Acting · Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Born September 19, 1948
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.
The Beekeeper 2
2027
as Wallace Westwyld
MovieThe Crystal Planet
2026
as Governor Mordokan (voice)
MovieWhat is dyslexia?
2026
as The Inventor
MovieDracula's Hidden Kingdom
2026
as Self - Narrator
MovieLast Movies
2026
as Self - Narrator
MovieThis Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
TVMara: Rebirth
2025
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePalestine 36
2025
as High Commissioner Wauchope
MovieThe Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
as Self
TVThe Count of Monte Cristo
2025
as Abbé Faria
MovieAlec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
MovieQuintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
MovieThe Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
2024
MovieThe Beekeeper
2024
as Wallace Westwyld
MovieCodice Carla
2023
as Self
MovieOnce Upon a Studio
2023
as Scar (voice)
MovieThe Cello
2023
as Francesco
MovieMaking The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
as Self - 'Alfred'
MovieThe Flash
2023
as Alfred Pennyworth
MovieSeeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
2023
as Traveller (archived audio)
TVLiv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
as Self
MovieTom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePrisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFranco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
as Self
TVThe Pentaverate
2022
as Jeremy Irons
MovieEternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieEye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieUltimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRelentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLiving With Big Cats: Revealed
2022
as Narrator
MovieThe Way of the Cheetah
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMunich - The Edge of War
2021
as Neville Chamberlain
MovieHouse of Gucci
2021
as Rodolfo Gucci
MovieNapoleon: In the Name of Art
2021
MovieMarina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
as Self
MovieArmin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021
as Self
MovieArchitects of Ancient Arabia
2021
as Narrator
MovieZack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Alfred
MovieLove, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
as Lawrence Philips
MovieJade Eyed Leopard
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Morning Show
2019
as Martin Levy
TVWatchmen
2019
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
MovieThe Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
2019
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
MovieAn Actor Prepares
2018
as Atticus
MovieBetter Start Running
2018
as Garrison
MovieRed Sparrow
2018
as Vladimir Korchnoi
MovieJustice League
2017
as Alfred
MovieBirds Like Us
2017
as Mi (voice)
MovieTheir Finest
2017
as Secretary of War
MovieAssassin's Creed
2016
as Alan Rikkin
MovieThe Sultan and the Saint
2016
as Narrator
MovieThe Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as G. H. Hardy
MovieBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Alfred
MovieRace
2016
as Avery Brundage
MovieDC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
MovieCorrespondence
2016
as Ed Phoerum
MovieI Wish For You
2016
as Grandfather
MovieHigh-Rise
2015
as Anthony Royal
MovieThe Genius of George Boole
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Emotional Uncertainties
2015
as Self
MovieEarthquake On Everest
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
as Self
TVMetropolis
2015
MovieEndless Corridor
2014
as Narrator
MovieThe Voysey Inheritance
2014
as Edward Voysey
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieGame of Lions
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMuse of Fire
2013
as Self
MovieThe Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
as Self
Goodbye Granadaland
2013
as Self
MovieThe Wind Gods
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNight Train to Lisbon
2013
as Raimund
MovieBeautiful Creatures
2013
as Macon Ravenwood
TVRacing Legends
2012
as Self
MovieTrashed
2012
as Himself
Another Way Home
2012
as Narrator
MovieThe Words
2012
as The Old Man
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Henry IV
TVShakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
MovieSeeds of Freedom
2012
as Narator
TVProhibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
MovieMargin Call
2011
as John Tuld
TVThe Borgias
2011
as Rodrigo Borgia
MovieThe Last Lions
2011
as Narrator
MovieHarold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
MovieThe Majestic Plastic Bag
2010
as Narrator
MovieThe Power of the Powerless
2009
MovieGeorgia O'Keeffe
2009
as Alfred Stieglitz
MovieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Chronoscope
2009
as Narrator
MovieThe Pink Panther 2
2009
as Avellaneda
MovieAppaloosa
2008
as Randall Bragg
MovieMagic in the air, Bantry House Music
2008
as Festival audience member
Movie1984
2008
as Television Voice
TVThe Colour of Magic
2008
as Patrician
MovieEden at the End of the World
2008
as Narrator
MovieThe Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
as Patrician
MovieThe Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
2008
as Patrician
MovieLynch 2
2007
as Self
MovieJ.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
2007
as Narrator
