Jeremy Irons
Actor, Film actor
1948 –
Who is Jeremy Irons?
Jeremy John Irons is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Godspell, Richard II and Embers. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing and received a Tony Award for Best Actor.
Irons's first major film role came in the 1981 romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in such films as Moonlighting, Betrayal and The Mission, he gained critical acclaim for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers. In 1990, Irons played accused murderer Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune, and took home multiple awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor. Other notable films have included Kafka, The House of the Spirits, The Lion King, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Lolita, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Merchant of Venice, Being Julia, Kingdom of Heaven, Eragon, Appaloosa, and Margin Call.
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- Born
- Sep 19, 1948
Cowes - Also known as
- Jeremy John Irons
- King
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Julie Hallam
(1969 - 1969) - Sinéad Cusack
(1978/03/28 - )
- Julie Hallam
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- English people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Sherborne School
(1962 - 1966) - Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Sherborne School
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on July 23, 2013
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