Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons
	Irons at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Jeremy John Irons; 19 September 1948 (age 76); Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation(s)	Actor, activist
Years active	1969–present
Spouses	; Julie Hallam (m. 1969; div. 1969) ; Sinéad Cusack; (m. 1978)
Children	2, including Max Irons
Relatives	Sorcha Cusack (sister-in-law) ; Niamh Cusack (sister-in-law) ; Pádraig Cusack (brother-in-law) ; Catherine Cusack (sister-in-law) ; Cyril Cusack (father-in-law) ; Maureen Cusack (mother-in-law)

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. The movies in which he has starred include The Lion King (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Lolita (1997), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

Irons trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He played John the Baptist and Judas in Godspell for a total of 1,128 performances.^[1] In 2005, Irons won both an Emmy award and a Golden Globe award for his supporting role in the television mini-series, Elizabeth I.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Nijinsky	Mikhail Fokine
1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Charles Henry Smithson/ Mike	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Charles Ryder	Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1982	Moonlighting	Nowak
1983	Betrayal	Jerry
1984	The Wild Duck	Harold
1984	Swann in Love	Charles Swann
1986	The Mission	Father Gabriel	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1988	A Chorus of Disapproval	Guy Jones
1987	My Fair Lady	Henry Higgins
1988	Dead Ringers	Beverly Mantle/ Elliot Mantle	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1989	Australia	Edouard Pierson
1989	Danny, the Champion of the World	William Smith
1990	Reversal of Fortune	Claus von Bülow	Academy Award for Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
1991	The Beggar's Opera	Prisoner
1991	Kafka	Kafka
1992	The Timekeeper	H.G. Wells
1992	Waterland	Tom Crick
1992	Damage	Dr. Stephen Fleming
1993	M. Butterfly	René Gallimard
1993	The House of the Spirits	Esteban Trueba
1994	Spaceship Earth	Narrator
1994	The Lion King	Scar (voice)	voice actor Annie Award for Best Achievement for Voice Acting Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1995	Die Hard with a Vengeance	Simon Gruber
1996	Stealing Beauty	Alex	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1997	Chinese Box	John
1997	Lolita	Humbert Humbert
1998	The Man in the Iron Mask	Aramis
1999	Islands of Adventure: Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City	Poseidon	voice actor
2000	Dungeons & Dragons	Profion
2000	Longitude	Rupert Gould	Television series (4 episodes)
2001	The Fourth Angel	Jack Elgin
2001	Beckett on Film – Ohio Impromptu	Reader/ Listener
2002	Callas Forever	Larry Kelly
2002	Last Call	F. Scott Fitzgerald
2002	The Time Machine	Über-Morlock
2003	And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Valentin Valentin
2003	Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites	Voice
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Himself
2004	Mathilde	Pukovnik Unprofora
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Antonio
2004	Being Julia	Michael Gosselyn	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
2005	Gallipoli	Gallipoli
2005	Kingdom of Heaven	Tiberias
2005	Casanova	Pucci
2006	Inland Empire	Kingsley Stewart
2006	Eragon	Brom
2006	Elizabeth I	Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester	Television miniseries Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Movie
2008	The Colour of Magic	Havelock Vetinari	Television miniseries
2008	Appaloosa	Randall Bragg
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Alonso Avellaneda
2009	Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz	Sony Pictures Television for Lifetime Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2011	Margin Call	John Tuld
2011	The Borgias	Rodrigo Borgia	Television series Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
2013	Beautiful Creatures	Macon Ravenwood
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Alfred Pennyworth
2017	Justice League	Alfred Pennyworth	Post-Production

References

↑ Stanley Green's Encyclopaedia of the Musical, Cassell (1976)

Other websites

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[1] Stanley Green's Encyclopaedia of the Musical, Cassell (1976)

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Jeremy Irons
Irons at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Jeremy John Irons (1948-09-19) 19 September 1948 (age 76) Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation(s)	Actor, activist
Years active	1969–present
Spouses	Julie Hallam (m. 1969; div. 1969) Sinéad Cusack (m. 1978)
Children	2, including Max Irons
Relatives	Sorcha Cusack (sister-in-law) Niamh Cusack (sister-in-law) Pádraig Cusack (brother-in-law) Catherine Cusack (sister-in-law) Cyril Cusack (father-in-law) Maureen Cusack (mother-in-law)