q&A with David Henry Hwang |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/02/22/bearing-the-yellow-face-qa-with-david-henry-hwang/ |date=22 February 2014}}</ref>

Made in the same period, Pryce starred in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] mini-series ''[[Selling Hitler]]'' (1991) as [[Gerd Heidemann]]. Pryce returned to the London stage the following year to star for one night only at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] for an AIDS charity alongside [[Elaine Paige]] and Lilliane Montivecchi in the 1992 revival of the [[Federico Fellini]]-inspired musical ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regardencoulisse.com/articles/article.php?num=224 |title=De 8 et 1/2 a Nine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218040448/http://www.regardencoulisse.com/articles/article.php?num=224 |archive-date=18 December 2007 |website=RegardEnCoulisse.com |access-date=9 December 2007 |language=French}}</ref> He appeared in the film ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' (1992), an adaptation of the [[David Mamet]] play. Pryce featured, alongside [[Kathy Burke]] and [[Minnie Driver]], in the [[BBC]] serial ''Mr. Wroe's Virgins'' (1993), directed by [[Danny Boyle]]. Pryce played [[Henry Kravis]] in the [[HBO]] produced [[Television movie|made-for-TV movie]] ''[[Barbarians at the Gate]]'' (1993). He was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]] and for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television|Golden Globe Award]] for his role.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trio-elemental-hbos-zinc-139906 |title=Trio elemental for HBO's 'Zinc' |work=Hollywood Reporter |agency=Associated Press |date=21 June 2007}}</ref> Also during 1993, Pryce appeared in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'', and starred alongside [[River Phoenix]] and [[Judy Davis]] in the unfinished film ''[[Dark Blood]]'', but production had to be shut down when, 11 days short of completion, Phoenix died from a drug overdose.<ref>"[http://www.river-phoenix.org/filmography/darkblood/ Dark Blood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110182249/http://www.river-phoenix.org/filmography/darkblood/ |date=10 November 2007 }}". ''RiverPhoenix.org''. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref> Director [[George Sluizer]], who owns the rights to what has been filmed, has made available some of the raw material, which features Pryce and Phoenix on a field in [[Utah]], on his personal website.<ref>"[http://www.georgesluizer.com/00-Videos.htm Videos]". ''George Sluizer's official website''. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref> Between 1993 and 1997, Pryce, on a multimillion-dollar contract became the spokesman for the [[Infiniti]] automobile marque in a series of American television commercials, in particular for the [[Infiniti J30]] and [[Infiniti Q45]]. In one of these advertisements Pryce appeared alongside jazz singer [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]] in a Prague nightclub.<ref>Meredith, Robyn (13 June 1996). "[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE3DB1739F930A25755C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print The Media Business: Advertising;Infiniti chooses artsy ads with musings about the meaning of life to sell its luxury cars.]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 6 November 2007.</ref> In 1994, Pryce portrayed [[Fagin]] in a revival of the musical ''[[Oliver!]]'',<ref>Jones, Kenneth (10 March 2006). "[http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/98415.html Playbill.com's Brief Encounter with Jonathan Pryce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229092049/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/98415.html |date=29 December 2008 }}". ''Playbill''. Retrieved 9 December 2007.</ref> and starred alongside [[Emma Thompson]] in the film ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]'' (1995), which centres on a [[platonic love|platonic]] relationship between gay writer [[Lytton Strachey]] and painter [[Dora Carrington]]. For his portrayal of Strachey, Pryce received the [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor Award]] at the [[1995 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3362/year/1995.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Carrington |access-date=2 September 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> His film roles during this time included ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' (1996) and ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997).

