Jeremy Irons
Biography
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.
Known For
René Gallimard
M. Butterfly
Tiberias
Kingdom of Heaven
Simon
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Über-Morlock
The Time Machine
Esteban Trueba
The House of the Spirits
Kingsley Stewart
Inland Empire
Kafka
Kafka
Self
Lynch 2
Brom
Eragon
Dr. Stephen Fleming
Damage
Antonio
The Merchant of Venice
John
Chinese Box
Father Gabriel
The Mission
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Profion
Dungeons & Dragons
Scar (voice)
The Lion King
Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Narrator
Architects of Ancient Arabia
Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
Dead Ringers
Humbert Humbert
Lolita
Aramis
The Man in the Iron Mask
Narrator (voice)
Earthquake On Everest
Randall Bragg
Appaloosa
Pucci
Casanova
Francesco
تشيللو
Napoleone - Nel nome dell'arte
Nowak
Moonlighting
Alex Parrish
Stealing Beauty
Avellaneda
The Pink Panther 2
Narrator (voice)
Game of Lions
Claus von Bülow
Reversal of Fortune
Edward Voysey
The Voysey Inheritance
Larry Kelly
Callas Forever
Narrator
Gelibolu
Michael Gosselyn
Being Julia
Rupert Gould
Longitude
John Tuld
Margin Call
Valentin Valentin
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Self
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Narrator
The Last Lions
William Smith
Danny the Champion of the World
The Old Man
The Words
Alfred Pennyworth
The Flash
Narrator
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Jack Elgin
The Fourth Angel
Self
Goodbye Granadaland
Narrator (voice)
The Way of the Cheetah
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Otto Beck
Langrishe, Go Down
Himself
Trashed
Macon Ravenwood
Beautiful Creatures
Narrator
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
Narrator
Eye of the Leopard
Guy Jones
A Chorus of Disapproval
Narrator
Another Way Home
Reader / Listener
Ohio Impromptu
Tom Crick
Waterland
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
Alfred Stieglitz
Georgia O'Keeffe
Charles Swann
Un amour de Swann
Raimund
Night Train to Lisbon
Jerry
Betrayal
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Last Call
Mikhail Fokine
Nijinsky
Edouard Pierson
Australia
Self (archive footage)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Prisoner
Žebrácká opera
Self (archive footage)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Alfred
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
The Shapeshifter (voice)
Faeries
Self
Muse of Fire
Odon Von Horvath
Tales from Hollywood
Harold
The Wild Duck
Col. De Petris
Mathilde
Self
Revisiting Brideshead
Self - 'Alfred'
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Scar (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Anthony Royal
High-Rise
Television Voice
1984
Grandfather
I Wish For You
Self
Codice Carla
Self
A Night to Die For
Uomini e Dei le meraviglie del Museo Egizio
Self
Franco Zeffirelli, conformista ribelle
Narrator
Eden at the End of the World
Ed Phoerum
La corrispondenza
Wallace Westwyld
The Beekeeper
Avery Brundage
Race
Narrator
The Chronoscope
Narrator
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Self
Quintessentially Irish
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
G. H. Hardy
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Traveller (archived audio)
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Narrator (voice)
The Genius of George Boole
Alan Rikkin
Assassin's Creed
William
The Well of Saint Nobody
Nigel
Encore
Self
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Self (voice)
The Statue of Liberty
Self
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Narrator
Endless Corridor
Narrator (voice)
The Wind Gods
Alfred
Justice League
The Dream
Secretary of War
Their Finest
Narrator
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
Vladimir Korchnoi
Red Sparrow
Atticus
An Actor Prepares
Narrator
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
Self
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Mi (voice)
Ptice kao mi
Garrison
Better Start Running
Self
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Narrator
The Sultan and the Saint
Self
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Himself
The Lolita Story
Self - Actor
The Making of Dead Ringers
Narrator (English version)
Het korte leven van Anne Frank
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Il Museo del Prado: la corte delle meraviglie
Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Lawrence Philips
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
The Power of the Powerless
Narator
Seeds of Freedom
Self
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Reader (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
Self
Emotional Uncertainties
Neville Chamberlain
Munich – The Edge of War
Rodolfo Gucci
House of Gucci
Alfred
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Narrator (voice)
Jade Eyed Leopard
Self
The Path to Redemption
Self
The Making of the Lion King
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Narrator
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
Captain Alexander Hepburn
The Captain's Doll
Narrator
Transylvanie, un bestiaire fantastique
High Commissioner Wauchope
فلسطين ٣٦
self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Himself
The Merchant of Venice
Governor Mordokan (voice)
The Crystal Planet
The Ocean (voice)
Water People: The Story of Us
Professor Julian Miles
Rizana: A Caged Bird
Wallace Westwyld
The Beekeeper 2
Highlander
H.G. Wells
Un Voyage dans le Temps
Festival audience member
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
Voice
This Ordinary Thing
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
160
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-09-19
Place of Birth
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Also Known As
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