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Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons’s screen credits include Scar (voice) in The Lion King, Alfred in Zack Snyder's Justice League, and Humbert Humbert in Lolita.
Born September 19, 1948 Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK10 movies on MoviHero
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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 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. …
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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.
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- 2027The Beekeeper 2Action · CrimeWallace WestwyldUpcoming
- 2021Munich - The Edge of War2h 10m · Drama · HistoryNeville Chamberlain
- 2021House of Gucci2h 38m · Crime · DramaRodolfo Gucci
- 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League4h 2m · Action · AdventureAlfred
- 2017Justice League2h 0m · Action · AdventureAlfred
- 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2h 32m · Action · AdventureAlfred
- 2006Eragon1h 44m · Action · AdventureBrom
- 2005Kingdom of Heaven2h 24m · Action · AdventureTiberias
- 1997Lolita2h 17m · Drama · RomanceHumbert Humbert
- 1994The Lion King1h 29m · Animation · DramaScar (voice)
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- 2026The Crystal PlanetGovernor Mordokan (voice)
- 2026What is dyslexia?The Inventor
- 2026Dracula's Hidden KingdomSelf - Narrator
- 2026Last MoviesSelf - Narrator
- 2025This Ordinary ThingSelf (voice)
- 2025Palestine 36High Commissioner Wauchope
- 2025The Lion King at the Hollywood BowlSelf
- 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself
- 2024Quintessentially IrishSelf
- 2024The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo EgizioActor
- 2024The BeekeeperWallace Westwyld
- 2023Codice CarlaSelf
- 2023Once Upon a StudioScar (voice)
- 2023The CelloFrancesco
- 2023Making The Flash: Worlds CollideSelf - 'Alfred'
- 2023The FlashAlfred Pennyworth
- 2023Tom Hanks: The NomadSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland JofféSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel ConformistSelf
- 2022Eternal Enemies: RevealedNarrator (voice)
- 2022Eye of the Leopard: RevealedNarrator (voice)
- 2022Relentless Enemies: RevealedNarrator (voice)
- 2022Ultimate Enemies: RevealedNarrator (voice)
- 2022Living With Big Cats: RevealedNarrator
- 2022The Way of the CheetahNarrator (voice)
- 2021Napoleon: In the Name of ArtActor
- 2021Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il restoSelf
- 2021Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in HollywoodSelf
- 2021Architects of Ancient ArabiaNarrator
- 2021Nepal BeyondProducer
- 2020Love, Weddings & Other DisastersLawrence Philips
- 2020Jade Eyed LeopardNarrator (voice)
- 2019The Prado Museum: A Collection of WondersSelf - Host / Narrator (voice)
- 2018An Actor PreparesAtticus
- 2018Better Start RunningProducer · Garrison
- 2018Red SparrowVladimir Korchnoi
- 2017Birds Like UsMi (voice)
- 2017Their FinestSecretary of War
- 2016Assassin's CreedAlan Rikkin
- 2016The Sultan and the SaintNarrator
- 2016The Man Who Knew InfinityG. H. Hardy
- 2016RaceAvery Brundage
- 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice LeagueActor
- 2016CorrespondenceEd Phoerum
- 2016I Wish For YouGrandfather
- 2015High-RiseAnthony Royal
- 2015The Genius of George BooleNarrator (voice)
- 2015Emotional UncertaintiesSelf
- 2015Earthquake On EverestNarrator (voice)
- 2014Endless CorridorNarrator
- 2014The Voysey InheritanceEdward Voysey
- 2013Game of LionsNarrator (voice)
- 2013Muse of FireSelf
- 2013The Sunflower Superjam 2012Self
- 2013Goodbye GranadalandSelf
- 2013The Wind GodsNarrator (voice)
- 2013Night Train to LisbonRaimund
- 2013Beautiful CreaturesMacon Ravenwood
- 2012TrashedHimself
- 2012Another Way HomeNarrator
- 2012The WordsThe Old Man
- 2012Seeds of FreedomNarator
- 2011Margin CallJohn Tuld
- 2011The Last LionsNarrator
- 2010Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
- 2010Harold Pinter: A CelebrationSelf
- 2010The Majestic Plastic BagNarrator
- 2009The Power of the PowerlessActor
- 2009Georgia O'KeeffeAlfred Stieglitz
- 2009The ChronoscopeNarrator
- 2009The Pink Panther 2Avellaneda
- 2008AppaloosaRandall Bragg
- 2008Magic in the air, Bantry House MusicFestival audience member
- 20081984Television Voice
- 2008Eden at the End of the WorldNarrator
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1Patrician
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2Patrician
- 2007Lynch 2Self
- 2007J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film PresentationNarrator
- 2006Inland EmpireKingsley Stewart
- 2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the HallSelf
- 2006Eye of the LeopardNarrator
- 2006The Path to RedemptionSelf
- 2006Relentless Enemies: Lions and BuffaloNarrator (voice)
- 2006MathildeCol. De Petris
- 2005CasanovaPucci
- 2005Revisiting BridesheadSelf
- 2005The Merchant of VeniceHimself
- 2005GallipoliNarrator
- 2005Fiat CromaLead
- 2004The Merchant of VeniceAntonio
- 2004Being JuliaMichael Gosselyn
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