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.
M. Butterfly
(René Gallimard)
Kingdom of Heaven
(Tiberias)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
(Simon)
The Time Machine
(Über-Morlock)
The House of the Spirits
(Esteban Trueba)
Inland Empire
(Kingsley Stewart)
Kafka
(Kafka)
Lynch 2
(Self)
Eragon
(Brom)
Damage
(Dr. Stephen Fleming)
The Merchant of Venice
(Antonio)
Chinese Box
(John)
The Mission
(Father Gabriel)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
(Self)
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
(Self)
Dungeons & Dragons
(Profion)
The Lion King
(Scar (voice))
The French Lieutenant's Woman
(Charles Henry Smithson / Mike)
Architects of Ancient Arabia
(Narrator)
Dead Ringers
(Beverly / Elliot Mantle)
Lolita
(Humbert Humbert)
The Man in the Iron Mask
(Aramis)
Earthquake On Everest
(Narrator (voice))
Appaloosa
(Randall Bragg)
Casanova
(Pucci)
The Cello
(Francesco)
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
Moonlighting
(Nowak)
Stealing Beauty
(Alex Parrish)
The Pink Panther 2
(Avellaneda)
Game of Lions
(Narrator (voice))
Reversal of Fortune
(Claus von Bülow)
The Voysey Inheritance
(Edward Voysey)
Callas Forever
(Larry Kelly)
Gallipoli
(Narrator)
Being Julia
(Michael Gosselyn)
Longitude
(Rupert Gould)
Margin Call
(John Tuld)
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
(Valentin Valentin)
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
(Himself)
The Last Lions
(Narrator)
Danny the Champion of the World
(William Smith)
The Words
(The Old Man)
The Flash
(Alfred Pennyworth)
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
(Narrator)
The Fourth Angel
(Jack Elgin)
Goodbye Granadaland
(Self)
The Way of the Cheetah
(Narrator (voice))
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
(Self)
Langrishe, Go Down
(Otto Beck)
Trashed
(Himself)
Beautiful Creatures
(Macon Ravenwood)
The Majestic Plastic Bag
(Narrator)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
(Narrator (voice))
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
(Narrator (voice))
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
(Narrator (voice))
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
(Narrator (voice))
Eye of the Leopard
(Narrator)
A Chorus of Disapproval
(Guy Jones)
Another Way Home
(Narrator)
Ohio Impromptu
(Reader / Listener)
Waterland
(Tom Crick)
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
Georgia O'Keeffe
(Alfred Stieglitz)
Swann in Love
(Charles Swann)
Night Train to Lisbon
(Raimund)
Betrayal
(Jerry)
Last Call
(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Nijinsky
(Mikhail Fokine)
Australia
(Edouard Pierson)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
(Self (archive footage))
The Beggar's Opera
(Prisoner)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
(Self (archive footage))
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(Alfred Pennyworth)
Faeries
(The Shapeshifter (voice))
Muse of Fire
(Self)
Tales from Hollywood
(Odon Von Horvath)
The Wild Duck
(Harold)
Mathilde
(Col. De Petris)
Revisiting Brideshead
(Self)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
(Self - 'Alfred')
Once Upon a Studio
(Scar (voice))
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
(Self)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
(Self (archive footage))
High-Rise
(Anthony Royal)
1984
(Television Voice)
I Wish For You
(Grandfather)
Codice Carla
(Self)
A Night to Die For
(Self)
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
(Self)
Eden at the End of the World
(Narrator)
Correspondence
(Ed Phoerum)
The Beekeeper
(Wallace Westwyld)
Race
(Avery Brundage)
The Chronoscope
(Narrator)
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
(Narrator)
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
(Narrator (voice))
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
(Narrator (voice))
Quintessentially Irish
(Self)
Broadway: The Next Generation
(Self)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
(G. H. Hardy)
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
(Traveller (archived audio))
The Books He Didn't Burn
(narrator)
Night of 100 Stars II
(Self)
The Genius of George Boole
(Narrator (voice))
Assassin's Creed
(Alan Rikkin)
The Well of Saint Nobody
(William)
Encore
(Nigel)
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
(Self)
The Statue of Liberty
(Self (voice))
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
(Self)
Endless Corridor
(Narrator)
The Wind Gods
(Narrator (voice))
Justice League
(Alfred Pennyworth)
The Dream
Their Finest
(Secretary of War)
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
(Narrator)
Red Sparrow
(Vladimir Korchnoi)
An Actor Prepares
(Atticus)
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
(Narrator)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
(Self)
Birds Like Us
(Mi (voice))
Better Start Running
(Garrison)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
(Self)
The Sultan and the Saint
(Narrator)
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
(Self)
The Lolita Story
(Himself)
The Making of Dead Ringers
(Self - Actor)
The Short Life of Anne Frank
(Narrator (English version))
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
(Self - Host / Narrator (voice))
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
(Self)
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
(Lawrence Philips)
The Power of the Powerless
Seeds of Freedom
(Narator)
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
(Self)
Earth and the American Dream
(Reader (voice))
Emotional Uncertainties
(Self)
Munich: The Edge of War
(Neville Chamberlain)
House of Gucci
(Rodolfo Gucci)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
(Alfred)
Jade Eyed Leopard
(Narrator (voice))
The Path to Redemption
(Self)
The Making of the Lion King
(Self)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(Self (archive footage))
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
(Self)
Inside the Actors Studio
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Bar Rag (voice))
The One Show
(Self - Guest)
The View
(Self)
E! True Hollywood Story
Who Do You Think You Are?
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Brideshead Revisited
(Charles Ryder)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
(Self)
Longitude
(Rupert Gould)
The Civil War
(Various)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(Nephew)
The Pallisers
(Frank Tregear)
Elizabeth I
(Earl of Leicester)
Love for Lydia
(Alex Sanderson)
Notorious Woman
(Franz Liszt)
BBC Play of the Month
(Edward Voysey)
The Oscars
(Self)
Comic Relief
Daytime Live
The Borgias
(Rodrigo Borgia)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Performance
(Odon Von Horvath)
The Colour of Magic
(Patrician)
Shakespeare Uncovered
(Himself)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
(Self)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(Self)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Dr. Cap Jackson)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Pentaverate
(Jeremy Irons)
The Count of Monte Cristo
(Abbé Faria)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Watchmen
(Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias)
Racing Legends
(Self)
The Hollow Crown
(Henry IV)
Tony Awards
(Self - Host)
Metropolis
Prohibition
(Reader (voice))
Great Performances
(Self)
HBO First Look
Brisant
(Self)
