Jeremy Irons

British actor

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2025 Jeremy Irons narrates an episode titled 'Dracula's Hidden Kingdom' for the TV program Nature
2024 Jeremy Irons plays Abbé Faria in an 8-episode adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'
2024 Starred in 'The Beekeeper' as Wallace Westwyld.
2024 Irons performed Scar's song at The Lion King 30th Anniversary – A Live-to-Film Concert Event at the Hollywood Bowl.
2024 He was cast in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show to portray Alex Levy's father for season 4.
2023 Reprised the role of Alfred Pennyworth in The Flash and voiced Scar in Disney's centenary animated short Once Upon a Studio.
2023 Irons reprised his role of Alfred Pennyworth in the film The Flash.
2023 He returned to voice Scar in Disney's animated short Once Upon a Studio.
2022 Jeremy Irons narrates 6 episodes of 'The Pentaverate'
2022 He played British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in the period spy thriller Munich – The Edge of War.
2021 Jeremy Irons serves as the presenting narrator for two documentaries: 'Napoleon – In the Name of Art' and 'The Emirates from Above'
2021 Appeared in multiple significant films: 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' as Alfred Pennyworth in the director's cut, 'Munich – The Edge of War' as Neville Chamberlain, and 'House of Gucci' as Rodolfo Gucci.
2021 Irons portrayed Rodolfo Gucci in Ridley Scott's film House of Gucci.
2020 Starred in 'Love, Weddings & Other Disasters' as Lawrence Phillips.
2020 At the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, Jeremy Irons expressed his support for the legislation of same-sex marriage and hoped for its continued spread in more societies.
2020 Jeremy Irons affirmed his support for the legal availability of abortion, stating that women should have the right to make their own decisions regarding abortion.
2019 Jeremy Irons appears in 8 episodes of the TV series Watchmen, playing the role of Adrian Veidt
2018 Jeremy Irons performed the role of James Tyrone in 'Long Day's Journey into Night' at Wyndham's Theatre, BAM, and Wallis Annenberg Center
2018 Irons played General Vladimir Korchnoi in the film Red Sparrow.
November 8 2018 It was announced that Irons had been cast as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen series.
2017 Performed Correspondence 1944–1959 Readings with Isabelle Huppert, featuring epistles between Albert Camus and Maria Casares, at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
2017 He completed recording the entire canon of T. S. Eliot, which was broadcast over New Year's Day.
2017 He reprised his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the film Justice League.
December 17 2017 He was awarded the XVI Europe Theatre Prize in Rome, honored for his unique style and versatility as an actor across various mediums.
2016 Irons recorded Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats for BBC Radio 4.
2016 In an interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Irons expressed his intention to decline any honors from the establishment, stating that he became an actor to be a rogue and a vagabond.
2016 Irons played Alfred Pennyworth in the Warner Bros. film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
July 20 2016 Irons was announced as the first Chancellor of Bath Spa University.
2015 He recorded The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock on the centenary of its publication for BBC Radio 4.
2015 Irons portrayed mathematician G. H. Hardy in the film The Man Who Knew Infinity.
November 2015 Irons supported the No Cold Homes campaign by the UK charity Turn2us, joining nearly thirty celebrities in donating winter clothing items to aid those struggling to keep their homes warm during winter.
2014 Received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for the documentary 'Game of Lions'.
2014 Irons recorded T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets for BBC Radio 4.
2014 Jeremy Irons received the Honorary César, recognizing his significant contributions to film.
2013 Irons revealed in an interview that he was a smoker and an avid fan of cigars, specifically naming Romeo y Julieta as his favorite brand.
2013 Irons provided narration for the documentary 'Sahaya Going Beyond,' directed by Andrew Lauer, which highlights the work of the charity Sahaya International.
2013 In an interview with the Huffington Post, Jeremy Irons expressed ambivalence towards gay marriage, raising controversial points about potential legal implications, which he later clarified as being misinterpreted.
2012 Irons starred in and served as executive producer for the environmental documentary film Trashed.
2012 He began recording the poetry of T. S. Eliot for BBC Radio 4 with The Waste Land.
2011 Irons faced criticism in the British Medical Journal for his fundraising activities linked to the College of Medicine, an alternative medicine lobby group in the UK.
2011 Irons starred in the US premium cable network Showtime's series The Borgias, a highly fictionalised account of the Renaissance dynasty.
October 2011 Irons was named the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.
March 30 2011 Irons reprised his role as Dr. Cap Jackson in a subsequent episode titled 'Totem' of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
January 12 2011 Jeremy Irons appeared as a guest-star in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit called 'Mask', where he played Dr. Cap Jackson, a sex therapist.
2010 Irons starred in a promotional video for 'The 1billionhungry project,' a global initiative aimed at gathering at least one million signatures for a petition urging international leaders to prioritize hunger on the political agenda.

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