[[Image:Jonathan Pryce 2007 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Pryce in October 2007]]
During the early 2000s Pryce starred and participated in a variety of movies, such as ''[[The Affair of the Necklace (2001 film)|The Affair of the Necklace]]'' (2001), and ''[[Unconditional Love (2002 film)|Unconditional Love]]'' (2002). While the success of some of these films was variable, the 2001 London stage production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' and his portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins was acclaimed by observers.<ref>Thomas, Rebecca (22 March 2001). "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/reviews/1231499.stm Fair Lady's luvverly show]". ''BBC News''. Retrieved 10 November 2007.</ref> [[Martine McCutcheon]], who portrayed Eliza Doolittle, was sick during much of the show's run. McCutcheon was replaced by her understudy Alexandra Jay, who would also fall sick hours before a performance, forcing her understudy, [[Kerry Ellis]], to take the lead. On her first night, Pryce introduced Ellis to the audience before the show by saying "This will be your first Eliza, my second today and my third this week. Any member of the audience interested in playing Eliza can find applications at the door. Wednesday and Saturday matinee available."<ref>(10 July 2001). "[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/07/24/btpryc24.xml Life with lots of Doolittles]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}". ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref> Pryce performed with four Elizas during the course of 14 months. The show was nominated for four [[Laurence Olivier Award]]s on 2001: Best Actress in a Musical for Martine McCutcheon, Outstanding Musical Production, Best Theatre Choreographer and Best Actor in a Musical for Pryce. Pryce lost to [[Philip Quast]], and McCutcheon won in her category.

=== 2003–2013: Theatre and franchise roles ===
In April 2003 Pryce returned to the non-musical stage with ''A Reckoning'', written by American dramatist Wesley Moore. The play co-starred [[Flora Montgomery]] and after premiering at the [[Soho Theatre]] in London was described by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' as "one of the most powerful and provocative new American plays to have opened since [[David Mamet]]'s ''[[Oleanna (play)|Oleanna]]''."<ref>Connema, Richard. "[http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s600.html American Premiere of Wesley Moore's A Reckoning is a Challenging Father/Daughter Confrontation]". ''Talkin' Broadway''. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref> Pryce had a role in live-action [[Disney Studios]] [[action-adventure]] film ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' (2003), in which he portrayed a fictional [[Governor of Jamaica]], [[Weatherby Swann]], a film he has described as "one of those why-not movies."<ref name="martineagain"/> Pryce portrayed [[Weatherby Swann|Governor Weatherby Swann]] the father of [[Elizabeth Swan]] portrayed by [[Keira Knightley]]. He reprised the role of Governor Weatherby Swann for the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' sequels, ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' (2006) and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'' (2007). Both were [[back to back film production|filmed at the same time]] but released a year apart.<ref>"[http://numberonestars.com/pirates3/production7.htm Chapter 7 – Return to The Bahamas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509164220/http://numberonestars.com/pirates3/production7.htm |date=9 May 2012 }}". ''Pirates of the Caribbean, Full Production Notes''. Retrieved 10 November 2007.</ref>

After ''Pirates'', Pryce appeared in several large-scale motion pictures, such as the romantic teen comedy ''[[What a Girl Wants (film)|What a Girl Wants]]'' (2003), and ''[[De-Lovely]]'' (2004), his second musical film, a chronicle of the life of songwriter [[Cole Porter]], for which [[Kevin Kline]] and Pryce covered a Porter song called "Blow, Gabriel, Blow". ''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2005), Pryce's third completed<!-- Note the Quixote project, above. --> film with Terry Gilliam, starred [[Matt Damon]] and [[Heath Ledger]], and ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]'' (2005), in which he had a cameo role as [[James I of England|King James I]]. In 2005, Pryce was nominated for another [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Award]] in the best actor category for his role in the 2004 London production of ''[[The Goat or Who is Sylvia?]]'', where he played Martin, a goat-lover who has to face the recriminations of his cheated-on wife, played by his real-life wife [[Kate Fahy]]. Pryce's performance was highly praised, but he lost the Olivier to [[Richard Griffiths]].<ref>Clover, Brian (19 April 2004). "[http://www.curtainup.com/goatlond.html The Goat or Who is Sylvia?]". ''Curtain Up''. Retrieved 19 January 2008.</ref><ref>Loveridge, Lizzie (4 February 2004). "[http://www.curtainup.com/goatlond.html The Goat or Who is Sylvia?]". ''Curtain Up''. Retrieved 19 January 2008.</ref><ref>(21 February 2005). "[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/view/item98372/Olivier-Winners-2005/ The Olivier Awards 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220055126/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/view/item98372/Olivier-Winners-2005/ |date=20 December 2008 }}". ''The Society of London Theatre''. Retrieved 19 January 2008.</ref>

