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