JI
Jeremy Irons
Actor, ProducerBorn September 19, 1948 (76 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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| 2024 | The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) (TV Series) · as Abbé Faria |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 2021 | Architects of Ancient Arabia · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Alfred |
| 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 Pennyworth |
| 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) |
| 2015 | The Day Everest Shook · 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 | 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 / 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 |
| 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 |