Jeremy Irons
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Beekeeper as Wallace Westwyld
- 2023 · Once Upon a Studio as Scar (voice)
- 2023 · The Flash as Alfred Pennyworth
- 2022 · The Pentaverate as Jeremy Irons
- 2021 · House of Gucci as Rodolfo Gucci
- 2021 · Zack Snyder's Justice League as Alfred Pennyworth
- 2019 · Watchmen as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
- 2018 · Red Sparrow as Vladimir Korchnoi
- 2017 · Justice League as Alfred Pennyworth
- 2016 · Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Alfred Pennyworth
- 2015 · StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Henry IV
- 2011 · Prohibition as Reader (voice)
- 2011 · The Borgias as Rodrigo Borgia
- 2011 · Margin Call as John Tuld
- 2008 · The Colour of Magic as Patrician
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Kingsley Stewart
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Elizabeth I as Earl of Leicester
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven as Tiberias
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2002 · The Time Machine as Über-Morlock
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Cap Jackson
- 1998 · The Man in the Iron Mask as Aramis
- 1997 · Lolita as Humbert Humbert
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1995 · Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Simon
- 1994 · The Lion King as Scar (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Performance as Odon Von Horvath
- 1990 · The Civil War as Various
- 1989 · The Simpsons as
- 1987 · Daytime Live as
- 1981 · Brideshead Revisited as Charles Ryder
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1974 · The Pallisers as Frank Tregear
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Nephew
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Edward Voysey
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Count of Monte Cristo as Abbé Faria
- 2024 · Quintessentially Irish as Self
- 2023 · Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist as Self
- 2022 · Birds Like Us as Mi (voice)
- 2022 · The Way of the Cheetah as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Napoleone - Nel nome dell'arte as
- 2021 · Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto as Himself
- 2019 · The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · An Actor Prepares as Atticus
- 2018 · Better Start Running as Garrison
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as
- 2016 · The Sultan and the Saint as Narrator
- 2012 · Trashed as Himself
- 2009 · Georgia O'Keeffe as Alfred Stieglitz
- 2008 · 1984 as Television Voice
- 2007 · Lynch 2 as Self
- 2006 · The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as Self
- 2006 · Eye of the Leopard as Narrator
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2006 · Mathilde as Col. De Petris
- 2005 · Revisiting Brideshead as Self
- 2005 · Gallipoli as Narrator
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 2002 · And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... as Valentin Valentin
- 2002 · Last Call as F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 2001 · The Short Life of Anne Frank as Narrator (English version)
- 2001 · The Fourth Angel as Jack Elgin
- 2000 · Longitude as Rupert Gould
- 1999 · Faeries as The Shapeshifter (voice)
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Himself
- 1994 · The Making of the Lion King as Self
- 1994 · Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Tales from Hollywood as Odon Von Horvath
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · Waterland as Tom Crick
- 1990 · Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as himself
- 1989 · Australia as Edouard Pierson
- 1989 · A Chorus of Disapproval as Guy Jones
- 1989 · Danny the Champion of the World as William Smith
- 1988 · Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special as Self
- 1986 · Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary as Self
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · The Wild Duck as Harold
- 1984 · Swann in Love as Charles Swann
- 1983 · Betrayal as Jerry
- Future · The Colour of Magic as
- 2024 · The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio as
- 2023 · Codice Carla as Self
- 2023 · The Cello as Francesco
- 2023 · Making The Flash: Worlds Collide as Self - 'Alfred'
- 2023 · Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled as Self
- 2023 · The Books He Didn't Burn as narrator
- 2022 · Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Napoleon: In the Name of Art as Host
- 2022 · Eternal Enemies: Revealed as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Eye of the Leopard: Revealed as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Relentless Enemies: Revealed as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Ultimate Enemies: Revealed as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Living With Big Cats: Revealed as Narrator
- 2022 · Munich: The Edge of War as Neville Chamberlain
- 2021 · Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood as Self
- 2021 · The Architects of Ancient Arabia as Narrator
- 2020 · Love, Weddings & Other Disasters as Lawrence Philips
- 2016 · I Wish For You as Grandfather
- 2015 · The Genius of George Boole as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Emotional Uncertainties as Self
- 2013 · Goodbye Granadaland as Self
- Future · A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand as
- Future · Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion as Traveller (archived audio)
- 2020 · Jade Eyed Leopard as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Their Finest as Secretary of War
- 2016 · Assassin's Creed as Alan Rikkin
- 2016 · The Man Who Knew Infinity as G. H. Hardy
- 2016 · Race as Avery Brundage
- 2016 · DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League as Self
- 2016 · Correspondence as Ed Phoerum
- 2015 · High-Rise as Anthony Royal
- 2015 · Earthquake On Everest as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Metropolis as
- 2014 · Endless Corridor as Narrator
- 2013 · Game of Lions as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · The Sunflower Superjam 2012 as Self
- 2013 · The Wind Gods as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Night Train to Lisbon as Raimund
- 2013 · Beautiful Creatures as Macon Ravenwood
- 2012 · Racing Legends as Self
- 2012 · Another Way Home as Narrator
- 2012 · The Words as The Old Man
- 2012 · Shakespeare Uncovered as Himself
- 2012 · Seeds of Freedom as Narator
- 2011 · The Last Lions as Narrator
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2010 · The Majestic Plastic Bag as Narrator
- 2009 · The Power of the Powerless as
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Chronoscope as Narrator
- 2009 · The Pink Panther 2 as Avellaneda
- 2008 · Appaloosa as Randall Bragg
- 2008 · Eden at the End of the World as Narrator
- 2006 · Eragon as Brom
- 2006 · Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Casanova as Pucci
- 2004 · The Merchant of Venice as Antonio
- 2004 · Being Julia as Michael Gosselyn
- 2003 · Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Hittites - A Civilization that Changed the World as Narrator
- 2002 · Callas Forever as Larry Kelly
- 2002 · Ohio Impromptu as Reader / Listener
- 2000 · Dungeons & Dragons as Profion
- 2000 · Longitude as Rupert Gould
- 1998 · The Lolita Story as Himself
- 1997 · Chinese Box as John
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Stealing Beauty as Alex Parrish
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · The House of the Spirits as Esteban Trueba
- 1993 · M. Butterfly as René Gallimard
- 1992 · Damage as Dr. Stephen Fleming
- 1991 · Kafka as Kafka
- 1991 · The Beggar's Opera as Prisoner
- 1990 · Reversal of Fortune as Claus von Bülow
- 1989 · The Dream as
- 1988 · Dead Ringers as Beverly / Elliot Mantle
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1988 · The Making of Dead Ringers as Self - Actor
- 1986 · The Mission as Father Gabriel
- 1985 · The Statue of Liberty as Self (voice)
- 1982 · Moonlighting as Nowak
- 1981 · The French Lieutenant's Woman as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
- 1980 · Nijinsky as Mikhail Fokine
- 1978 · Langrishe, Go Down as Otto Beck
- Future · Encore as Nigel
- 1979 · The Voysey Inheritance as Edward Voysey
- 1977 · Love for Lydia as Alex Sanderson
- 1974 · Notorious Woman as Franz Liszt
- Future · The Well of Saint Nobody as