Jeremy John Irons is an Oscar, and 2 time Emmy award winning English actor.

Jeremy Irons is well known for the role of Scar from The Lion King. He trained as an actor at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He appeared on the London stage as John the Baptist opposite David Essex in Godspell. After several appearances on British television (clips of his appearances on the children's television series "Playaway" are often repeated), his film debut came in 1980 in Nijinsky. The role which shot him to fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited in 1981. Also in 1981, he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman .

In 1984 Irons won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing. Other films include Reversal of Fortune (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Kafka, Damage, M. Butterfly, The House of the Spirits, Lolita (remake), The Man in the Iron Mask and Die Hard With a Vengeance. In 2005 Mr. Irons starred in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. He recently appeared in the film Casanova.

Public Name: Jeremy Irons
Birth Name: Jeremy John Irons
Date of Birth: September 19, 1948
Place of Birth: Cowes, Isle of Wight

Filmography

• The Night of the Iguana, 2006 
• Poslednji krug u Monci 2, 2006 
• Eragon, 2006
• Inland Empire, 2006
• The Magic 7, 2006 (TV) (voice)
• RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare, 2005 (V)
• Elizabeth I, 2005 (TV)
• Casanova, 2005
• Kingdom of Heaven, 2005
• The Merchant of Venice, 2004
• Being Julia, 2004
• Mathilde, 2004
• Dame Edna Live at the Palace, 2003 (TV)
• Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do, 2003 (TV)
• Callas Forever, 2002
• And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen..., 2002
• Last Call, 2002 (TV)
• The Time Machine, 2002
• The Fourth Angel, 2001
• Dungeons & Dragons, 2000
• Longitude, 2000 (TV)
• Ohio Impromptu, 2000 (TV)
• CTS: Toronto, 1999 (TV)
• Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City, 1999 (voice)
• Faeries, 1999 (voice)
• The Man in the Iron Mask, 1998
• Lolita, 1997
• Chinese Box, 1997
• Mirad, 1997 (TV)
• Stealing Beauty, 1996
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance, 1995
• The Lion King, 1994 (voice)
• Spaceship Earth, 1994
• The Lion King, 1994 (voice)
• The House of the Spirits, 1993
• M. Butterfly, 1993
• Damage, 1992
• Tales from Hollywood, 1992 (TV)
• Waterland, 1992
• From Time to Time, 1992
• Kafka, 1991
• Zebrácká opera, 1991
• "Saturday Night Live", 1991 TV Episode
• Reversal of Fortune, 1990
• Australia, 1989
• Danny the Champion of the World, 1989 (TV)
• Dead Ringers, 1988
• A Chorus of Disapproval, 1988
• The Mission, 1986
• Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier, 1985
• Un amour de Swann, 1984
• Betrayal, 1983
• The Captain's Doll, 1983 (TV)
• The Wild Duck, 1983
• Moonlighting, 1982
• "Brideshead Revisited", 1981 (mini) TV Series
• The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1981
• Nijinsky, 1980
• "Play of the Month", 1979 TV Episode
• Langrishe Go Down, 1978 (TV)
• "Love for Lydia", 1977 (mini) TV Series
• "Churchill's People", 1975 TV Episode
• The Liberty Tree, 1975 (TV)
• "Notorious Woman", 1974 (mini) TV Series
• "The Pallisers", 1974 TV Series
• "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes", 1971 TV Episode

Awards

• Emmy Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie "Elizabeth I" 2005
• Honorary Cesar 2002
• European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 1998
• Emmy Outstanding Voiceover Performance "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century--War Without End" 1996 - 97
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Drama "Reversal of Fortune" 1990
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Reversal of Fortune" 1990
• National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "Reversal of Fortune" 1990
• Oscar Best Actor "Reversal of Fortune" 1990
• Genie Best Actor "Dead Ringers" 1988
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "Dead Ringers" 1988
• Tony Actor in a Play "The Real Thing" 1984
• Clarence Derwent Award "The Rear Column" 1978