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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:
118
First Appeared:
In the series The Pallisers 1974-01-19
Latest Project:
Movie Eternal Return 2025-05-15
Known For
Filmography
Movie Eternal Return Malcolm 2025-05-15
Movie Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion Traveller (archived audio) 2025
Movie The Beekeeper Wallace Westwyld 2024-01-08
Movie Quintessentially Irish Self 2024-03-12
Series The Count of Monte Cristo Abbé Faria 2024-12-11
Movie The Flash Alfred Pennyworth 2023-06-13
Movie Making The Flash: Worlds Collide Self - 'Alfred' 2023-08-29
Movie The Cello Francesco 2023-09-14
Movie Codice Carla Self 2023-11-13
Movie Once Upon a Studio Scar (voice) 2023-09-24
Movie Munich: The Edge of War Neville Chamberlain 2022-01-06
Movie The Batman Alfred Pennyworth 2022-03-01
Movie Birds Like Us Mi (voice) 2022-06-30
Movie Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé Self (archive footage) 2022-12-16
Movie Zack Snyder's Justice League Alfred 2021-03-18
Movie House of Gucci Rodolfo Gucci 2021-11-24
Movie Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto Himself 2021-10-15
Movie Love, Weddings & Other Disasters Lawrence Philips 2020-12-04
Movie The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders Self - Host / Narrator (voice) 2019-04-15
Series Watchmen Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias 2019-10-20
Movie Better Start Running Garrison 2018-04-28
Movie Red Sparrow Vladimir Korchnoi 2018-02-28
Movie An Actor Prepares Atticus 2018-08-31
Movie Justice League Alfred Pennyworth 2017-11-15
Movie Their Finest Secretary of War 2017-02-19
Movie Broadway: The Next Generation Self 2017-11-16
Movie DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League Self 2016-01-19
Movie Race Avery Brundage 2016-02-19
Movie Correspondence Ed Phoerum 2016-01-14
Movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Alfred 2016-03-23
Movie Assassin's Creed Alan Rikkin 2016-12-21
Movie The Sultan and the Saint Narrator 2016-11-12
Movie The Man Who Knew Infinity G. H. Hardy 2016-04-08
Movie Earthquake On Everest Narrator (voice) 2015-06-13
Movie High-Rise Anthony Royal 2015-11-22
Movie The Genius of George Boole Narrator (voice) 2015-09-01
Movie Beautiful Creatures Macon Ravenwood 2013-02-13
Movie Night Train to Lisbon Raimund 2013-03-07
Movie Muse of Fire Self 2013-09-26
Movie The Wind Gods Narrator (voice) 2013-04-26
Movie The Sunflower Superjam 2012 Self 2013-08-20
Movie The Words The Old Man 2012-09-07
Series The Borgias Rodrigo Borgia 2011-04-03
Movie Margin Call John Tuld 2011-02-11
Series Prohibition Reader (voice) 2011-10-02
Movie Harold Pinter: A Celebration Self 2010-01-24
Movie The Pink Panther 2 Avellaneda 2009-02-06
Movie Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz 2009-09-19
Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty Self (archive footage) 2009-09-05
Movie 1984 Television Voice 2008-05-12
Series The Colour of Magic Patrician 2008-03-23
Movie Appaloosa Randall Bragg 2008-09-19
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 The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall Self 2006-10-31
Movie Eragon Brom 2006-12-14
Movie Inland Empire Kingsley Stewart 2006-12-06
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
Movie Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) Tiberias 2005-05-06
Movie Being Julia Michael Gosselyn 2004-09-03
Movie The Merchant of Venice Antonio 2004-12-03
Movie Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Self 2003-04-03
Movie The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World Narrator 2003-05-09
Movie The Time Machine Über-Morlock 2002-03-04
Movie Last Call F. Scott Fitzgerald 2002-05-25
Movie Callas Forever Larry Kelly 2002-09-18
Movie And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... Valentin Valentin 2002-05-29
Movie The Fourth Angel Jack Elgin 2001-08-15
Series Longitude Rupert Gould 2000-01-02
Movie Dungeons & Dragons Profion 2000-12-08
Movie Longitude Rupert Gould 2000-01-02
Movie Faeries The Shapeshifter (voice) 1999-01-23
Movie The Man in the Iron Mask Aramis 1998-03-12
Movie The Lolita Story Himself 1998-01-01
Movie Lolita Humbert Humbert 1997-09-27
Movie Chinese Box John 1997-11-14
Movie Stealing Beauty Alex Parrish 1996-03-29
Movie Die Hard: With a Vengeance Simon 1995-05-19
Movie A Night to Die For Self 1995-05-18
Movie The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies Self 1995-06-05
Movie The Making of the Lion King Self 1994-06-24
Movie Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Self (archive footage) 1994-05-18
Movie The Lion King Scar (voice) 1994-06-24
Movie M. Butterfly René Gallimard 1993-10-01
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 Damage Dr. Stephen Fleming 1992-12-02
Movie Tales from Hollywood Odon Von Horvath 1992-10-18
Movie The Beggar's Opera Prisoner 1991-10-01
Movie Kafka Kafka 1991-11-15
Series The Civil War Various 1990-09-23
Movie Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! Self 1990-04-30
Movie Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow 1990-10-19
Movie Danny the Champion of the World William Smith 1989-04-29
Movie A Chorus of Disapproval Guy Jones 1989-08-18
Movie Australia Edouard Pierson 1989-09-13
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
Movie Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary Self 1986-01-14
Movie The Mission Father Gabriel 1986-09-24
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
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 The Pallisers Frank Tregear 1974-01-19
Series Notorious Woman Franz Liszt 1974-11-03