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The Beekeeper 2
2027 · Movie
as Wallace Westwyld
Jeremy Irons
1948-09-19
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
2026 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
The Crystal Planet
2026 · Movie
as Governor Mordokan (voice)
Last Movies
2026 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
What is dyslexia?
2026 · Movie
as The Inventor
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025 · Movie
as Self
Palestine 36
2025 · Movie
as High Commissioner Wauchope
This Ordinary Thing
2025 · Movie
as Self (voice)
The Count of Monte Cristo
2025 · TV Show
as Abbé Faria
Mara: Rebirth
2025 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
2024 · Movie
The Beekeeper
2024 · Movie
as Wallace Westwyld
Quintessentially Irish
2024 · Movie
as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 · Movie
as self
The Cello
2023 · Movie
as Francesco
The Flash
2023 · Movie
as Alfred Pennyworth
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023 · Movie
as Self - 'Alfred'
Once Upon a Studio
2023 · Movie
as Scar (voice)
Codice Carla
2023 · Movie
as Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023 · TV Show
as Self
The Way of the Cheetah
2022 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022 · Movie
as Self
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
2022 · Movie
as Narrator
The Pentaverate
2022 · TV Show
as Jeremy Irons
Architects of Ancient Arabia
2021 · Movie
as Narrator
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2021 · Movie
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021 · Movie
as Self
Munich - The Edge of War
2021 · Movie
as Neville Chamberlain
House of Gucci
2021 · Movie
as Rodolfo Gucci
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Movie
as Alfred
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021 · Movie
as Self
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020 · Movie
as Lawrence Philips
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
2019 · Movie
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Watchmen
2019 · TV Show
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
The Morning Show
2019 · TV Show
as Martin Levy
Red Sparrow
2018 · Movie
as Vladimir Korchnoi
An Actor Prepares
2018 · Movie
as Atticus
Better Start Running
2018 · Movie
as Garrison
Justice League
2017 · Movie
as Alfred
Their Finest
2017 · Movie
as Secretary of War
Birds Like Us
2017 · Movie
as Mi (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · Movie
as Alfred
I Wish For You
2016 · Movie
as Grandfather
Correspondence
2016 · Movie
as Ed Phoerum
Race
2016 · Movie
as Avery Brundage
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016 · Movie
as G. H. Hardy
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Movie
as Alan Rikkin
The Sultan and the Saint
2016 · Movie
as Narrator
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016 · Movie
Earthquake On Everest
2015 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
High-Rise
2015 · Movie
as Anthony Royal
The Genius of George Boole
2015 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Emotional Uncertainties
2015 · Movie
as Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · TV Show
as Self
Metropolis
2015 · TV Show
The Voysey Inheritance
2014 · Movie
as Edward Voysey
Endless Corridor
2014 · Movie
as Narrator
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Game of Lions
2013 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Goodbye Granadaland
2013 · Movie
as Self
Beautiful Creatures
2013 · Movie
as Macon Ravenwood
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 · Movie
as Raimund
Muse of Fire
2013 · Movie
as Self
The Wind Gods
2013 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013 · Movie
as Self
The Words
2012 · Movie
as The Old Man
Trashed
2012 · Movie
as Himself
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Another Way Home
2012 · Movie
as Narrator
Seeds of Freedom
2012 · Movie
as Narator
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012 · TV Show
as Himself
Racing Legends
2012 · TV Show
as Self
The Hollow Crown
2012 · TV Show
as Henry IV
Margin Call
2011 · Movie
as John Tuld
The Last Lions
2011 · Movie
as Narrator
The Borgias
2011 · TV Show
as Rodrigo Borgia
Prohibition
2011 · TV Show
as Reader (voice)
The Majestic Plastic Bag
2010 · Movie
as Narrator
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010 · Movie
as Self
The Pink Panther 2
2009 · Movie
as Avellaneda
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009 · Movie
as Alfred Stieglitz
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Chronoscope
2009 · Movie
as Narrator
The Power of the Powerless
2009 · Movie
Appaloosa
2008 · Movie
as Randall Bragg
1984
2008 · Movie
as Television Voice
Eden at the End of the World
2008 · Movie
as Narrator
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
2008 · Movie
as Festival audience member
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008 · Movie
as Patrician
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
2008 · Movie
as Patrician
The Colour of Magic
2008 · TV Show
as Patrician
Lynch 2
2007 · Movie
as Self
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
2007 · Movie
as Narrator
Inland Empire
2006 · Movie
as Kingsley Stewart
Eragon
2006 · Movie
as Brom
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006 · Movie
as Self
Eye of the Leopard
2006 · Movie
as Narrator
Mathilde
2006 · Movie
as Col. De Petris
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Path to Redemption
2006 · Movie
as Self
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Movie
as Tiberias
Casanova
2005 · Movie
as Pucci
Gallipoli
2005 · Movie
as Narrator
Revisiting Brideshead
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
2005 · Movie
