Jeremy Irons
Known for Acting · 219 credits
- Born
- 1948-09-19 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Also known as
- เจเรมี ไอเอินส์ · 제러미 아이언스 · Джеремі Джон Айронс · Jeremy John Irons · جرمی آیرونز
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
TV Shows (50)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Cap Jackson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Bar Rag (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The View
1997
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Nature
1982
as Narrator
Great Performances
1971
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Ödön von Horváth
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Edward Voysey
The Morning Show
2019
as Martin Levy
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Brisant
1994
as Self
The Count of Monte Cristo
2025
as Abbé Faria
The Borgias
2011
as Rodrigo Borgia
Film '72
1971
as Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
as Self
HBO First Look
1992
Watchmen
2019
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
The Pallisers
1974
as Frank Tregear
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Daytime Live
1987
Performance
1991
as Odon Von Horvath
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Otto Beck
Churchill's People
1974
as Samuel Ross
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Nephew
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Henry IV
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Patrician
The Civil War
1990
as Various (voice)
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Charles Ryder
The Pentaverate
2022
as Jeremy Irons
Elizabeth I
2005
as Earl of Leicester
Racing Legends
2012
as Self
Longitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Working Shakespeare
2003
as Host
Comic Relief
1988
Mara: Rebirth
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
as Self
Metropolis
2015
Love for Lydia
1977
as Alex Sanderson
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Notorious Woman
1974
as Franz Liszt
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
as Readings (Voice)
Movies (169)
Damage
1992
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
The Lion King
1994
as Scar (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Alfred
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Alfred
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Tiberias
The Beekeeper
2024
as Wallace Westwyld
The Flash
2023
as Alfred Pennyworth
Justice League
2017
as Alfred
Lolita
1997
as Humbert Humbert
The Words
2012
as The Old Man
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as Simon
Margin Call
2011
as John Tuld
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Alan Rikkin
House of Gucci
2021
as Rodolfo Gucci
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Scar (voice)
Red Sparrow
2018
as Vladimir Korchnoi
Beautiful Creatures
2013
as Macon Ravenwood
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Aramis
The Time Machine
2002
as Über-Morlock
Eragon
2006
as Brom
Casanova
2005
as Pucci
Birds Like Us
2017
as Mi (voice)
High-Rise
2015
as Anthony Royal
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Raimund
The Beekeeper 2
2027
as Wallace Westwyld
Appaloosa
2008
as Randall Bragg
Highlander
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Antonio
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as William Smith
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as G. H. Hardy
Swann in Love
1984
as Charles Swann
The Mission
1986
as Father Gabriel
The Pink Panther 2
2009
as Avellaneda
Stealing Beauty
1996
as Alex Parrish
Palestine 36
2025
as High Commissioner Wauchope
The House of the Spirits
1993
as Esteban Trueba
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
as Alfred Stieglitz
Inland Empire
2006
as Kingsley Stewart
Last Call
2002
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
as Self
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
as Profion
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Last Movies
2026
as Self - Narrator
The Crystal Planet
2026
as Governor Mordokan (voice)
Moonlighting
1982
as Nowak
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2021
Reversal of Fortune
1990
as Claus von Bülow
Trashed
2012
as Himself
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Faeries
1999
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Their Finest
2017
as Secretary of War
M. Butterfly
1993
as René Gallimard
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Neville Chamberlain
Lynch 2
2007
as Self
Encore
as Nigel
Ohio Impromptu
2002
as Reader / Listener
Eye of the Leopard
2006
as Narrator
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
The Fourth Angel
2001
as Jack Elgin
Race
2016
as Avery Brundage
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Guy Jones
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
An Actor Prepares
2018
as Atticus
Better Start Running
2018
as Garrison
Dead Ringers
1988
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
Quintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
Longitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
A Night to Die For
1995
as Self
The Genius of George Boole
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Rihana
as Julian Miles
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
as Valentin Valentin
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Odon Von Horvath
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
as Self (Host)
This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Endless Corridor
2014
as Narrator
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
What is dyslexia?
2026
as The Inventor
The Sultan and the Saint
2016
as Narrator
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
The Chronoscope
2009
as Narrator
The Merchant of Venice
2005
as Himself
Gallipoli
2005
as Narrator
Seeds of Freedom
2012
as Narator
Being Julia
2004
as Michael Gosselyn
Betrayal
1983
as Jerry
Callas Forever
2002
as Larry Kelly
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Correspondence
2016
as Ed Phoerum
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
as Patrician
Emotional Uncertainties
2015
as Self
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Blast 'Em
1992
as Self (uncredited)
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
as Lawrence Philips
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Fiat Croma
2005
as Lead
Architects of Ancient Arabia
2021
as Narrator
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
2026
as Self - Narrator
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
2008
as Patrician
The Beggar's Opera
1991
as Prisoner
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
1991
as Narrator
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Chinese Box
1997
as John
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Nijinsky
1980
as Mikhail Fokine
The Majestic Plastic Bag
2010
as Narrator
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self
Eden at the End of the World
2008
as Narrator
1984
2008
as Television Voice
The Wind Gods
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
About Jeremy Irons
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 Bride… With 219 credits spanning from 1953 to 2027, Jeremy Irons has appeared in 169 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jeremy Irons Movies
- Damage (1992) — as Dr. Stephen Fleming
- The Lion King (1994) — as Scar (voice)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — as Alfred
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — as Alfred
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) — as Tiberias
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