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.
Filmography
all 197
Movies 150
self 61
TV Shows 47
Narrator 28
Voice 5
Producer 1
Quintessentially Irish (2024)
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio (2024)
The Beekeeper (2024)
Codice Carla (2023)
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
The Cello (2023)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide (2023)
The Flash (2023)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist (2022)
Birds Like Us (2022)
The Pentaverate (2022)
Napoleon: In the Name of Art (2022)
Eternal Enemies: Revealed (2022)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed (2022)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed (2022)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed (2022)
Living With Big Cats: Revealed (2022)
The Way of the Cheetah (2022)
Munich: The Edge of War (2022)
The Emirates From Above (2021)
House of Gucci (2021)
Napoleone - Nel nome dell'arte (2021)
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto (2021)
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood (2021)
The Architects of Ancient Arabia (2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Nepal Beyond (2021)
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
Jade Eyed Leopard (2020)
Watchmen (2019)
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders (2019)
Sam Spiegel: Conquering Hollywood (2018)
An Actor Prepares (2018)
Better Start Running (2018)
Red Sparrow (2018)
Justice League (2017)
Their Finest (2017)
Assassin's Creed (2016)
The Sultan and the Saint (2016)
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Race (2016)
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League (2016)
Correspondence (2016)
I Wish For You (2016)
High-Rise (2015)
The Genius of George Boole (2015)
Emotional Uncertainties (2015)
Earthquake On Everest (2015)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
Metropolis (2015)
Endless Corridor (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Game of Lions (2013)
Muse of Fire (2013)
The Sunflower Superjam 2012 (2013)
Goodbye Granadaland (2013)
The Wind Gods (2013)
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Racing Legends (2012)
Trashed (2012)
Another Way Home (2012)
The Words (2012)
The British (2012)
The Hollow Crown (2012)
Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)
Seeds of Freedom (2012)
Prohibition (2011)
The Borgias (2011)
The Last Lions (2011)
Margin Call (2011)
Life on Fire (2010)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
The Majestic Plastic Bag (2010)
The Power of the Powerless (2009)
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
The Chronoscope (2009)
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Appaloosa (2008)
1984 (2008)
The Colour of Magic (2008)
Eden at the End of the World (2008)
Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! (2007)
Lynch 2 (2007)
Eragon (2006)
Inland Empire (2006)
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall (2006)
Eye of the Leopard (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo (2006)
The Path to Redemption (2006)
Mathilde (2006)
Casanova (2005)
Revisiting Brideshead (2005)
Elizabeth I (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Gallipoli (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Predators at War (2005)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
Being Julia (2004)
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions (2003)
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites (2003)
The Hittites - A Civilization that Changed the World (2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Callas Forever (2002)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Last Call (2002)
Ohio Impromptu (2002)
The Time Machine (2002)
The Short Life of Anne Frank (2001)
The Fourth Angel (2001)
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
Longitude (2000)
Longitude (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Comic Relief (1999)
Faeries (1999)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
The Lolita Story (1998)
Chinese Box (1997)
Lolita (1997)
The View (1997)
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
A Night to Die For (1995)
Ennio Morricone (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
The Making of the Lion King (1994)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Russia's Last Tsar (1994)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Damage (1992)
Tales from Hollywood (1992)
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
Waterland (1992)
HBO First Look (1992)
Kafka (1991)
The Beggar's Opera (1991)
Performance (1991)
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe (1991)
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
The Civil War (1990)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Australia (1989)
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
The Dream (1989)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988)
The Making of Dead Ringers (1988)
Daytime Live (1987)
The Mission (1986)
Kate Bush - The Whole Story (1986)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary (1986)
The Statue of Liberty (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
The Wild Duck (1984)
Swann in Love (1984)
Betrayal (1983)
Moonlighting (1982)
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Nijinsky (1980)
The Voysey Inheritance (1979)
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Love for Lydia (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Notorious Woman (1974)
The Pallisers (1974)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Great Performances (1971)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Oscars (1953)
Big Cat Week on Nat Geo
Broadway: The Next Generation
The Count of Monte Cristo
Last Call
The Books He Didn't Burn
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1948-09-19 (75 years old)
Birth NameJeremy John Irons
Birth PlaceCowes, United Kingdom
SpouseSinéad Cusack
ChildrenMax Irons
SiblingsNiamh Cusack
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known As傑瑞米·艾恩斯, เจเรมี ไอเอินส์, Джереми Айронс, ジェレミー・アイアンズ, 제러미 아이언스, جيرمي أيرونز, Джеремі Айронс
AwardsEuropean Film Academy Special Achievement Award, Europe Theatre Prize, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Donostia Award, Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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