Actor
Jeremy Irons
Born 19 September 1948 · Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Jeremy Irons is an English actor trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with a career across stage, television and film. He rose to fame in Brideshead Revisited and won the Oscar for Reversal of Fortune. His distinctive voice also made him Scar in The Lion King.
Key films
The Mission (1986)
Prestige period drama in which he played a Jesuit priest in colonial South America.
Dead Ringers (1988)
Acclaimed dual performance as twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller.
Damage (1992)
Led Louis Malle's intense drama of obsessive passion, showing his talent for restrained, troubled characters.
The Lion King (1994)
Voiced the villain Scar in Disney's hit, one of cinema's most memorable animated antagonists.
Margin Call (2011)
Played a ruthless investment-bank chief in a well-regarded drama about the 2008 financial crisis.
Key awards
- 1991 Academy Award for Best Actor (Reversal of Fortune)
- 1991 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama (Reversal of Fortune)
- 1984 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (The Real Thing)
- 2006 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film (Elizabeth I)
- 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (Elizabeth I)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 162
- 1978Langrishe, Go Down · as Otto BeckActor
- 1980Nijinsky · as Mikhail FokineActor
- 1981The French Lieutenant's Woman · as Charles Henry Smithson / MikeActor
- 1982Moonlighting · as NowakActor
- 1983Betrayal · as JerryActor
- 1983The Captain's Doll · as Captain Alexander HepburnActor
- 1984Swann in Love · as Charles SwannActor
- 1984The Wild Duck · as HaroldActor
- 1985The Statue of Liberty · as Self (voice)Actor
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II · as SelfActor
- 1986The Mission · as Father GabrielActor
- 1986Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary · as SelfActor
- 1986Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1988Dead Ringers · as Beverly Mantle / Elliot MantleActor
- 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie · as SelfActor
- 1988The Making of Dead Ringers · as Self - ActorActor
- 1989A Chorus of Disapproval · as Guy JonesActor
- 1989Danny the Champion of the World · as William SmithActor
- 1989Australia · as Edouard PiersonActor
- 1989The DreamActor
- 1989Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World' · as NarratorActor
- 1990Reversal of Fortune · as Claus von BülowActor
- 1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1990Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace · as John Newton (voice)Actor
- 1991Kafka · as KafkaActor
- 1991The Beggar's Opera · as PrisonerActor
- 1991'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe · as NarratorActor
- 1992Damage · as Dr. Stephen FlemingActor
- 1992Waterland · as Tom CrickActor
- 1992Tales from Hollywood · as Odon Von HorvathActor
- 1992Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice)Actor
- 1992Blast 'Em · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1992From Time to Time · as H.G. WellsActor
- 1993The House of the Spirits · as Esteban TruebaActor
- 1993M. Butterfly · as René GallimardActor
- 1994The Lion King · as Scar (voice)Actor
- 1994The Making of the Lion King · as SelfActor
- 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1995Die Hard: With a Vengeance · as SimonActor
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · as SelfActor
- 1995A Night to Die For · as SelfActor
- 1996Stealing Beauty · as Alex ParrishActor
- 1997Lolita · as Humbert HumbertActor
- 1997Chinese Box · as JohnActor
- 1998The Man in the Iron Mask · as AramisActor
- 1998The Lolita Story · as HimselfActor
- 1999Faeries · as The Shapeshifter (voice)Actor
- 2000Dungeons & Dragons · as ProfionActor
- 2000Longitude · as Rupert GouldActor
- 2001The Fourth Angel · as Jack ElginActor
- 2001The Short Life of Anne Frank · as Narrator (English version)Actor
- 2001The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" · as SelfActor
- 2002The Time Machine · as Über-MorlockActor
- 2002Callas Forever · as Larry KellyActor
- 2002And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... · as Valentin ValentinActor
- 2002Last Call · as F. Scott FitzgeraldActor
- 2002Ohio Impromptu · as Reader / ListenerActor
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2003The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World · as NarratorActor
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · as SelfActor
- 2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film · as Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")Actor
- 2003Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2004The Merchant of Venice · as AntonioActor
- 2004Being Julia · as Michael GosselynActor
- 2005Kingdom of Heaven · as TiberiasActor
- 2005Casanova · as PucciActor
- 2005Gallipoli · as NarratorActor
- 2005Revisiting Brideshead · as SelfActor
- 2005Fiat Croma · as LeadActor
- 2005The Merchant of Venice · as HimselfActor
