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Oscar Isaac

Musician · b. 1979 · Guatemala City, Guatemala

Oscar Isaac is best known as an actor — the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Dune, Ex Machina — but he is also a genuine singer and guitarist whose musicianship anchored the Coen Brothers' folk-revival film Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), in which he sang and played live on set.

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  • Born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada on March 9, 1979, in Guatemala City; raised in Miami.
  • As a young musician in Florida he played in the ska-punk band the Blinking Underdogs.
  • Learned Travis-picking for Inside Llewyn Davis, working with producer T Bone Burnett.
  • Performed his songs live on set in the film, opening it with the traditional ballad “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me.”
  • Appears on the film's soundtrack, including “Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)” with Marcus Mumford.
  • Trained as an actor at the Juilliard School and is principally known for his film work.

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