Jeremy Irons

Highest Rated: 100% Moonlighting (1982)

Lowest Rated: 10% Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

Birthday: Sep 19, 1948

Birthplace: Cowes, Isle of Wight

With a long-limbed elegance and the voice of a serpent crossed with an angel, Jeremy Irons has long been described as swoon fodder for the thinking woman. Tall, brooding, and impossibly well-spoken, Irons has often been cast as a haunted aristocrat, but has on occasion used his well-heeled attributes to more sinister effect, most notably in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers.Born September 19, 1948, on the Isle of Wight, Irons was educated at Sherborne. While a student there, he formed a band with four of his friends called the Four Pillars of Wisdom. Irons played drums -- badly, by his own estimation -- and the band attained a limited fame playing at various parties. After failed attempts to enter veterinary school, Irons decided to become an actor and received classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His training there led to a two-year stint with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, where Irons performed in a large number of plays. On the side, he supported himself by doing odd jobs, including busking (singing on the streets), and it was thanks to his musical inclinations that he got his big break in the 1972 London production of Godspell. Singing for his supper alongside David Bowie, Irons won acclaim for his portrayal of John the Baptist and was soon a respected figure on the London theater scene. Irons made his screen debut in the 1980 film Nijinsky, but didn't find true fame until the following year, when he starred in the 11-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. As part of a glittering cast that included Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud, and Claire Bloom, Irons won raves on both sides of the Atlantic for his portrayal of the lovelorn, conflicted Charles Ryder. Following this success, the actor was in demand as a romantic lead and could soon be seen starring opposite Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). After trying his hand at playing a Polish laborer in Moonlighting (1982) and an adulterous lover in Betrayal (1983), Irons again played a tortured aristocrat in Swann in Love (1984).Following work in a few minor films and a Tony Award for his 1984 Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Irons once again struck gold with his role as a conscientious missionary in The Mission (1986), in which he starred opposite Robert De Niro and received a 1987 Golden Globe nomination for his work. He next went completely against type, playing insane twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's 1988 thriller Dead Ringers, a dual performance that both shocked his longtime fans and won him some new ones. For his portrayals, he garnered a New York Film Critics Circle Award, acclaim that was to be heightened two years later with his Oscar-winning turn as millionaire murder suspect Claus Von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune. Irons also won a Golden Globe for his work and settled into a real-life role as one of the most respected actors on both sides of the Atlantic.Throughout the 1990s, Irons' career was one of great variety and sometimes varying quality. Less acclaimed work included 1992's Waterland, in which he starred with his wife, Sinéad Cusack; the star-studded 1993 adaptation of The House of the Spirits; and The Man in the Iron Mask, a big-budget 1998 historical action piece in which Irons appeared to be competing with Gabriel Byrne, John Malkovich, and Gérard Depardieu to see who could wear the worst wig. Irons' more acclaimed films included Louis Malle's psychological drama Damage (1992); Disney's animated The Lion King (1994), to which Irons lent his voice as the villainous Scar; the following year's Die Hard With a Vengeance, in which Irons once again explored his sinister side, as a terrorist; Stealing Beauty (1996), which cast the actor as a dying artist; Chinese Box (1997), in which he portrayed yet another dying man; and Adrian Lyne's controversial adaptation of Lolita (also 1997), in which Irons gave a subtle, heartbreaking performance as Humbert Humbert. In 200