- 2006Eragon · as BromActor
- 2006Inland Empire · as Kingsley StewartActor
- 2006Eye of the Leopard · as NarratorActor
- 2006Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall · as SelfActor
- 2006The Path to Redemption · as SelfActor
- 2006Mathilde · as Col. De PetrisActor
- 2007Lynch 2 · as SelfActor
- 2007J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation · as NarratorActor
- 2008Appaloosa · as Randall BraggActor
- 20081984 · as Television VoiceActor
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 · as PatricianActor
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 · as PatricianActor
- 2008Magic in the air, Bantry House Music · as Festival audience memberActor
- 2008Eden at the End of the World · as NarratorActor
- 2009The Pink Panther 2 · as AvellanedaActor
- 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Georgia O'Keeffe · as Alfred StieglitzActor
- 2009The Chronoscope · as NarratorActor
- 2009The Power of the PowerlessActor
- 2010The Majestic Plastic Bag · as NarratorActor
- 2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration · as SelfActor
- 2010The Color of Magic 2in1 · as PatricijActor
- 2011Margin Call · as John TuldActor
- 2011The Last Lions · as NarratorActor
- 2012The Words · as The Old ManActor
- 2012Trashed · as HimselfActor
- 2012Another Way Home · as NarratorActor
- 2012Seeds of Freedom · as NaratorActor
- 2013Beautiful Creatures · as Macon RavenwoodActor
- 2013Night Train to Lisbon · as RaimundActor
- 2013Muse of Fire · as SelfActor
- 2013Game of Lions · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2013The Wind Gods · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2013Goodbye Granadaland · as SelfActor
- 2013The Sunflower Superjam 2012 · as SelfActor
- 2014Endless Corridor · as NarratorActor
- 2014The Voysey Inheritance · as Edward VoyseyActor
- 2015High-Rise · as Anthony RoyalActor
- 2015The Genius of George Boole · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2015Earthquake On Everest · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2015Emotional Uncertainties · as SelfActor
- 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as AlfredActor
- 2016Assassin's Creed · as Alan RikkinActor
- 2016Race · as Avery BrundageActor
- 2016The Man Who Knew Infinity · as G. H. HardyActor
- 2016Correspondence · as Ed PhoerumActor
- 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice LeagueActor
- 2016The Sultan and the Saint · as NarratorActor
- 2016I Wish For You · as GrandfatherActor
- 2017Justice League · as AlfredActor
- 2017Their Finest · as Secretary of WarActor
- 2017Birds Like Us · as Mi (voice)Actor
- 2018Red Sparrow · as Vladimir KorchnoiActor
- 2018Better Start Running · as GarrisonActor
- 2018An Actor Prepares · as AtticusActor
- 2019The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders · as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2020Love, Weddings & Other Disasters · as Lawrence PhilipsActor
- 2020Jade Eyed Leopard · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League · as AlfredActor
- 2021House of Gucci · as Rodolfo GucciActor
- 2021Munich - The Edge of War · as Neville ChamberlainActor
- 2021Napoleon: In the Name of ArtActor
- 2021Architects of Ancient Arabia · as NarratorActor
- 2021Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood · as SelfActor
- 2021Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto · as SelfActor
- 2022The Way of the Cheetah · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2022Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist · as SelfActor
- 2022Eternal Enemies: Revealed · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2022Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Relentless Enemies: Revealed · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2022Living With Big Cats: Revealed · as NarratorActor
- 2022Eye of the Leopard: Revealed · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2022Ultimate Enemies: Revealed · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2023The Flash · as Alfred PennyworthActor
- 2023Once Upon a Studio · as Scar (voice)Actor
- 2023Tom Hanks: The Nomad · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023The Cello · as FrancescoActor
- 2023Making The Flash: Worlds Collide · as Self - 'Alfred'Actor
- 2023Codice Carla · as SelfActor
- 2024The Beekeeper · as Wallace WestwyldActor
- 2024Quintessentially Irish · as SelfActor
- 2024The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo EgizioActor
- 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Act · as selfActor
- 2025Palestine 36 · as High Commissioner WauchopeActor
- 2025The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl · as SelfActor
- 2025This Ordinary Thing · as Self (voice)Actor
- 2026Dracula's Hidden Kingdom · as Self - NarratorActor
- 2026The Crystal Planet · as Governor Mordokan (voice)Actor
- 2026Last Movies · as Self - NarratorActor
- 2026What is dyslexia? · as The InventorActor
- 2027The Beekeeper 2 · as Wallace WestwyldActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.