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 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.
212 acting credits
Acting · 212
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Damage
1992
Saturday Night Live
1975
The View
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Great Performances
1971
Tony Awards
1956
Nature
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Beekeeper
2024
The Lion King
1994
The Morning Show
2019
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Oscars
1953
The Flash
2023
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo
2025
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
The Borgias
2011
Watchmen
2019
Lolita
1997
Justice League
2017
Performance
1991
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
HBO First Look
1992
Churchill's People
1974
The Hollow Crown
2012
Daytime Live
1987
Brisant
1994
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
Red Sparrow
2018
The Civil War
1990
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
Once Upon a Studio
2023
The Colour of Magic
2008
The Pallisers
1974
Brideshead Revisited
1981
House of Gucci
2021
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
The House of the Spirits
1993
Eragon
2006
Margin Call
2011
Assassin's Creed
2016
Prohibition
2011
The Time Machine
2002
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
Elizabeth I
2005
The Pink Panther 2
2009
The Pentaverate
2022
Inland Empire
2006
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Longitude
2000
The Mission
1986
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
The Beekeeper 2
2027
Working Shakespeare
2003
Race
2016
Casanova
2005
Stealing Beauty
1996
Palestine 36
2025
Appaloosa
2008
The Words
2012
High-Rise
2015
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
Comic Relief
1988
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Their Finest
2017
Metropolis
2015
The Merchant of Venice
2004
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
Dead Ringers
1988
Notorious Woman
1974
Highlander
—
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
Reversal of Fortune
1990
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
M. Butterfly
1993
Kafka
1991
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Racing Legends
2012
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Longitude
2000
Being Julia
2004
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
Swann in Love
1984
Waterland
1992
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
Correspondence
2016
Love for Lydia
1977
This Ordinary Thing
2025
Moonlighting
1982
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
The Cello
2023
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
Earth and the American Dream
1992
The Fourth Angel
2001
Last Call
2002
Chinese Box
1997
Muse of Fire
2013
Broadway: The Next Generation
—
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
Birds Like Us
2017
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
The Path to Redemption
2006
Faeries
1999
Better Start Running
2018
A Night to Die For
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Quintessentially Irish
2024
Callas Forever
2002
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
Last Movies
2026
Heart of the Festival
2002
Nijinsky
1980
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Betrayal
1983
The Statue of Liberty
1985
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022
An Actor Prepares
2018
The Making of the Lion King
1994
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
Gallipoli
2005
The Last Lions
2011
What is dyslexia?
2026
The Way of the Cheetah
2022
Mathilde
2006
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
Australia
1989
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
—
The Wind Gods
2013
The Genius of George Boole
2015
Codice Carla
2023
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
2019
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
The Well of Saint Nobody
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Encore
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The Wild Duck
1984
Goodbye Granadaland
2013
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
1984
2008
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988
Lynch 2
2007
Eye of the Leopard
2006
The Beggar's Opera
1991
Endless Corridor
2014
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
2024
Trashed
2012
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
The Voysey Inheritance
2014
From Time to Time
1992
Earthquake On Everest
2015
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
The Dream
1989
Tales from Hollywood
1992
The Majestic Plastic Bag
2010
The Crystal Planet
2026
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
1989
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
Mara: Rebirth
2025
Water People: The Story of Us
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The Merchant of Venice
2005
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020
Emotional Uncertainties
2015
The Sultan and the Saint
2016
Game of Lions
2013
The Short Life of Anne Frank
2001
The Chronoscope
2009
Ohio Impromptu
2002
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
The Power of the Powerless
2009
The Captain's Doll
1983
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
1991
Architects of Ancient Arabia
2021
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022
Eden at the End of the World
2008
Rihana
—
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2021
The Lolita Story
1998
Another Way Home
2012
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1986
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
2007
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
I Wish For You
2016
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
2022
Fiat Croma
2005
Wild Transylvania – Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
2026
Seeds of Freedom
2012
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
2008