Jeremy Irons
Classically trained stage actor Jeremy Irons enjoyed one of the most varied international film careers of his peers, going beyond the expected costume dramas to offer award-winning performances as men of all eras and motives. Leveraging his rich, haunting voice for both good and evil, Irons elicited deep-seated discomfort in films like "Dead Ringers" (1988) and "Reversal of Fortune" (1990), but romanced with charming nobility in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) and "Being Julia" (2004). Irons earned two of his handful of Golden Globe nods while exploring British culture in the television miniseries "Brideshead Revisited" (ITV/PBS, 1981) and "Elizabeth I" (HBO, 2006), but was cast as everything from artists to executives by some of the most renowned directors in the international film community, including Louis Malle, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Zeffirelli and Wayne Wang. Irons made his mark in everything from period films to studio blockbusters to everything in between, playing one of the original Musketeers in "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998), an over-the-top villain in "Dungeons & Dragons" (2000), Antonio in "The Merchant of Venice" (2004), and a cold-blooded investment banking CEO in "Margin Call" (2011). Meanwhile, he made a rare turn to the small screen to give an acclaimed performance as Pope Alexander VI on the widely hailed cable series, "The Borgias" (Showtime, 2011-13 ). Regardless of the role or medium, Irons could always be counted on to deliver still waters that ran deep - often deep into the realms of great emotional anguish.
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Jeremy Irons
Filmography
Movies
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71% |
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The Beekeeper | Wallace Westwyld (Character) | $66.2M | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Immortals: The Wonders Of The Museo Egizio | Narrator | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cello | Francesco (Character) | - | 2023 |
63% |
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The Flash | Alfred Pennyworth (Character) | $108.1M | 2023 |
85% |
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Munich: The Edge of War | Neville Chamberlain (Character) | - | 2021 |
62% |
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House of Gucci | Rodolfo Gucci (Character) | $53.8M | 2021 |
71% |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Alfred Pennyworth (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Napoleon: In the Name of Art | Narrator | - | 2021 |
3% |
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters | Lawrence Philips (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders | Narrator | - | 2019 |
40% |
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Better Start Running | Garrison (Character) | - | 2018 |
33% |
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An Actor Prepares | Atticus (Character) | - | 2018 |
45% |
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Red Sparrow | General Korchnoi (Character) | $46.7M | 2018 |
39% |
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Justice League | Alfred (Character) | $227.0M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Birds Like Us | Kondor (Voice) | - | 2017 |
13% |
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Correspondence | Edward Phoerum (Character) | - | 2016 |
91% |
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Their Finest | Secretary of War (Character) | $3.6M | 2016 |
19% |
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Assassin's Creed | Rikkin (Character) | $54.6M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sultan and the Saint | Narrator | - | 2016 |
29% |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Alfred (Character) | $330.2M | 2016 |
63% |
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Race | Avery Brundage (Character) | $19.1M | 2016 |
60% |
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High-Rise | Anthony Royal (Character) | $343.1K | 2015 |
63% |
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The Man Who Knew Infinity | G.H. Hardy (Character) | $3.9M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Endless Corridor | Narrator | - | 2014 |
41% |
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Night Train to Lisbon | Raimund Gregorius (Character) | - | 2013 |
48% |
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Beautiful Creatures | Macon Ravenwood (Character) | $19.4M | 2013 |
87% |
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Trashed | Executive Producer | - | 2012 |
24% |
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The Words | The Old Man (Character) | $11.4M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seeds of Freedom | Narrator | - | 2012 |
87% |
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Margin Call | John Tuld (Character) | $5.4M | 2011 |
87% |
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The Last Lions | Narrator | $631.9K | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Georgia O'Keeffe | Alfred Stieglitz (Character) | - | 2009 |
13% |
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The Pink Panther 2 | Avellaneda (Character) | $35.9M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Power of the Powerless | Narrator | - | 2009 |
77% |
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Appaloosa | Randall Bragg (Character) | $20.2M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Colour of Magic | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
15% |
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Eragon | Brom (Character) | $75.0M | 2006 |
72% |
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Inland Empire | Kingsley (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Eye of the Leopard | Narrator | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gallipoli | Narrator | - | 2005 |
45% |
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Casanova | Pucci (Character) | $11.3M | 2005 |
39% |
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Kingdom of Heaven | Tiberias (Character) | $47.4M | 2005 |
76% |
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Being Julia | Michael Gosselyn (Character) | $7.7M | 2004 |
72% |
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The Merchant of Venice | Antonio (Character) | $3.8M | 2004 |
40% |
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Callas Forever | Larry Kelly (Character) | $446.0K | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Last Call | F. Scott Fitzgerald (Character) | - | 2002 |
47% |
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | Valentin (Character) | $736.8K | 2002 |
28% |
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The Time Machine | Uber-Morlock (Character) | $56.7M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fourth Angel | Jack Elgin (Character) | - | 2001 |
9% |
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Dungeons & Dragons | Profion (Character) | $15.2M | 2000 |
83% |
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Longitude | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Faeries | The Shapeshifter (Voice) | - | 1999 |
32% |
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The Man in the Iron Mask | Aramis (Character) | $57.0M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Man in the Iron Mask | Aramis (Character) | - | 1998 |
69% |
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Lolita | Humbert Humbert (Character) | $1.4M | 1997 |
67% |
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Chinese Box | John (Character) | $2.2M | 1997 |
50% |
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Stealing Beauty | Alex (Character) | $4.6M | 1996 |
59% |
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Die Hard With a Vengeance | Simon Gruber (Character) | $99.5M | 1995 |
92% |
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The Lion King | Scar the Lion (Voice) | $95.6M | 1994 |
31% |
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The House of the Spirits | Esteban Trueba (Character) | - | 1993 |
39% |
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M. Butterfly | René Gallimard (Character) | $1.0M | 1993 |
47% |
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Waterland | Tom Crick (Character) | $1.1M | 1992 |
80% |
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Damage | Dr. Stephen Fleming (Character) | $7.5M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales From Hollywood | Odon Von Horvath (Character) | - | 1992 |
55% |
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Kafka | Kafka (Character) | $57.6K | 1991 |
92% |
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Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow (Character) | $10.5M | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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A Chorus of Disapproval | Guy Jones (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Australia | Edouard Pierson (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Danny, the Champion of the World | William Smith (Character) | - | 1989 |
85% |
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Dead Ringers |
Beverly Mantle/ |
$8.3M | 1988 |
66% |
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The Mission | Gabriel (Character) | $17.2M | 1986 |
56% |
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Swann in Love | Charles Swann (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wild Duck | Harold (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Captain's Doll | Captain Alex Hepworth (Character) | - | 1983 |
86% |
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Betrayal | Jerry (Character) | - | 1983 |
100% |
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Moonlighting | Nowak (Character) | - | 1982 |
83% |
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The French Lieutenant's Woman |
Charles Henry Smithson/ |
- | 1981 |
50% |
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Nijinsky | Mikhail Fokine (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Langrishe Go Down | Otto Beck (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nature | Narrator | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | History of the Emirates: Ancient World and Beyond | Narrator | 2019 |
96% | 57% | Watchmen |
Adrian Veidt/ |
2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances |
Unknown (Character), Narrator |
2013 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2016 |
98% | 82% | The Hollow Crown | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
85% | 84% | The Borgias | Rodrigo Borgia (Character) | 2011-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shakespeare Uncovered | Host | 2013 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Bar Rag (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Captain Jackson (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elizabeth I | Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1991 |
83% | 82% | Brideshead Revisited | Charles Ryder (Character) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | History of the Emirates | Narrator |