Acting
Jeremy Irons
EN, IT, AR, DE cinema · 170 credits
Born
19 September 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Also known as เจเรมี ไอเอินส์ · 제러미 아이언스 · Джеремі Джон Айронс · Jeremy John Irons · جرمی آیرونز
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
Filmography
Encore
Encore
as Nigel
Water People: The Story of Us
Water People: The Story of Us
as The Ocean (voice)
Rihana
as Julian Miles
The Beekeeper 2
as Wallace Westwyld
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
as Self - Narrator
The Crystal Planet
as Governor Mordokan (voice)
Last Movies
as Self - Narrator
What is dyslexia?
as The Inventor
Palestine 36
as High Commissioner Wauchope
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
The Beekeeper
as Wallace Westwyld
The Cello
as Francesco
The Flash
as Alfred Pennyworth
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'Alfred', Thanks
Once Upon a Studio
as Scar (voice)
The Way of the Cheetah
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
as Self (archive footage)
Architects of Ancient Arabia
as Narrator
Munich - The Edge of War
as Neville Chamberlain
House of Gucci
as Rodolfo Gucci
Nepal Beyond
Executive Producer
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
as Lawrence Philips
Jade Eyed Leopard
as Narrator (voice)
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Red Sparrow
as Vladimir Korchnoi
An Actor Prepares
as Atticus
Better Start Running
as Garrison, Executive Producer
Justice League
as Alfred
Their Finest
as Secretary of War
Birds Like Us
as Mi (voice)
I Wish For You
as Grandfather
Correspondence
as Ed Phoerum
Race
as Avery Brundage
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as G. H. Hardy
Assassin's Creed
as Alan Rikkin
The Sultan and the Saint
as Narrator
Earthquake On Everest
as Narrator (voice)
High-Rise
as Anthony Royal
The Genius of George Boole
as Narrator (voice)
The Voysey Inheritance
as Edward Voysey
Endless Corridor
as Narrator
Game of Lions
as Narrator (voice)
Beautiful Creatures
as Macon Ravenwood
Night Train to Lisbon
as Raimund
Muse of Fire
as Self
The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup
as Narrator (voice)
The Words
as The Old Man
Trashed
as Himself
Seeds of Freedom
as Narator
Margin Call
as John Tuld
The Last Lions
as Narrator
The Majestic Plastic Bag
as Narrator
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
The Pink Panther 2
as Avellaneda
Georgia O'Keeffe
as Alfred Stieglitz
The Chronoscope
as Narrator
Appaloosa
as Randall Bragg
1984
as Television Voice
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
as Festival audience member
Lynch 2
as Self
Inland Empire
as Kingsley Stewart
Eragon
as Brom
Eye of the Leopard
as Narrator
Mathilde
as Col. De Petris
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
as Narrator (voice)
Kingdom of Heaven
as Tiberias
Casanova
as Pucci
Gallipoli
as Narrator
The Merchant of Venice
as Himself
Fiat Croma
as Lead
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
Being Julia
as Michael Gosselyn
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
as Narrator (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
The Time Machine
as Über-Morlock
Callas Forever
as Larry Kelly
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as Valentin Valentin
Ohio Impromptu
as Reader / Listener
Last Call
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
The Fourth Angel
as Jack Elgin
The Short Life of Anne Frank
as Narrator (English version)
Dungeons & Dragons
as Profion
Longitude
as Rupert Gould
Faeries
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Aramis
The Lolita Story
as Himself
Chinese Box
as John
Lolita
as Humbert Humbert
Stealing Beauty
as Alex Parrish
The Lion King
as Scar (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
M. Butterfly
as René Gallimard
The House of the Spirits
as Esteban Trueba
Damage
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
Waterland
as Tom Crick
Tales from Hollywood
as Odon Von Horvath
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
From Time to Time
as H.G. Wells
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
Kafka
as Kafka
The Beggar's Opera
as Prisoner
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
Reversal of Fortune
as Claus von Bülow
Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace
as John Newton (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
as William Smith
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Guy Jones
Australia
as Edouard Pierson
Dead Ringers
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
The Making of Dead Ringers
as Self - Actor
The Mission
as Father Gabriel
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1986
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
as Narrator (voice)
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
Swann in Love
as Charles Swann
The Wild Duck
as Harold
Betrayal
as Jerry
The Captain's Doll
as Captain Alexander Hepburn
Moonlighting
as Nowak
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Nijinsky
as Mikhail Fokine
Langrishe, Go Down
as Otto Beck