Jeremy Irons
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.
Movies (152)
The Crystal Planet
2026
What is dyslexia?
2026
Wild Transylvania – Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
2026
Last Movies
2026
This Ordinary Thing
2025
Palestine 36
2025
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
Quintessentially Irish
2024
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
2024
The Beekeeper
2024
Codice Carla
2023
Once Upon a Studio
2023
The Cello
2023
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
The Flash
2023
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
2022
The Way of the Cheetah
2022
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
House of Gucci
2021
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021
Architects of Ancient Arabia
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
2019
An Actor Prepares
2018
Better Start Running
2018
Red Sparrow
2018
Justice League
2017
Birds Like Us
2017
Their Finest
2017
Assassin's Creed
2016
The Sultan and the Saint
2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Race
2016
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
Correspondence
2016
I Wish For You
2016
High-Rise
2015
The Genius of George Boole
2015
Earthquake On Everest
2015
Endless Corridor
2014
The Voysey Inheritance
2014
Game of Lions
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
The Wind Gods
2013
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Trashed
2012
The Words
2012
Seeds of Freedom
2012
Margin Call
2011
The Last Lions
2011
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
The Majestic Plastic Bag
2010
The Power of the Powerless
2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
The Chronoscope
2009
The Pink Panther 2
2009
Appaloosa
2008
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
2008
1984
2008
Eden at the End of the World
2008
Lynch 2
2007
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
2007
Eragon
2006
Inland Empire
2006
Eye of the Leopard
2006
The Path to Redemption
2006
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
Mathilde
2006
Casanova
2005
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
The Merchant of Venice
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Gallipoli
2005
Fiat Croma
2005
The Merchant of Venice
2004
Being Julia
2004
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
Callas Forever
2002
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
Last Call
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
Ohio Impromptu
2002
The Time Machine
2002
The Short Life of Anne Frank
2001
The Fourth Angel
2001
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
Longitude
2000
Faeries
1999
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
The Lolita Story
1998
Chinese Box
1997
Lolita
1997
Stealing Beauty
1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
A Night to Die For
1995
The Making of the Lion King
1994
The Lion King
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
The House of the Spirits
1993
M. Butterfly
1993
Damage
1992
Tales from Hollywood
1992
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Waterland
1992
From Time to Time
1992
Kafka
1991
The Beggar's Opera
1991
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
1991
Reversal of Fortune
1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
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
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Dead Ringers
1988
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988
The Mission
1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
The Statue of Liberty
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Wild Duck
1984
Swann in Love
1984
Betrayal
1983
The Captain's Doll
1983
Moonlighting
1982
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Nijinsky
1980
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
Broadway: The Next Generation
Rihana
TV Shows (46)
Mara: Rebirth
2025
The Count of Monte Cristo
2025
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
The Pentaverate
2022
The Morning Show
2019
Watchmen
2019
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
Metropolis
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Racing Legends
2012
The Hollow Crown
2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
Prohibition
2011
The Borgias
2011
The Colour of Magic
2008
Elizabeth I
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Working Shakespeare
2003
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
Longitude
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The View
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Brisant
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
HBO First Look
1992
Performance
1991
The Civil War
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Nature
1982
Brideshead Revisited
1981
Wetten, dass..?
1981
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Love for Lydia
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
Churchill's People
1974
Notorious Woman
1974
The Pallisers
1974
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Great Performances
1971
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953