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Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons
Fødselsdag: 1948-09-19
Fødested: Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Biografi: 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. Irons's break-out role came in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981) and is frequently ranked among the greatest British television dramas as well as greatest literary adaptations. It would earn him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His first major film role came in the romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in dramas, such as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), and The Mission (1986), he was praised for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988). Irons has won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of the accused attempted murderer Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990). Irons had roles in Steven Soderbergh's mystery thriller Kafka (1991), the period drama The House of the Spirits (1993), the romantic drama M. Butterfly (1993), voiced Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994), played Simon Gruber in the action film Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Humbert Humbert in Lolita (1997) and Aramis in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). He starred in the action adventure Dungeons & Dragons (2000), played Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (2004), appeared in Being Julia (2004), the historical drama Kingdom of Heaven (2005), the fantasy-adventure Eragon (2006), the Western Appaloosa (2008), and the indie drama Margin Call (2011). In 2016, he appeared in Assassin's Creed and portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). On television, Irons appeared in the historical miniseries Elizabeth I, receiving a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From 2011 to 2013, he starred as Pope Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series The Borgias. In 2019, he appeared as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen. He is one of the few actors who have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting" in the US, winning an Oscar for film, an Emmy for television and a Tony Award for theatre. In October 2011, he was nominated the Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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The Mission
7.4
The Mission, 1986
Eventyr
Drama
Action
Historisk
Dead Ringers
7.1
Dead Ringers, 1988
Thriller
Gys
Reversal of Fortune
6.6
Reversal of Fortune, 1990
Drama
Damage
6.6
Damage, 1992
Drama
Romantik
The House of the Spirits
6.9
The House of the Spirits, 1993
Romantik
Drama
M. Butterfly
6.6
M. Butterfly, 1993
Romantik
Drama
The Lion King
8.3
The Lion King, 1994
Animation
Drama
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
7.3
Die Hard: With a Vengeance, 1995
Action
Thriller
Stealing Beauty
6.7
Stealing Beauty, 1996
Drama
Romantik
Lolita
7.1
Lolita, 1997
Drama
Romantik
The Man in the Iron Mask
6.6
The Man in the Iron Mask, 1998
Eventyr
Action
Drama
The Time Machine
6.2
The Time Machine, 2002
Sci-Fi
Eventyr
Action
The Merchant of Venice
6.8
The Merchant of Venice, 2004
Drama
Romantik
Kingdom of Heaven
6.9
Kingdom of Heaven, 2005
Drama
Action
Eventyr
Historisk
Krig
Casanova
6.4
Casanova, 2005
Eventyr
Komedie
Drama
Romantik
Eragon
5.1
Eragon, 2006
Fantasy
Action
Eventyr
Appaloosa
6.5
Appaloosa, 2008
Drama
Western
Detektiv
The Pink Panther 2
5.7
The Pink Panther 2, 2009
Komedie
Mysterium
Margin Call
6.8
Margin Call, 2011
Thriller
Drama
The Words
6.7
The Words, 2012
Drama
Thriller
Beautiful Creatures
6.0
Beautiful Creatures, 2013
Fantasy
Drama
Romantik
Night Train to Lisbon
6.5
Night Train to Lisbon, 2013
Mysterium
Romantik
Thriller
High-Rise
5.6
High-Rise, 2015
Drama
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
6.0
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016
Action
Eventyr
Fantasy
Assassin's Creed
5.4
Assassin's Creed, 2016
Action
Eventyr
Sci-Fi
The Man Who Knew Infinity
7.2
The Man Who Knew Infinity, 2016
Drama
Race
7.3
Race, 2016
Drama
Historisk
Correspondence
6.3
Correspondence, 2016
Drama
Romantik
Justice League
6.1
Justice League, 2017
Action
Eventyr
Sci-Fi
Their Finest
6.7
Their Finest, 2017
Romantik
Krig
Drama
Red Sparrow
6.5
Red Sparrow, 2018
Thriller
Mysterium
Zack Snyder's Justice League
8.2
Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2021
Action
Eventyr
Fantasy
House of Gucci
6.6
House of Gucci, 2021
Drama
Historisk
Detektiv
Munich: The Edge of War
6.9
Munich: The Edge of War, 2022
Drama
Historisk
The Flash
6.8
The Flash, 2023
Action
Eventyr
Sci-Fi
Once Upon a Studio
8.3
Once Upon a Studio, 2023
Animation
Fantasy
Komedie
The Beekeeper
7.5
The Beekeeper, 2024
Action
Thriller
Drama