Jeremy Irons
Acting
Born: September 19, 1948 (age 78) · Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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
The Lion King
1994
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Justice League
2017
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
The Simpsons
1989
Assassin's Creed
2016
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
Red Sparrow
2018
The Flash
2023
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
The Beekeeper
2024
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Photos (8)
Movies (115)
The Beekeeper
Wallace Westwyld
Kingdom of Heaven
Tiberias
The Flash
Alfred Pennyworth
Justice League
Alfred
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Alfred
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Alfred
Their Finest
Secretary of War
Stealing Beauty
Alex Parrish
House of Gucci
Rodolfo Gucci
Margin Call
John Tuld
Red Sparrow
Vladimir Korchnoi
The Mission
Father Gabriel
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Simon
Lolita
Humbert Humbert
Assassin's Creed
Alan Rikkin
Once Upon a Studio
Scar (voice)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
G. H. Hardy
The Time Machine
Über-Morlock
The Man in the Iron Mask
Aramis
The House of the Spirits
Esteban Trueba
The Pink Panther 2
Avellaneda
Inland Empire
Kingsley Stewart
Casanova
Pucci
Damage
Dr. Stephen Fleming
Dead Ringers
Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
Eragon
Brom
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Beautiful Creatures
Macon Ravenwood
Palestine 36
High Commissioner Wauchope
M. Butterfly
René Gallimard
Munich - The Edge of War
Neville Chamberlain
High-Rise
Anthony Royal
Dungeons & Dragons
Profion
Reversal of Fortune
Claus von Bülow
Being Julia
Michael Gosselyn
Night Train to Lisbon
Raimund
The Words
The Old Man
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
Appaloosa
Randall Bragg
Race
Avery Brundage
Chinese Box
John
Swann in Love
Charles Swann
The Fourth Angel
Jack Elgin
A Chorus of Disapproval
Guy Jones
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Lawrence Philips
Game of Lions
Narrator (voice)
Waterland
Tom Crick
Nijinsky
Mikhail Fokine
Danny the Champion of the World
William Smith
Longitude
Rupert Gould
An Actor Prepares
Atticus
Kafka
Kafka
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Valentin Valentin
Correspondence
Ed Phoerum
Birds Like Us
Mi (voice)
Gallipoli
Narrator
Earthquake On Everest
Narrator (voice)
Last Call
F. Scott Fitzgerald
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
Moonlighting
Nowak
Jade Eyed Leopard
Narrator (voice)
Georgia O'Keeffe
Alfred Stieglitz
Faeries
The Shapeshifter (voice)
Callas Forever
Larry Kelly
Eye of the Leopard
Narrator
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
Patrician
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace
John Newton (voice)
Endless Corridor
Narrator
Better Start Running
Garrison
The Last Lions
Narrator
Betrayal
Jerry
Tales from Hollywood
Odon Von Horvath
The Wild Duck
Harold
The Way of the Cheetah
Narrator (voice)
The Crystal Planet
Governor Mordokan (voice)
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2021
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
Patrician
Fiat Croma
Lead
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
Narrator (voice)
The Chronoscope
Narrator
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Narrator
The Short Life of Anne Frank
Narrator (English version)
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Narrator (voice)
What is dyslexia?
The Inventor
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
Narrator
The Genius of George Boole
Narrator (voice)
I Wish For You
Grandfather
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Narrator
The Cello
Francesco
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
2024
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
Narrator
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
Festival audience member
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
Narrator
Australia
Edouard Pierson
Ohio Impromptu
Reader / Listener
The Captain's Doll
Captain Alexander Hepburn
The Power of the Powerless
2009
Architects of Ancient Arabia
Narrator
From Time to Time
H.G. Wells
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
The Sultan and the Saint
Narrator
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Langrishe, Go Down
Otto Beck
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
Narrator
The Beggar's Opera
Prisoner
Eden at the End of the World
Narrator
Mathilde
Col. De Petris
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Seeds of Freedom
Narator
1984
Television Voice
The Wind Gods
Narrator (voice)
The Voysey Inheritance
Edward Voysey
TV Shows (32)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Cap Jackson · 2 eps
The Simpsons
Bar Rag (voice) · 1 eps
Nature
Narrator · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Ödön von Horváth · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Edward Voysey · 1 eps
The Morning Show
Martin Levy · 4 eps
Performance
Odon Von Horvath · 1 eps
The Borgias
Rodrigo Borgia · 29 eps
Watchmen
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias · 9 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Otto Beck · 1 eps
The Hollow Crown
Henry IV · 2 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Abbé Faria · 8 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Nephew · 1 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
Brideshead Revisited
Charles Ryder · 11 eps
The Colour of Magic
Patrician · 2 eps
Churchill's People
Samuel Ross · 1 eps
The Civil War
Various (voice) · 9 eps
The Pentaverate
Jeremy Irons · 6 eps
Comic Relief
1988
Prohibition
Reader (voice) · 3 eps
The Pallisers
Frank Tregear · 6 eps
Longitude
Rupert Gould · 2 eps
Elizabeth I
Earl of Leicester / Lord Dudley · 2 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Working Shakespeare
Host · 5 eps
Metropolis
5 eps
Notorious Woman
Franz Liszt · 2 eps
History of the Emirates
Narrator · 3 eps
Mara: Rebirth
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Love for Lydia
Alex Sanderson · 13 eps
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Readings (Voice) · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (56)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 4 eps
Brisant
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self · 1 eps
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself · 1 eps
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Muse of Fire
Self
Racing Legends
Self · 1 eps
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self · 3 eps
The Statue of Liberty
Self (voice)
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self - 'Alfred'
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Trashed
Himself
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Quintessentially Irish
Self
The Making of the Lion King
Self
The Path to Redemption
Self
A Night to Die For
Self
Lynch 2
Self
Last Movies
Self - Narrator
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Self
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
Blast 'Em
Self (uncredited)
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
Self - Narrator
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Revisiting Brideshead
Self
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Self
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
The Making of Dead Ringers
Self - Actor
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Codice Carla
Self
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Self
The Merchant of Venice
Himself
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
The Lolita Story
Himself
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Self (archive footage)
