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Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Acting · Production

Born September 19, 1948, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and has appeared in many West End theatre productions, including the Shakespeare plays The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew and Richard II. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, receiving the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Irons's break-out role came in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981) and is frequently ranked among the greatest British television dramas as well as greatest literary adaptations. It would earn him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His first major film role came in the romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in dramas, such as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), and The Mission (1986), he was praised for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988). Irons has won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of the accused attempted murderer Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990). Irons had roles in Steven Soderbergh's mystery thriller Kafka (1991), the period drama The House of the Spirits (1993), the romantic drama M. Butterfly (1993), voiced Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994), played Simon Gruber in the action film Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Humbert Humbert in Lolita (1997) and Aramis in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). He starred in the action adventure Dungeons & Dragons (2000), played Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (2004), appeared in Being Julia (2004), the historical drama Kingdom of Heaven (2005), the fantasy-adventure Eragon (2006), the Western Appaloosa (2008), and the indie drama Margin Call (2011). In 2016, he appeared in Assassin's Creed and portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). On television, Irons appeared in the historical miniseries Elizabeth I, receiving a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From 2011 to 2013, he starred as Pope Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series The Borgias. In 2019, he appeared as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen. He is one of the few actors who have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting" in the US, winning an Oscar for film, an Emmy for television and a Tony Award for theatre. In October 2011, he was nominated the Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (60)
  • 2026Dracula's Hidden Kingdom — Self - Narrator
  • 2026Last Movies — Self - Narrator
  • 2025The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl — Self
  • 2025This Ordinary Thing — Self (voice)
  • 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Act — self
  • 2024Quintessentially Irish — Self
  • 2023Codice Carla — Self
  • Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled — Self
  • 2023Tom Hanks: The Nomad — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist — Self
  • 2022Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood — Self
  • 2021Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto — Self
  • 2019The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders — Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
  • StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
  • 2013Goodbye Granadaland — Self
  • 2013Muse of Fire — Self
  • 2013The Sunflower Superjam 2012 — Self
  • Racing Legends — Self
  • Shakespeare Uncovered — Himself
  • 2012Trashed — Himself
  • 2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration — Self
  • 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Lynch 2 — Self
  • 2006The Path to Redemption — Self
  • 2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall — Self
  • 2005Revisiting Brideshead — Self
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
  • 2005The Merchant of Venice — Himself
  • Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
  • 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
  • 2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film — Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
  • 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" — Self
  • 1998The Lolita Story — Himself
  • The View — Self
  • 1995A Night to Die For — Self
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self
  • Brisant — Self
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1994The Making of the Lion King — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • 1992Blast 'Em — Self (uncredited)
  • 1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie — Self
  • 1988The Making of Dead Ringers — Self - Actor
  • 1986Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary — Self
  • 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
  • 1985The Statue of Liberty — Self (voice)
  • Wetten, dass..? — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
  • Film '72 — Self
  • Great Performances — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • Tony Awards — Self - Host
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Broadway: The Next Generation — Self
  • RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare — Self (Host)
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