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Jeremy Irons
Jeremy John Irons is an English actor and activist, renowned for his roles both onstage and onscreen, and has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. He is one of the few actors to have achieved the 'Triple Crown of Acting' in the US, having won awards for Film, Television, and Theatre. Irons undertook classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and began his acting career onstage in 1969. He has since starred in renowned West End theatre productions and on Broadway. His film career breakthrough came with The French Lieutenant's Woman in 1981, and he continued to feature in significant productions such as The Mission and Dead Ringers. Notably, his portrayal of Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He has also voiced the role of Scar in Disney's The Lion King and Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Extended Universe franchise. In his television career, Irons had a break-out role in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited. Irons's activism includes serving as the Goodwill Ambassador for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Jeremy John Irons
Born: Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: September 19, 1948
Occupations: Actor, Activist
Years Active: 1969-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Julie Hallam, Sinéad Cusack
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Awards and Nominations Received by Jeremy Irons
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Movies Featuring Jeremy Irons
The Batman
Justice League
Reversal of Fortune
Dead Ringers
Munich: The Edge of War
Damage
Danny the Champion of the World
The Mission
Callas Forever
The Merchant of Venice
High-Rise
Being Julia
The Lion King
Kafka
Assassin's Creed
Lolita
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Stealing Beauty
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Red Sparrow
The Man in the Iron Mask
House of Gucci
Eragon
M. Butterfly
Dungeons & Dragons
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
An Actor Prepares
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
The Beekeeper
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Seeds of Freedom
The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 2
Muse of Fire
Endless Corridor
Prohibition
The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 1
Earthquake On Everest
Correspondence
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Birds Like Us
Broadway: The Next Generation
Better Start Running
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
Watchmen
Longitude
Ohio Impromptu
Last Call
The Genius of George Boole
The Sultan and the Saint
The Short Life of Anne Frank
The Fourth Angel
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Elizabeth I
Revisiting Brideshead
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
The Path to Redemption
The Secret Policeman’s Ball: The Ball in the Hall
The Civil War
Gallipoli
Eye of the Leopard
Lynch 2
Moonlighting
Swann in Love
Night of 100 Stars II
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
The Dream
A Chorus of Disapproval
Brideshead Revisited
The Wild Duck
Australia
Betrayal
The Statue of Liberty
The Making of Dead Ringers
Nijinsky
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
The Way of the Cheetah
Jade Eyed Leopard
The Pentaverate
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
Quintessentially Irish
Earth and the American Dream
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Langrishe, Go Down
Georgia O’Keeffe
The Lolita Story
1984
Chinese Box
The Colour of Magic
The House of the Spirits
Faeries
Waterland
The Power of the Powerless
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
The Making of the Lion King
Career Timeline
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2024
The Beekeeper
Wallace Westwyld
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
Quintessentially Irish
Self
2021
House of Gucci
Rodolfo Gucci
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Himself
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2016
High-Rise
Assassin's Creed
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Correspondence
Ed Phoerum
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Self
The Sultan and the Saint
Narrator
2006
Eragon
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Narrator (voice)
The Path to Redemption
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Self
Eye of the Leopard
Narrator
2003
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Narrator
1989
Danny the Champion of the World
The Dream
A Chorus of Disapproval
Guy Jones
Australia
Edouard Pierson
1988
Dead Ringers
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
Self
The Making of Dead Ringers
Self - Actor
1000
The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 2
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
The Hollow Crown: Henry IV - Part 1
Watchmen
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Longitude
Rupert Gould
Elizabeth I
Earl of Leicester
The Civil War
Various
Brideshead Revisited
Charles Ryder
The Pentaverate
Jeremy Irons
The Colour of Magic
Patrician
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