MovieEragon
2006
as Brom
MovieInland Empire
2006
as Kingsley Stewart
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
as Self
MovieEye of the Leopard
2006
as Narrator
MovieThe Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
MovieRelentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMathilde
2006
as Col. De Petris
MovieCasanova
2005
as Pucci
MovieRevisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self
MovieThe Merchant of Venice
2005
as Himself
TVElizabeth I
2005
as Earl of Leicester
MovieKingdom of Heaven
2005
as Tiberias
MovieGallipoli
2005
as Narrator
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieFiat Croma
2005
as Lead
MovieThe Merchant of Venice
2004
as Antonio
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
MovieBeing Julia
2004
as Michael Gosselyn
MovieUltimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
as Narrator (voice)
TVWorking Shakespeare
2003
as Host
TVKingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
as Readings (Voice)
MovieThe Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
as Narrator
MovieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MovieCheck the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
MovieCallas Forever
2002
as Larry Kelly
MovieAnd Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
as Valentin Valentin
MovieLast Call
2002
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
MovieHeart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOhio Impromptu
2002
as Reader / Listener
MovieThe Time Machine
2002
as Über-Morlock
MovieThe Short Life of Anne Frank
2001
as Narrator (English version)
MovieThe Fourth Angel
2001
as Jack Elgin
MovieThe Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
as Self
MovieDungeons & Dragons
2000
as Profion
MovieLongitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
TVLongitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Cap Jackson
MovieFaeries
1999
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
MovieThe Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Aramis
MovieThe Lolita Story
1998
as Himself
MovieChinese Box
1997
as John
MovieLolita
1997
as Humbert Humbert
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieStealing Beauty
1996
as Alex Parrish
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
MovieDie Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as Simon
MovieA Night to Die For
1995
as Self
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieThe Making of the Lion King
1994
as Self
MovieThe Lion King
1994
as Scar (voice)
MovieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
TVBrisant
1994
as Self
MovieThe House of the Spirits
1993
as Esteban Trueba
MovieM. Butterfly
1993
as René Gallimard
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieDamage
1992
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
MovieTales from Hollywood
1992
as Odon Von Horvath
MovieEarth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
MovieWaterland
1992
as Tom Crick
MovieBlast 'Em
1992
as Self (uncredited)
TVHBO First Look
1992
MovieFrom Time to Time
1992
as H.G. Wells
MovieKafka
1991
as Kafka
TVPerformance
1991
as Odon Von Horvath
MovieThe Beggar's Opera
1991
as Prisoner
Movie'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
1991
as Narrator
MovieReversal of Fortune
1990
as Claus von Bülow
TVThe Civil War
1990
as Various (voice)
MovieSesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Bar Rag (voice)
MovieAustralia
1989
as Edouard Pierson
MovieDanny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
1989
as Narrator
MovieA Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Guy Jones
MovieDanny the Champion of the World
1989
as William Smith
The Dream
1989
MovieSesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
as Self
MovieDead Ringers
1988
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
Comic Relief
1988
MovieThe Making of Dead Ringers
1988
as Self - Actor
Daytime Live
1987
MovieThe Mission
1986
as Father Gabriel
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1986
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLooney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
MovieThe Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MovieThe Wild Duck
1984
as Harold
MovieSwann in Love
1984
as Charles Swann
MovieBetrayal
1983
as Jerry
MovieThe Captain's Doll
1983
as Captain Alexander Hepburn
TVNature
1982
as Narrator
MovieMoonlighting
1982
as Nowak
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Ödön von Horváth
TVBrideshead Revisited
1981
as Charles Ryder
MovieThe French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieNijinsky
1980
as Mikhail Fokine
MovieLangrishe, Go Down
1978
as Otto Beck
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Otto Beck
TVLove for Lydia
1977
as Alex Sanderson
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Samuel Ross
TVNotorious Woman
1974
as Franz Liszt
TVThe Pallisers
1974
as Frank Tregear
Film '72
1971
as Self
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Nephew
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Edward Voysey
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
MovieBroadway: The Next Generation
as Self
The Well of Saint Nobody
as William
Encore
as Nigel
Water People: The Story of Us
as The Ocean (voice)
MovieHighlander
MovieRihana
as Julian Miles
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
as Self (Host)