Pryce lent his voice to the French [[animated film]], ''[[Renaissance (2006 film)|Renaissance]]'' (2006), which he stated he wanted to do because he had never "done anything quite like it before."<ref>Milling, Robin (21 September 2006). "[http://www.artisannews.com/ans101/templates/?a=2616&z=0 Jonathan Pryce puts his voice on] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220131349/http://www.artisannews.com/ans101/templates/?a=2616&z=0 |date=20 December 2008 }}". ''Artisan News''. Retrieved 16 November 2007.</ref> Pryce returned to the Broadway stage replacing [[John Lithgow]], from January to July 2006, as Lawrence Jameson in the musical version of ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)|Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]''.<ref>(20 November 2005). "[http://news.ewoss.com/articles/D8E0DEGG3.aspx Jonathan Pryce Returns to Broadway Stage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710211107/http://news.ewoss.com/articles/D8E0DEGG3.aspx |date=10 July 2011 }}". ''eWoss News''. Retrieved 5 November 2007.</ref> During early 2007, the BBC serial ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars]]'' was first broadcast with Pryce in the lead.<ref name="bbc1"/> From September 2007 through June 2008, he returned to the theatre portraying Shelly Levene in a new West End production of [[David Mamet]]'s ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' at the [[Apollo Theatre]], London.<ref>de Jongh, Nicholas (10 October 2007). "[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23374222-details/Glengarry+Glen+Ross/showReview.do?reviewId=23416690 Blackmail, greed, despair ... a tale for our times]". ''Evening Standard'' (London). Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref> Pryce also appeared as part of an [[ensemble cast]] in the 2008 real-time strategy video game ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'', playing the role of Marshall Robert Bingham<ref name="good">{{Cite news |last=Good |first=Owen |date=21 September 2008 |title=Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Calls Out Starcraft |language=en-us |work=Kotaku |url=https://kotaku.com/command-conquer-red-alert-3-calls-out-starcraft-5052818 |access-date=2021-04-14}}</ref> alongside [[Tim Curry]], [[J.K. Simmons]], [[George Takei]] and several other veteran actors.<ref name="gamesindustry">{{Cite news |date=20 August 2008 |title=Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 |language=en |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/command---conquer-red-alert-3-starring-such-luminaries-as-gemma-atkinson--tim-curry--jenny-mccarthy--jonathan-pryce--peter-stormare-and-george-takei |website=gamesindustry.biz |access-date=2021-04-14}}</ref> In 2009, he played a wealthy widower in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Return to Cranford]]''.

=== 2015–present: Resurgence and acclaim ===
[[File:Cannes 2018 33.jpg|thumb|right|Pryce with [[Adam Driver]], [[Stellan Skarsgård]], and [[Terry Gilliam]] at premiere of ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'' at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 2015, Pryce played [[Thomas Wolsey]] in the [[BBC]] limited series ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]''.  That same year, he joined the cast of the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' in [[Game of Thrones season 5|Season 5]] as the [[High Sparrow]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/watchersotwall/status/492780241081733120 |title=Game of Thrones season five cast announced at Comic Con! | work=Watchers On The Wall | date=25 July 2014 | access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> Pryce admitted that one of the main reasons he took on the role was because of how influential the character is plot-wise. While initially being quite sceptical about "sword and sorcery" shows, Pryce later had a change of heart after his positive experiences on the ''Thrones'' sets.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/WatchersOTWall/status/572844119447474178 |title=Interview Roundup: John Bradley, Jonathan Pryce, and many more! | work=Watchers On The Wall | date=3 March 2015 | access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> In 2015, he also appeared at The Globe Theatre as Shylock in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''. His real life daughter Phoebe played Shylock's daughter Jessica. In 2015, he joined the cast of ''[[The Healer (2016 film)|The Healer]]'' starring with [[Oliver Jackson-Cohen]], [[Camilla Luddington]], and [[Jorge Garcia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/camilla-luddington-jonathan-pryce-board-795358|title=Camilla Luddington, Jonathan Pryce Board Rom-Com 'The Healer'|author=Etan Vlessing|date=13 May 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In 2017, he starred as Sir Stuart Strange in the series ''[[Taboo (2017 TV series)|Taboo]]'', and co-starred with [[Glenn Close]] in the film ''[[The Wife (2017 film)|The Wife]]''. In 2018 he portrayed [[Don Quixote]] in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'' starring [[Adam Driver]].

