Jeremy Irons

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.
His first major film role came in 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), The Mission (1986), and Dead Ringers (1988), he received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990). After winning the Academy Award, Irons continued starring in drama films including Mr. Kafka in Kafka (1991), Dr. Stephen Fleming in Damage (1992), René Gallimard in M. Butterfly (1993), Humbert Humbert in Lolita (1997), Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (2004), Tiberias in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Randall Bragg in Appaloosa (2008), and John Tuld in Margin Call (2011). He also performed the voice of Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994), Simon Gruber in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Extended Universe (2016–2023) series of films.
On television, Irons's break-out role came in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981) which is frequently ranked among the greatest British television dramas as well as greatest literary adaptations.1. Brideshead Revisited (1981, ITV). In: "The 22 greatest TV adaptations". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2016. (Originally published in January 2015 as "The 20 greatest TV adaptations".) He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance for his performance in the miniseries Elizabeth I (2005). He starred as Pope Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series The Borgias (2011–2013) and as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen (2019). In October 2011, he was nominated the Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 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.
==Philanthropy ==
He is the Patron of the Emergency Response Team Search and Rescue (ERTSAR),ERTSAR which is a United Nations–recognised life saving disaster response search and rescue team and registered charity. It is based in his home County of Oxfordshire, England. He supports a number of other charities, including The Prison Phoenix Trust in England, and the London-based Evidence for Development, which seeks to improve the lives of the world's most needy people by preventing famines and delivering food aid, for both of which he is an active patron. In 2000, Irons received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Olivia de Havilland during the International Achievement Summit in London.
In 2010, Irons starred in a promotional video, for "The 1billionhungry project" – a worldwide drive to attract at least one million signatures to a petition calling on international leaders to move hunger to the top of the political agenda.
Irons was named Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2011. He provided the narration of the 2013 documentary (by Andrew Lauer) Sahaya Going Beyond about the work of the charity Sahaya International.
In November 2015, Irons supported the No Cold Homes campaign by the UK charity Turn2us."About us: Our campaign. Jeremy Irons" (). Turn2us.org. Retrieved 1 December 2015 Irons was one of nearly thirty celebrities, who included Helen Mirren, Hugh Laurie and Ed Sheeran, to donate items of winter clothing to the campaign, with the proceeds used to help people in the UK struggling to keep their homes warm in winter.
Irons is a patron of the Chiltern Shakespeare Company, which produces Shakespearean plays annually in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and a London-based drama school, The Associated Studios."The Associated Studios website". Irons was bestowed an Honorary Life Membership by the University College Dublin Law Society in September 2008, in honour of his contribution to television, film, audio, music, and theatre. Also in 2008, Irons was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Southampton Solent University. On 20 July 2016, Irons was announced as the first Chancellor of Bath Spa University.
==Personal life==
Irons married Julie Hallam in 1969, but they divorced later that year. He married Irish actress Sinéad Cusack on 28 March 1978. They have two sons, Samuel "Sam" Irons (b. 1978), who works as a photographer, and who co-starred with his father in Danny, the Champion of the World, and Maximilian "Max" Irons (b. 1985), also an actor. Both of Irons's sons have appeared in films with their father. Irons's wife and children are Catholic; Irons has also been described as a practising Catholic and has stated:
He owns Kilcoe Castle near Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland, and had the castle painted a traditional ochre colour which was misreported as being 'pink'. He also has another Irish residence in The Liberties of Dublin, as well as a home in his birth town of Cowes, a detached house and barn in Watlington, Oxfordshire and a mews house in Notting Hill, London.
In March 2016 Irons told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that he would refuse an invitation to the palace to accept a New Year Honour should it ever arrive: "I became an actor to be a rogue and a vagabond so I don't think it would be apt for the establishment to pull me in as one of their own, for I ain't."
In 2013 Irons said he was a smoker and an avid fan of cigars, naming Romeo y Julieta as his favourite brand. He said, "My curse is that I'm a cigarette smoker. I make my own cigarettes. So I have a tendency to inhale when I smoke a cigar. I have to keep reminding myself not to."
==Acting credits==
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Organizations 	Category 	Nominated Work 	Result 	Result
1991	Academy Awards 	Best Actor 	Reversal of Fortune 	 	
1981	BAFTA Awards 	Best Film Actor in a Leading Role 	The French Lieutenant's Woman 	rowspan=4	
1982	BAFTA Awards 	Best Television Actor in a Leading Role 	Brideshead Revisited 	 	
1982	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television 	Brideshead Revisited 	 	
1986	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 	The Mission 	 	
1990	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 	Reversal of Fortune 	rowspan=2	
2006	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Supporting Actor – Television 	Elizabeth I 	 	
2009	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television 	Georgia O'Keeffe 	rowspan=4	
2011	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama 	The Borgias 	 	
1985	Grammy Awards 	Best Spoken Word Album 	The Real Thing 	 	
1982	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie 	Brideshead Revisited 	 	
1997	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance 	The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century	rowspan=3	
2006	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie	Elizabeth I 	 	
2014	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Narrator 	Game of Lions 	 	
2020	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie 	Watchmen 	 	
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 	Elizabeth I 	 	
2009	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 	Georgia O'Keeffe 	rowspan=3	
2013	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 	The Hollow Crown 	 	
2022	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 	House of Gucci 	 	
1984	Tony Awards 	Best Leading Actor in a Play 	The Real Thing 	rowspan=2	
2017	Europe Theatre Prize 	 	 	 	
==Roles on Idea Wiki==
*Papa Louie (film) - Guy Mortadello
*Kingdom Hearts vs. Sword Art Online - Scar
*Simba's Great Adventure - Scar
*Sailor Moon Crystal: FernGully - The Shapeshifter
*Once Upon a Studio: Version 2.0 - Scar
*The Persuaders (2022 film) - Dr.Heinz Gruber
==References==
==External links ==
*Jeremy Irons – The Authoritative Website
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*Jeremy Irons Profile by The Daily Telegraph (13 March 2008)
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