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| Born | Jeremy John Irons September 19, 1948 Cowes, Isle of Wight, England |
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Biography
Early life
Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, the son of Barbara Anne (née Sharpe), a housewife, and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Cowes is an English Seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island south of Southampton. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the [1] Part of his maternal ancestry is Irish,[2] and his great-grandfather was one of the first Metropolitan Policemen and later a Chartist. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. For chartism in financial markets see Technical analysis, and for the British socialist journal see Chartist (magazine Chartism was Irons has a brother, Christopher. He was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, (c. Sherborne School is a British Independent school for boys located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast 1962–1966). He achieved some fame as the drummer and harmonica player (most memorably for his rendition of "Moon River" on harmonica) in a four-man school band called the Four Pillars of Wisdom. They performed, in a classroom normally used as a physics lab, for the entertainment of boys compulsorily exiled from their houses for two hours on Sunday afternoons. He was also known within Abbey House as half of a comic duo performing skits on Halloween and at end-of-term House Suppers.
Career
Irons trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and is now president of its fundraising appeal. The Bristol Old Vic is a Theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England. He performed a number of plays and supported himself by busking on the streets of Bristol, before appearing on the London stage as John the Baptist and Judas opposite David Essex in Godspell, which opened at the Round House on 17 November 1971 before transferring to Wyndham's Theatre playing a total of 1,128 performances. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Saint John the Baptist ( heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram. David Essex OBE, was born David Albert Cook 23 July 1947, in Plaistow, County Borough of West Ham within Essex. This article is about the musical For the movie see Godspell (film. ----The Round House ( is the oldest building still standing in Western Australia. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (cp Criterion Theatre) [3]
Television
He made several appearances on British television, including the children's television series Play Away and as Franz Liszt in the BBC 1974 series Notorious Woman. Play Away was a sister programme to Play School in the UK, aimed at slightly older children Notorious Woman was a 1974 BBC Television serial based on the life of French author George Sand. More significantly he starred in the 13-part adaptation of H.E. Bates' novel Love for Lydia for London Weekend Television (1977), and attracted attention for his key role as the pipe-smoking German student, a romantic pairing with Judi Dench in Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Aidan Higgins' novel Langrishe, Go Down for BBC television (1978). Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, ( May 16 1905 - January 29 1974) better known as H Love for Lydia is a semi-autobiographical Novel written by British Author H Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English Aidan Higgins (born March 3, 1927) is an Irish writer His upbringing in a landed Catholic family in Celbridge, County Kildare Langrishe Go Down, the novel by Aidan Higgins (1966 was adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter, directed by David Jones, filmed for BBC Television He recently played Lord Vetinari in Sky One's dramatisation of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
The role which brought him fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited in 1981. The Colour of Magic is a two-part television adaptation of the bestselling novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic by Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British Television serial based on the novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. Brideshead reunited him with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years earlier. Anthony Andrews ( born 12 January 1948 in London) is an English Actor, best known for his role in Brideshead Revisited In the same year he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman opposite Meryl Streep. The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1981 film directed by Karel Reisz and adapted by Playwright Harold Pinter. Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American Actress who has worked in Theatre,
Almost as a 'lap of honour' after these major successes, in 1982 he played the leading role of an exiled Polish building contractor, working in the Twickenham area of South West London, in Jerzy Skolimowski's independent film Moonlighting, widely seen on television, a performance which extended his acting range. Twickenham is a suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south west London. Jerzy Yurek Skolimowski (born May 5, 1938) is a Polish Film director, Scriptwriter, Dramatist and Actor. Moonlighting is a Film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski in 1982.
