JI
Jeremy Irons
Actor, ProducerBorn September 19, 1948 (77 years)
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.
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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| 2025 | Palestine 36 · as High Commissioner Wauchope |
| 2024 | The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) (TV Series) · as Abbé Faria |
| 2024 | Transylvania's Wild Side · as Narrator |
| 2024 | The Beekeeper · as Wallace Westwyld |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio · as Scar (voice) |
| 2023 | The Cello · as Francesco |
| 2023 | The Flash · as Alfred Pennyworth |
| 2023 | The Books He Didn't Burn · as Narrator |
| 2022 | Eternal Enemies: Revealed · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Eye of the Leopard: Revealed · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | The Way of the Cheetah · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Munich: The Edge of War · as Neville Chamberlain |
| 2021 | House of Gucci · as Rodolfo Gucci |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Alfred |
| 2021 | Architects of Ancient Arabia · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Love, Weddings & Other Disasters · as Lawrence Philips |
| 2020 | Jade Eyed Leopard · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Disclosure · as René Gallimard |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Martin Levy |
| 2019 | Watchmen (TV Series) · as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias |
| 2018 | Better Start Running · as Garrison |
| 2018 | An Actor Prepares · as Atticus |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow · as Vladimir Korchnoi |
| 2017 | Justice League · as Alfred |
| 2017 | Birds Like Us · as Mi (voice) |
| 2016 | Their Finest · as Secretary Of War |
| 2016 | Assassin's Creed · as Alan Rikkin |
| 2016 | The Sultan and the Saint · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Alfred |
| 2016 | Race · as Avery Brundage |
| 2016 | Correspondence · as Ed Phoerum |
| 2015 | High-Rise · as Anthony Royal |
| 2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity · as G. H. Hardy |
| 2015 | The Genius of George Boole · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Endless Corridor · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Game of Lions · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon · as Raimund |
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures · as Macon Ravenwood |
| 2013 | Life on Fire (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2012 | Big Cat Week (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2012 | The Words · as The Old Man |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Henry Iv |
| 2011 | Prohibition (TV Series) · as Reader (voice) |
| 2011 | Margin Call · as John Tuld |
| 2011 | The Borgias (TV Series) · as Rodrigo Borgia |
| 2011 | The Last Lions · as Narrator |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe · as Alfred Stieglitz |
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 · as Avellaneda |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep · as Charles Henry Smithson |
| 2008 | Appaloosa · as Randall Bragg |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas · as Esteban Trueba |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Claus Von Bülow |
| 2008 | Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (TV Series) · as Patrician |
| 2006 | 1984 · as Television Voice |
| 2006 | Eragon · as Brom |
| 2006 | Inland Empire · as Kingsley Stewart |
| 2006 | Eye of the Leopard · as Narrator |
| 2006 | Relentless Enemies · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | XX premios Goya · as Tiberias |
| 2006 | Mathilde · as Col. De Petris |
| 2005 | Casanova · as Pucci |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I (TV Series) · as Earl Of Leicester |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven · as Tiberias |
| 2005 | Gallipoli · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Predators at War · as Narrator |
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice · as Antonio |
| 2004 | Being Julia · as Michael Gosselyn |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series) · as King James I |
| 2003 | Hittites · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do · as Snape |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Callas Forever · as Larry Kelly |
| 2002 | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen · as Valentin Valentin |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Time Machine · as Über-Morlock |
| 2001 | The Fourth Angel · as Jack Elgin |
| 2000 | Dungeons & Dragons · as Profion |
| 2000 | Metropolis (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Longitude · as Rupert Gould |
| 2000 | Longitude (TV Series) · as Rupert Gould |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Dr. Cap Jackson |
| 1999 | Faeries · as The Shapeshifter (voice) |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask · as Aramis |
| 1997 | Chinese Box · as John |
| 1997 | Lolita · as Humbert Humbert |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as Siegfried Sassoon |
| 1996 | Stealing Beauty · as Alex Parrish |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance · as Simon |
| 1995 | Seekers of the Lost Treasure (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1994 | The Lion King · as Scar (voice) |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits · as Esteban Trueba |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly · as René Gallimard |
| 1992 | Damage · as Dr. Stephen Fleming |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice) |
| 1992 | Waterland · as Tom Crick |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Kafka · as Kafka |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Odon Von Horvath |
| 1991 | The Beggar's Opera · as Prisoner |
| 1991 | 'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe · as Narrator |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune · as Claus Von Bülow |
