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Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor.

After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including 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 and received a Tony Award for Best Actor.

This book is your ultimate resource for Jeremy Irons. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jeremy Irons, Nijinsky (film), The French Lieutenant's Woman (film), Brideshead Revisited (TV serial), Moonlighting (film), Betrayal (1983 film), The Mission (1986 film), A Chorus of Disapproval, Dead Ringers (film), Australia (1989 film), Danny, the Champion of the World (film), Reversal of Fortune, Kafka (film), The Timekeeper, Waterland (film), Damage (1992 film), M. Butterfly (film), The House of the Spirits (film), The Lion King, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Stealing Beauty, Chinese Box, Lolita (1997 film), Lolita, The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film), Dungeons & Dragons (film), Longitude (TV series), The Fourth Angel, Callas Forever, Last Call (2002 film), The Time Machine (2002 film), And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen, Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites, Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There, Mathilde (film), The Merchant of Venice (2004 film), Being Julia, Gallipoli (2005 film), Kingdom of Heaven (film), Casanova (2005 film), Inland Empire (film), Eragon (film), Elizabeth I (TV miniseries), The Colour of Magic (TV film), Appaloosa (film), The Pink Panther 2, The Borgias (2011 TV series), Margin Call.

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Articles Jeremy Irons Nijinsky (film) The French Lieutenant's Woman (film) Brideshead Revisited (TV serial) Moonlighting (film) Betrayal (1983 film) The Mission (1986 film) A Chorus of Disapproval Dead Ringers (film) Australia (1989 film) Danny, the Champion of the World (film) Reversal of Fortune Kafka (film) The Timekeeper Waterland (film) Damage (1992 film) M. Butterfly (film) The House of the Spirits (film) The Lion King Die Hard with a Vengeance Stealing Beauty Chinese Box Lolita (1997 film) Lolita The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film) Dungeons & Dragons (film) Longitude (TV series) The Fourth Angel Callas Forever Last Call (2002 film) The Time Machine (2002 film) And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

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Mathilde (film) The Merchant of Venice (2004 film) Being Julia Gallipoli (2005 film) Kingdom of Heaven (film) Casanova (2005 film) Inland Empire (film) Eragon (film) Elizabeth I (TV miniseries) The Colour of Magic (TV film) Appaloosa (film) The Pink Panther 2 The Borgias (2011 TV series) Margin Call

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Irons's first major film role came in the 1981 romantic dramaThe French Lieutenant's Woman, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in such films asMoonlighting(1982),Betrayal(1983), andThe Mission(1986), he gained critical acclaim for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thrillerDead Ringers(1988). In 1990, Irons played accused murderer Claus von Bulow inReversal of Fortune, and took home multiple awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor. Other notable films have includedThe House of the Spirits(1993),The Lion King(1994),Die Hard with a Vengeance(1995),Lolita(1997),The Merchant of Venice(2004),Being Julia(2004), andAppaloosa(2008).

Jeremy John Irons(born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions includingThe 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'sThe Real Thingand received a Tony Award for Best Actor.

Born

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy John Irons 19 September 1948 Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

Jeremy Irons

Actor and father

Occupation

Irons at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival

Irons has also made several notable appearances on television. He earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his breakout role in the ITV seriesBrideshead Revisited(1981). In 2006, Irons starred opposite Helen Mirren in the historical miniseriesElizabeth I, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Since 2011, he has been starring in the Showtime historical dramaThe Borgias. On 17 October 2011, Jeremy Irons was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

1971–present

Julie Hallam (1969) Sin ad Cusack (197–8present)

Samuel, Max

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Early life Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, the son of Barbara Anne Brereton Brymer (n e Sharpe; 1914–1999), a [1] [2] housewife, and Paul Dugan Irons (1913–and hisPart of his maternal ancestry is Irish, 1983), an accountant. great-grandfather was one of the first Metropolitan Policemen, and later a chartist. Irons has a brother, Christopher (born 1943), and a sister, Felicity Anne (born 1944). He was educated at the independent Sherborne School in Dorset, (c. 1962–66). He achieved some fame as the drummer and harmonica player (most memorably for his rendition of "Stairway to Heaven" on harmonica) in a four-man school band called the Four Pillars of Wisdom. They performed, in a classroom normally used as a physics lab, for the entertainment of boys compulsorily exiled from their houses for two hours on Sunday afternoons. He was also known within Abbey House as half of a comic duo performing skits on Halloween and at end-of-term House Suppers. Irons has stated that his family is Catholic, but of himself he states, "I don’t go to church much because I don’t like belonging to a club, and I don’t go to confession or anything like that, I don’But I try to be aware of where I fail and I occasionally go to services. I wouldt believe in it. hate to be a person who didn’t have a spiritual side because there’s nothing to nourish you in life apart from retail [3] therapy."

