Jason Isaacs Admits He Gets 'Starstruck' and Feels Like an 'Imposter' — Despite Career Success (Exclusive)

Jason Isaacs remains humble — contempt his profession success.

The longtime actor, 62, admitted successful an exclusive question and reply pinch PEOPLE astatine nan Televerse Festival successful Los Angeles that he still feels for illustration an “imposter,” moreover pinch his galore credits and accolades.

Isaacs, who is nominated astatine nan 2025 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor successful a Drama Series for his domiciled arsenic Timothy Ratliff successful The White Lotus play 3, explained those feelings up of nan prestigious event, taking spot connected Sept. 14.

“I get wholly starstruck by everybody whose activity I admire, and not conscionable nan different group successful my category, successful each category, and each nan group who aren’t nominated,” nan Harry Potter alum said. “There’s a batch of bonzer talent around. I ever consciousness for illustration an imposter.” 

Isaacs is nominated successful his class alongside chap White Lotus stars Sam Rockwell and Walton Goggins, arsenic good arsenic Paradise’s James Marsden and nan Severance trio of John Turturro, Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry.

“I will consciousness for illustration an imposter connected Emmy nighttime too, and I benignant of look guardant to it and I’m benignant of frightened of it,” he continued, adding that it will still beryllium “lovely” and ”exciting” to spot everybody astatine nan awards show.

Despite antecedently winning awards astatine nan Satellite Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Empire Awards and different shows for his roles successful Case Histories, Mass and Star Trek Discovery throughout his decades-long career, this year’s Emmy motion marks Isaacs’ first Emmy nomination.

“I effort not to deliberation astir it honestly. I don’t mean that it’s not incredibly flattering and lovely. I conscionable cognize that I’ve been doing this occupation for a very, very agelong time, and very seldom do you get this benignant of attention,” Isaacs said.

“And it’s not a coincidence. I didn’t do thing amended aliases different than I usually do. I conscionable had a awesome part,” he further explained. “Mike White creates these three-dimensional astonishing quality beings that behave successful nan benignant of jagged aliases peculiar ways they do, and asks of each nan actors successful it to spell to places they don’t usually go. And truthful it’s specified a privilege.” 

In play 3 of The White Lotus, Isaacs portrayed Timothy Ratliff, a able businessman vacationing pinch his wife, Victoria (played by Parker Posey).

The mates — along pinch their 3 children Saxon, Sarah and Sam (played by Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola, respectively) — are among nan group vacationing astatine a edifice successful Thailand.

The full Ratliff family faces individual challenges and journeys of self-discovery passim nan play that culminate successful a wild finale.

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“I felt for illustration I won an grant conscionable getting nan portion and getting to do it and getting to agelong each those muscles and person each those challenges,” Issacs told PEOPLE.