In 2005, Irons won both an Emmy award and a Golden Globe award for his supporting role in the TV mini-series, Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I is a 2005 British Television Miniseries directed by Tom Hooper. A year later Irons was one of the participants in the third series of the BBC documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?[4][5]
Film
Irons' film debut came with Nijinsky in 1980. Who Do You Think You Are? is a British Genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004 Nijinsky is a 1980 American Biographical film directed by Herbert Ross. He appeared sporadically in films during the 1980s, including the Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Mission in 1986, and in the dual role of twin physicians in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers in 1988. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Mission is a 1986 British film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in Eighteenth century South America David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor. Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological Horror film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as Identical twin gynecologists Other films include Danny The Champion of the World (1989), Reversal of Fortune (1990), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Kafka (1991), Damage (1993), The House of the Spirits (1993) appearing again with Glenn Close and Meryl Streep, Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995), Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty (1996), the 1997 remake of Lolita and as the musketeer Aramis opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1998 film version of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). Reversal of Fortune (1990 is the cinematic adaptation of the 1985 Book, Reversal of Fortune Inside the von Bülow Case, written Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Kafka is a Mystery thriller 1991 Film based on the life and work of writer Franz Kafka. Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 Film directed by Louis Malle. The House of the Spirits is a 1993 dramatic movie starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 Action film, and the second Sequel in the ''Die Hard'' series. Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is an Italian Writer and Academy Award winning Film director. Stealing Beauty is a 1996 Italian / French / British Drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci Lolita is a 1997 film directed by Adrian Lyne and was the second screen adaptation of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
He is also known for playing the evil wizard Profion, along with Bruce Payne as Damodor, in the 2000 film, Dungeons and Dragons, from Time Warner studio New Line Cinema. Bruce Martyn Payne (born November 22, 1960 in London, England) is an English actor and producer Dungeons & Dragons is a 2000 Live-action Film directed by Courtney Solomon and based on the role-playing game of the Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a The film was also based on the Tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons. A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by
He played the Über-Morlock from the movie The Time Machine (2002). The Time Machine is a 2002 Science fiction film adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by H In 2004, Irons played Severus Snape in Comic Relief's Harry Potter parody, "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan". Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J Interestingly enough, Irons and Alan Rickman (who plays Snape in the Harry Potter film series), played the Gruber brothers, Simon and Hans, respectively, in the Die Hard film series. Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born 21 February 1946 is a Tony Award - nominated English Film, Television and stage actor
In 2005, he appeared in the films Casanova opposite Heath Ledger, and Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. Casanova is a 2005 American Romantic comedy Film directed by Lasse Hallström based on the life of Giacomo Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008 was an Australian television and film actor Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is a British Academy Award Nominated and Golden Globe Emmy Award and BAFTA Award winning Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 Epic film, directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. He has co-starred with John Malkovich in two movies; The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) and Eragon (2006), though they did not have any scenes together in Eragon. John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an Emmy Award -winning two-time Academy Award -nominated American Actor The Man in the Iron Mask (French L'Homme au Masque de Fer (died November 1703 was a prisoner who was held in a number of jails including the Bastille Eragon is a 2003 Fantasy novel written by Christopher Paolini, and the first book in the Inheritance Cycle, set in the mythical
Audio
Irons read the audio book recording of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, and the audio book recording of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Paulo Coelho (ˈpau̯lu ˈko̯eʎu (born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian Lyricist and Novelist. The Alchemist (O Alquimista is a Bestseller novel that is the most famous work of author Paulo Coelho. This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. Lolita (1955 is a Novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris, later translated by the author
One of his best known film roles has turned out to be the voice of Scar in The Lion King (1994). Scar is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Walt Disney Pictures ' popular 1994 Animated movie The Lion King. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 Irons has since provided voiceovers for two Disney World attractions. He narrated the Spaceship Earth ride, housed in the large geodesic globe at Epcot, and voiced H.G. Wells in the English version of the former Disney attraction The Timekeeper. Spaceship Earth is the iconic and symbolic structure of Epcot, a Theme park that is part of the Walt Disney World Resort. Epcot is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international Culture and technological Innovation. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political This article is about the Disney attraction for the person who keeps official time see Timekeeper History "Le Visionarium"
He was originally to star as the Phantom in a 2006 French musical adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, though the project was canceled. He will be the narrator for Val Kilmer and Bill Pullman's brand-new Lewis and Clark movie from Revolution Studios. Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American Actor. William James Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American film television and stage actor Revolution Studios was a Film production company founded in 2000 by Joe Roth, a former chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Twentieth Century
Research to find 'the perfect voice' has indicated that Irons's voice is one of the best. [6]
Music
In 1985, Irons directed a music video for Carly Simon and her heavily promoted single, "Tired of Being Blonde". Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25 1945 is an Oscar, Golden Globe and two time Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter, Although the song was not a hit, the video - featuring the fast cutting, parallel narratives and heavy use of stylized visual effects that were a staple of pop videos at the time - received ample attention on MTV and other outlets. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City.