Acting career Irons trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and is now president of its fundraising appeal. He performed a number of plays, and busked on the streets of Bristol, before appearing on the London stage as John the Baptist and Judas opposite David Essex inGodspell, which opened at the Roundhouse on 17 November 1971 before [4] transferring to Wyndham's Theatre playing a total of 1,128 performances. Irons was bestowed an Honorary-Life Membership by the Law Society (University College Dublin) in September 2008, in honour of his contribution to television, film, audio, music and theatre.

Television He made several appearances on British television, including the children's television seriesPlay Awayand as Franz Liszt in the BBC 1974 seriesNotorious Woman. More significantly he starred in the 13-part adaptation of H.E. Bates' novelLove for Lydiafor London Weekend Television (1977), and attracted attention for his key role as the pipe-smoking German student, a romantic pairing with Judi Dench in Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Aidan Higgins' novelLangrishe, Go Downfor BBC television (1978). The role which brought him fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited(1981).Bridesheadreunited him with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared inThe Pallisersseven years earlier. In the same year he starred in the filmThe French Lieutenant's Womanopposite Meryl Streep. Almost as a 'lap of honour' after these major successes, in 1982 he played the leading role of an exiled Polish building contractor, working in the Twickenham area of South West London, in Jerzy Skolimowski's independent filmMoonlighting, widely seen on television, a performance which extended his acting range. In 2005, Irons won both an Emmy award and a Golden Globe award for his supporting role in the TV mini-series, Elizabeth I. A year later Irons was one of the participants in the third series of the BBC documentary seriesWho Do [5] [6] You Think You Are?2008 he played Lord Vetinari in In Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic, an adaptation for Sky One. On 6 November 2008,TV Guidereported he would star as photographer Alfred Stieglitz with Joan Allen as painter [7] Georgia O'Keeffe, in a Lifetime Television O'Keeffe biopic. Irons also appeared in the documentary for Irish television channel TG4,Faoi Lan Cheoilin which he learned to play the fiddle. On 12 January 2011, Irons was a guest-star in an episode ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitcalled "Mask". He [8] played Dr. Cap Jackson, a sex therapist. He reprised the role on an episode that ran on 30 March 2011.

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Irons stars in the 2011 U.S. premium cable network Showtime's seriesThe Borgias, a highly fictionalized account of the Renaissance dynasty of that name. Irons portrays patriarch Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope [9] Alexander VI.

Film Irons' made his film debut inNijinskyin 1980. He appeared sporadically in films during the 1980s, including the Cannes Palme d'Or winnerThe Missionin 1986, and in the dual role of twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringersin 1988. Other films includeDanny the Champion of the World(1989),Reversal of Fortune(1990), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor,Kafka(1991),Damage(1993),M. Butterfly(1993),The House of the Spirits(1993) appearing again with Glenn Close and Meryl Streep,Die Hard with a Vengeance(1995) co-starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, Bernardo Bertolucci'sStealing Beauty(1996), the 1997 remake of Lolitaand as the musketeer Aramis opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1998 film version ofThe Man in the Iron Mask. Other roles include the evil wizard Profion in the filmDungeons and Dragons(2000) and Rupert Gould in Longitudefrom the movie(2000). He played the aber-Morlock The Time Machine(2002). In 2004, Irons played Severus Snape in Comic Relief'sHarry Potterparody, "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan". In 2005, he appeared in the filmsCasanovaopposite Heath Ledger, and Ridley Scott'sKingdom of Heaven. He has co-starred with John Malkovich in two movies;The Man in the Iron Mask(1998) andEragon(2006), though they did not have any scenes together inEragon. In 2008, Irons co-starred with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen inAppaloosa, directed by Harris. In 2011, Irons [10] appeared alongside Kevin Spacey in the thriller filmMargin Call.

Theatre [11] [12] Irons has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company three times in 1976, 1986–In 1984,87 and 2010. Irons made his New York debut and won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close inThe Real Thing. After an absence from the London stage for 18 years, in 2006 he co-starred with Patrick Malahide in Christopher [13] Hampton's stage adaptation of Sbndor Mbrai's novelEmbersat the Duke of York's Theatre. He made his National Theatre debut playing Harold Macmillan inNever So Good, a new play by Howard Brenton [14] [15] which opened at the Lyttelton on 19 March 2008. [16] In 2009 Irons appeared on Broadway opposite Joan Allen in the playImpressionism. The play ran through 10 [16] May 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.

