Oscar Isaac Trivia | 50 facts about the famous actor

Oscar Isaac is an American actor who took part in many successfull movies. He currently stars as “Moon Knight” in a new MCU series.

So let’s dive into some unknown trivia and facts about his life and career.

1. His full name is Oscar Isaac Hernández Estrada
2. He was born on March 9, 1979
3. He is an American actor
4. He made his acting debut in the late 1990s
5. He studied acting at the Juilliard School
6. He played small roles for a majority of the 2000s
7. For portraying José Ramos-Horta in the Australian film Balibo (2006), Isaac won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
8. Following supporting roles in major films such as Body of Lies (2008), Robin Hood (2010) and Drive (2011)
9. Isaac had his breakthrough with the starring role of a singer in the Coen brothers’ black comedy Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
10. His turn in the film earned him a nomination for a Golden Globe Award
11. Isaac’s career progressed with leading roles in the crime drama A Most Violent Year (2014), the thriller Ex Machina (2015), and the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
12. He became a global star with his starring role as Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019)
13. He has since starred in the science fiction films Annihilation (2018) and Dune (2021)
14. And the crime drama The Card Counter (2021)
15. On television, Isaac has starred in the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero (2015) and Scenes from a Marriage (2021)
16. Winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for portraying Nick Wasicsko in the former
17. In 2022, he began starring as the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Marc Spector / Moon Knight in the Disney+ series Moon Knight (2022)
18. Oscar Isaac Hernández Estrada was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala
19. To a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia Estrada Nicolle, and a Cuban father, Óscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist
20. He has two siblings: an older sister, climate scientist Nicole Hernandez Hammer
21. And a younger brother, journalist Mike Hernandez
22. Isaac’s family migrated to the U.S. when he was five months old
23. They frequently moved around the country, including Washington D.C., Virginia, Louisiana, Maryland, and different places throughout Florida, in particular Miami, where they eventually settled
24. He has described his Evangelical upbringing as “very Christian”
25. He has also said that he has French origins through his grandfather, describing himself as “definitely a big mix of many things” and therefore is considered a notable French Guatemalan
26. Isaac caused trouble at his private grade school, Westminster Christian
27. He liked to make kids laugh
28. At one point, his teacher had to screen off his desk from the rest of the class with a piece of cardboard
29. Eventually, he was expelled
30. Isaac’s entry into professional acting began at the Area Stage Company, Miami Beach, when Artistic Director John Rodaz cast him in a play
31. He also acted in Miami-based City Theatre’s Summer Shorts short play festival in 2000–2001
32. While in Miami, he played lead guitar and sang vocals for ska-punk band The Blinking Underdogs
33. Other band members included Nick Speck (bass), Bill Sommer (drums), Alan Mills (trombone), Keith Cooper (saxophone), and Matt LaPlant (guitar)
34. The band enjoyed some success, opening for Green Day and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
35. Isaac spent his musical years living a “straight edge” lifestyle
36. Isaac put music aside after being accepted into the acting program of New York’s prestigious Juilliard School in 2001
37. While a student there, he worked on one of his first films, All About the Benjamins (2002)
38. He was part of the Drama Division’s Group 34 (2001–2005)
39. Isaac has been dubbed a sex symbol and “the Internet’s Boyfriend” by multiple media outlets, including Rolling Stone magazine
40. He has expressed skepticism about the label
41. In 2016, Time named Isaac one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list
42. In 2017, Isaac was described as the “best dang actor of his generation” by Vanity Fair
43. In 2020, The New York Times ranked him #14 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century
44. In December 2007, he became engaged to Maria Miranda
45. In a 2010 interview, he mentioned having a wife
46. He met Danish film director Elvira Lind in 2012
47. They were married in February 2017
48. They have two sons: Eugene, born April 2017, and Mads, born October 2019
49. The family lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
50. Isaac is a singer and guitar player, having played since the age of twelve