Irons has contributed to other musical performances, recording William Walton's Façade with Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and in 1997 the songs from Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, released on the Decca label. Sir William Turner Walton, OM ( March 29, 1902 &ndash March 8, 1983) was a British Composer and Façade is a series of poems by Edith Sitwell. Sitwell began to publish some of the Façade poems in 1918 in the literary magazine 'Wheels' Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE ( 22 December, 1907 &ndash 14 June, 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award -winning English Lerner and Loewe are the American Musical comedy writing team of Lyricist and Librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, DBE, AC (ˈkiri ˈtɛ ˈkɑːnəwə born
He sang a selection of sophisticated Noël Coward songs at the 1999 Last Night of the Proms in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Coward's birth. Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily Orchestral
In 2003 he played Fredrik Egerman in a New York revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, and two years later appeared as King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics and Frederic Loewe (music The Hollywood Bowl is a famous modern Amphitheatre in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles California, USA, that is used primarily for music Performances
Jeremy Irons also has a full song named "Be Prepared" that takes part in the movie The Lion King. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 This song can be found in the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the movie.
Theatre
Irons has twice worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1976 and 1986-87. [7] In 1984, Irons made his New York debut and won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known The Real Thing is a play by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 1982
After an absence from the London stage for 18 years, in 2006 he co-starred with Patrick Malahide in Christopher Hampton's stage adaptation of Sándor Márai's novel Embers at the Duke of York's Theatre. Patrick Malahide (born March 24, 1945) is an Anglo-Irish Actor, who has played many major film and television roles Christopher James Hampton CBE (born January 26, 1946) is an Academy Award winning British playwright screen writer and film director Sándor Márai (originally Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára ( April 11, 1900 – February 22, 1989) was a Hungarian The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End Theatre in St Martin's Lane in the City of Westminster. [8]
He makes his National Theatre debut playing Harold Macmillan in Never So Good, a new play by Howard Brenton which opens at the Lyttelton on March 19, 2008. (Maurice Harold Macmillan 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 &ndash 29 December 1986 was a British Conservative Politician Never So Good is a 2008 play by Howard Brenton, which portrays the life and career of Harold Macmillan, a 20th-century Conservative Howard John Brenton is an English playwright He was born in Portsmouth, Hants on 13 December 1942, son of Donald Henry Brenton and his wife Rose Lilian Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [9][10]
Personal life
Irons is married to Irish actress Sinéad Cusack and is the father of two sons, Samuel James Brefni Irons (September 16, 1978), who works as a photographer, and Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons (October 17, 1985), who appeared in the 2006 Burberry fashion campaign. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Sinéad ʃə'neɪd Moira Cusack (born 18 February 1948) is an Irish actress. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Both of Irons' sons have appeared in films with their father. He now lives in the small town of Watlington in Oxfordshire, as well as a residence in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Watlington could be Watlington Norfolk, England Watlington Oxfordshire, England History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in south Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the
He is also the patron since 2002 of the Thomley Activity Centre,[11] an Oxfordshire non-profit activity centre for disabled children. Irons owns Kilcoe Castle (which he had painted a rusty pink) in County Cork, Ireland, and has become involved in local politics there. Irons is a patron of the Chiltern Shakespeare Company. The Chiltern Shakespeare Company is a Shakespearean theatre company founded in 1989 that produces Shakespearean plays annually in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. [12] He is a fan of English football club Portsmouth FC. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth.