In 2018, Pryce starred alongside [[Dame Eileen Atkins]] in [[Florian Zeller]]'s play, ''[[The Height of the Storm]]'' at [[Wyndham's Theatre]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] to rapturous reviews. The play was named best play of the year by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/dec/17/top-10-theatre-shows-2018|title=Top 10 theatre shows of 2018|last=Billington|first=Michael|date=2018-12-17|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The play was transferred to Broadway stage where it ran from September to November 2019 at the [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]] produced by the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]] with Pryce and Atkins reprising their performances. The play and the performances received a strong reception from New York critics. Marilyn Stasio of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' praised the leading actors describing Pryce's performance as an elderly man struggling with early forms of [[dementia]] as "achingly sensitive", and like "quicksilver".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2019/legit/reviews/the-height-of-the-storm-review-jonathan-pryce-eileen-atkins-broadway-1203347908/|title= Broadway Review: 'The Height of the Storm'|website= Variety|date= 25 September 2019|accessdate= September 21, 2023}}</ref>

Late that same year, Pryce portrayed [[Pope Francis]], opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] playing [[Pope Benedict XVI]], in the acclaimed Netflix film ''[[The Two Popes]]'', directed by [[Fernando Meirelles]], which was released that winter on [[Netflix]]. Meirelles cast him for his striking resemblance to the real Pope Francis. The film and their performances received critical acclaim, with Stephen Farber of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praising their chemistry, writing in particular of Pryce, "[He] goes head-to-head against Hopkins and matches him in subtlety as well as charismatic force."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/two-popes-review-1235993/|title= 'The Two Popes': Film Review Telluride 2019|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= September 2019|accessdate= September 21, 2023}}</ref> He received his first ever [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for the film.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brooks|first=Xan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/21/jonathan-pryce-theres-a-definite-shortage-of-72-year-old-welsh-men|title=Jonathan Pryce: 'There's a definite shortage of 72-year-old Welsh men'|date=2020-01-21|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-25|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In August 2020, it was announced that Pryce would portray [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] in the final two seasons of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/jonathan-pryce-cast-as-prince-philip-the-crown-1203011673/|title=Oscar-Nominated 'Game Of Thrones' Star Jonathan Pryce Cast As Prince Philip In 'The Crown'|author=Jake Kanter|date=12 August 2020|work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> His performance in the fifth season earned him a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-2-1235455667/|title=Golden Globes 2023: Nominations List|magazine=Variety|date=December 12, 2022|accessdate=December 22, 2022}}</ref> Pryce also received a nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]] for his performance in the sixth season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-drama-series |title=76th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=June 29, 2025}}</ref> From 2022 to 2024, he starred as a retired senior [[MI5 officer]] in the [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Slow Horses]]''. In 2025 he briefly appeared as Kitty's father, Keith Eckersley, at the end of the final episode of Riot Women.

==Personal life==
While working at the [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman Theatre]] in 1972, Pryce met actress [[Kate Fahy]]; after a decades-long relationship, they married in 2015. They live in [[London]] and have three children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kellaway |first=Kate |date=2018-09-16 |title=Jonathan Pryce: 'I'd rather be Welsh than English, that's for sure' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/sep/16/jonathan-pryce-the-wife-qanda-interview |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Pryce was raised in the [[Presbyterian Church of Wales]]<ref name="Being Pope"/> but is [[irreligion|no longer religious]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/jonathan-pryce-blessed-popes-filming-found-overwhelming-emotionally-68649015|title=Jonathan Pryce on being blessed during 'Two Popes' filming: 'I found it overwhelming emotionally'|last=Williams|first=Angela|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=November 3, 2021|work=Good Morning America}}</ref>

