Jeremy Irons
Born 1948
Known for The Lion King, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Assassin's Creed.
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.
Movie Credits
Russia's Wild Tiger (2022)
Jade Eyed Leopard (2020)
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders (2019)
An Actor Prepares (2018)
Better Start Running (2018)
Birds Like Us (2017)
Correspondence (2016)
The Genius of George Boole (2015)
Endless Corridor (2014)
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Trashed (2012)
The Last Lions (2011)
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo (2006)
Gallipoli (2005)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Last Call (2002)
The Fourth Angel (2001)
Chinese Box (1997)
Lolita (1997)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Damage (1992)
Waterland (1992)
Kafka (1991)
Australia (1989)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Swann in Love (1984)
Betrayal (1983)
The Wild Duck (1983)
Moonlighting (1982)
Quintessentially Irish (2024)
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
The Sultan and the Saint (2016)
Eragon (2006)
Inland Empire (2006)
Being Julia (2004)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Callas Forever (2002)
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
The Mission (1986)
The Statue of Liberty (1985)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl (2025)
Munich – The Edge of War (2021)
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
The Words (2012)
Casanova (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
The Lion King (1994)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
House of Gucci (2021)
High-Rise (2015)
Margin Call (2011)
Appaloosa (2008)
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Red Sparrow (2018)
Race (2016)
Nijinsky (1980)
Justice League (2017)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
Highlander (1969)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
The Time Machine (2002)
Muse of Fire (2013)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary (1986)
Palestine 36 (2025)