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Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
33%	Better Start Running	Garrison	—	2018
43%	An Actor Prepares	Atticus	—	2018
46%	Red Sparrow	General Korchnoi	$17.1M	2018
40%	Justice League	Alfred Pennyworth	$227.1M	2017
89%	Their Finest	Secretary of War	$3.6M	2017
17%	Assassin's Creed	Rikkin	$54.7M	2016
58%	High-Rise	Anthony Royal	$0.4M	2016
62%	The Man Who Knew Infinity	G.H. Hardy	—	2016
27%	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Alfred	$293.8M	2016
61%	Race	Avery Brundage	$14.4M	2016
14%	Correspondence (La corrispondenza)	Actor	—	2016
44%	Night Train To Lisbon	Raimund Gregorius	—	2013
47%	Beautiful Creatures	Macon Ravenwood	$19.5M	2013
87%	Trashed	Executive Producer Actor	—	2012
25%	The Words	The Old Man	$11.5M	2012
No Score Yet	Another Way Home	Actor	—	2012
88%	Margin Call	John Tuld	$0.7M	2011
87%	The Last Lions	Narrator	$0.7M	2011
No Score Yet	The Majestic Plastic Bag	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz	—	2009
12%	Pink Panther 2	Alonso Avellaneda	$36M	2009
No Score Yet	The Power of the Powerless	Narrator	—	2009
76%	Appaloosa	Randall Bragg	$20.2M	2008
No Score Yet	The Colour of Magic	Patrician	—	2008
No Score Yet	J.M.W. Turner	Narrator	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Magic 7	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Eden at the End of the World	Actor	—	2007
16%	Eragon	Brom	$75.1M	2006
No Score Yet	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Actor	—	2006
72%	Inland Empire	Kingsley Stewart	—	2006
No Score Yet	Eye of the Leopard	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Relentless Enemies	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Gallipoli	Actor	—	2006
44%	Casanova	Pucci	$11.2M	2005
39%	Kingdom of Heaven	Tiberias	$47.3M	2005
No Score Yet	Gelibolu (Gallipoli)	Narrator	—	2005
No Score Yet	Maazel: 1984	Actor	—	2005
71%	William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice	Antonio	$3.4M	2004
41%	Callas Forever	Larry Kelly	$0.4M	2004
76%	Being Julia	Michael Gosselyn	$7.7M	2004
83%	Broadway: The Golden Age	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	The Hittites	Narrator	—	2004
No Score Yet	The Fourth Angel (The 4th Angel)	Jack Elgin	—	2003
47%	And Now Ladies & Gentlemen	Valentin Valentin	$0.6M	2003
51%	Suriyothai	Narrator (English Version)	$0.3M	2003
No Score Yet	Hititler	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	Last Call	F. Scott Fitzgerald	—	2002
29%	The Time Machine	Über-Morlock	$56.7M	2002
No Score Yet	Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War	Narrator	—	2002
10%	Dungeons & Dragons	Profion	$14.9M	2000
80%	Longitude	Rupert Gould	—	2000
No Score Yet	Faeries	Actor	—	1999
62%	Chinese Box	John	—	1998
33%	The Man in the Iron Mask	Aramis	—	1998
68%	Lolita	Humbert Humbert	—	1997
52%	Stealing Beauty	Alex Parrish	—	1996
67%	Beyond the Clouds	Actor	—	1995
53%	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	Simon Peter-Gruber	—	1995
93%	The Lion King	Scar	$94.3M	1994
30%	The House of the Spirits	Esteban Trueba	—	1994
43%	M. Butterfly	Rene Gallimard	—	1993
53%	Waterland	Tom Crick	—	1992
No Score Yet	Tales from Hollywood	Actor	—	1992
78%	Damage	Dr. Stephen Fleming	—	1992
52%	Kafka	Franz Kafka	—	1991
No Score Yet	Still Life at the Penguin Cafe	Actor	—	1991
94%	Reversal of Fortune	Claus von Bülow	—	1990
No Score Yet	Amazing Grace With Bill Moyers	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World	William Smith	—	1989
82%	Dead Ringers	Beverly Mantle	—	1988
No Score Yet	A Chorus of Disapproval	Guy Jones	—	1988
No Score Yet	An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa	Actor	—	1987
63%	The Mission	Gabriel	—	1986
No Score Yet	The Wild Duck	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	The Steadfast Tin Soldier	Narrrator	—	1985
No Score Yet	Swann in Love	Charles Swann	—	1984
No Score Yet	Carnival of the Animals	Actor	—	1984
86%	Betrayal	Jerry	—	1983
No Score Yet	The Wild Duck	Harold Ackland	—	1983
100%	Moonlighting	Nowak	—	1982
74%	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Charles Henry Smithson/Mike	—	1981
33%	Nijinsky	Mikhail Fokine	—	1980
No Score Yet	Love For Lydia	Alex	—	1979

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	Great Performances 2000	King Henry IV Narrator	2017 2013
No Score Yet	CBS This Morning 2012	Guest	2016 2013 2012
No Score Yet	Shakespeare Uncovered 2013-2018	Host	2015 2013
No Score Yet	Life on Fire 2013	Narrator	2013
No Score Yet	Sunday Morning 2011-2018	Guest Appearing	2013 2012
84%	The Borgias 2011-2013	Rodrigo Borgia/Pope Alexander Rodrigo Borgia Rodrigo Borgia/Pope Alexander VI	2013 2012 2011
100%	The Hollow Crown 2012-2016		2012
84%	The Simpsons 1989	Voice	2012
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2012
No Score Yet	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Cap Jackson	2011
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2011 2010
No Score Yet	Charlie Rose 2013-2017	Guest	2004
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Guest Host	1991
No Score Yet	Brideshead Revisited 1982	Charles Ryder	1982
No Score Yet	Prohibition 2011	Narrator

QUOTES FROM Jeremy Irons CHARACTERS

Alfred	You're gonna go to war!
Bruce Wayne/Batman	That son of a bitch brought the war to us two years ago
Bruce Wayne/Batman	That son of a bitch brought the war to us two years ago.