Other ventures

Audio Irons read the audio book recording of Evelyn Waugh'sBrideshead Revisited, Paulo Coelho'sThe Alchemist, and the audio book recording of Vladimir Nabokov'sLolita(he had also appeared in the 1997 film version of the novel)). One of his best known film roles has turned out to be lending his distinctive voice to the villain Scar inThe Lion King(1994). Irons has since provided voiceovers for three Disney World attractions. He narrated theSpaceship Earthride, housed in the large geodesic globe at Epcot, from November 1994 to July 2007. He was also the English narrator for the Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic at the Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris. He also voiced H.G. Wells in the English version of the former Disney attraction The Timekeeper. He also played Scar in Fantasmic.

Jeremy Irons

He is also one of the readers in the 4x CD boxed set ofThe Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, produced by Marc Sinden [17] [18] and sold in aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund. He was originally to star as the Phantom in a 2006 French musical adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novelThe Phantom of the Opera, though the project was canceled. He will be the narrator for Val Kilmer and Bill Pullman's brand-new Lewis and Clark movie from Revolution Studios. He serves as the English-language version of the audio guide for Westminster Abbey in London. Irons has served as voice-over in two big cat documentary films by National Geographic:Eye of the Leopard, which [19] [20] was released in 2006, andThe Last Lions, which is a 2011 motion-picture, released on 18 February.

Music In 1985, Irons directed a music video for Carly Simon and her heavily promoted single, "Tired of Being Blonde". Although the song was not a hit, the video—featuring the fast cutting, parallel narratives and heavy use of stylized visual effects that were a staple of pop videos at the time—received ample attention on MTV and other outlets. In 1994 Jeremy Irons had a cameo role in the video for Elastica's hit single "Connection". Irons was one of the many naked men sitting down around Elastica as they performed the song. Irons has since claimed that this three-minute slice of nudity was his most enjoyable work to date. Irons has contributed to other musical performances, recording William Walton'sFaçadewith Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and in 1987 the songs from Lerner and Loewe'sMy Fair Ladywith Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, released on the Decca label. He sang a selection of Nocl Coward at the 1999 Last Night of the Proms in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Coward's birth. In 2003 he played Fredrik Egerman in a New York revival of Stephen Sondheim'sA Little Night Music, and two years later appeared as King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe'sCamelotat the Hollywood Bowl. Jeremy Irons also sang the song "Be Prepared" in the movieThe Lion King. However, he actually sang only a section of the song after having vocal problems; Jim Cummings finished the last few lines. Irons performed the Bob Dylan song "Make You Feel My Love" on the 2006 charity albumUnexpected Dreams– Songs From the Stars. [21] In 2009 Irons appeared on the Touchstone albumWintercoast, recording a narrative introduction to the album. Recording took place in New York City in February 2009 during rehearsals for his Broadway playImpressionism.

Personal life Irons married Irish actress Sin ad Cusack in March 1978. They have two sons, Samuel James Brefni Irons (16 September 1978), who works as a photographer, and Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons (17 October 1985), also an actor, who appeared in the 2006 Burberry fashion campaign andRed Riding Hood. Both of Irons' sons have appeared in films with their father–Sam as the eponymous hero inDanny, Champion of the Worldand Max inBeing Julia. Irons lives in the small town of Watlington, Oxfordshire and the village of Ballydehob, in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. [22] He has been the patron since 2002 of the Thomley Activity Centre, an Oxfordshire non-profit activity centre for disabled children. Irons owns Kilcoe Castle (which he had painted a rusty pink) in County Cork, Ireland, and has become involved in local politics there. He also has another Irish residence in The Liberties, Dublin. Irons is a patron [23] [24] of the Chiltern Shakespeare Company. He is a fan of English football club Portsmouth.

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Activism

Charity work At the 1991 Tony Awards, Irons was one of the few celebrities to wear the recently created red ribbon to support the [25] [26] fight against AIDS, and he was the first celebrity to wear it onscreen. He supports a number of other charities, [27] including The Prison Phoenix Trust, of which he is an active patron.

Politics [28] In 1998, Irons and his wife were named in the list of the biggest private financial donors to the Labour Party. In 2004, he publicly declared his support for the Countryside Alliance, referring to the hunting ban as an "outrageous [29] assault on civil liberties". [30] [31] In 2010, Irons starred in a promotional video for“The 1billionhungry project” –a worldwide drive to attract at least one million signatures to a petition calling on international leaders to move hunger to the top of the political [32] agenda.

Alternative medicine He has been criticised in theBritish Medical Journalfor his fundraising activities in support ofThe College of [33] Medicine, an alternative medicine lobby group in the UK linked to Prince Charles.

