Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons
Irons at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival
Born	Jeremy John Irons 19 September 1948 (1948-09-19) Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–present
Spouse	Julie Hallam (1969) Sinéad Cusack (1978–present)
Children	Samuel, Max

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is a theater and movie actor. The movies in which he has starred include Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). He was born in England.

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. In 2005, Irons won both an Emmy award and a Golden Globe award for his supporting role in the TV mini-series, Elizabeth I.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Nijinsky	Mikhail Fokine
1981	French Lieutenant's Woman, TheThe 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	Wild Duck, TheThe Wild Duck	Harold
1984	Swann in Love	Charles Swann
1986	Mission, TheThe Mission	Father Gabriel	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1988	Chorus of Disapproval, AA 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	Beggar's Opera, TheThe Beggar's Opera	Prisoner
1991	Kafka	Kafka
1992	Timekeeper, TheThe Timekeeper	H.G. Wells
1992	Waterland	Tom Crick
1992	Damage	Dr. Stephen Fleming
1993	M. Butterfly	René Gallimard
1993	House of the Spirits, TheThe House of the Spirits	Esteban Trueba
1994	Spaceship Earth	Narrator
1994	Lion King, TheThe 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	Man in the Iron Mask, TheThe 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	Fourth Angel, TheThe Fourth Angel	Jack Elgin
2001	Beckett on Film – Ohio Impromptu	Reader/ Listener
2002	Callas Forever	Larry Kelly
2002	Last Call	F. Scott Fitzgerald
2002	Time Machine, TheThe 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	Merchant of Venice, TheThe 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	Colour of Magic, TheThe Colour of Magic	Havelock Vetinari	Television miniseries
2008	Appaloosa	Randall Bragg
2009	Pink Panther 2, TheThe 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	Borgias, TheThe Borgias	Rodrigo Borgia	Television series Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
2013	Beautiful Creatures	Macon Ravenwood

Other websites

• Media related to Jeremy Irons at Wikimedia Commons
• Jeremy Irons at the Internet Movie Database