Alfred

Even you have gotten to old to die young... And not for the lack of trying.

Alfred

Maybe some girl from Metropolis will make you honest......in your dreams, Alfred!

Alfred	Master Wayne, since age 7 you have been to Deception as Mozart to the harpsichord. But you've never been too hot at deceiving me.
Alfred	Master Wayne, since age 7 you have been to deception as Mozart to the harpsichord. But you've never been too hot at deceiving me.

Alfred	"Don't do this, it's suicide,"
Alfred	Don't do this, it's suicide.

Alfred	You're gonna go to war?
Bruce Wayne / Batman	That son of a bitch brought the war to us.

Simon	Why was the phone busy? Who are you calling?
John McClane	The psychic hotline!
Simon	I advise you to take this more seriously.
John McClane	Look, it's a public phone! What do you want me to say!?
Simon	You can simply say there was a fat woman on it and it took you a minute to get her off!

Simon	My only problem is that I went to some trouble preparing that game for McClane. You interfered with a well-laid plan.
Zeus Carver	Yeah, well, you can stick your well-laid plan up your well-laid ass.

Alfred

That's how it starts. The fever... the rage... the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men cruel.

Scar	I was on first until that little hair ball was borned.
Scar	I was on first until that little hair ball was born.
Mufasa	That hair ball is my son and your future king.

Macon Ravenwood	I promised... his... mother.
Macon Ravenwood	I promised his mother.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sheila and I have our spats, but I don't usually shoot at her.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Don't ever get famous, Frances.

The Old Man

We all make difficult choices in life. The hard thing is to live with them.

Scar	I'm surrounded by idiots..."
Scar	I'm surrounded by idiots...

The Old Man	Was he a writer? (In reference to Hemingway.)
The Old Man	Was he a writer? [in reference to Hemingway]

Humbert Humbert

She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks, she was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always - Lolita. Light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin. My soul.

The Old Man	We all make choices. The hard thing is to live with them, and there ainâ??t nobody that can help you with that.
The Old Man	We all make choices. The hard thing is to live with them, and there ain't nobody that can help you with that.

John McClane	You know, you're brother was an asshole.
Simon Gruber/Peter Krieg	(Laughs) He was! He was an asshole. You got his number.
Simon Gruber/Peter Krieg	[laughs] He was! He was an asshole. You got his number.

Nowak

I can speak their language. That's why the boss chose me for the job. But I don't really know what they mean.

Nowak

The men are not to know what I know, that by sending workmen over from Poland,and paying our wages in szoltis,our boss can have his London house done for a quarter of what he would have to pay a British builder.Don't they wonder why the boss is prepared to pay us for one month's hard labor, what it would take us a year to earn in Warsaw?

John Tuld	"Speak to me as you would a 2 year old or a golden retriever."
John Tuld	Speak to me as you would a 2 year old or a golden retriever.
John Tuld	Speak to me as you would a small child or a golden retriever.

Jack Elgin

It would be a hell of a world if civilized people couldn't distinguish between what they wanted to do and what they actually did.

Jack Elgin

My anger is all I've got left.

Kate Stockton	Self defense isn't murder.
Jack Elgin	Unless it feels good.

Simon Gruber/Peter Krieg

They bought it. Hook, line, and sinker.

Michael Gosselyn

The public are jackasses.

Zeus Carver	Didn't I hear you say you didn't even like your brother?
Simon Gruber/Peter Krieg	There's a difference, you know, between not liking one's brother and not caring when some dumb Irish flatfoot drops him out of a window.

Scar	Well, I WAS first in line...Until the little hairball was born.
Scar	I was first in line, until the little hair ball was born!

The Old Man

We all make difficult choices in life. The hard thing is to live with them.

The Old Man	Don't bullshit an old bullshiter
The Old Man	Don't bullshit an old bullshiter.

Mufasa	Scar! Brother, help me!
Scar	Long live the king.
Simba	Noooo!

Scar	Simba: Will you cut it out!? Rafiki: Can't cut it out! It grow right back!
Simba	Will you cut it out!?
Rafiki	Can't cut it out! It grow right back!

