Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actor - Supporting Role
Movies
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, X-Men: Apocalypse, Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex Machina, A Most Violent Year, Robin Hood, Sucker Punch, The Two Faces of January, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Nativity Story, Mojave, In Secret, The Promise, Body of Lies, Drive, The Bourne Legacy, Agora, Won't Back Down, Balibo, All About the Benjamins, Revenge for Jolly!, Cristiada, The Life Before Her Eyes, W.E., Pu-239, Che: Part One, Ticky Tacky, 10 Years, Annihilation, Illtown, Suburbicon, The Jesuit, Lenny the Wonder Dog
TV Shows
Show Me a Hero
Interesting Facts
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Fact
1
Is friends with fellow Juilliard alum Academy Award-nominated actress Jessica Chastain.
2
Studied acting at Juilliard.
3
He was born in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, Maria, and a Cuban father, Oscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano. Oscar's maternal grandfather was of French origin.
Quotes
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Quote
1
[on the impact of moving from small films to big-budget features] My job is still the same. Between 'action' and 'cut', that's mine. No matter how big the production is, that's still my space. That's a sacred place.
2
[singing in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)] Sometimes like 30 takes of one song. It was an intense process but I love the music, and I'd been playing them 100 times a day, so playing them 30 was fine. I get obsessed with that kind of stuff. Sometimes I would smoke a bunch of cigarettes and drink a bunch of beer before the take.
3
[re 1960s Greenwich Village music scene]People hated each other. In Washington Square Park, it was amazing because there was all this music, but the drummers hated the bluegrass guys, who hated the folk guys who hated the jazz guys [fighting] over their square inches.
4
[re immediate impact of being tapped for "Davis" film] On a practical level, as soon as Joel and Ethan [Coen] cast me, the doors opened up for more parts...Basically the next day [my agent said] we got these offers now. Now you're bona fide, kid.
5
[on being cast as Llewyn Davis] It was the role of a lifetime, and I just really talked myself into the world of the movie, of 1960s Greenwich Village, New York - the pre-Dylan, great folk scene that was happening and into this character who's both wanting desperately to succeed, and also desperately to fail. And then, on top of of everything the character is, I was learning that repertoire of music, which I wasn't familiar with.. I'd say I definitely found the character through the music. I think that's the window into his soul, his only connection with the people outside.
6
[on working with the Coen brothers] It was the best experience of my life. They're so generous - not only with their time, but with stories about these people that they've worked with and artists they admire. It was an incredible, joyous process - even though it's quite heavy material. They're very pragmatic. They don't put any impositions on you or come in with any kind of idea in particular that they want you to do. There's room to play.
7
[on modeling his title character in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) persona] For the character I thought a lot about the comedy of resilience. Buster Keaton was someone that came to mind. He had quite an impassive face with a melancholic stare on it. All of these crazy things could be happening - he could be falling in love or a building could be falling on him, but it was all internalized.
Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Adam Drive
2013
PFCS Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Breakthrough Performance on Camera
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013
SDFCS Award
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2009
AFI Award
Australian Film Institute
Best Supporting Actor
Balibo (2009)
2007
Grace Award
MovieGuide Awards
Grace Award for Film
The Nativity Story (2006)
Nominated Awards
Nominated awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
2014
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014
Critics Choice Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Best Song
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Justin Timberlake, Adam Drive
2014
Empire Award
Empire Awards, UK
Best Male Newcomer
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014
GFCA Award
Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA)
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014
Best Actor
Gotham Awards
A Most Violent Year (2014)
2014
Independent Spirit Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Best Male Lead
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014
IFC Award
Iowa Film Critics Awards
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014
Jupiter Award
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014
OFTA Film Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Music, Original Song
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Adam Drive
2014
WAFCA Award
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor
A Most Violent Year (2014)
2013
EDA Award
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013
Best Actor
Gotham Awards
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013
OFCS Award
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2012
ALMA Award
ALMA Awards
Favorite Movie Actor: Supporting Role
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
2010
FCCA Award
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Best Supporting Actor - Male
Balibo (2009)
2nd Place Awards
2nd place awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
2013
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013
UFCA Award
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013
VVFP Award
Village Voice Film Poll
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
3rd Place Awards
3rd place awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
2014
INOCA
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
Best Actor
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Filmography
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
In Secret
2013
Laurent
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
Llewyn Davis
Won't Back Down
2012
Michael Perry
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Outcome #3
Revenge for Jolly!
2012
Cecil
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
2012
Victoriano 'El Catorce' Ramirez
10 Years
2011
Reeves
W.E.
2011
Evgeni
Drive
2011/I
Standard
Sucker Punch
2011
Blue Jones
Robin Hood
2010
Prince John
Balibo
2009
José Ramos-Horta
Agora
2009
Orestes
Body of Lies
2008
Bassam
Che: Part One
2008
Interpreter (as Óscar Isaac)
The Life Before Her Eyes
2007
Marcus
The Nativity Story
2006
Joseph
Pu-239
2006
Shiv
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2006
TV Series
Robbie Paulson
Lenny the Wonder Dog
2005
Fartman (as Oscar Isaac Hernandez)
All About the Benjamins
2002
Francesco
Illtown
1996
Pool Boy
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
post-production
Poe Dameron
Annihilation
2017
post-production
Suburbicon
2017
post-production
Roger
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
2017
pre-production
Life Itself
pre-production
The Promise
2016/II
Mikael Pogosian
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016
Video Game
Poe Dameron (voice)
Lightningface
2016
Short
Basil Stitt
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
En Sabah Nur
Apocalypse
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015
Poe Dameron
Show Me a Hero
2015
TV Mini-Series
Nick Wasicsko
Disney Infinity 3.0
2015
Video Game
Poe Dameron - The Force Awakens DLC (voice)
Mojave
2015
Jack
Ex Machina
2015
Nathan
A Most Violent Year
2014
Abel Morales
Ticky Tacky
2014
Short
Lucien
The Two Faces of January
2014
Rydal
Trentemøller: Gravity
2014
Video short
Mr. Carpool
Making a Scene
2013
Short
Man
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mojave
2015
performer: "Elsinore"
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
arranger: "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me", "Fare Thee Well Dink's Song", "The Death of Queen Jane" / performer: "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me", "Fare Thee Well Dink's Song", "Please Please Mr. Kennedy", "The Death of Queen Jane", "Green, Green Rocky Road", "Cocaine", "Shoals of Herring"
Won't Back Down
2012
performer: "A Girl Named Malia", "Goin' To College", "Ask Not"
$8 Million
