Jackson Brodie
Jackson Brodie is a private investigator, originally from Yorkshire, who lives in Edinburgh to be near his daughter, Marlee
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A former soldier and policeman he now makes his money working from investigating infidelity and finding missing cats. Jackson's tough-guy exterior belies a deeply empathetic heart. He's unable to resist coming to the rescue and increasingly he becomes a magnet for the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional. His ability to connect comes from his own tragic childhood that still haunts him.
Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs has had a stellar career in television and film. The State Within (BBC1) saw him nominated for Best Actor in a Mini-Series in 2008 for the Golden Globe Awards and he also received a 2009 BAFTA Best Actor nomination for Harry Corbetts The Curse of the Steptoen (BBC4). He has played an extensive list of characters in film - from JK Rowling's infamous fictional character Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films to Mr Darling and Captain Hook in Hogan's inventive reincarnation of the childhood classic story Peter Pan to a major in the US Army's elite special forces in Paul Greengrass's Green Zone.