Banzai	Oh, Scar, it's just you.
Shenzi	We were afraid it was somebody important.
Banzai	Yeah, you know, like Mufasa.
Scar	I see.
Banzai	Now that's power.
Shenzi	Tell me about it. I just hear that name and I shudder.
Banzai	Mufasa!
Shenzi	Ooooh! Do it again!
Banzai	Mufasa!
Shenzi	Ooooh!
Banzai	Mufasa, Mufasa, Mufasa!
Shenzi	Ooooh! [breaks into laughter]
Shenzi	And it tingles me!
Scar	I'm surrounded by idiots.

Scar	BE PREPARED!

Banzai	Yeah, but... were still hungry.
Banzai	Yeah, but... we're still hungry.
Scar	OUT!
Ed	Hehehehehehhe!!!!
Ed	Hehehehehehhe!

Lucy Harmon	It's easier to stay alone.
Alex Parrish	Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, you can't have decided that at your age.
Lucy Harmon	I haven't decided.
Alex Parrish	You're in need of a ravishing.
Lucy Harmon	I'm waiting.

Lucy Harmon	I haven't really had that much.
Alex Parrish	Grass?
Lucy Harmon	No, sex.

Scar	"Long live the King...."
Scar	Long live the King...

Scar	Long live the king.....
Scar	Long live the king...

Simba	Murderer!
Scar	No, Simba. Please.
Simba	Tell them the truth!
Scar	The truth? But truth is in the eye of the behold...
Simba	(Choking Scar)
Scar	Alright. (Choking) Alright! (Softly) I did it.
Simba	So they can hear you.
Scar	I killed Mufasa!

Scar	And here's my little secret, (whisper voice) I killed Mufasa.
Scar	And here's my little secret, [whisper voice] I killed Mufasa.

John Tuld

So you think we might have put a few people out of business today. That its all for naught. You've been doing that everyday for almost forty years Sam. And if this is all for naught then so is everything out there. Its just money; its made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat. It's not wrong. And it's certainly no different today than its ever been. 1637, 1797, 1819, 37, 57, 84, 1901, 07, 29, 1937, 1974, 1987-Jesus, didn't that fuck up me up good-92, 97, 2000 and whatever we want to call this. It's all just the same thing over and over; we can't help ourselves. And you and I can't control it, or stop it, or even slow it. Or even ever-so-slightly alter it. We just react. And we make a lot money if we get it right. And we get left by the side of the side of the road if we get it wrong. And there have always been and there always will be the same percentage of winners and losers. Happy foxes and sad sacks. Fat cats and starving dogs in this world. Yeah, there may be more of us today than there's ever been. But the percentages-they stay exactly the same.

Elliot Mantle

I've often thought there should be beauty contests for the insides of bodies. You know, best spleen, most perfectly developed kidneys. Why don't we have standards of beauty for the entire human body, inside and out?

John Tuld

There are three ways to make a living in this business. Be first, be smarter, or cheat.

Sarabi	Then you have sentenced us to death!
Scar	Then so be it!
Sarabi	You can't do that!
Scar	I'm the king. I can do whatever I want.
Sarabi	If you were half the king Mufasa was...
Sarabi	If you were half the king Mufasa was.
Scar	(Hits Sarabi) I'm ten times the king Mufasa was! (Simba standing, growling, running to Sarabi) Mufasa?! No, you're dead!
Scar	[hits Sarabi] I'm ten times the king Mufasa was! [Simba standing, growling, running to Sarabi] Mufasa?! No, you're dead!

Scar	Sarabi!!!!
Scar	Sarabi!
Sarabi	Yes, Scar?
Scar	Where is your hunting party? They are not doing their jobs.
Sarabi	Scar, there is no food. The herds have moved on.
Scar	No, you are just not looking hard enough!
Sarabi	It's over. There is nothing left. We have only one choice. We must leave Pride Rock.
Scar	We are not going anywhere!

Scar	Ahh, my friends...
Scar	Ahh, my friends.
Shenzi	Friends? I thought he said that we are the enemy!
Banzai	Yeah, that's what I heard. (with Shenzi) Ed?
Banzai	Yeah, that's what I heard. [with Shenzi] Ed?
Ed	(Laughing slowly and maniacally)
Ed	[laughing slowly and maniacally]
Scar	No. Let... no. Let me explain. No, you don't understand! No, I didn't mean to... no, NO!!! (speaking his way out of this, then gets eaten by the hyenas)
Scar	No. Let... no. Let me explain. No, you don't understand! No, I didn't mean to... no. NO! [speaking his way out of this, then gets eaten by the hyenas]

