Born Sept. 19, 1948, in Cowes, England, Jeremy Irons took up acting when he failed to get into veterinary school. The veterinary field's loss was the theater's gain, and after studying at the Bristol Old Vic, he began appearing on the London stage.Irons made his film bow in 1980's Nijinsky and received widespread praise for his work in the 1981 miniseries "Brideshead Revisited," which led to dramatic leads in a string of movies (including The French Lieutenant's Woman).
Two high points of the actor's career came with his portrayal of identical-twin gynecologists in Dead Ringers and murder suspect Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (which earned Irons an Oscar). His later credits include the 1997 remake of Lolita. He won a 2006 Emmy for his role as the Earl of Leicester in the miniseries Elizabeth I and scored a Golden Globe nod for his turn in the TV movie Georgia O'Keeffe (2009).
The BorgiasOscar-winning director Neil Jordan helms this lavish Showtime series about the notorious Borgia family, a clan headed by plotting patriarch Rodrigo and his beautiful but treacherous daughter, Lucrezia. Read More
LolitaHumbert Humbert (Jeremy Irons) is a remarkable man with a poisonous wound: the indelible memory of a fated childhood love and a haunting urge to rediscover its lost passion through an obsession with a teenage girl named Lolita (Dominique Swain). Melanie Griffith co-stars as the girl's mother, a... Read More
DamageHonorable government official Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons) strays when he meets a beautiful woman (Juliette Binoche) at a cocktail party. Even finding out that she's engaged to his son (Rupert Graves) doesn't dampen Fleming's passion in this fiery drama based on Josephine Hart's novel. A dangerous... Read More
Elizabeth IHelen Mirren earned a pair of Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her impassioned portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in this HBO miniseries that explores the effect of the monarch's public role on her private life. Unable to wed the man she loves (Jeremy Irons, in an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning role),... Read More
Dead RingersJeremy Irons gives a deftly brilliant performance as twin gynecologists -- yes, that's right -- Elliot and Beverly Mantl, who can't help spiraling into madness and addiction when they meet a pill-popping actress (Geneviève Bujold) who hopes to have children. David Cronenberg's script and... Read More
The Words (2012) | NR | |
Margin Call (2011) | R | |
The Borgias (2011) | NR | |
The Last Lions (2011) | PG | |
Ken Burns: Prohibition (2011) | NR | |
The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | PG | |
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) | NR | |
Appaloosa (2008) | R | |
The Color of Magic (2008) | NR | |
PG | ||
R | ||
Gallipoli (2006) | NR | |
R | ||
Casanova (2005) | R | |
R | ||
Elizabeth I (2005) | TV-MA | |
Maazel: 1984 (2005) | NR | |
The Merchant of Venice (2004) | R | |
Being Julia (2004) | R | |
NR | ||
Beckett on Film (2003) | NR | |
The Time Machine (2002) | PG-13 | |
Callas Forever (2002) | NR | |
PG-13 | ||
The Fourth Angel (2001) | R | |
Longitude (2000) | NR | |
PG-13 | ||
Directors: Adrian Lyne (2000) | NR | |
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) | PG-13 | |
Lolita (1997) | R | |
Chinese Box (1997) | R | |
Stealing Beauty (1996) | R | |
R | ||
G | ||
The House of the Spirits (1993) | R | |
M. Butterfly (1993) | R | |
R | ||
Waterland (1992) | R | |
Reversal of Fortune (1990) | R | |
Dead Ringers (1988) | R | |
NR | ||
PG | ||
R | ||
Betrayal (1983) | R | |
Moonlighting (1982) | PG | |
R | ||
Brideshead Revisited (1981) | NR | |
Love for Lydia (1979) | NR | |
Langrishe, Go Down (1978) | NR | |
The Pallisers (1974) | NR | |
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