In 2006, Pryce was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Liverpool]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liv.ac.uk/commsec/calendar/Honorary%20Graduates%20of%20the%20University%202011-12.pdf|title=Honorary Graduates of the University|publisher=University of Liverpool}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is a fellow of the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/about_us/honorary_fellows.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328051106/http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/about_us/honorary_fellows.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Honorary Fellows of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama|archive-date=28 March 2012}}</ref> and a Companion of the [[Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts]] (LIPA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lipa.ac.uk/content/AboutUs/testingcompanionspatrons.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418033613/http://www.lipa.ac.uk/content/AboutUs/testingcompanionspatrons.aspx|url-status=dead|title=LIPA Companions|archive-date=18 April 2012|publisher=Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts}}</ref> He was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59090 |date=13 June 2009 |page=8 |supp=y}}</ref>

Pryce was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2021 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama and charity.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63377|supp=y|page=B2|date=12 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/queens-birthday-honours-sterling-and-henderson-among-footballers-recognised-in-queens-honours-12330193|title=Queen's Birthday Honours: Sterling and Henderson join celebrities recognised in Queen's Honours list|publisher=Sky News}}</ref>

==Acting credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''
| Joseph Manasse
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Breaking Glass (film)|Breaking Glass]]''
| Ken
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Loophole (1981 film)|Loophole]]''
| Taylor
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (film)|Something Wicked this Way Comes]]''
| Mr. Dark
|
|-
| ''[[The Ploughman's Lunch]]''
| James Penfield ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]''
| Sam Lowry
|
|-
| ''[[The Doctor and the Devils]]''
| Robert Fallon
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[Haunted Honeymoon]]''
| Charles Abbot
|
|-
| ''[[Jumpin' Jack Flash (film)|Jumpin' Jack Flash]]''
| Jack
|
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Man on Fire (1987 film)|Man on Fire]]''
| Michael
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| ''[[Consuming Passions]]''
| Mr Farris
|
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]''
| Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Rachel Papers]]''
| Norman
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1992
| ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]''
| James Lingk
|
|-
| ''[[Freddie as F.R.O.7]]''
| Trilby
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1993
| ''[[Dark Blood]]''
| Harry
|
|-
| ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]''
| Rivière
|
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1994
| ''[[A Business Affair]]''
| Alec Bolton
|
|-
| ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]''
| Alan
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Deadly Advice]]''
| Dr. Ted Philips
|
|-
| ''[[Great Moments in Aviation]]''
| Duncan Stewart
|
|-
| ''[[Shopping (1994 film)|Shopping]]''
| Conway
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]''
| [[Lytton Strachey]]
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''
| Colonel [[Juan Perón]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]''
| [[W. H. R. Rivers|Dr. William Rivers]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
| [[List of James Bond villains#Eon Productions|Elliot Carver]]
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Ronin (film)|Ronin]]''
| Seamus O'Rourke
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| ''[[Stigmata (film)|Stigmata]]''
| Cardinal Houseman
| 
|-
| ''[[Deceit (1999 film)|Deceit]]''
| Mark
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Suicide Club (2000 film)|The Suicide Club]]''
| Bourne 
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2001
| ''[[Very Annie Mary]]''
| Jack Pugh
|
|-
| ''[[Bride of the Wind]]''
| [[Gustav Mahler]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Affair of the Necklace]]''
| [[Cardinal de Rohan|Cardinal Louis de Rohan]]
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Unconditional Love (2002 film)|Unconditional Love]]''
| Victor Fox
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]''
| [[List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters#Governor Weatherby Swann|Governor Weatherby Swann]]
|
|-
| ''[[What a Girl Wants (film)|What a Girl Wants]]''
| Alistair Payne
|
|-
| 2004 || ''[[De-Lovely]]''
| [[Gabriel]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2005
| ''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]''
| General Vavarin Delatombe
|
|-
| ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]''
| [[James VI and I|King James]]
|
|-
| ''[[Brothers of the Head]]''
| Henry Couling
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''
| Governor Weatherby Swann
|
|-
| ''[[Renaissance (2006 film)|Renaissance]]''
| Paul Dellenbac
| Voice; English dub
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''
| Governor Weatherby Swann
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[Leatherheads]]''
| CC Frazier
|
|-
| ''[[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]]''
| Martin "Marty" Bronson ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| ''[[Echelon Conspiracy]]''
| Mueller
|
|-
| ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]''
| [[President of the United States]]
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Hysteria (2011 film)|Hysteria]]''
| Dr. Robert Dalrymple
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]''
| President of the United States/[[Zartan]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2014
| ''[[Listen Up Philip]]''
| Ike Zimmerman
|
|-
| ''[[The Salvation (film)|The Salvation]]''
| Mayor Keane
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2015
| ''[[Woman in Gold (film)|Woman in Gold]]''
| Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]]
|
|-
| ''[[Narcopolis (film)|Narcopolis]]''
| Yuri Sidorov
|
|-
| ''[[Dough (film)|Dough]]''
| Nat
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The White King (film)|The White King]]''
| Colonel Fitz
|
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2017
| ''[[The Ghost and the Whale]]''
| Whale
|
|-
| ''[[The Healer (2016 film)|The Healer]]''
| Raymond Heacock
| 
|-
| ''[[The Wife (2017 film)|The Wife]]''
| Joe Castleman
|
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Invented Christmas (film)|The Man Who Invented Christmas]]''
| [[John Dickens]]
|
|-
| 2018 || ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]''
| [[Alonso Quijano|Don Quixote]]
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Two Popes]]''
| [[Pope Francis]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2022
| ''[[Save the Cinema]]''
| Mr Morgan
| 
|-
| ''[[All the Old Knives]]''
| Bill Compton
|
|-
| ''[[Scrooge: A Christmas Carol]]''
| [[Jacob Marley]]
| Voice
|-
| 2023
| ''[[One Life (2023 film)|One Life]]''
| Martin Blake
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2024
| ''[[William Tell (2024 film)|William Tell]]''
| Attinghausen
| 
|-
| ''[[The Penguin Lessons]]''
| Headmaster Buckle
| 
|-
| 2025
| ''[[The Thursday Murder Club (film)|The Thursday Murder Club]]''
| Stephen Best
|
|-
| TBA 
| {{Pending film|[[Flavia (film)|Flavia]]}}
| {{TableTBA}}
| Post-production
|}
:Note<nowiki>:</nowiki> The source for Pryce's filmography is taken from the British Film Institute.<ref name="BFI">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160507192107/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1a3f2e9 "Jonathan Pryce"], [[British Film Institute]], accessed 16 February 2020.</ref>

