Jeremy Irons biography
Jeremy Irons is a British actor (born 1948), born on 19 September 1948 in Cowes.
Jeremy Irons's screen career began in 1971 with The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, playing Nephew George.
Jeremy Irons has appeared in 75 films and 34 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are The Crystal Planet [hr; cz] (2026), Palestine 36 (2025), The Beekeeper (2024).
Honours include Donostia Award, Academy Award for Best Actor and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Coming up next: The Beekeeper 2 (2027), Rizana , A Caged Bird, Highlander.
- Born
- 19 September 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Cowes
- Work
- Film actor, Voice actor, Stage actor, Television actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1969 to present
- Awards
- Donostia Award
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Golden Globes
- European Film Academy Special Achievement Award
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Jeremy Irons filmography
78 films and 34 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rizana , A Caged Bird | Julian Miles | Post-production | ||
| Highlander | The leader of the Watchers | Filming | ||
| 2027 | The Beekeeper 2 | Wallace Westwyld | Post-production | |
| 2026 | The Crystal Planet [hr; cz] | Governor Mordokan | Voice | |
| 2025 | Palestine 36 | High Commissioner Wauchope | ||
| 2024 | The Beekeeper | Wallace Westwyld | ||
| 2023 | The Cello | Francesco | ||
| 2023 | The Flash | Alfred Pennyworth | ||
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Scar | Voice; Short film | |
| 2021 | House of Gucci | Rodolfo Gucci | ||
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Alfred Pennyworth | Director's cut of Justice League | |
| 2021 | Munich , The Edge of War | Neville Chamberlain | ||
| 2020 | Love, Weddings & Other Disasters | Lawrence Phillips | ||
| 2018 | An Actor Prepares | Atticus Smith | ||
| 2018 | Red Sparrow | Vladimir Korchnoi | ||
| 2018 | Better Start Running | Garrison | Also executive producer | |
| 2017 | Justice League | Alfred Pennyworth | ||
| 2017 | Birds Like Us | Kondor/Mi | Voice | |
| 2016 | Assassin's Creed | Alan Rikkin | ||
| 2016 | Race | Avery Brundage | ||
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Alfred Pennyworth | ||
| 2016 | The Correspondence | Ed Phoerum | ||
| 2016 | Their Finest | Secretary of War | ||
| 2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | G. H. Hardy | ||
| 2015 | High-Rise | Anthony Royal |
Show all 78 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon | Raimund Gregorius | ||
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Macon Ravenwood | ||
| 2012 | Trashed | English | ||
| 2012 | The Words | The Old Man | ||
| 2011 | Margin Call | John Tuld | ||
| 2011 | The Last Lions | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Alonso Avellaneda | ||
| 2008 | Appaloosa | Randall Bragg | ||
| 2008 | Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic | English | ||
| 2006 | Eragon | Brom | ||
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Kingsley Stewart | ||
| 2006 | Eye of the Leopard | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Tiberias | ||
| 2005 | Casanova | Pucci | ||
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Antonio | ||
| 2004 | Mathilde | Col. De Petris | ||
| 2004 | Being Julia | Michael Gosselyn | ||
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | English | ||
| 2002 | The Time Machine | The Über-Morlock | ||
| 2002 | Callas Forever | Larry Kelly | ||
| 2002 | And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | Valentin Valentin | ||
| 2001 | The Fourth Angel | Jack Elgin | ||
| 2000 | Dungeons & Dragons | Profion | ||
| 1999 | Faeries | The Shapeshifter | Voice | |
| 1999 | Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City | Poseidon | Voice; Short film | |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Aramis | ||
| 1997 | Chinese Box | John | ||
| 1997 | Lolita | Humbert Humbert | ||
| 1996 | Stealing Beauty | Alex | ||
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Simon Gruber | ||
| 1994 | The Lion King | Scar | Voice | |
| 1994 | Spaceship Earth | Narrator (3rd edition) | Voice; Documentary short | |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Esteban Trueba | ||
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | René Gallimard | ||
| 1992 | Waterland | Tom Crick | ||
| 1992 | Damage | Dr. Stephen Fleming | ||
| 1992 | The Timekeeper | H. G. Wells | Short film | |
| 1991 | Kafka | Franz Kafka | ||
| 1991 | Beggar's Opera | Prisoner | ||
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow | ||
| 1989 | Danny, the Champion of the World | William Smith | ||
| 1989 | Australia | Edouard Pierson | ||
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Guy Jones | ||
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle | ||
| 1986 | The Mission | Father Gabriel | ||
| 1985 | The Statue of Liberty | English | ||
| 1984 | Un amour de Swann | French | ||
| 1984 | The Wild Duck | Harold | ||
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Charles Swann | ||
| 1983 | Betrayal | Jerry | ||
| 1982 | Moonlighting | Nowak | ||
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Charles Henry Smithson/Mike | ||
| 1980 | Nijinsky | Mikhail Fokine |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Morning Show | Martin Levy | Recurring | |
| 2025 | Nature | Narrator | Episode: “Dracula’s Hidden Kingdom” | |
| 2024 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Abbé Faria | 8 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate | Narrator | 6 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Emirates from Above | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2021 | Napoleon , In the Name of Art | Presenting narrator | Documentary | |
| 2019 | Watchmen | Adrian Veidt | 8 episodes | |
| 2013 | Life on Fire | Narrator | 6 episodes | |
| 2012 | The Simpsons | Bar Rag | Voice; Episode: "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" | |
| 2012 | Henry IV Part I and Part II | Henry IV | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | Prohibition | English | ||
| 2011 | The Borgias | Rodrigo Borgia | 29 episodes | |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Cap Jackson | 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | The Magic 7 | Thraxx | Voice; Television film | |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe | Alfred Stieglitz | Television film | |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Havelock Vetinari | 2 episodes | |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I | Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester | 2 episodes | |
| 2003 | Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do | Severus Snape | Television special | |
| 2002 | Last Call | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Television film | |
| 2001 | The Short Life of Anne Frank | Narrator | Television documentary | |
| 2000 | Longitude | Rupert Gould | 4 episodes | |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | Siegfried Sassoon | Voice; 3 episodes | |
| 1992 | Performance | Odon Von Horvath | Episode: "Tales from Hollywood" | |
| 1990 | The Civil War | English | ||
| 1989 | The Dream | The Man | Television short |
Show all 34 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Captain's Doll | Captain Alex Hepworth | Television film | |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Charles Ryder | 11 episodes | |
| 1979 | Play of the Month (BBC2) | Edward Voysey | Episode: The Voysey Inheritance | |
| 1978 | Play of the Week (BBC2) | Otto Beck | Episode: Langrishe, Go Down | |
| 1977 | Love for Lydia | Alex Sanderson | 7 episodes | |
| 1975 | Churchill's People | Samuel Ross | Episode: "Liberty Tree" | |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Frank Tregear | 6 episodes | |
| 1974 | Notorious Woman | Franz Liszt | 2 episodes | |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Nephew George | Episode: "The Case of the Mirror of Portugal" |