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 Ta ... le, 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 Borgias
as Rodrigo Borgia
Episodes: 29
First Aired: Apr 03, 2011
The Pallisers
as Frank Tregear
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Jan 19, 1974
Love for Lydia
as Alex Sanderson
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Sep 09, 1977
Brideshead Revisited
as Charles Ryder
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Oct 12, 1981
The Civil War
as Various
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Sep 23, 1990
Watchmen
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 20, 2019
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Abbé Faria
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jan 13, 2025
Notorious Woman
as Franz Liszt
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Nov 03, 1974
The Pentaverate
as Jeremy Irons
Episodes: 6
First Aired: May 05, 2022
Prohibition
as Reader (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 02, 2011
Longitude
as Rupert Gould
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 02, 2000
Elizabeth I
as Earl of Leicester
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 29, 2005
The Colour of Magic
as Patrician
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 23, 2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Cap Jackson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
The Hollow Crown
as Henry IV
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 30, 2012
The Simpsons
as Bar Rag (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Nephew
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1971
BBC Play of the Month
as Edward Voysey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
Performance
as Odon Von Horvath
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 1991
Nature
as Narrator
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1982
Metropolis
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 04, 2015
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The View
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 21, 2023
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 1994
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 2006
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 12, 2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 20, 2015
Comic Relief
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 05, 1988
Daytime Live
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 21, 1987
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Shakespeare Uncovered
as Himself
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 19, 2012
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 14, 1981
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Racing Legends
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 27, 2012
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Great Performances
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
HBO First Look
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 12, 1992
Brisant
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 1994
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