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Doomwatch]]''
| Police Constable
| 1 episode
|-
| 1975–1979
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| Gethin Price / Tommy
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| ''[[BBC2 Playhouse]]''
| Playleader
| 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Bill Brand (TV series)|Bill Brand]]''
| Jamie Finn
| 1 episode
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Chalk and Cheese]]''
| Dave Finn
| 1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| ''[[The Day Christ Died]]''
| [[Herod Antipas]]
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Spine Chillers]]''
| Reader
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Murder Is Easy]]''
| Mr. Ellsworthy
| Television film
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Martin Luther, Heretic]]''
| [[Martin Luther]]
| Television film
|-
| 1987
| ''Hotel London''
| 
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| ''[[Tickets for the Titanic]]''
| Rev Richard Hopkins
| 1 episode
|-
| ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]''
| King
| 1 episode
|-
| 1988–1989
| ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''
| Himself
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| William Wallace
| 1 episode
|-
| ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]''
| King
| 1 episode
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Selling Hitler]]''
| [[Gerd Heidemann]]
| Miniseries, 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| ''[[Barbarians at the Gate (film)|Barbarians at the Gate]]''
| [[Henry Kravis]]
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Thicker than Water (1993 film)|Thicker than Water]]''
| Sam
| Television film
|-
| 1997
| ''[[David (1997 film)|David]]''
| [[Saul]]
| Television film
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]''
| [[The Master (Doctor Who)|The Master]]
| Television short
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Victoria & Albert (TV serial)|Victoria & Albert]]''
| King [[Leopold I of Belgium]]
| Miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Wonderful World of Disney]]''
| Master Schoenmacker
| 1 episode
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars]]''
| [[Sherlock Holmes]]
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''[[My Zinc Bed (2008 Film)|My Zinc Bed]]''
| Victor Quinn
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Clone (TV series)|Clone]]''
| Dr. Victor Blenkinsop
| Main role, 6 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Return to Cranford]]''
| Mr. Buxton
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Under Milk Wood]]''
| Mr. Pugh
| Television film
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]''
| [[Thomas Wolsey|Cardinal Wolsey]]
| Miniseries, 4 episodes
|-
| 2015–2016
| ''[[Game of Thrones]]''
| [[High Sparrow|The High Sparrow]]
| Main role, 12 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[To Walk Invisible]]''
| [[Patrick Brontë]]
| Television film
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Taboo (2017 TV series)|Taboo]]''
| Sir Stuart Strange
| Main role, 8 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Imagine (TV series)|Imagine]]''
| [[Cary Grant]] (voice)
| 1 episode
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Tales from the Loop]]''
| Russ
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2022–2025
| ''[[Slow Horses]]''
| David Cartwright
| Guest role (seasons 1-3,5), main role (season 4)
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Documentary Now!]]''
| Owen Teale-Griffith
| 1 episode
|-
| 2022–2023
| ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''
| [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
| Main role ([[The Crown season 5|Seasons 5]]–[[The Crown season 6|6]])
|-
| 2024
| ''[[3 Body Problem (TV series)|3 Body Problem]]''
| Mike Evans
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light]]''
| Cardinal Wolsey
| Miniseries
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Riot Women]]''
| Keith Eckersley
| 1 episode
|-
|{{TableTBA}}
| ''[[Under Salt Marsh]]''
| {{TableTBA}}
| Upcoming TV series
|}
:Note: The source for Pryce's television appearances comes from the British Film Institute.<ref name="BFI"/>