| 1990 | The Civil War (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Bar Rag (voice) |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval · as Guy Jones |
| 1989 | Australia · as Edouard Pierson |
| 1989 | Danny the Champion of the World · as William Smith |
| 1988 | Dead Ringers · as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Gabriel |
| 1986 | The Mission · as Father Gabriel |
| 1986 | Kate Bush: The Whole Story · as Guest (clip 'the Big Sky') |
| 1984 | Swann in Love · as Charles Swann |
| 1983 | The Wild Duck · as Harold |
| 1983 | Betrayal · as Jerry |
| 1982 | Nature (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1982 | Moonlighting · as Nowak |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman · as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited (TV Series) · as Charles Ryder |
| 1980 | Nijinsky · as Mikhail Fokine |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down · as Otto Beck |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down · as Otto Beck |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Otto Beck |
| 1977 | Love For Lydia (TV Series) · as Alex Sanderson |
| 1977 | Everyman (TV Series) · as The Man |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1974 | Notorious Woman (TV Series) · as Franz Liszt |
| 1974 | The Pallisers (TV Series) · as Frank Tregear |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Nephew |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Edward Voysey |
| 2025 | The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl · as Self |
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act · as Self |
| 2024 | Quintessentially Irish · as Self |
| 2023 | Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Tom Hanks: The Nomad · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled · as Self |
| 2022 | Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power · as Self |
| 2022 | Franco Zeffirelli conformista ribelle · as Self |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate (TV Series) · as Jeremy Irons |
| 2022 | Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti · as Self |
| 2021 | The Emirates from Above · as Self - Narrator |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Prado Museum. A Collection of Wonders · as Self - Host / Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Dawn of the Justice League · as Self |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Ladies of London (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire · as Self |
| 2013 | The Sunflower Superjam 2012 · as Self |
| 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The British (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Shakespeare Uncovered (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | The Making of Henry IV Part 2 · as Self |
| 2011 | The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2010 | 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The Story of the Costume Drama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The 62nd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2007 | Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2007 | Lynch2 · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2007 | The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon · as Self |
| 2006 | El Hormiguero 3.0 (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow · as Self |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The Path to Redemption · as Self |
| 2005 | 3rd Irish Film and Television Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe · as Self |
| 2005 | Sunday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The 77th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Musicals · as Self |
| 2003 | Dame Edna Live at the Palace · as Self |
| 2003 | The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003 · as Self |
| 2003 | Che tempo che fa (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film · as Self - Reader |
| 2002 | American Chopper (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | History vs. Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | The Beatles Revolution · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening · as Self |
| 1999 | The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The 70th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Past Winner |
| 1998 | DiCaprio: In His Own Words · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Whoever That Fails (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1995 | Metropolis (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1995 | Ennio Morricone · as Self |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | The 66th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1994 | Brisant (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | What's the Bet? (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Blast 'Em · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 45th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Host |
| 1991 | The 63rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1991 | The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 · as Self - Winner |
| 1990 | Sing Yourself Silly! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Sesame Street, Special · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary · as Self |
| 1985 | The Statue of Liberty · as Self (voice) |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II · as Self |
| 1982 | The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | 40 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Reader |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1972 | Richard Dimbleby Lecture (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Play Away (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Actor (segment "rumpole Of The Bailey") |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Money Programme (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2018 | Better Start Running · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 |