Jeremy Irons
Born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK — Sep 19 1948
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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 Revi…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Cap Jackson
The Simpsons
Bar Rag (voice)
Great Performances
Self
Nature
Narrator
BBC Play of the Month
Edward Voysey
The Morning Show
Martin Levy
The Oscars
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Abbé Faria
Performance
Odon Von Horvath
The Borgias
Rodrigo Borgia
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Alfred
Churchill's People
Samuel Ross
Watchmen
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
BBC2 Play of the Week
Otto Beck
Lolita
Humbert Humbert
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Nephew
Kingdom of Heaven
Tiberias
The Beekeeper
Wallace Westwyld
HBO First Look
The Hollow Crown
Henry IV
The Flash
Alfred Pennyworth
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Alfred
The Civil War
Various
Daytime Live
Justice League
Alfred
The Pallisers
Frank Tregear
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Simon
Brideshead Revisited
Charles Ryder
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
Red Sparrow
Vladimir Korchnoi
Comic Relief
The Time Machine
Über-Morlock
Once Upon a Studio
Scar (voice)
Margin Call
John Tuld
Elizabeth I
Earl of Leicester
The Man in the Iron Mask
Aramis
Palestine 36
High Commissioner Wauchope
The Colour of Magic
Patrician
The Mission
Father Gabriel
House of Gucci
Rodolfo Gucci
Dungeons & Dragons
Profion
Inland Empire
Kingsley Stewart
Assassin's Creed
Alan Rikkin
The Pentaverate
Jeremy Irons
Damage
Dr. Stephen Fleming
Working Shakespeare
Host
Longitude
Rupert Gould
The Beekeeper 2
Wallace Westwyld
Eragon
Brom
Appaloosa
Randall Bragg
Casanova
Pucci
The House of the Spirits
Esteban Trueba
Race
Avery Brundage
Metropolis
The Man Who Knew Infinity
G. H. Hardy
Stealing Beauty
Alex Parrish
High-Rise
Anthony Royal
Dead Ringers
Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
The Words
The Old Man
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself
The Pink Panther 2
Avellaneda
Highlander
Beautiful Creatures
Macon Ravenwood
Kafka
Kafka
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Reversal of Fortune
Claus von Bülow
Their Finest
Secretary of War
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self (archive footage)
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
Racing Legends
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
M. Butterfly
René Gallimard
Waterland
Tom Crick
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Notorious Woman
Franz Liszt
Longitude
Rupert Gould
Being Julia
Michael Gosselyn
Love for Lydia
Alex Sanderson
Muse of Fire
Self
Better Start Running
Garrison
Swann in Love
Charles Swann
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Chinese Box
John
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Lawrence Philips
The Making of the Lion King
Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Night Train to Lisbon
Raimund
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Self
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
The Cello
Francesco
The Path to Redemption
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
A Night to Die For
Self
Birds Like Us
Mi (voice)
Moonlighting
Nowak
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Self
Last Call
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Munich – The Edge of War
Neville Chamberlain
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Australia
Edouard Pierson
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Readings (Voice)
The Last Lions
Narrator
Georgia O'Keeffe
Alfred Stieglitz
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Faeries
The Shapeshifter (voice)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self - 'Alfred'
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Valentin Valentin
Danny the Champion of the World
William Smith
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
Encore
Nigel
Lynch 2
Self
Quintessentially Irish
Self
An Actor Prepares
Atticus
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Self
The Fourth Angel
Jack Elgin
The Voysey Inheritance
Edward Voysey
Callas Forever
Larry Kelly
Nijinsky
Mikhail Fokine
Tales from Hollywood
Odon Von Horvath
Betrayal
Jerry
The Wild Duck
Harold
Trashed
Himself
The Statue of Liberty
Self (voice)
Gallipoli
Narrator
The Dream
Langrishe, Go Down
Otto Beck
Mathilde
Col. De Petris
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Self
Correspondence
Ed Phoerum
Revisiting Brideshead
Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
Self
Eye of the Leopard
Narrator
Nepal Beyond
Production
The Beggar's Opera
Prisoner
The Merchant of Venice
Himself
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Self (archive footage)
The Crystal Planet
Governor Mordokan (voice)
The Genius of George Boole
Narrator (voice)
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
The Captain's Doll
Captain Alexander Hepburn
Goodbye Granadaland
Self
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
What is dyslexia?
The Inventor
The Short Life of Anne Frank
Narrator (English version)
Ohio Impromptu
Reader / Listener
The Sultan and the Saint
Narrator
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
Narrator
Codice Carla
Self
The Well of Saint Nobody
William
Game of Lions
Narrator (voice)
From Time to Time
H.G. Wells
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Narrator
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Narrator
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
The Making of Dead Ringers
Self - Actor
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
Festival audience member
I Wish For You
Grandfather
The Wind Gods
Narrator (voice)
A Chorus of Disapproval
Guy Jones
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Narrator (voice)
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Self
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
Narrator (voice)
Emotional Uncertainties
Self
Earthquake On Everest
Narrator (voice)
Last Movies
Self - Narrator
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
Narrator
Rizana: A Caged Bird
Professor Julian Miles
The Chronoscope
Narrator
The Way of the Cheetah
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Narrator (voice)
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
Narrator
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
Narrator
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
The Lolita Story
Himself
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
Narrator (voice)
Water People: The Story of Us
The Ocean (voice)
The Power of the Powerless
Eden at the End of the World
Narrator
Endless Corridor
Narrator
Wild Transylvania – Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
Narrator
Another Way Home
Narrator
Jade Eyed Leopard
Narrator (voice)
1984
Television Voice
Fiat Croma
Lead
Seeds of Freedom
Narator
Architects of Ancient Arabia
Narrator