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 and received a Tony Award for
Best Actor.Irons's 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 has also 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), the voice of Scar in
Disney's The Lion King (1994), Simon Gruber in the action film Die
Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Humbert Humbert in the drama Lolita
(1997), Aramis in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), the action
adventure Dungeons & Dragons (2000), Antonio in the Shakespeare
adaptation The Merchant of Venice (2004), the drama Being Julia
(2004), the epic 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 and Justice League (2017).
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 and received a Tony Award for
Best Actor.Irons's 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 has also 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), the voice of Scar in
Disney's The Lion King (1994), Simon Gruber in the action film Die
Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Humbert Humbert in the drama Lolita
(1997), Aramis in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), the action
adventure Dungeons & Dragons (2000), Antonio in the Shakespeare
adaptation The Merchant of Venice (2004), the drama Being Julia
(2004), the epic 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 and Justice League (2017).
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