Work

Theatre Following training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre school Irons initially stayed with the company: d Florizel inThe Winter's Tale, Bristol Old Vic 1969 d Simon inHay Fever(Nocl Coward) Bristol Old Vic 1969 d Nick inWhat the Butler Saw(Joe Orton) Bristol Old Vic 1969 dMajor Barbara(Shaw) Bristol Old Vic 1969 dA Servant of Two Masters(Carlo Goldoni) Bristol Old Vic 1969 Macbeth, Bristol Old Vic 1969 The Boy Friend(Sandy Wilson) Bristol Old Vic 1969 As You Like It, Bristol Old Vic 1970 Oh! What a Lovely War, Little Theatre Bristol 1970 The School for Scandal(Sheridan) Little Theatre Bristol 1970 John/Judas inGodspell, Roundhouse and Wyndham's Theatre, November 1971–1973 d The Madman inThe Diary of a Madman(Gogol), Act Inn 1973 d Don Pedro inMuch Ado About Nothing, Young Vic d Mick inThe Caretaker(Pinter) Young Vic 1974 d Petruchio inThe Taming of the Shrew, New Shakespeare Company, Roundhouse 1975 d Harry Thunder inWild Oats(John O'Keefe) RSC Aldwych Theatre, December 1976; RSC Stratford and Piccadilly Theatre 1977 d Jameson inThe Rear Column(Simon Gray), Globe Theatre, February 1978–Clarence Derwent Award d Henry inThe Real Thing(Tom Stoppard) New York 1984—Tony Award for Best Actor d Leontes inThe Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford 1986) d Willmore inThe Rover(Aphra Behn) RSC Swan Theatre and Mermaid Theatre 1986 d Richard II inRichard II, RSC Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1986, Barbican Theatre 1987 d Fredrik Egerman inA Little Night Music(Sondheim) New York, 2003

ClausvonBelow

William Smith

Prisoner

H.G. Wells

Kafka

The Beggar's Opera

Role

Kafka

1991

Edouard Pierson

A Chorus of Disapproval

1988

Guy Jones

Henry Higgins

The Mission

1986

1987

Australia

My Fair Lady

Dead Ringers

1989

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

Filmography

1989

Charles Henry Smithson/ Mike

Charles Swann

Danny, the Champion of the World

Father Gabriel

Swann in Love

1984

Mikhail Fokine

Year

Notes

Nijinsky

1980

1981

Moonlighting

1988

1982

Betrayal

1983

The Wild Duck

Brideshead Revisited

1984

Charles Ryder

Jerry

Harold

Reversal of Fortune

1990

Nowak

Beverly Mantle/ Elliot Mantle

Jeremy Irons

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

Title

Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

Tom Crick

Dr. Stephen Fleming

Russell inCelebration, a Pinter staged reading, Gate Theatre, Dublin/Albery Theatre, 2005 Henrik inEmbers(Christopher Hampton/Sbndor Mbrai novel) Duke of York's Theatre March 2006 Harold Macmillan inNever So Good(Howard Brenton) National Theatre Lyttelton, March 2008 Thomas Buckle inImpressionism(Michael Jacobs) Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Broadway, March 2009

The Timekeeper

1991

1992

Waterland

1992

Damage

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

Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor– Motion Picture

Michael Gosselyn

Antonio

Gallipoli

The Colour of Magic

voice actor

Pukovnik Unprofora

Longitude

The Fourth Angel

2001

2000

2001

1999

Islands of Adventure: Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City

Callas Forever

2000

2002

Rupert Gould

Profion

Larry Kelly

Poseidon

Jack Elgin

Reader/ Listener

voice actor Annie Award for Best Achievement for Voice Acting Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

Beckett on Film–Ohio Impromptu

Dungeons & Dragons

2005

Casanova

2008

2006

Inland Empire

2008

Appaloosa

2006

Elizabeth I

2006

Eragon

2003

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

Gallipoli

2005

2003

2004

2002

The Merchant of Venice

The Time Machine

2004

2003

Being Julia

2002

Last Call

2005

Kingdom of Heaven

Mathilde

2004

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Stealing Beauty

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

Scar (Voice)

Alex

Aramis

Ren Gallimard

The Lion King

1994

Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor– Motion Picture

Television series (4 episodes)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Himself

Spaceship Earth

M. Butterfly

Randall Bragg

Havelock Vetinari

Pucci

Kingsley Stewart

Valentin Valentin

Voice

aber-Morlock

Jeremy Irons

1993

Esteban Trueba

1993

1994

Narrator

The House of the Spirits

Chinese Box

Die Hard with a Vengeance

Television miniseries

Humbert Humbert

John

Simon Gruber

1995

1997

Lolita

1997

1996

Tiberias

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Brom

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