At the 1991 Tony Awards, Irons was one of the few celebrities to wear the recently created red ribbon to support the fight against AIDS, and he was the first celebrity to wear it onscreen. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The red ribbon, a Ribbon colored Red, has several different meanings in different contexts [13][14] He supports a number of other charities, including the Prison Phoenix Trust of which he is an active patron. [15]
Upset by the sight of beer-soaked tables and overflowing ashtrays in a lounge at Shannon airport in southwestern Ireland during a flight delay on 8 August 2002, he grabbed a cleaner's trolley and cloth and started mopping up the mess, much to the surprise of fellow passengers. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
In popular culture
He is famous among fans of The Simpsons for having a name difficult to anagram (when Lisa tries to come up with an anagram of his name, the best she can do is "Jeremy's Iron"). Lisa Marie Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated Television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Yeardley Smith. [16] One anagram of 'Jeremy Irons' is 'Minor jersey. '
The "Series of Unfortunate Events" novels by Lemony Snicket (a. Lemony Snicket is a Pseudonym used by author Daniel Handler in his book series A Series of Unfortunate Events, as well as a character in that k. a. Daniel Handler) make reference to three of his characters. In Reversal of Fortune, Irons plays Klaus von Bulow, husband to Sunny von Bulow. Claus von Bülow (born Claus Cecil Borberg on August 11, 1926, in Copenhagen Denmark) is a British socialite of German and Danish Two of the lead characters in Snicket's novels are named Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. In The Carnivorous Carnival, Klaus and his other sister Violet disguise themselves as circus freaks named Beverly and Elliot, which are the names of the identical twin gynaecologists that Irons plays in Dead Ringers.
Work
Theatre
Following training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre school Irons initially stayed with the company:
- Florizel in The Winter's Tale, Bristol Old Vic 1969
- Simon in Hay Fever (Noël Coward) Bristol Old Vic 1969
- Nick in What the Butler Saw (Joe Orton) Bristol Old Vic 1969
- Major Barbara (Shaw) Bristol Old Vic 1969
- A Servant of Two Masters (Carlo Goldoni) Bristol Old Vic 1969
- Macbeth, Bristol Old Vic 1969
- The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) Bristol Old Vic 1969
- As You Like It, Bristol Old Vic 1970
- Oh! What a Lovely War, Little Theatre Bristol 1970
- The School for Scandal (Sheridan) Little Theatre Bristol 1970
- John/Judas in Godspell, Roundhouse and Wyndham's Theatre, November 1971-1973
- The Madman in The Diary of a Madman (Gogol), Act Inn 1973
- Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, Young Vic
- Mick in The Caretaker (Pinter) Young Vic 1974
- Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, New Shakespeare Company, Roundhouse 1975
- Harry Thunder in Wild Oats (John O’Keefe) RSC Aldwych Theatre, December 1976; RSC Stratford and Piccadilly Theatre 1977
- Jameson in The Rear Column (Simon Gray), Globe Theatre, February 1978 — Clarence Derwent Award
- Henry in The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard) New York 1984 —Tony Award for Best Actor
- Leontes in The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford 1986)
- Willmore in The Rover (Aphra Behn) RSC Swan Theatre and Mermaid Theatre 1986
- Richard II in Richard II, RSC Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1986, Barbican Theatre 1987
- Fredrik Egerman in A Little Night Music (Sondheim) New York, 2003
- Russell in Celebration, a Pinter staged reading, Gate Theatre, Dublin/Albery Theatre, 2005
- Henrik in Embers (Christopher Hampton/Sándor Márai novel) Duke of York's Theatre March 2006
- Harold Macmillan in Never So Good (Howard Brenton) National Theatre Lyttelton, March 2008
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1980 | Nijinsky | Mikhail Fokine | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Charles Henry Smithson/Mike | BAFTA Award nomination |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Charles Ryder | BAFTA Award nomination |
| 1982 | Moonlighting | Nowak | |
| 1983 | The Wild Duck | Harold | |
| Betrayal | Jerry | ||
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Charles Swann | |
| 1986 | The Mission | Father Gabriel | Golden Globe nomination |
| 1988 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Guy Jones | |
| Dead Ringers | Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle | ||
| 1989 | Australia | Edouard Pierson | |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow | Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama |
| 1991 | The Beggar's Opera | Prisoner | |
| Kafka | Kafka | ||
