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 208
Movies 160
self 62
TV Shows 48
Narrator 21
Voice 20
Producer 1

The Count of Monte Cristo (2025)

The Beekeeper (2024)

Once Upon a Studio (2023)

The Cello (2023)

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide (2023)

The Flash (2023)

Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion (2023)

Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)

Birds Like Us (2022)

The Pentaverate (2022)

Eternal Enemies: Revealed (2022)

Eye of the Leopard: Revealed (2022)

Relentless Enemies: Revealed (2022)

Ultimate Enemies: Revealed (2022)

The Way of the Cheetah (2022)

Munich – The Edge of War (2021)

The Emirates From Above (2021)

House of Gucci (2021)

Nepal Beyond (2021)

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)

Jade Eyed Leopard (2020)

Watchmen (2019)

The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders (2019)

Better Start Running (2018)

Red Sparrow (2018)

Justice League (2017)

Their Finest (2017)

Assassin's Creed (2016)

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)

Race (2016)

Correspondence (2016)

I Wish For You (2016)

High-Rise (2015)

The Genius of George Boole (2015)

Emotional Uncertainties (2015)

Earthquake On Everest (2015)

Endless Corridor (2014)

Game of Lions (2013)

The Wind Gods (2013)

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

Trashed (2012)

Another Way Home (2012)

The Words (2012)

The British (2012)

The Hollow Crown (2012)

Seeds of Freedom (2012)

Prohibition (2011)

Margin Call (2011)

The Borgias (2011)

The Last Lions (2011)

Life on Fire (2010)

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)

Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! (2007)

Inland Empire (2006)

Eye of the Leopard (2006)

The One Show (2006)

Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo (2006)

Mathilde (2006)

Elizabeth I (2005)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Gallipoli (2005)

Predators at War (2005)

Fiat Croma (2005)

Being Julia (2004)

Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions (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)

Longitude (2000)

Longitude (2000)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Faeries (1999)

The Lolita Story (1998)

Lolita (1997)

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)

Stealing Beauty (1996)

The Lion King (1994)

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)

Russia's Last Tsar (1994)

Brisant (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)

Kafka (1991)

The Beggar's Opera (1991)

Performance (1991)

Reversal of Fortune (1990)

The Civil War (1990)

The Simpsons (1989)

Australia (1989)

Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World' (1989)

A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)

Danny the Champion of the World (1989)

Dead Ringers (1988)

The Making of Dead Ringers (1988)

The Mission (1986)

Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1986)

Kate Bush - The Whole Story (1986)

The Statue of Liberty (1985)

Swann in Love (1984)

Betrayal (1983)

The Captain's Doll (1983)

Nature (1982)

Brideshead Revisited (1981)

The French Lieutenant's Woman (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)

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

Tony Awards (1956)

Encore

Big Cat Week on Nat Geo
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1948-09-19 (76 years old)
Birth NameJeremy John Irons
Birth PlaceCowes, United Kingdom
SpouseSinéad Cusack
ChildrenMax Irons
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known Asเจเรมี ไอเอินส์, 제러미 아이언스, Джеремі Джон Айронс, Jeremy John Irons, جرمی آیرونز
AwardsEurope Theatre Prize, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Golden Globe Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Donostia Award, Academy Award for Best Actor, European Film Academy Special Achievement Award
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