Jeremy Irons

Known for ActingBorn 1948-09-19 (age 77)Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Another Way Home

Magic in the air, Bantry House Music

Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

The Making of the Lion King

Architects of Ancient Arabia

Ohio Impromptu

The Short Life of Anne Frank

The Dream

The Chronoscope

Once Upon a Studio

Eye of the Leopard

Napoleon: In the Name of Art

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Eternal Enemies: Revealed

The Lion King

Palestine 36

E! True Hollywood Story

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo

The Path to Redemption

Revisiting Brideshead

The Count of Monte Cristo

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

Prohibition

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

The Morning Show

From Time to Time

The Simpsons

The Making of Dead Ringers

Night of 100 Stars II

Watchmen

The Majestic Plastic Bag

The Civil War

Love for Lydia

Nature

Brideshead Revisited

The Borgias

The Genius of George Boole

Shakespeare Uncovered

The Hollow Crown

Inside the Actors Studio

The Beekeeper

Race

Longitude

The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders