Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons Movies and TV Shows

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. 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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 9/19/1948 (75 years old)
  • Place of birth: Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
  • nationality: British
  • height: 1.87 m
  • Net worth: $16,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Beekeeper
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 75%
role:
Wallace Westwyld
2024

Action

Thriller

6.4
75%
Once Upon a Studio
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 85%
role:
Scar (voice)
2023

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
85%
The Flash
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 68%
role:
Alfred Pennyworth
2023

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
68%
The Pentaverate
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 59%
role:
Jeremy Irons
2022

Comedy

6.1
59%
Munich: The Edge of War
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Neville Chamberlain
2022

Drama

History

6.8
69%
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House of Gucci
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 67%
role:
Rodolfo Gucci
2021

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.6
67%
Zack Snyder's Justice League
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 82%
role:
Alfred Pennyworth
2021

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
82%
2020

Comedy

Romance

4.8
59%
Watchmen
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 77%
role:
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Not available
2019

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.2
77%
Not available
2018

Comedy

Drama

5.2
60%
2018

Comedy

Drama

5.3
60%
Red Sparrow
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 65%
role:
Vladimir Korchnoi
2018

Mystery

Thriller

6.6
65%
Justice League
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Alfred Pennyworth
2017

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
61%
Their Finest
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
Secretary of War
2017

Comedy

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

6.8
67%
Assassin's Creed
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 54%
role:
Alan Rikkin
2016

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6
54%
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2016

Drama

7.2
72%
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 60%
role:
Alfred Pennyworth & 1 more
2016

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
60%
Race
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 72%
role:
Avery Brundage
2016

Action

Drama

History

7.1
72%
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 59%
role:
Himself
Not available
2016

Documentary

7.6
59%
Not available
Correspondence
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 64%
role:
Ed Phoerum
2016

Drama

Romance

6.1
64%
High-Rise
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 57%
role:
Anthony Royal
2015

Drama

5.5
57%
2013

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

6.8
65%
Beautiful Creatures
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
Macon Ravenwood
2013

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
60%
Trashed
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 71%
role:
Himself
2012

Documentary

7.6
71%
The Words
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 66%
role:
The Old Man
2012

Drama

Thriller

7.0
66%
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American Horror Story
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 81%
role:
René Gallimard
Not available
2011

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0
81%
Not available
Prohibition
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 82%
role:
Voice (voice)
2011

Documentary

8.2
82%
The Borgias
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 76%
role:
Rodrigo Borgia
2011

Drama

7.9
76%
Margin Call
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
John Tuld
2011

Drama

Thriller

7.1
68%
The Last Lions
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Narrator
Not available
2011

Documentary

8.2
73%
Not available
Georgia O'Keeffe
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 59%
role:
Alfred Stieglitz
2009

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

6.5
59%
Waking Sleeping Beauty
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Self (archive footage)
2009

Documentary

7.5
72%
The Pink Panther 2
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 57%
role:
Avellaneda
2009

Comedy

Mystery

5.6
57%
Appaloosa
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Randall Bragg
2008

Crime

Drama

Western

6.7
66%
2008

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
67%
Eragon
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 50%
role:
Brom
2006

Action

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.1
50%
Inland Empire
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 71%
role:
Kingsley Stewart
2006

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
71%
Casanova
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 65%
role:
Pucci
2005

Comedy

Romance

6.5
65%
2005

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.3
69%
2004

Drama

Romance

7.0
68%
Being Julia
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 66%
role:
Michael Gosselyn
2004

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.0
66%
The Time Machine
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 62%
role:
Über-Morlock
2002

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.0
62%
2000

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.6
43%
1998

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

6.5
66%
Lolita
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 71%
role:
Humbert Humbert
1997

Drama

6.8
71%
Stealing Beauty
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 67%
role:
Alex Parrish
1996

Drama

Romance

6.5
67%
1995

Action

Thriller

7.6
73%
1995

Comedy

7.2
73%
The Lion King
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 83%
role:
Scar (voice)
1994

Animation

Drama

Family

8.5
83%
The House of the Spirits
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Esteban Trueba
1993

Drama

Romance

6.9
69%
Damage
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Dr. Stephen Fleming
1992

Drama

Romance

6.7
66%
Reversal of Fortune
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 66%
role:
Claus von Bülow
1990

Drama

7.2
66%
Dead Ringers
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 72%
role:
Beverly / Elliot Mantle
1988

Horror

Thriller

7.2
72%
The Mission
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 74%
role:
Father Gabriel
1986

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

7.4
74%
The French Lieutenant's Woman
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 65%
role:
Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
1981

Drama

Romance

6.9
65%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Jeremy Irons are, for example, The Beekeeper, Once Upon a Studio and The Flash.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are Once Upon a Studio (8.5), The Lion King (8.4) and Prohibition (8.2).
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