The life of Oscar Isaac, the internet’s favourite boyfriend.

And right now, if there were a hierarchy, Isaac would be King of the IBs.

Born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Isaac and his family settled in Miami, Florida, when he was a child. 

He grew up tag teaming between music – his 90s punk band once opened for Green Day – and acting, until making a choice when he was accepted in the acting program at New York’s prestigious Juilliard School in the early 2000s.

“They define you – ‘Latino actor, we’ll just bring him in for Spanish commercials,'” Isaac reflected in a 2016 Rolling Stone interview. “I’m interested in telling stories about the human experience that are not necessarily just about my personal circumstances. So how do I navigate that? I feel like I’ve been able to.”

Though, ironically, he said the change meant he missed out on a role as “a Cuban guy”, despite being half-Cuban.

His first major role was in 2006, as Joseph in the biblical epic The Nativity Story, opposite Keisha Castle-Hughes. In 2009, he had success down under when he was awarded the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 for
his role as former East Timor President José Ramos-Horta in Balibo.

It was his role as a folk singer in Inside Llewyn Davis which catapulted him from supporting actor to leading man and started a succession of critical acclaim.

With such a solid career behind him, it was inevitable that Isaac’s star would rise to internet boyfriend-level proportions when he gained roles in huge franchises, including the Star Wars sequel trilogy, X-Men: Apocalypse, and 2021’s
much-talked about Dune.