An Elite Circle of Classmates

Long before he became an international film and television star, Jason Isaacs walked the hallways of the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, an elite institution that accidentally bred an entire generation of British entertainment royalty. During his formative teenage years, Isaacs shared his school days with an astonishingly high concentration of future creative minds. His contemporary classmates included groundbreaking satirical comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, celebrated television host and comic David Baddiel, Little Britain co-creator Matt Lucas, and the legendary BBC radio film critic Mark Kermode. The highly competitive and intellectually stimulating school environment clearly fostered a unique breed of creativity, as multiple boys from the exact same era went on to shape the landscape of global comedy, cinema, and media.