Simba	You don't deserve to live!
Scar	But Simba, I am family! It's the hyenas, who are the real enemy! It was their fault! It was their idea!
Simba	Why should I believe you? Everything you ever told me was a lie.
Scar	What are you going to do? You wouldn't kill your own uncle.
Simba	No, Scar. I'm not like you.
Scar	[Relieved] Oh, Simba, thank you! You are truely noble! I'll make it up to you, I promise. And how can I approve myself to you? Tell me, I mean, anything.
Scar	[relieved] Oh, Simba, thank you! You are truely noble! I'll make it up to you, I promise. And how can I approve myself to you? Tell me, I mean, anything.
Simba	Run! Run away, Scar. And never return.
Scar	Yes. Of course. As you wish, Your Majesty! [Throws sparks of fire into Simba's eyes, and the battle between Simba and Scar begins]

Shenzi	Ya know, it wasn't exactly like they are alone, Scar.
Banzai	Yeah, so what are supposed to do? Kill Mufasa?
Scar	Precisely...(Smiles)
Scar	Precisely. [smiles]

Zazu	(Singing depressingly) Nobody knows, the trouble I've seen. Nobody knows, my sorrow...
Zazu	[singing] Nobody knows the trouble I've seen. / Nobody knows my sorrow.
Scar	Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little bounce in it.
Scar	Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little bounce in it.
Zazu	(Sings) It's a small world after all...
Zazu	[singing] It's a small world after all...
Scar	NO! NO! Anything but that!
Scar	NO! No, anything but that!
Zazu	[singing] I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts. / Here they are just standing in a row.

Scar	I'm surrounded by idiots. -_-
Scar	I'm surrounded by idiots.

Young Simba	Hey Uncle Scar! When I'm king, what'll that make you?
Young Simba	Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?
Scar	A monkey's uncle.
Scar	A monkey's uncle.
Young Simba	Ha ha. You are so weird.
Young Simba	[laughs] You're so weird.
Scar	You have no idea.
Scar	You have no idea.

Scar	I despise guessing games.

Scar	I'm surrounded by idiots...
Scar	I'm surrounded by idiots.

Young Simba	Hey, Uncle Scar! Will l like the surprise?
Young Simba	Oh, okay. Hey, Uncle Scar, will I like the surprise?
Scar	Simba, it's to die for.
Scar	Simba, it's to die for!

Scar	Run away, Simba. Run. Run away and never return.

Mufasa	[above the stampeding wildebeasts] Scar! Brother, help me!
Scar	[Scar puts his claws into Mufasa's paws] Long live the King. [throws him into the stampede]

Scar	You run along now, and have fun. And remember... it's our little secret.

Scar	Look Simba. You're in trouble again. But this time Daddy isn't here to save you and now everyone knows why!

Simba	hey Scar, when im king..what'll that make you?
Simba	Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?
Scar	A monkey's uncle...
Scar	A monkey's uncle.

Mufasa	Simba!
Simba	Father?
Mufasa	Simba you've forgotten me.
Simba	No, how could I?
Mufasa	You've forgotten who you are so you forgot me, look inside yourself Simba, you are more than what you've become, you must take your place in the cirlce of life.
Simba	How can I go back? I'm not what I'm suppose to be.
Scar	Remeber who you are, you are my son and the one true king. Remember who you are.

Eragon	What's the word for tree?
Brom	Tree is Traevum.
Brom	Tree is traevum.
Eragon	...And a branch?
Brom	Kvistr.

Brom	Legends of Eragon, the great Shadeslayer, spread throughout Alagaesia.

Brom	The thing is the word. Know the word, and you control the thing.

Brom	A Rider can live on if his dragon is killed. But if he is killed...
Brom	A Rider can live on if his dragon is killed. But if he is killed.
Saphira	So, is his dragon...
Saphira	So, is his dragon.

Brom	That's the spirit - one part brave, three parts fool.
Brom	That's the spirit, one part brave, three parts fool.

Brom

[narrating] There was a time when the fierce and beautiful land of Alagaësia was ruled by men astride mighty dragons. To protect and serve was their mission, and for thousands of years, the people prospered. But the riders grew arrogant, and began to fight among themselves for power. Sensing their weakness, a young rider named Galbatorix betrayed them, and in a single bloody battle, believed he had killed them all, riders and dragons alike. Since then, our land has been ruled by Galbatorix. He crushed all rebellion, including the freedom fighters known as the Varden. Those that survived fled to the mountains. There, they hoped for a miracle that might even their odds against the king. Our story begins one night, as Arya, an ally of the Varden, rides for her life, carrying a stone stolen from the king himself.

Aramis

[narrating] Some of this is legend, but at least this much is fact - when rioting citizens of France destroyed the Bastille, they discovered within its records this mysterious entry: Prisoner # 64389000 - The Man in the Iron Mask.

Aramis

If Porthos is determined to end his life, he's bound to seek the opportunity, isn't he?