Jeremy Irons

**Jeremy John Irons** (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. The movies in which he has starred include _The Lion King_ (1994), _Die Hard with a Vengeance_ (1995), _Lolita_ (1997), and _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_ (2016).

Irons trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.  He played John the Baptist and Judas in _Godspell_ for a total of 1,128 performances. In 2005, Irons won both an Emmy award and a Golden Globe award for his supporting role in the television mini-series, _Elizabeth I_.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1980|_Nijinsky_|Mikhail Fokine|||
|1981|__|Charles Henry Smithson/ Mike|Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role||
|1981|_Brideshead Revisited_|Charles Ryder|||
|1982|_Moonlighting_|Nowak|||
|1983|_Betrayal_|Jerry|||
|1984|__|Harold|||
|1984|_Swann in Love_|Charles Swann|||
|1986|__|Father Gabriel|Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama||
|1988|__|Guy Jones|||
|1987|_My Fair Lady_|Henry Higgins|||
|1988|_Dead Ringers_|Beverly Mantle/ Elliot Mantle|||
|1989|_Australia_|Edouard Pierson|||
|1989|_Danny, the Champion of the World_|William Smith|||
|1990|_Reversal of Fortune_|Claus von Bülow|||
|1991|__|Prisoner|||
|1991|_Kafka_|Kafka|||
|1992|__|H.G. Wells|||
|1992|_Waterland_|Tom Crick|||
|1992|_Damage_|Dr. Stephen Fleming|||
|1993|_M. Butterfly_|René Gallimard|||
|1993|__|Esteban Trueba|||
|1994|_Spaceship Earth_|Narrator|||
|1994|__|Scar (voice)|||
|1995|_Die Hard with a Vengeance_|Simon Gruber|||
|1996|_Stealing Beauty_|Alex|Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture||
|1997|_Chinese Box_|John|||
|1997|_Lolita_|Humbert Humbert|||
|1998|__|Aramis|||
|1999|_Islands of Adventure: Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City_|Poseidon|voice actor||
|2000|_Dungeons & Dragons_|Profion|||
|2000|_Longitude_|Rupert Gould|Television series (4 episodes)||
|2001|__|Jack Elgin|||
|2001|_Beckett on Film_ – _Ohio Impromptu_|Reader/ Listener|||
|2002|_Callas Forever_|Larry Kelly|||
|2002|_Last Call_|F. Scott Fitzgerald|||
|2002|__|Über-Morlock|||
|2003|_And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen_|Valentin Valentin|||
|2003|_Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites_|Voice|||
|2003|_Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There_|Himself|||
|2004|_Mathilde_|Pukovnik Unprofora|||
|2004|__|Antonio|||
|2004|_Being Julia_|Michael Gosselyn|Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture||
|2005|_Gallipoli_|Gallipoli|||
|2005|_Kingdom of Heaven_|Tiberias|||
|2005|_Casanova_|Pucci|||
|2006|_Inland Empire_|Kingsley Stewart|||
|2006|_Eragon_|Brom|||
|2006|_Elizabeth I_|Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|||
|2008|__|Havelock Vetinari|Television miniseries||
|2008|_Appaloosa_|Randall Bragg|||
|2009|__|Alonso Avellaneda|||
|2009|_Georgia O'Keeffe_|Alfred Stieglitz|||
|2011|_Margin Call_|John Tuld|||
|2011|__|Rodrigo Borgia|||
|2013|_Beautiful Creatures_|Macon Ravenwood|||
|2016|_Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_|Alfred Pennyworth|||
|2017|_Justice League_|Alfred Pennyworth|Post-Production||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jeremy Irons
- **image**: SDCC 2015 - Jeremy Irons (19524260758) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Irons at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
- **birth name**: Jeremy John Irons
- **birth place**: Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
- **nationality**: British people, British
- **occupation**: Actor, Activism, activist
- **years active**: 1969–present
- **alma mater**: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- **children**: 2, including Max Irons
- **relatives**: Sorcha Cusack (sister-in-law)
 Niamh Cusack (sister-in-law)
 Pádraig Cusack (brother-in-law)
 Catherine Cusack (sister-in-law)
 Cyril Cusack (father-in-law)
 Maureen Cusack (mother-in-law)