Jeremy Irons
ActingJeremy 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
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
Kingdom of Heaven
Tiberias
Lolita
Humbert Humbert
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Alfred
The Beekeeper
Wallace Westwyld
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Alfred
The Flash
Alfred Pennyworth
Justice League
Alfred
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Simon
Once Upon a Studio
Scar (voice)
Filmography — Acting
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
Kingdom of Heaven
Tiberias
Lolita
Humbert Humbert
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Alfred
The Beekeeper
Wallace Westwyld
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Alfred
The Flash
Alfred Pennyworth
Justice League
Alfred
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Simon
Once Upon a Studio
Scar (voice)
Red Sparrow
Vladimir Korchnoi
The Man in the Iron Mask
Aramis
Assassin's Creed
Alan Rikkin
Eragon
Brom
Margin Call
John Tuld
The Time Machine
Über-Morlock
House of Gucci
Rodolfo Gucci
Damage
Dr. Stephen Fleming
The Beekeeper 2
Wallace Westwyld
Inland Empire
Kingsley Stewart
The Man Who Knew Infinity
G. H. Hardy
Palestine 36
High Commissioner Wauchope
Stealing Beauty
Alex Parrish
The House of the Spirits
Esteban Trueba
High-Rise
Anthony Royal
The Mission
Father Gabriel
The Words
The Old Man
Dungeons & Dragons
Profion
The Pink Panther 2
Avellaneda
Beautiful Creatures
Macon Ravenwood
Munich – The Edge of War
Neville Chamberlain
Dead Ringers
Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
Kafka
Kafka
Casanova
Pucci
Race
Avery Brundage
Highlander
Reversal of Fortune
Claus von Bülow
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Self
Appaloosa
Randall Bragg
Their Finest
Secretary of War
Being Julia
Michael Gosselyn
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Lawrence Philips
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Night Train to Lisbon
Raimund
Chinese Box
John
Longitude
Rupert Gould
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Last Call
F. Scott Fitzgerald
M. Butterfly
René Gallimard
Swann in Love
Charles Swann
Muse of Fire
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Fourth Angel
Jack Elgin
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Waterland
Tom Crick
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
Better Start Running
Garrison
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
An Actor Prepares
Atticus
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Moonlighting
Nowak
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Valentin Valentin
Nijinsky
Mikhail Fokine
Correspondence
Ed Phoerum
Betrayal
Jerry
Faeries
The Shapeshifter (voice)
The Path to Redemption
Self
Callas Forever
Larry Kelly
Birds Like Us
Mi (voice)
The Cello
Francesco
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Self
A Night to Die For
Self
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Australia
Edouard Pierson
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self - 'Alfred'
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self (archive footage)
The Statue of Liberty
Self (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
William Smith
1984
Television Voice
Quintessentially Irish
Self
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Revisiting Brideshead
Self
Endless Corridor
Narrator
Georgia O'Keeffe
Alfred Stieglitz
Goodbye Granadaland
Self
The Wild Duck
Harold
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Self
The Making of the Lion King
Self
A Chorus of Disapproval
Guy Jones
Tales from Hollywood
Odon Von Horvath
Mathilde
Col. De Petris
Gallipoli
Narrator
Encore
Nigel
The Short Life of Anne Frank
Narrator (English version)
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Narrator
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Narrator (voice)
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Self (archive footage)
Lynch 2
Self
The Way of the Cheetah
Narrator (voice)
The Genius of George Boole
Narrator (voice)
Langrishe, Go Down
Otto Beck
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Self
The Last Lions
Narrator
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Self
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
Narrator
The Beggar's Opera
Prisoner
The Crystal Planet
Governor Mordokan (voice)
Eden at the End of the World
Narrator
I Wish For You
Grandfather
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Narrator (voice)
The Well of Saint Nobody
William
The Wind Gods
Narrator (voice)
Architects of Ancient Arabia
Narrator
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
The Making of Dead Ringers
Self - Actor
Eye of the Leopard
Narrator
Wild Transylvania – Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
Narrator
The Voysey Inheritance
Edward Voysey
The Merchant of Venice
Himself
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
The Chronoscope
Narrator
The Lolita Story
Himself
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
Narrator (voice)
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Self
Emotional Uncertainties
Self
The Dream
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
Narrator
The Captain's Doll
Captain Alexander Hepburn
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Ohio Impromptu
Reader / Listener
Codice Carla
Self
The Sultan and the Saint
Narrator
From Time to Time
H.G. Wells
Trashed
Himself
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Earthquake On Everest
Narrator (voice)
Jade Eyed Leopard
Narrator (voice)
What is dyslexia?
The Inventor
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
Narrator
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
Festival audience member
Rizana: A Caged Bird
Professor Julian Miles
Game of Lions
Narrator (voice)
Water People: The Story of Us
The Ocean (voice)
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Narrator
Seeds of Freedom
Narator
Last Movies
Self - Narrator
Another Way Home
Narrator
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
Narrator
Fiat Croma
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