as Himself
Fiat Croma
2005 · Movie
as Lead
Elizabeth I
2005 · TV Show
as Earl of Leicester
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
2004 · Movie
as Antonio
Being Julia
2004 · Movie
as Michael Gosselyn
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · TV Show
as Self
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003 · Movie
as Narrator
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
as Self
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Movie
as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003 · TV Show
as Readings (Voice)
Working Shakespeare
2003 · TV Show
as Host
The Time Machine
2002 · Movie
as Über-Morlock
Callas Forever
2002 · Movie
as Larry Kelly
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002 · Movie
as Valentin Valentin
Ohio Impromptu
2002 · Movie
as Reader / Listener
Last Call
2002 · Movie
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Fourth Angel
2001 · Movie
as Jack Elgin
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001 · Movie
as Self
The Short Life of Anne Frank
2001 · Movie
as Narrator (English version)
Dungeons & Dragons
2000 · Movie
as Profion
Longitude
2000 · Movie
as Rupert Gould
Longitude
2000 · TV Show
as Rupert Gould
Faeries
1999 · Movie
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Dr. Cap Jackson
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · Movie
as Aramis
The Lolita Story
1998 · Movie
as Himself
Chinese Box
1997 · Movie
as John
Lolita
1997 · Movie
as Humbert Humbert
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
Stealing Beauty
1996 · Movie
as Alex Parrish
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995 · Movie
as Simon
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
as Self
A Night to Die For
1995 · Movie
as Self
The Lion King
1994 · Movie
as Scar (voice)
The Making of the Lion King
1994 · Movie
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Brisant
1994 · TV Show
as Self
M. Butterfly
1993 · Movie
as René Gallimard
The House of the Spirits
1993 · Movie
as Esteban Trueba
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Damage
1992 · Movie
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
Waterland
1992 · Movie
as Tom Crick
Tales from Hollywood
1992 · Movie
as Odon Von Horvath
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Movie
as Reader (voice)
From Time to Time
1992 · Movie
as H.G. Wells
Blast 'Em
1992 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
HBO First Look
1992 · TV Show
Kafka
1991 · Movie
as Kafka
The Beggar's Opera
1991 · Movie
as Prisoner
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
1991 · Movie
as Narrator
Performance
1991 · TV Show
as Odon Von Horvath
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Reversal of Fortune
1990 · Movie
as Claus von Bülow
The Civil War
1990 · TV Show
as Various (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
1989 · Movie
as William Smith
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989 · Movie
as Guy Jones
Australia
1989 · Movie
as Edouard Pierson
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The Dream
1989 · Movie
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
1989 · Movie
as Narrator
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
as Bar Rag (voice)
Dead Ringers
1988 · Movie
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988 · Movie
as Self - Actor
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Movie
as Self
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Comic Relief
1988 · TV Show
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Daytime Live
1987 · TV Show
The Mission
1986 · Movie
as Father Gabriel
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986 · Movie
as Self
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Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1986 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
as Self
The Statue of Liberty
1985 · Movie
as Self (voice)
Swann in Love
1984 · Movie
as Charles Swann
The Wild Duck
1984 · Movie
as Harold
Betrayal
1983 · Movie
as Jerry
The Captain's Doll
1983 · Movie
as Captain Alexander Hepburn
Moonlighting
1982 · Movie
as Nowak
Nature
1982 · TV Show
as Narrator
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Ödön von Horváth
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Movie
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Brideshead Revisited
1981 · TV Show
as Charles Ryder
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · TV Show
as Self
Nijinsky
1980 · Movie
as Mikhail Fokine
Langrishe, Go Down
1978 · Movie
as Otto Beck
Love for Lydia
1977 · TV Show
as Alex Sanderson
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · TV Show
as Otto Beck
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Churchill's People
1974 · TV Show
as Samuel Ross
The Pallisers
1974 · TV Show
as Frank Tregear
Notorious Woman
1974 · TV Show
as Franz Liszt
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · TV Show
as Nephew
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Self
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV Show
as Edward Voysey
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
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A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand
· Movie
Broadway: The Next Generation
· Movie
as Self
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The Well of Saint Nobody
· Movie
as William
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Encore
· Movie
as Nigel
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Water People: The Story of Us
· Movie
as The Ocean (voice)
Highlander
· Movie
Rihana
· Movie
as Julian Miles
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RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
· Movie
as Self (Host)