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
|-
|1976 || ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]'' || Gethin Price || [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1978–1979 || ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' || [[Angelo (Measure for Measure)|Angelo]]||[[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]], UK
|-
|1984 || ''[[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]'' || The Fool || [[Belasco Theatre (Broadway)|Belasco Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1986–1987 || ''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]]
|-
|1988 || ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' || Astrov || [[Vaudeville Theatre]], London
|-
|1989–1991 || ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' || The Engineer || [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], London <br /> [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1992 || ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'' || Guido Contini || [[Royal Festival Hall]], London
|-
|1993 || ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' || The Emcee || Studio cast recording
|-
|1994–1995 || ''[[Oliver! (musical)|Oliver!]]'' || [[Fagin]]|| [[The London Palladium]], London
|-
|2001 || ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' || Henry Higgins || [[Royal National Theatre]] and [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], London
|-
|2004 || ''[[The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?]]''   || Martin || [[Almeida Theatre]], London<ref>{{cite web |last1=Billington |first1=Michael |title=The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/feb/04/theatre3 |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2023 |date=4 February 2004}}</ref>
|-
|2005–2006 || ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)|Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]'' || Lawrence Jameson || [[Imperial Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|2007–2008 || ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' || Shelley Levene || [[Apollo Theatre]], London
|-
|2009 || ''Dimetos'' || Dimetos || [[Donmar Warehouse]], London
|-
|2010 || ''[[The Caretaker (play)|The Caretaker]]'' || Davies || [[Trafalgar Studios]], London 
|-
|2012 || ''[[King Lear]]'' || [[Leir of Britain|Lear]]|| [[Almeida Theatre]], London
|-
|2013 || ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' || Henry Higgins || [[Kennedy Center]]
|-
|2016 || ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' || [[Shylock]]|| [[Shakespeare's Globe]], UK
|-
|2018–2019 || ''[[The Height of the Storm]]'' || André || [[Wyndham's Theatre]], London <br /> [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]], Broadway 
|-
|}

===Video games===
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]''
| Field Marshall Robert Bingham
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==Awards and honours==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Jonathan Pryce}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*[https://soundcloud.com/american-theatre-wing/episode93 Jonathan Pryce] – ''Downstage Center'' interview at [[American Theatre Wing]].org, March 2006
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009407c Jonathan Pryce] interview on BBC Radio 4 ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', 25 May 1990

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