Jeremy Irons

ActorCrewProducer Sep 19 (age 77) Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK 1953–2027 (74 year career)

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Biography

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. I…

Known For

Film

The Lion King

Scar (voice)

Film

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Alfred

Film

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Simon

Film

The Beekeeper

Wallace Westwyld

Film

Kingdom of Heaven

Tiberias

Film

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Alfred

Film

Justice League

Alfred

Film

Red Sparrow

Vladimir Korchnoi

Filmography

Acting (211)

Movies (163)

The Beekeeper 2

2027 Upcoming

as Wallace Westwyld

Jan 14

What is dyslexia?

2026 Upcoming

as The Inventor

Apr 25

Last Movies

2026

as Self - Narrator

Palestine 36

2025

as High Commissioner Wauchope

8.0

The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl

2025

as Self

7.2

This Ordinary Thing

2025

as Self (voice)

The Beekeeper

2024

as Wallace Westwyld

7.2

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024

as self

6.0

The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio

2024

6.0

Quintessentially Irish

2024

as Self

6.4

Wild Transylvania – Dracula's Hidden Kingdom

2024

as Narrator

The Flash

as Alfred Pennyworth

Once Upon a Studio

as Scar (voice)

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

as Self - 'Alfred'

The Cello

as Francesco

Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion

2023

as Traveller (archived audio)

Tom Hanks: The Nomad

2023

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

Codice Carla

2023

as Self

Eye of the Leopard: Revealed

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Ultimate Enemies: Revealed

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Living With Big Cats: Revealed

2022

as Narrator

Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist

2022

as Self

5.5

Relentless Enemies: Revealed

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Eternal Enemies: Revealed

2022

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

2022

as Self (archive footage)

The Way of the Cheetah

2022

as Narrator (voice)

5.2

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

as Alfred

8.1

Munich – The Edge of War

2021

as Neville Chamberlain

6.9

House of Gucci

2021

as Rodolfo Gucci

6.6

Architects of Ancient Arabia

2021

as Narrator

9.5

Napoleon: In the Name of Art

2021

8.2

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

2021

as Self

Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto

2021

as Self

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

2020

as Lawrence Philips

6.0

Jade Eyed Leopard

2020

as Narrator (voice)

The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders

2019

as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Red Sparrow

as Vladimir Korchnoi

Better Start Running

as Garrison

An Actor Prepares

as Atticus

Justice League

as Alfred

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

Birds Like Us

as Mi (voice)

Their Finest

as Secretary of War

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Alfred

Assassin's Creed

as Alan Rikkin

The Man Who Knew Infinity

as G. H. Hardy

Race

as Avery Brundage

DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League

as Self

Correspondence

as Ed Phoerum

Correspondence

as Ed Phoerum

I Wish For You

2016

as Grandfather

The Sultan and the Saint

as Narrator

High-Rise

as Anthony Royal

The Genius of George Boole

2015

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

Earthquake On Everest

2015

as Narrator (voice)

5.0

Emotional Uncertainties

2015

as Self

Endless Corridor

2014

as Narrator

5.0

The Voysey Inheritance

2014

as Edward Voysey

Beautiful Creatures

2013

as Macon Ravenwood

6.0

The Sunflower Superjam 2012

2013

as Self

Night Train to Lisbon

2013

as Raimund

6.5

The Wind Gods

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Muse of Fire

as Self

Game of Lions

as Narrator (voice)

Goodbye Granadaland

as Self

The Words

as The Old Man

Trashed

as Himself

Seeds of Freedom

as Narator

Another Way Home

as Narrator

Margin Call

as John Tuld

The Last Lions

as Narrator

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010

as Self

The Majestic Plastic Bag

as Narrator

The Pink Panther 2

as Avellaneda

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Georgia O'Keeffe

2009

as Alfred Stieglitz

4.9

The Power of the Powerless

The Chronoscope

as Narrator

Appaloosa

as Randall Bragg

Eden at the End of the World

2008

as Narrator

1984

2008

as Television Voice

6.0

Magic in the air, Bantry House Music

2008

as Festival audience member

10.0

Lynch 2

2007

as Self

J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation

2007

as Narrator

Inland Empire

as Kingsley Stewart

Eragon

as Brom

Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo

2006

as Narrator (voice)

