Jeremy Irons

**Jeremy John Irons** (born 19 September 1948) is an Inglis actor. Efter receivin clessical trainin at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons begoud his actin career on stage in 1969 an haes syne appeared in mony West End theatre productions, includin *[[The Winter's Tale]]*, *[[Macbeth]]*, *[[Much Ado About Nothing]]*, *[[The Taming of the Shrew]]*, *[[Godspell]]*, *[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]*, an *[[Embers]]*. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's *[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]* an received a Tony Awaird for Best Actor.

Irons's first major film role came in the romantic drama *[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]* (1981), for that he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. Efter starnin in dramas, sic as *[[Moonlighting (film)|Moonlighting]]* (1982), *[[Betrayal (1983 film)|Betrayal]]* (1983), an *[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]* (1986), he wis praised for portrayin twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller *[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]* (1988). Irons wan multiple awairds, includin the Academy Awaird for Best Actor, for his portrayal o the accused attempted murtherer Claus von Bülow in *[[Reversal of Fortune]]* (1990).

Ither films hae included Steven Soderbergh's mee
stery thriller *[[Kafka (film)|Kafka]]* (1991), the period drama *[[The House of the Spirits (film)|The House of the Spirits]]* (1993), the romantic drama *[[M. Butterfly (film)|M. Butterfly]]* (1993), the vyce o Scar in Disney's *[[The Lion King]]* (1994), Simon Gruber in the action film *[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]* (1995), the drama *[[Lolita (1997 film)|Lolita]]* (1997), Musketeer Aramis in *[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]* (1998), the action adventur ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (2000), the drama *[[The Merchant of Venice (2004 film)|The Merchant of Venice]]* (2004), the drama *[[Being Julia]]* (2004), the epic historical drama *[[Kingdom of Heaven (film)|Kingdom of Heaven]]* (2005), the fantasie-adventur *[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]* (2006), the Western *[[Appaloosa (film)|Appaloosa]]* (2008), an the indie drama *[[Margin Call]]* (2011). In 2016, he appeared in *[[Assassin's Creed (film)|Assassin's Creed]]* an, startin that year, haes portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Extended Universe, beginnin wi *[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]* an reprisin the role in *[[Justice League (film)|Justice League]]* (2017).

Irons haes an aw made mony appearances in telly dramas. He earned his first Gowden Globe Awaird nomination for his brak-oot role in the ITV series *[[Brideshead Revisited (TV serial)|Brideshead Revisited]]* (1981). In 2005, Irons appeared in the historical miniseries *[[Elizabeth I (2005 miniseries)|Elizabeth I]]*, for that he received a Gowden Globe Awaird an an Emmy Awaird for Best Supportin Actor. Frae 2011 tae 2013, he starned as Pape Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series *[[The Borgias (2011 TV series)|The Borgias]]*. He is ane o the few actors that hae achieved the "Triple Croun o Actin", winnin an Academy Awaird for film, an Emmy Awaird for telly an a Tony Awaird for theatre. In October 2011, he wis nominated the Goodwill Ambassador for the Fuid an Agricultur Organisation o the Unitit Naitions.

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