Actor

Jeremy Irons

September 19, 1948 · 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.

Notable work

8.3
The Lion King (1994)
as Scar (voice)
6
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
as Alfred
6.1
Justice League (2017)
as Alfred
8.1
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
as Alfred
8
The Simpsons (1989)
as Bar Rag (voice)
5.4
Assassin's Creed (2016)
as Alan Rikkin
7.3
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
as Simon
6.5
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Vladimir Korchnoi
6.6
The Flash (2023)
as Alfred Pennyworth
7.1
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
as Tiberias
7.3
The Beekeeper (2024)
as Wallace Westwyld
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Dr. Cap Jackson

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