Jeremy Irons

  • Name: Jeremy Irons
  • Date of Birth: September 19, 1948
  • Place of Birth: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Mini-bio: He trained as an actor at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and is now President of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School fund raising appeal. He performed a number of plays and supported hi...( read more)mself by busking on the streets of Bristol, before appearing on the London stage as John the Baptist opposite David Essex in Godspell. After several appearances on British television, including the children's television series Playaway, and an adaptation of the H.E. Bates novel Love for Lydia in 1977, his film debut came in 1980 in Nijinsky. The role which brought him fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited in 1981. Brideshead reunited him with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years earlier. Also in 1981, he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman opposite Meryl Streep.

In 1984 Irons won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing. He appeared sporadically in films during the 1980s, including the Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Mission in 1986, and in the dual role of twin physicians in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers in 1988. Other films include Reversal of Fortune (1990) (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Kafka (1991), Damage (1993), The House of the Spirits (1993), Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995), Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty (1996), the 1997 remake of Lolita and The Man in the Iron Mask (1998).

One of his best known film roles has turned out to be the voice of Scar in The Lion King (1994). Irons has since provided voiceovers for two Disney World attractions. He narrated the Spaceship Earth ride, housed in the large geodesic globe at Epcot, and voiced H.G. Wells in the English version of the former Disney attraction The Timekeeper.

He recently appeared in the films Casanova opposite Heath Ledger, and Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. He is currently appearing on the West End stage in the play Embers.

On 18 July 2006, the BBC announced that Irons would be one of the participants in the third series of their documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?
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  • Afzals2007
    Afzals2007
    Take my Jeremy Irons quiz here on filxster!

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    posted 126 days ago
  • purplethistle89
    purplethistle89
    Ohh man he's such an awesome actore with an incredible sexy voice!
    posted 334 days ago
  • emiarkaht
    emiarkaht
    I. Hate. You.
    Not Jeremy Irons, no, no, he's one of my favorite actors. I mean the lucky son of a b**** that left the comment before me.
    You met Jeremy Irons.
    Is there some kind of secret society of lucky people that get to meet their favorite actors that I will never belong to? Does one have to be a stalker?
    YOU MET JEREMY IRONS, AND I WILL SAY, BLUNTLY, THAT I AM JEALOUS. VERY, VERY JEALOUS. *glare*
    But don't hold it against me, please. everone gets jealous. Right? *silent stares as thousands of people try to find a nice way to explain to me that I'm the only one* No, no, don't try to find a nice way. I'll be in my emo corner, trying to convince one of my friends to rent half a dozen Jeremy Irons' movies and not run off with them. How much can my friends be trusted?
    Jeremy Irons is the awesomest actor ever!
    posted 340 days ago
  • rufushwrd
    rufushwrd
    This is goin to sound crazy but i meet him today and talked to him !!! He is sssoooo cool and incredibly funny !!!
    posted 456 days ago
  • pascalteo
    pascalteo
    intelligent man, nice to see talking and acting even if u are heterosexual
    posted 459 days ago
  • xxanimegirl101xx
    xxanimegirl101xx
    Jeremy Irons is one of the absoulute best actors of all time.
    posted 485 days ago
  • ViolentDarkKnight
    ViolentDarkKnight
    MY IDOL!!!!!! He is the BEST actor alive. My favorite quote is from him...this is it: "We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams." His voice is so soothing too...I love it. You can spot his voice from a mile away. He's a stupendous actor!
    posted 502 days ago
  • ijustgottabeme
    ijustgottabeme
    It's ALL about his performance in "dead ringers " xD
    posted 513 days ago
  • FilmFanatical
    FilmFanatical
    Jeremy Irons is a super actor.! It was a shame in Eragon when his character died, i dont think they should have killed him off
    posted 518 days ago
  • chuksonuorah
    chuksonuorah
    i luv how he speaks and most of all i luv his voice its a bum and i'll also like to know his number and his e-mail address.
    posted 527 days ago
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