7.8

Mathilde

2006

as Col. De Petris

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

2006

as Self

5.3

The Path to Redemption

as Self

Eye of the Leopard

as Narrator

Kingdom of Heaven

as Tiberias

Casanova

as Pucci

Revisiting Brideshead

2005

as Self

Gallipoli

2005

as Narrator

7.1

The Merchant of Venice

2005

as Himself

The Merchant of Venice

as Antonio

Being Julia

as Michael Gosselyn

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0

The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

2003

as Narrator

5.6

Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions

as Narrator (voice)

The Time Machine

as Über-Morlock

Last Call

as F. Scott Fitzgerald

5.9

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

as Valentin Valentin

Callas Forever

as Larry Kelly

Ohio Impromptu

as Reader / Listener

The Short Life of Anne Frank

2001

as Narrator (English version)

10.0

The Fourth Angel

2001

as Jack Elgin

5.2

The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"

2001

as Self

Longitude

as Rupert Gould

Dungeons & Dragons

as Profion

Faeries

as The Shapeshifter (voice)

5.1

The Man in the Iron Mask

as Aramis

The Lolita Story

as Himself

Lolita

as Humbert Humbert

Chinese Box

as John

Stealing Beauty

as Alex Parrish

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

1995

as Simon

7.3

A Night to Die For

1995

as Self

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Self

The Lion King

as Scar (voice)

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

The Making of the Lion King

1994

as Self

10.0

The House of the Spirits

as Esteban Trueba

M. Butterfly

as René Gallimard

From Time to Time

as H.G. Wells

Tales from Hollywood

1992

as Odon Von Horvath

1.0

Damage

1992

as Dr. Stephen Fleming

6.6

Waterland

1992

as Tom Crick

6.3

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

Kafka

as Kafka

The Beggar's Opera

as Prisoner

'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe

1991

as Narrator

Reversal of Fortune

1990

as Claus von Bülow

6.6

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

as Self (archive footage)

The Dream

Australia

as Edouard Pierson

Danny the Champion of the World

1989

as William Smith

6.2

Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World'

1989

as Narrator

A Chorus of Disapproval

1989

as Guy Jones

5.3

Dead Ringers

1988

as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle

7.1

The Making of Dead Ringers

1988

as Self - Actor

8.0

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

as Self

The Mission

as Father Gabriel

Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier

1986

as Narrator (voice)

5.0

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

1986

as Self

7.0

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

The Statue of Liberty

as Self (voice)

Swann in Love

as Charles Swann

The Wild Duck

as Harold

Betrayal

as Jerry

The Captain's Doll

as Captain Alexander Hepburn

Moonlighting

1982

as Nowak

7.0

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike

Nijinsky

as Mikhail Fokine

Langrishe, Go Down

as Otto Beck

Encore

as Nigel

Highlander

The Crystal Planet

as Governor Mordokan (voice)

Rizana: A Caged Bird

as Professor Julian Miles

The Well of Saint Nobody

as William

Water People: The Story of Us

as The Ocean (voice)

A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand

10.0

Television (48)

The Count of Monte Cristo

2025

as Abbé Faria

7.8

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

as Self

The Pentaverate

as Jeremy Irons

The Morning Show

as Martin Levy

Watchmen

as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

7.6

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

as Self

Metropolis

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

The Hollow Crown

as Henry IV

Racing Legends

as Self

Shakespeare Uncovered

as Himself

The Borgias

as Rodrigo Borgia

Prohibition

as Reader (voice)

The Colour of Magic

as Patrician

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Elizabeth I

as Earl of Leicester

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

Working Shakespeare

2003

as Host

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

2003

as Readings (Voice)

Longitude

2000

as Rupert Gould

7.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Cap Jackson

The View

as Self

E! True Hollywood Story

Brisant

as Self

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

HBO First Look

Performance

as Odon Von Horvath

The Civil War

as Various

The Simpsons

as Bar Rag (voice)

Comic Relief

Daytime Live

Nature

as Narrator

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Brideshead Revisited

as Charles Ryder

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Otto Beck

7.0

Love for Lydia

1977

as Alex Sanderson

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Churchill's People

as Samuel Ross

The Pallisers

as Frank Tregear

Notorious Woman

as Franz Liszt

Great Performances

as Self

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Nephew

7.4

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Edward Voysey

5.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

2023

Thanks

3.8

Nepal Beyond

2021

Executive Producer

Better Start Running

2018

Executive Producer

5.9

Emotional Uncertainties

2015

Thanks