Jeremy Irons
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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. I...
Known For
Filmography
The Beekeeper 2
2027
as Wallace Westwyld
Dracula's Hidden Kingdom
2026
as Self - Narrator
The Crystal Planet
2026
as Governor Mordokan (voice)
Last Movies
2026
as Self - Narrator
What is dyslexia?
2026
as The Inventor
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
as Self
Palestine 36
2025
as High Commissioner Wauchope
This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
The Count of Monte Cristo
2025
as Abbé Faria
Mara: Rebirth
2025
as Narrator (voice)
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio
2024
The Beekeeper
2024
as Wallace Westwyld
Quintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
The Cello
2023
as Francesco
The Flash
2023
as Alfred Pennyworth
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
as Self - 'Alfred'
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Scar (voice)
Codice Carla
2023
as Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
as Self
The Way of the Cheetah
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
as Self
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
2022
as Narrator
The Pentaverate
2022
as Jeremy Irons
Architects of Ancient Arabia
2021
as Narrator
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
2021
Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto
2021
as Self
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Neville Chamberlain
House of Gucci
2021
as Rodolfo Gucci
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Alfred
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021
as Self
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
as Lawrence Philips
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders
2019
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Watchmen
2019
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
The Morning Show
2019
as Martin Levy
History of the Emirates
2019
as Narrator
Red Sparrow
2018
as Vladimir Korchnoi
An Actor Prepares
2018
as Atticus
Better Start Running
2018
as Garrison
Justice League
2017
as Alfred
Their Finest
2017
as Secretary of War
Birds Like Us
2017
as Mi (voice)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Alfred
I Wish For You
2016
as Grandfather
Correspondence
2016
as Ed Phoerum
Race
2016
as Avery Brundage
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as G. H. Hardy
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Alan Rikkin
The Sultan and the Saint
2016
as Narrator
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
Earthquake On Everest
2015
as Narrator (voice)
High-Rise
2015
as Anthony Royal
The Genius of George Boole
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Emotional Uncertainties
2015
as Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
as Self
Metropolis
2015
The Voysey Inheritance
2014
as Edward Voysey
Endless Corridor
2014
as Narrator
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Game of Lions
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Goodbye Granadaland
2013
as Self
Beautiful Creatures
2013
as Macon Ravenwood
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Raimund
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Wind Gods
2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
as Self
The Words
2012
as The Old Man
Trashed
2012
as Himself
Another Way Home
2012
as Narrator
Seeds of Freedom
2012
as Narator
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
Racing Legends
2012
as Self
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Henry IV
Margin Call
2011
as John Tuld
The Last Lions
2011
as Narrator
The Borgias
2011
as Rodrigo Borgia
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
The Majestic Plastic Bag
2010
as Narrator
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
The Color of Magic 2in1
2010
as Patricij
The Pink Panther 2
2009
as Avellaneda
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
as Alfred Stieglitz
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Chronoscope
2009
as Narrator
The Power of the Powerless
2009
Appaloosa
2008
as Randall Bragg
1984
2008
as Television Voice
Eden at the End of the World
2008
as Narrator
Magic in the air, Bantry House Music
2008
as Festival audience member
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
as Patrician
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
2008
as Patrician
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Patrician
Lynch 2
2007
as Self
J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation
2007
as Narrator
Inland Empire
2006
as Kingsley Stewart
Eragon
2006
as Brom
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
as Self
Eye of the Leopard
2006
as Narrator
Mathilde
2006
as Col. De Petris
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Tiberias
Casanova
2005
as Pucci
Gallipoli
2005
as Narrator
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
2005
as Himself
Fiat Croma
2005
as Lead
Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)
2005
as Tiberias
Elizabeth I
2005
as Earl of Leicester
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Antonio
Being Julia
2004
as Michael Gosselyn
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
as Narrator
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
as Readings (Voice)
Working Shakespeare
2003
as Host
The Time Machine
2002
as Über-Morlock
Callas Forever
2002
as Larry Kelly
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
as Valentin Valentin
Ohio Impromptu
2002
as Reader / Listener
Last Call
2002
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Fourth Angel
2001
as Jack Elgin
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
as Self
The Short Life of Anne Frank
2001
as Narrator (English version)
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
as Profion
Longitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
Longitude
2000
as Rupert Gould
Faeries
1999
as The Shapeshifter (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Cap Jackson
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Aramis
The Lolita Story
1998
as Himself
Chinese Box
1997
as John
Lolita
1997
as Humbert Humbert
The View
1997
as Self
Stealing Beauty
1996
as Alex Parrish
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as Simon
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
A Night to Die For
1995
as Self
The Lion King
1994
as Scar (voice)
The Making of the Lion King
1994
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Brisant
1994
as Self
M. Butterfly
1993
as René Gallimard
The House of the Spirits
1993
as Esteban Trueba
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Damage
1992
as Dr. Stephen Fleming
Waterland
1992
as Tom Crick
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Odon Von Horvath
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
From Time to Time
1992
as H.G. Wells
Blast 'Em
1992
as Self (uncredited)
HBO First Look
1992
Kafka
1991
as Kafka
The Beggar's Opera
1991
as Prisoner
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
1991
as Narrator
Performance
1991
as Odon Von Horvath
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Reversal of Fortune
1990
as Claus von Bülow
Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace
1990
as John Newton (voice)
The Civil War
1990
as Various (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as William Smith
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Guy Jones
Australia
1989
as Edouard Pierson
The Dream
1989
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'
1989
as Narrator
The Simpsons
1989
as Bar Rag (voice)
Dead Ringers
1988
as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
The Making of Dead Ringers
1988
as Self - Actor
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
as Self
Comic Relief
1988
Daytime Live
1987
The Mission
1986
as Father Gabriel
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
Swann in Love
1984
as Charles Swann
The Wild Duck
1984
as Harold
Betrayal
1983
as Jerry
The Captain's Doll
1983
as Captain Alexander Hepburn
Moonlighting
1982
as Nowak
Nature
1982
as Narrator
American Playhouse
1982
as Ödön von Horváth
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Charles Ryder
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Nijinsky
1980
as Mikhail Fokine
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
as Otto Beck
Love for Lydia
1977
as Alex Sanderson
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Otto Beck
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Churchill's People
1974
as Samuel Ross
The Pallisers
1974
as Frank Tregear
Notorious Woman
1974
as Franz Liszt
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Nephew
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Edward Voysey
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953
as Self