Oscar Isaac played a fictional character.
Oscar Isaac -LRB- born Oscar Isaac Hernandez Estrada ; March 9 , 1979 -RRB- is a Guatemalan-American actor and musician .. Guatemalan-American. Guatemalan Americans. He is known for his lead film roles in the comedy-drama Inside Llewyn Davis -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination , the crime drama A Most Violent Year -LRB- 2014 -RRB- and the science fiction thriller Ex Machina -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , in which he played Nathan Hamlet Bateman .. Inside Llewyn Davis. Inside Llewyn Davis. Golden Globe Award. Golden Globe Award. A Most Violent Year. A Most Violent Year. Ex Machina. Ex Machina ( film ). In 2006 , he portrayed Saint Joseph , husband of Mary , in The Nativity Story .. Saint Joseph. Saint Joseph. Mary. Mary, mother of Jesus. The Nativity Story. The Nativity Story. He also portrayed Jose Ramos-Horta , former president of East Timor , in the Australian film Balibo for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role .. Jose Ramos-Horta. Jose Ramos-Horta. Balibo. Balibo ( film ). AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has portrayed characters of many different nationalities and ethnicities , such as mixed European , Egyptian , Polish , English , French , Mexican , East Timorese , Italian , Welsh , Indonesian , Greek , Cuban , Israeli , and Armenian .. He appeared in Star Wars  : The Force Awakens -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , as X-wing pilot Poe Dameron , and in X-Men  : Apocalypse -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , as the titular mutant supervillain Apocalypse .. X-wing. X-wing. Poe Dameron. Poe Dameron. Apocalypse. Apocalypse ( comics ). He also headlined the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero , as politician Nick Wasicsko in 2015 , which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Miniseries or Television Film .. Golden Globe Award. Golden Globe Award. HBO. HBO. Show Me a Hero. Show Me a Hero. Nick Wasicsko. Nick Wasicsko. In 2016 , Time named Isaac one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list .. Time. Time ( magazine ). Time 100. Time 100. He also played the lead role of Mikael Boghosian in The Promise -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , a film based on the Armenian Genocide .. The Promise. The Promise ( 2016 film ). Armenian Genocide. Armenian Genocide