Jeremy Irons
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 19, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
Movie
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie · as Self
The Well of Saint Nobody
Movie · as William
Encore
Movie · as Nigel
Water People: The Story of Us
Movie · as The Ocean (voice)
Highlander
Movie
Rihana
Movie · as Julian Miles
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Movie · as Self (Host)
The Beekeeper 2
Movie · as Wallace Westwyld
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Crystal Planet
Movie · as Governor Mordokan (voice)
Last Movies
Movie · as Self - Narrator
What is dyslexia?
Movie · as The Inventor
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie · as Self
Palestine 36
Movie · as High Commissioner Wauchope
This Ordinary Thing
Movie · as Self (voice)
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · as Abbé Faria · 8 eps
Mara: Rebirth
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
Movie
The Beekeeper
Movie · as Wallace Westwyld
Quintessentially Irish
Movie · as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Movie · as self
The Cello
Movie · as Francesco
The Flash
Movie · as Alfred Pennyworth
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Movie · as Self - 'Alfred'
Once Upon a Studio
Movie · as Scar (voice)
Codice Carla
Movie · as Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Way of the Cheetah
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Movie · as Self
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
Movie · as Narrator
The Pentaverate
TV · as Jeremy Irons · 6 eps
Architects of Ancient Arabia
Movie · as Narrator
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
Movie
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Movie · as Self
Munich - The Edge of War
Movie · as Neville Chamberlain
House of Gucci
Movie · as Rodolfo Gucci
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie · as Alfred
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Movie · as Lawrence Philips
Jade Eyed Leopard
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Watchmen
TV · as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias · 9 eps
The Morning Show
TV · as Martin Levy · 4 eps
History of the Emirates
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Red Sparrow
Movie · as Vladimir Korchnoi
An Actor Prepares
Movie · as Atticus
Better Start Running
Movie · as Garrison
Justice League
Movie · as Alfred
Their Finest
Movie · as Secretary of War
Birds Like Us
Movie · as Mi (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie · as Alfred
I Wish For You
Movie · as Grandfather
Correspondence
Movie · as Ed Phoerum
Race
Movie · as Avery Brundage
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Movie · as G. H. Hardy
Assassin's Creed
Movie · as Alan Rikkin
The Sultan and the Saint
Movie · as Narrator
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Movie
Earthquake On Everest
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
High-Rise
Movie · as Anthony Royal
The Genius of George Boole
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Emotional Uncertainties
Movie · as Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Metropolis
TV · 5 eps
The Voysey Inheritance
Movie · as Edward Voysey
Endless Corridor
Movie · as Narrator
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Game of Lions
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Goodbye Granadaland
Movie · as Self
Beautiful Creatures
Movie · as Macon Ravenwood
Night Train to Lisbon
Movie · as Raimund
Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self
The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Movie · as Self
The Words
Movie · as The Old Man
Trashed
Movie · as Himself
Another Way Home
Movie · as Narrator
Seeds of Freedom
Movie · as Narator
Shakespeare Uncovered
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Racing Legends
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Henry IV · 2 eps
Margin Call
Movie · as John Tuld
The Last Lions
Movie · as Narrator
The Borgias
TV · as Rodrigo Borgia · 29 eps
Prohibition
TV · as Reader (voice) · 3 eps
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Movie · as Narrator
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie · as Self
The Pink Panther 2
Movie · as Avellaneda
Georgia O'Keeffe
Movie · as Alfred Stieglitz
The Chronoscope
Movie · as Narrator
The Power of the Powerless
Movie
Appaloosa
Movie · as Randall Bragg
1984
Movie · as Television Voice
Eden at the End of the World
Movie · as Narrator
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
Movie · as Festival audience member
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
Movie · as Patrician
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
Movie · as Patrician
The Colour of Magic
TV · as Patrician · 2 eps
Lynch 2
Movie · as Self
