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Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Acting

September 19, 1948 (77 years old)
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Male
168 Movies
48 TV Shows

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.

The Lion King
The Lion King

The Lion King

1994 8.3

as Scar (voice)

Age 45 (now 77)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

1995 7.3

as Simon

Age 46 (now 77)
Lolita
Lolita

Lolita

1997 7.1

as Humbert Humbert

Age 49 (now 77)
Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven

2005 7.0

as Tiberias

Age 56 (now 77)
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers

1988 7.1

as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle

Age 40 (now 77)
The Mission
The Mission

The Mission

1986 7.4

as Father Gabriel

Age 37 (now 77)
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed

2016 5.4

as Alan Rikkin

Age 68 (now 77)
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998 6.7

as Aramis

Age 49 (now 77)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who Knew Infinity

2016 7.2

as G. H. Hardy

Age 67 (now 77)
Eragon
Eragon

Eragon

2006 5.1

as Brom

Age 58 (now 77)
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper

2024 7.3

as Wallace Westwyld

Age 75 (now 77)
Inland Empire
Inland Empire

Inland Empire

2006 7.0

as Kingsley Stewart

Age 58 (now 77)
Damage
Damage

Damage

1992 6.6

as Dr. Stephen Fleming

Age 44 (now 77)
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

2013 6.0

as Macon Ravenwood

Age 64 (now 77)
House of Gucci
House of Gucci

House of Gucci

2021 6.6

as Rodolfo Gucci

Age 73 (now 77)
Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow

2018 6.5

as Vladimir Korchnoi

Age 69 (now 77)