Jeremy Irons
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.
Acted Movies
Director: David Ayer
Writers: Kurt Wimmer,
Cast: Bobby Naderi, David Witts, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jason Statham, Jemma Redgrave, Jeremy Irons, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Epp, Phylicia Rash?d, Taylor James,
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Roberto Bentivegna,
Cast: Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Alexia Murray, Gaetano Bruno, Jack Huston, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Lady Gaga, Salma Hayek Pinault, Vincent Riotta,
Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Chris Terrio,
Cast: Amy Adams, Ben Affleck, Ciarán Hinds, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Jeremy Irons, Ray Fisher, Willem Dafoe,
Director: Matt Brown
Writers: Matt Brown,
Cast: Anthony Calf, Dev Patel, Devika Bhise, Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Northam, Kevin McNally, Pádraic Delaney, Shazad Latif, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones,
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Writers: Anna Waterhouse,
Cast: Carice van Houten, David Kross, Eli Goree, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Higgins, Shanice Banton, Stephan James, Tony Curran, William Hurt,
Director: Bille August
Writers: Ulrich Herrmann,
Cast: August Diehl, Beatriz Batarda, Bruno Ganz, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Lena Olin, Marco D'Almeida, Martina Gedeck, Mélanie Laurent, Tom Courtenay,
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writers: Richard LaGravenese,
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Eileen Atkins, Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Irons, Margo Martindale, Thomas Mann, Viola Davis, Zoey Deutch,
Director: Lee Sternthal
Writers: Lee Sternthal,
Cast: Ben Barnes, Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, J.K. Simmons, Jeremy Irons, John Hannah, Michael McKean, Olivia Wilde, Zeljko Ivanek, Zoe Saldaña,
Director: J.C. Chandor
Writers: J.C. Chandor,
Cast: Ashley Williams, Demi Moore, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto,
Director: David Lynch
Writers: David Lynch,
Cast: Grace Zabriskie, Harry Dean Stanton, Jan Hencz, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Laura Dern, Peter J. Lucas, William H. Macy,
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: William Monahan,
Cast: Alexander Siddig, Brendan Gleeson, David Thewlis, Eva Green, Ghassan Massoud, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, Marton Csokas, Michael Sheen, Orlando Bloom,
Director: István Szabó
Writers: Ronald Harwood,
Cast: Annette Bening, Bruce Greenwood, Jeremy Irons, Juliet Stevenson, Leigh Lawson, Max Irons, Michael Culkin, Michael Gambon, Miriam Margolyes, Shaun Evans,
Director: Simon Wells
Writers: David Duncan,
Cast: Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Josh Stamberg, Laura Kirk, Mark Addy, Omero Mumba, Orlando Jones, Phyllida Law, Samantha Mumba, Sienna Guillory,
Director: John Irvin
Writers: Robin Hunter,
Cast: Anna Maguire, Briony Glassco, Charlotte Rampling, Forest Whitaker, Holly Boyd, Jason Priestley, Jeremy Irons, Joel Pitts, Lois Maxwell, Timothy West,
Director: Adrian Lyne
Writers: Stephen Schiff,
Cast: Dominique Swain, Ed Grady, Erin J. Dean, Frank Langella, Jeremy Irons, Joan Glover, Keith Reddin, Melanie Griffith, Pat Perkins, Suzanne Shepherd,
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Writers: Susan Minot,
Cast: Anna Maria Gherardi, Carlo Cecchi, Donal McCann, Jason Flemyng, Jean Marais, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Rachel Weisz, Sinéad Cusack,
Director: David Cronenberg
Writers: David Henry Hwang,
Cast: Annabel Leventon, Barbara Sukowa, Damir Andrei, David Hemblen, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Richard McMillan, Shizuko Hoshi, Vernon Dobtcheff,
Director: Louis Malle
Writers: David Hare,
Cast: Gemma Clarke, Ian Bannen, Jeremy Irons, Julian Fellowes, Juliette Binoche, Leslie Caron, Miranda Richardson, Peter Stormare, Rupert Graves, Tony Doyle,
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Lem Dobbs,
Cast: Alec Guinness, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian Glover, Ian Holm, Jeremy Irons, Jeroen Krabbé, Joel Grey, Keith Allen, Simon McBurney, Theresa Russell,
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Writers: Nicholas Kazan,
Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Christine Baranski, Christine Dunford, Fisher Stevens, Glenn Close, Jack Gilpin, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Stephen Mailer, Uta Hagen,
Director: David Cronenberg
Writers: Norman Snider,
Cast: Barbara Gordon, Damir Andrei, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Jeremy Irons, Lynne Cormack, Miriam Newhouse, Nick Nichols, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack,
Director: Roland Joffé
Writers: Robert Bolt,
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Bercelio Moya, Cherie Lunghi, Chuck Low, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, Ray McAnally, Robert De Niro, Ronald Pickup, Sigifredo Ismare,
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Writers: Jerzy Skolimowski,
Cast: David Calder, David Gant, Denis Holmes, Eugene Lipinski, Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz, Jenifer Landor, Jeremy Irons, Ji?í Stanislav, Kenny Ireland, Trevor Cooper,
Director: Karel Reisz
Writers: Harold Pinter,
Cast: Charlotte Mitchell, Colin Jeavons, Emily Morgan, Hilton McRae, Jean Faulds, Jeremy Irons, Lynsey Baxter, Meryl Streep, Penelope Wilton, Peter Vaughan,