Couldn’t have handed the snake-topped baton on to anyone better,' Isaacs said Jason Isaacs is passing Lucius Malfoy's torch! The actor, 62, congratulated actor-musician Johnny Flynn after he secured the role of Lucius Malfoy in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter reboot series.

The White Lotus' actor also praised Tom Felton, who played his son Draco in the films, for reprising his role in 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' on Broadway.

The big-screen version of the villainous Lucius Malfoy has spoken. Jason Isaacs, who portrayed the wizard in several films based on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter saga, approves of Johnny Flynn being cast in the role of the father of Draco Malfoy in the upcoming TV adaptation for HBO.