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Jeremy Irons

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including 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 and received a Tony Award for Best Actor. Irons's first major film role came in the 1981 romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in such films as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), and The Mission (1986), he gained critical acclaim for portraying twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988). In 1990, Irons delivered another strong performance as a European aristocrat in Reversal of Fortune, and took home multiple awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor. Other notable films have included The House of the Spirits (1993), The Lion King (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Lolita (1997), The Merchant of Venice (2004), Being Julia (2004), and Appaloosa (2008). Irons has also made several notable appearances on television. He earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his breakout role in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981). In 2006, Irons starred opposite Helen Mirren in the historical miniseries Elizabeth I, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeremy Irons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Sep 19, 1948 In Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
135
First Appeared:
In the movie Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
Latest Project:
Movie Eternal Return 2025
Known For
Poster of The Words
Poster of Inland Empire
Poster of The Lion King
Filmography
Movie Eternal Return Malcolm 2025
Movie Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion Traveller (archived audio) 2025
Movie A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand 2025
Movie The Beekeeper Wallace Westwyld 2024-01-08
Movie The Flash Alfred Pennyworth 2023-06-13
Movie Once Upon a Studio Scar (voice) 2023-09-24
Movie Making The Flash: Worlds Collide Self - 'Alfred' 2023-08-29
Movie Munich: The Edge of War Neville Chamberlain 2022-01-06
Movie The Batman Alfred Pennyworth 2022-03-01
Movie Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé Self (archive footage) 2022-12-16
Movie House of Gucci Rodolfo Gucci 2021-11-24
Movie Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto Himself 2021-10-15
Movie Zack Snyder's Justice League Alfred Pennyworth 2021-03-18
Movie Love, Weddings & Other Disasters Lawrence Philips 2020-12-04
Series Watchmen Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias 2019-10-20
Movie Better Start Running Garrison 2018-04-28
Movie An Actor Prepares Atticus 2018-08-31
Movie Red Sparrow Vladimir Korchnoi 2018-02-28
Movie The Secret Scripture 2017-03-23
Movie Their Finest Secretary of War 2017-02-19
Movie Justice League Alfred Pennyworth 2017-11-15
Movie Assassin's Creed Alan Rikkin 2016-12-21
Movie Correspondence Ed Phoerum 2016-01-14
Movie DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League Self 2016-01-19
Movie Race Avery Brundage 2016-02-19
Movie The Sultan and the Saint Narrator 2016-11-12
Movie The Man Who Knew Infinity G. H. Hardy 2016-04-08
Movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Alfred Pennyworth 2016-03-23
Movie The Genius of George Boole Narrator (voice) 2015-09-01
Movie High-Rise Anthony Royal 2015-11-22
Movie Muse of Fire Self 2013-09-26
Movie The Sunflower Superjam 2012 Self 2013-08-20
Movie Beautiful Creatures Macon Ravenwood 2013-02-13
Movie Night Train to Lisbon Raimund 2013-03-07
Movie The Wind Gods Narrator (voice) 2013-04-26
Series Shakespeare Uncovered Himself 2012-06-19
Movie Trashed Himself 2012-12-13
Movie The Words The Old Man 2012-09-07
Movie Another Way Home Narrator 2012-11-18
Series The Hollow Crown Henry IV 2012-06-30
Movie The Last Lions Narrator 2011-02-11
Movie Margin Call John Tuld 2011-02-11
Series Prohibition Reader (voice) 2011-10-02
Series The Borgias Rodrigo Borgia 2011-04-03
Movie The Majestic Plastic Bag Narrator 2010-01-01
Movie Harold Pinter: A Celebration Self 2010-01-24
Movie The Pink Panther 2 Avellaneda 2009-02-06
Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty Self (archive footage) 2009-09-05
Movie Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz 2009-09-19
Movie Appaloosa Randall Bragg 2008-09-19