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
Movie · as Narrator
Inland Empire
Movie · as Kingsley Stewart
Eragon
Movie · as Brom
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Movie · as Self
Eye of the Leopard
Movie · as Narrator
Mathilde
Movie · as Col. De Petris
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Path to Redemption
Movie · as Self
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie · as Tiberias
Casanova
Movie · as Pucci
Gallipoli
Movie · as Narrator
Revisiting Brideshead
Movie · as Self
The Merchant of Venice
Movie · as Himself
Fiat Croma
Movie · as Lead
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Elizabeth I
TV · as Earl of Leicester / Lord Dudley · 2 eps
The Merchant of Venice
Movie · as Antonio
Being Julia
Movie · as Michael Gosselyn
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Movie · as Narrator
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Movie · as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
TV · as Readings (Voice) · 4 eps
Working Shakespeare
TV · as Host · 5 eps
The Time Machine
Movie · as Über-Morlock
Callas Forever
Movie · as Larry Kelly
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie · as Valentin Valentin
Ohio Impromptu
Movie · as Reader / Listener
Last Call
Movie · as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of the Festival
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Fourth Angel
Movie · as Jack Elgin
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Movie · as Self
The Short Life of Anne Frank
Movie · as Narrator (English version)
Dungeons & Dragons
Movie · as Profion
Longitude
Movie · as Rupert Gould
Longitude
TV · as Rupert Gould · 2 eps
Faeries
Movie · as The Shapeshifter (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Dr. Cap Jackson · 2 eps
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Aramis
The Lolita Story
Movie · as Himself
Chinese Box
Movie · as John
Lolita
Movie · as Humbert Humbert
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Stealing Beauty
Movie · as Alex Parrish
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Movie · as Simon
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self
A Night to Die For
Movie · as Self
The Lion King
Movie · as Scar (voice)
The Making of the Lion King
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brisant
TV · as Self · 1 ep
M. Butterfly
Movie · as René Gallimard
The House of the Spirits
Movie · as Esteban Trueba
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Damage
Movie · as Dr. Stephen Fleming
Waterland
Movie · as Tom Crick
Tales from Hollywood
Movie · as Odon Von Horvath
Earth and the American Dream
Movie · as Reader (voice)
From Time to Time
Movie · as H.G. Wells
Blast 'Em
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
Kafka
Movie · as Kafka
The Beggar's Opera
Movie · as Prisoner
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
Movie · as Narrator
Performance
TV · as Odon Von Horvath · 1 ep
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Reversal of Fortune
Movie · as Claus von Bülow
Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace
Movie · as John Newton (voice)
The Civil War
TV · as Various (voice) · 9 eps
Danny the Champion of the World
Movie · as William Smith
A Chorus of Disapproval
Movie · as Guy Jones
Australia
Movie · as Edouard Pierson
The Dream
Movie
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
Movie · as Narrator
The Simpsons
TV · as Bar Rag (voice) · 1 ep
Dead Ringers
Movie · as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
The Making of Dead Ringers
Movie · as Self - Actor
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie · as Self
Comic Relief
TV
Daytime Live
TV · 1 ep
The Mission
Movie · as Father Gabriel
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
The Statue of Liberty
Movie · as Self (voice)
Swann in Love
Movie · as Charles Swann
The Wild Duck
Movie · as Harold
Betrayal
Movie · as Jerry
The Captain's Doll
Movie · as Captain Alexander Hepburn
Moonlighting
Movie · as Nowak
Nature
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Ödön von Horváth · 1 ep
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie · as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Brideshead Revisited
TV · as Charles Ryder · 11 eps
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nijinsky
Movie · as Mikhail Fokine
Langrishe, Go Down
Movie · as Otto Beck
Love for Lydia
TV · as Alex Sanderson · 13 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Otto Beck · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Churchill's People
TV · as Samuel Ross · 1 ep
The Pallisers
TV · as Frank Tregear · 6 eps
Notorious Woman
TV · as Franz Liszt · 2 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Nephew · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Edward Voysey · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps