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Jeremy Irons
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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 h…
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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.
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The Beekeeper 2
as Wallace Westwyld
The Crystal Planet
as Governor Mordokan (voice)
What is dyslexia?
as The Inventor
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
as Self - Narrator
Last Movies
as Self - Narrator
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
Palestine 36
as High Commissioner Wauchope
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
Quintessentially Irish
as Self
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
The Beekeeper
as Wallace Westwyld
Codice Carla
as Self
Once Upon a Studio
as Scar (voice)
The Cello
as Francesco
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'Alfred'
The Flash
as Alfred Pennyworth
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
as Self (archive footage)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
as Self
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
as Narrator (voice)
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
as Narrator
The Way of the Cheetah
as Narrator (voice)
Munich - The Edge of War
as Neville Chamberlain
House of Gucci
as Rodolfo Gucci
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
as Self
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
as Self
Architects of Ancient Arabia
as Narrator
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Alfred
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
as Lawrence Philips
Jade Eyed Leopard
as Narrator (voice)
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
An Actor Prepares
as Atticus
Better Start Running
as Garrison
Red Sparrow
as Vladimir Korchnoi
Justice League
as Alfred
Birds Like Us
as Mi (voice)
Their Finest
as Secretary of War
Assassin's Creed
as Alan Rikkin
The Sultan and the Saint
as Narrator
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as G. H. Hardy
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Alfred
Race
as Avery Brundage
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Correspondence
as Ed Phoerum
I Wish For You
as Grandfather
High-Rise
as Anthony Royal
The Genius of George Boole
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Emotional Uncertainties
as Self
Earthquake On Everest
as Narrator (voice)
Endless Corridor
as Narrator
The Voysey Inheritance
as Edward Voysey
Game of Lions
as Narrator (voice)
Muse of Fire
as Self
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
as Self
No Poster
Goodbye Granadaland
as Self
The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup
as Narrator (voice)
Night Train to Lisbon
as Raimund
Beautiful Creatures
as Macon Ravenwood
Trashed
as Himself
No Poster
Another Way Home
as Narrator
The Words
as The Old Man
Seeds of Freedom
as Narator
Margin Call
as John Tuld
The Last Lions
as Narrator
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
The Majestic Plastic Bag
as Narrator
The Power of the Powerless
Georgia O'Keeffe
as Alfred Stieglitz
The Chronoscope
as Narrator
The Pink Panther 2
as Avellaneda
Appaloosa
as Randall Bragg
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
as Festival audience member
1984
as Television Voice
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
as Patrician
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
as Patrician
Eden at the End of the World
as Narrator
Lynch 2
as Self
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
as Narrator
Eragon
as Brom
Inland Empire
as Kingsley Stewart
No Poster
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
as Self
Eye of the Leopard
as Narrator
The Path to Redemption
as Self
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
as Narrator (voice)
Mathilde
as Col. De Petris
Casanova
as Pucci
Revisiting Brideshead
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
as Himself
Kingdom of Heaven
as Tiberias
Gallipoli
as Narrator
Fiat Croma
as Lead
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
Being Julia
as Michael Gosselyn
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
as Narrator (voice)
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
as Narrator
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Callas Forever
as Larry Kelly
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as Valentin Valentin
Last Call
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Ohio Impromptu
as Reader / Listener
The Time Machine
as Über-Morlock
The Short Life of Anne Frank
as Narrator (English version)
The Fourth Angel
as Jack Elgin
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
as Self
Dungeons & Dragons
as Profion
Longitude
as Rupert Gould
Faeries
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Aramis
The Lolita Story
as Himself
Chinese Box
as John
Lolita
as Humbert Humbert
Stealing Beauty
as Alex Parrish
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Simon
A Night to Die For
as Self
The Making of the Lion King
as Self
The Lion King
as Scar (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
The House of the Spirits
as Esteban Trueba
M. Butterfly
as René Gallimard
Damage
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
Tales from Hollywood
as Odon Von Horvath
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Waterland
as Tom Crick
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
From Time to Time
as H.G. Wells
Kafka
as Kafka
The Beggar's Opera
as Prisoner
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
as Narrator
Reversal of Fortune
as Claus von Bülow
Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace
as John Newton (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
Australia
as Edouard Pierson
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
as Narrator
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Guy Jones
Danny the Champion of the World
as William Smith
No Poster
The Dream
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
Dead Ringers
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
The Making of Dead Ringers
as Self - Actor
The Mission
as Father Gabriel
No Poster
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
as Narrator (voice)
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
The Wild Duck
as Harold
Swann in Love
as Charles Swann
Betrayal
as Jerry
The Captain's Doll
as Captain Alexander Hepburn
Moonlighting
as Nowak
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Nijinsky
as Mikhail Fokine
Langrishe, Go Down
as Otto Beck
No Poster
Highlander
No Poster
Encore
as Nigel
Rihana
as Julian Miles
No Poster
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
as Self (Host)
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
No Poster
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
No Poster
Water People: The Story of Us
as The Ocean (voice)
No Poster
The Well of Saint Nobody
as William