Series The Colour of Magic Patrician 2008-03-23
Movie 1984 Television Voice 2008-05-12
Movie Eden at the End of the World Narrator 2008-01-01
Movie Lynch 2 Self 2007-08-14
Movie Mathilde Col. De Petris 2006-01-01
Movie The Path to Redemption Self 2006-01-01
Movie Eragon Brom 2006-12-14
Movie The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall Self 2006-10-31
Movie Inland Empire Kingsley Stewart 2006-12-06
Movie Eye of the Leopard Narrator 2006-10-08
Series The One Show Unknown 2006-08-14
Movie Gallipoli Narrator 2005-03-18
Movie Kingdom of Heaven Tiberias 2005-05-03
Movie Casanova Pucci 2005-12-25
Series Elizabeth I Earl of Leicester 2005-09-29
Series Who Do You Think You Are? Unknown 2004-10-12
Movie The Merchant of Venice Antonio 2004-12-03
Movie Being Julia Michael Gosselyn 2004-09-03
Movie Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Self 2003-01-01
Movie The Hittites - A Civilization that Changed the World Narrator 2003-05-09
Movie Callas Forever Larry Kelly 2002-09-18
Movie And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... Valentin Valentin 2002-05-29
Movie Ohio Impromptu Reader / Listener 2002-04-02
Movie Last Call F. Scott Fitzgerald 2002-05-25
Movie The Time Machine Über-Morlock 2002-03-04
Movie The Fourth Angel Jack Elgin 2001-08-15
Movie Dungeons & Dragons Profion 2000-12-08
Series Longitude Rupert Gould 2000-01-02
Movie Longitude Rupert Gould 2000-01-02
Series Comic Relief Unknown 1999-03-12
Movie Faeries The Shapeshifter (voice) 1999-01-23
Movie The Lolita Story Himself 1998-01-01
Movie The Man in the Iron Mask Aramis 1998-03-12
Movie Lolita Humbert Humbert 1997-09-27
Movie Chinese Box John 1997-11-14
Series The View Unknown 1997-08-11
Series E! True Hollywood Story Unknown 1996-08-21
Movie Stealing Beauty Alex Parrish 1996-03-29
Series The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Siegfried Sassoon 1996-11-10
Movie The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies Self 1995-06-05
Movie A Night to Die For Himself 1995-05-18
Movie Die Hard: With a Vengeance Simon 1995-05-19
Series Inside the Actors Studio Unknown 1994-08-14
Movie The Lion King Scar (voice) 1994-06-24
Movie Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Self (archive footage) 1994-05-18
Movie M. Butterfly René Gallimard 1993-10-01
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Movie The House of the Spirits Esteban Trueba 1993-10-21
Movie Waterland Tom Crick 1992-08-21
Movie Earth and the American Dream Reader (voice) 1992-10-01
Movie Tales from Hollywood Odon Von Horvath 1992-10-18
Movie Damage Dr. Stephen Fleming 1992-12-02
Movie The Beggar's Opera Prisoner 1991-10-01
Movie Kafka Kafka 1991-11-15
Movie Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow 1990-10-19
Movie Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! himself 1990-01-01
Series The Civil War Various 1990-09-23
Movie Danny the Champion of the World William Smith 1989-04-29
Movie Australia Edouard Pierson 1989-09-13
Movie A Chorus of Disapproval Guy Jones 1989-08-18
Movie Dead Ringers Beverly / Elliot Mantle 1988-09-23
Movie Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special Self 1988-10-05
Series Daytime Live Unknown 1987-10-21
Movie The Mission Father Gabriel 1986-09-24
Movie Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary Self 1986-01-14
Movie Night of 100 Stars II Self 1985-03-10
Movie The Statue of Liberty Self (voice) 1985-10-26
Movie Swann in Love Charles Swann 1984-02-23
Movie The Wild Duck Harold 1984-03-05
Movie Betrayal Jerry 1983-02-19
Movie Moonlighting Nowak 1982-09-18
Series Brideshead Revisited Charles Ryder 1981-10-12
Series Wetten, dass..? Unknown 1981-02-14
Movie The French Lieutenant's Woman Charles Henry Smithson / Mike 1981-08-28
Movie Nijinsky Mikhail Fokine 1980-03-20
Movie Langrishe, Go Down Otto Beck 1978-09-20
Series Love for Lydia Alex Sanderson 1977-09-09
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series Notorious Woman Franz Liszt 1974-11-03
Series Churchill's People Samuel Ross 1974-12-30
Series The Pallisers Frank Tregear 1974-01-19
Series The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Unknown 1971-09-20
Series BBC Play of the Month Unknown 1965-10-19
Series Tony Awards Unknown 1956-04-01
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19