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.
Acted in
Quintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
2024
The Beekeeper
2024
as Wallace Westwyld
Codice Carla
2023
as Self
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Scar (voice)
The Cello
2023
as Francesco
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
as Self - 'Alfred'
The Flash
2023
as Alfred Pennyworth
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
as Self
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Books He Didn't Burn
2023
as narrator
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
as Self
Birds Like Us
2022
as Mi (voice)
The Pentaverate
2022
as Jeremy Irons
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
2022
as Narrator
The Way of the Cheetah
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Munich: The Edge of War
2022
as Neville Chamberlain
House of Gucci
2021
as Rodolfo Gucci
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
as Himself
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021
as Self
Architects of Ancient Arabia
2021
as Narrator
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Alfred
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
as Lawrence Philips
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Watchmen
2019
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
2019
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
An Actor Prepares
2018
as Atticus
Better Start Running
2018
as Garrison
Red Sparrow
2018
as Vladimir Korchnoi
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
as Self
Justice League
2017
as Alfred Pennyworth
Their Finest
2017
as Secretary of War
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Alan Rikkin
The Sultan and the Saint
2016
as Narrator
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as G. H. Hardy
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Alfred Pennyworth
Race
2016
as Avery Brundage
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
as Self
Correspondence
2016
as Ed Phoerum
I Wish For You
2016
as Grandfather
High-Rise
2015
as Anthony Royal
The Genius of George Boole
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Emotional Uncertainties
2015
as Self
Earthquake On Everest
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Metropolis
2015
Endless Corridor
2014
as Narrator
Game of Lions
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
as Self
Goodbye Granadaland
2013
as Self
The Wind Gods
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Raimund
Beautiful Creatures
2013
as Macon Ravenwood
Racing Legends
2012
as Self
Trashed
2012
as Himself
Another Way Home
2012
as Narrator
The Words
2012
as The Old Man
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Henry IV
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
Seeds of Freedom
2012
as Narator
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
The Borgias
2011
as Rodrigo Borgia
Margin Call
2011
as John Tuld
The Last Lions
2011
as Narrator
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
The Majestic Plastic Bag
2010
as Narrator
The Power of the Powerless
2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
as Alfred Stieglitz
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Chronoscope
2009
as Narrator
The Pink Panther 2
2009
as Avellaneda
Appaloosa
2008
as Randall Bragg
1984
2008
as Television Voice
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Patrician
Eden at the End of the World
2008
as Narrator
Lynch 2
2007
as Self
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
2007
as Narrator
Eragon
2006
as Brom
Inland Empire
2006
as Kingsley Stewart
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
as Self
Eye of the Leopard
2006
as Narrator
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
Mathilde
2006
as Col. De Petris
Casanova
2005
as Pucci
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self
Elizabeth I
2005
as Earl of Leicester
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Tiberias
Gallipoli
2005
as Narrator
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Antonio
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Being Julia
2004
as Michael Gosselyn
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
as Narrator
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Callas Forever
2002
as Larry Kelly
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
as Valentin Valentin
Last Call
2002
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ohio Impromptu
2002
as Reader / Listener
The Time Machine
2002
as Über-Morlock
The Short Life of Anne Frank
2001
as Narrator (English version)
The Fourth Angel
2001
as Jack Elgin
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
as Self
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
as Profion
Longitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
Longitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Cap Jackson
Faeries
1999
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Aramis
The Lolita Story
1998
as Himself
Chinese Box
1997
as John
Lolita
1997
as Humbert Humbert
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Stealing Beauty
1996
as Alex Parrish
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as Simon
A Night to Die For
1995
as Self
The Lion King
1994
as Scar (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)
The House of the Spirits
1993
as Esteban Trueba
M. Butterfly
1993
as René Gallimard
Damage
1992
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Odon Von Horvath
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Waterland
1992
as Tom Crick
HBO First Look
1992
Kafka
1991
as Kafka
The Beggar's Opera
1991
as Prisoner
Performance
1991
as Odon Von Horvath
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
1991
as Narrator
Reversal of Fortune
1990
as Claus von Bülow
The Civil War
1990
as Various
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
Australia
1989
as Edouard Pierson
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Guy Jones
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as William Smith
The Dream
1989
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
1988
as Self
Dead Ringers
1988
as Beverly / Elliot Mantle
Comic Relief
1988
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988
as Self - Actor
Daytime Live
1987
The Mission
1986
as Father Gabriel
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Wild Duck
1984
as Harold
Swann in Love
1984
as Charles Swann
Betrayal
1983
as Jerry
Moonlighting
1982
as Nowak
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Charles Ryder
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Nijinsky
1980
as Mikhail Fokine
The Voysey Inheritance
1979
as Edward Voysey
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
as Otto Beck
Love for Lydia
1977
as Alex Sanderson
Notorious Woman
1974
as Franz Liszt
The Pallisers
1974
as Frank Tregear
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Nephew
Great Performances
1971
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Edward Voysey
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953
as Self
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
as Traveller (archived audio)
Encore
as Nigel
The Well of Saint Nobody
as William
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Abbé Faria