'Star Wars' actor Oscar Isaac learns a history lesson in 'Operation Finale'
It's hard to think of many actors working today who have more successfully evaded the trap of typecasting than Oscar Isaac.
Since breaking out as a curmudgeonly 1960s folksinger in 2013's "Inside Llewyn Davis," Isaac has been steadily filling the bingo card of Hollywood genres, from cerebral sci-fi ("Ex Machina") to crime drama ("A Most Violent Year"), prestige TV limited series (HBO's "Show Me a Hero") to massive blockbusters like "X-Men: Apocalypse" and the "Star Wars" films, in which he plays fighter pilot Poe Dameron.
Born to a Guatemalan mother and a Cuban father, Isaac, at 39, has managed to disappear into a wide range of ethnicities and nationalities on screen. "The artist, in my mind, should be borderless," he says.
In the historical thriller "Operation Finale," in theaters Wednesday, Isaac plays Israeli Mossad agent Peter Malkin, who in 1960 helped lead a secret mission to find and
