Jeremy Irons
Acting
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
Acting218
The Beekeeper 2
2027
Wallace Westwyld
movieThe Crystal Planet
2026
Governor Mordokan (voice)
movieWhat is dyslexia?
2026
The Inventor
movieDracula's Hidden Kingdom
2026
Self - Narrator
movieLast Movies
2026
Self - Narrator
movieThis Ordinary Thing
2025
Self (voice)
tvMara: Rebirth
2025
Narrator (voice)
moviePalestine 36
2025
High Commissioner Wauchope
tvThe Count of Monte Cristo
2025
Abbé Faria
movieThe Beekeeper
2024
Wallace Westwyld
movieOnce Upon a Studio
2023
Scar (voice)
movieThe Cello
2023
Francesco
movieMaking The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
Self - 'Alfred'
movieThe Flash
2023
Alfred Pennyworth
movieTom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
Self (archive footage)
moviePrisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Pentaverate
2022
Jeremy Irons
movieEye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieEternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieUltimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieRelentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Way of the Cheetah
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieMunich - The Edge of War
2021
Neville Chamberlain
movieHouse of Gucci
2021
Rodolfo Gucci
movieLove, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
Lawrence Philips
movieJade Eyed Leopard
2020
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Morning Show
2019
Martin Levy
tvWatchmen
2019
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
movieThe Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
2019
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
movieAn Actor Prepares
2018
Atticus
movieBetter Start Running
2018
Garrison
movieRed Sparrow
2018
Vladimir Korchnoi
movieJustice League
2017
Alfred
movieBirds Like Us
2017
Mi (voice)
movieTheir Finest
2017
Secretary of War
movieAssassin's Creed
2016
Alan Rikkin
movieThe Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
G. H. Hardy
movieRace
2016
Avery Brundage
movieCorrespondence
2016
Ed Phoerum
movieI Wish For You
2016
Grandfather
movieHigh-Rise
2015
Anthony Royal
movieThe Genius of George Boole
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieEarthquake On Everest
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieEndless Corridor
2014
Narrator
movieThe Voysey Inheritance
2014
Edward Voysey
movieGame of Lions
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Wind Gods
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieBeautiful Creatures
2013
Macon Ravenwood
movieTrashed
2012
Himself
movieThe Words
2012
The Old Man
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012
Henry IV
tvShakespeare Uncovered
2012
Himself
movieSeeds of Freedom
2012
Narator
tvProhibition
2011
Reader (voice)
movieMargin Call
2011
John Tuld
tvThe Borgias
2011
Rodrigo Borgia
movieThe Last Lions
2011
Narrator
movieGeorgia O'Keeffe
2009
Alfred Stieglitz
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Chronoscope
2009
Narrator
movieThe Pink Panther 2
2009
Avellaneda
movieAppaloosa
2008
Randall Bragg
movieMagic in the air, Bantry House Music
2008
Festival audience member
movie1984
2008
Television Voice
tvThe Colour of Magic
2008
Patrician
movieLynch 2
2007
Self
movieEragon
2006
Brom
movieInland Empire
2006
Kingsley Stewart
movieEye of the Leopard
2006
Narrator
movieRelentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieMathilde
2006
Col. De Petris
movieCasanova
2005
Pucci
tvElizabeth I
2005
Earl of Leicester
movieKingdom of Heaven
2005
Tiberias
movieGallipoli
2005
Narrator
movieBeing Julia
2004
Michael Gosselyn
movieUltimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
Narrator (voice)
tvKingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
Readings (Voice)
movieCheck the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
movieCallas Forever
2002
Larry Kelly
movieAnd Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
Valentin Valentin
movieLast Call
2002
F. Scott Fitzgerald
movieHeart of the Festival
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieOhio Impromptu
2002
Reader / Listener
movieThe Time Machine
2002
Über-Morlock
movieThe Short Life of Anne Frank
2001
Narrator (English version)
movieThe Fourth Angel
2001
Jack Elgin
movieDungeons & Dragons
2000
Profion
movieLongitude
2000
Rupert Gould
tvLongitude
2000
Rupert Gould
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Dr. Cap Jackson
movieFaeries
1999
The Shapeshifter (voice)
movieThe Lolita Story
1998
Himself
movieLolita
1997
Humbert Humbert
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieStealing Beauty
1996
Alex Parrish
movieThe Lion King
1994
Scar (voice)
movieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Self (archive footage)
tvBrisant
1994
Self
movieThe House of the Spirits
1993
Esteban Trueba
movieM. Butterfly
1993
René Gallimard
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieDamage
1992
Dr. Stephen Fleming
movieTales from Hollywood
1992
Odon Von Horvath
movieEarth and the American Dream
1992
Reader (voice)
movieWaterland
1992
Tom Crick
movieBlast 'Em
1992
Self (uncredited)
movieFrom Time to Time
1992
H.G. Wells
movieKafka
1991
Kafka
tvPerformance
1991
Odon Von Horvath
movieThe Beggar's Opera
1991
Prisoner
movieReversal of Fortune
1990
Claus von Bülow
tvThe Civil War
1990
Various (voice)
movieSesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Bar Rag (voice)
movieAustralia
1989
Edouard Pierson
movieDanny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
1989
Narrator
movieA Chorus of Disapproval
1989
Guy Jones
movieDanny the Champion of the World
1989
William Smith
movieDead Ringers
1988
Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
movieThe Making of Dead Ringers
1988
Self - Actor
movieThe Mission
1986
Father Gabriel
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1986
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Statue of Liberty
1985
Self (voice)
movieThe Wild Duck
1984
Harold
movieSwann in Love
1984
Charles Swann
movieBetrayal
1983
Jerry
movieThe Captain's Doll
1983
Captain Alexander Hepburn
tvNature
1982
Narrator
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Ödön von Horváth
tvBrideshead Revisited
1981
Charles Ryder
movieThe French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
movieNijinsky
1980
Mikhail Fokine
movieLangrishe, Go Down
1978
Otto Beck
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Otto Beck
tvLove for Lydia
1977
Alex Sanderson
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvChurchill's People
1974
Samuel Ross
tvNotorious Woman
1974
Franz Liszt
tvThe Pallisers
1974
Frank Tregear
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Edward Voysey
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Encore
Nigel
Water People: The Story of Us
The Ocean (voice)
movieRihana
Julian Miles
Crew2
Production2
movieNepal Beyond
2021
Executive Producer
movieBetter Start Running
2018
Executive Producer