Jeremy Irons
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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
Credits
The Lion King (1994)
as Scar (voice)
The Beekeeper (2024)
as Wallace Westwyld
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
as Tiberias
Lolita (1997)
as Humbert Humbert
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
as Alfred
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
as Alfred
The Flash (2023)
as Alfred Pennyworth
Justice League (2017)
as Alfred
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
as Simon
Damage (1992)
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
as Scar (voice)
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Vladimir Korchnoi
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
as Aramis
Margin Call (2011)
as John Tuld
House of Gucci (2021)
as Rodolfo Gucci
The Time Machine (2002)
as Über-Morlock
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
as Macon Ravenwood
Assassin's Creed (2016)
as Alan Rikkin
The House of the Spirits (1993)
as Esteban Trueba
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
as Avellaneda
Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
as Neville Chamberlain
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
as G. H. Hardy
Inland Empire (2006)
as Kingsley Stewart
The Mission (1986)
as Father Gabriel
The Beekeeper 2 (2027)
as Wallace Westwyld
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
as Antonio
Eragon (2006)
as Brom
High-Rise (2015)
as Anthony Royal
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
as Raimund
Stealing Beauty (1996)
as Alex Parrish
Dead Ringers (1988)
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
Their Finest (2017)
as Secretary of War
Race (2016)
as Avery Brundage
The Words (2012)
as The Old Man
Appaloosa (2008)
as Randall Bragg
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl (2025)
as Self
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
as Profion
Casanova (2005)
as Pucci
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
as Claus von Bülow
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
M. Butterfly (1993)
as René Gallimard
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Palestine 36 (2025)
as High Commissioner Wauchope
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
as Lawrence Philips
Being Julia (2004)
as Michael Gosselyn
Correspondence (2016)
as Ed Phoerum
Highlander (—)
Actor
Swann in Love (1984)
as Charles Swann
Longitude (2000)
as Rupert Gould
The Fourth Angel (2001)
as Jack Elgin
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Chinese Box (1997)
as John
Kafka (1991)
as Kafka
Moonlighting (1982)
as Nowak
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003)
as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Earthquake On Everest (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986)
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
The Way of the Cheetah (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Last Call (2002)
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Faeries (1999)
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
Waterland (1992)
as Tom Crick
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League (2016)
Actor
Birds Like Us (2017)
as Mi (voice)
Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self (uncredited)
Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
as William Smith
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Last Movies (2026)
as Self - Narrator
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
This Ordinary Thing (2025)
as Self (voice)
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
as Alfred Stieglitz
Better Start Running (2018)
as Garrison
Jade Eyed Leopard (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (2008)
as Patrician
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
Callas Forever (2002)
as Larry Kelly
An Actor Prepares (2018)
as Atticus
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (—)
as Self (Host)
The Crystal Planet (2026)
as Governor Mordokan (voice)
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
as Guy Jones
Game of Lions (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (2008)
as Patrician
Betrayal (1983)
as Jerry
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall (2006)
as Self
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Path to Redemption (2006)
as Self
The Statue of Liberty (1985)
as Self (voice)
The Making of the Lion King (1994)
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
as Valentin Valentin
Endless Corridor (2014)
as Narrator
The Last Lions (2011)
as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1986)
as Narrator (voice)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide (2023)
as Self - 'Alfred'
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders (2019)
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
The Short Life of Anne Frank (2001)
as Narrator (English version)
The Wild Duck (1984)
as Harold
Trashed (2012)
as Himself
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood (2021)
as Self
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio (2024)
Actor
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
as Self
Tales from Hollywood (1992)
as Odon Von Horvath
The Beggar's Opera (1991)
as Prisoner
Gallipoli (2005)
as Narrator
The Cello (2023)
as Francesco
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Quintessentially Irish (2024)
as Self
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand (—)
Actor
Encore (—)
as Nigel
Lynch 2 (2007)
as Self
Nijinsky (1980)
as Mikhail Fokine
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
as Self
Fiat Croma (2005)
as Lead
The Genius of George Boole (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
A Night to Die For (1995)
as Self
Rihana (—)
as Julian Miles
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist (2022)
as Self
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom (2026)
as Self - Narrator
The Merchant of Venice (2005)
as Himself
The Wind Gods (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
as Otto Beck
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto (2021)
as Self
Revisiting Brideshead (2005)
as Self
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" (2001)
as Self
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music (2008)
as Festival audience member
Napoleon: In the Name of Art (2021)
Actor
Codice Carla (2023)
as Self
From Time to Time (1992)
as H.G. Wells
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
What is dyslexia? (2026)
as The Inventor
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation (2007)
as Narrator
Eye of the Leopard (2006)
as Narrator
Australia (1989)
as Edouard Pierson
The Chronoscope (2009)
as Narrator
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe (1991)
as Narrator
Eden at the End of the World (2008)
as Narrator
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World (2003)
as Narrator
Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
as self
I Wish For You (2016)
as Grandfather
The Well of Saint Nobody (—)
as William
Architects of Ancient Arabia (2021)
as Narrator
The Making of Dead Ringers (1988)
as Self - Actor
Eternal Enemies: Revealed (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Ohio Impromptu (2002)
as Reader / Listener
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
The Majestic Plastic Bag (2010)
as Narrator
The Voysey Inheritance (2014)
as Edward Voysey
Relentless Enemies: Revealed (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
The Lolita Story (1998)
as Himself
Emotional Uncertainties (2015)
as Self
Mathilde (2006)
as Col. De Petris
Another Way Home (2012)
as Narrator
The Sunflower Superjam 2012 (2013)
as Self
The Sultan and the Saint (2016)
as Narrator
The Power of the Powerless (2009)
Actor
The Captain's Doll (1983)
as Captain Alexander Hepburn
1984 (2008)
as Television Voice
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World' (1989)
as Narrator
Living With Big Cats: Revealed (2022)
as Narrator
The Dream (1989)
Actor
Water People: The Story of Us (—)
as The Ocean (voice)
Seeds of Freedom (2012)
as Narator
Goodbye Granadaland (2013)
as Self