| 1992 | The Timekeeper | H. The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623 The Bristol Old Vic is a Theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England. Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noel Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright What the Butler Saw is a play by Joe Orton first produced on March 5, 1969, in London Joe Orton ( 1 January, 1933, Leicester, England - 9 August, 1967, Islington, London) born John George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. A Servant to Two Masters ( Arlecchino servitore di due padroni) is a Comedy by the Italian Playwright Carlo Goldoni written Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793 was a celebrated Venetian Playwright and Librettist, whom critics today rank among the European Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Sandy Wilson (born May 19, 1924) is an English Composer and Lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend As You Like It is a Pastoral Comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published Oh! What a Lovely War is Stage musical and 1969 Musical film. The School for Scandal is a Comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (30 October 1751 &ndash 7 July 1816 was an Irish playwright and Whig Statesman. This article is about the musical For the movie see Godspell (film. A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing Locomotives Roundhouses are large circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (cp Criterion Theatre) Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol;; Микола Васильович Гоголь Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600 it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter The Young Vic is a Theatre in The Cut, located near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The Caretaker is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, first published in 1959. The Taming of the Shrew is an early comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594 A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing Locomotives Roundhouses are large circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding John O'Keeffe ( June 24, 1747 &ndash February 4, 1833) dramatist wrote a number of farces and amusing dramatic pieces many of which had great The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Aldwych in the City of Westminster. Stratford-upon-Avon (ˌstrætfɚd əpɒn ˈɛɪvən is a Market town and Civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regents Palace Hotel in the City Simon James Holliday Gray CBE ( October 21, 1936 – August 7, 2008) was a prolific postwar British playwright whose work was performed The Globe Theatre was a Theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. The Clarence Derwent Awards are Broadway theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association. The Real Thing is a play by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 1982 Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE (born 3 July 1937 is a British Screenwriter playwright The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623 "Shakespeare Theatre" redirects here For the theatre of that name in Newcastle see Shakespeare Theatre (Newcastle; for Shakespeare's original theatre see The Rover or The Banish'd Cavaliers is a play in two parts written by the English author Aphra Behn. The Mermaid Theatre is a theatre at Puddle Dock, in Blackfriars, in the City of London and the first built there since the time of Shakespeare King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595 Barbican Centre is the largest Performing arts centre in Europe A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Celebration is a play by British Playwright Harold Pinter. It was first presented as a Double-bill with Pinter's first The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammoir, initially using the Abbey Theatre 's Peacock studio Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. The Noël Coward Theatre is a West End theatre on St Martin's Lane in the City of Westminster. Embers is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957 and first broadcast on BBC Radio Christopher James Hampton CBE (born January 26, 1946) is an Academy Award winning British playwright screen writer and film director Sándor Márai (originally Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára ( April 11, 1900 – February 22, 1989) was a Hungarian The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End Theatre in St Martin's Lane in the City of Westminster. Never So Good is a 2008 play by Howard Brenton, which portrays the life and career of Harold Macmillan, a 20th-century Conservative Howard John Brenton is an English playwright He was born in Portsmouth, Hants on 13 December 1942, son of Donald Henry Brenton and his wife Rose Lilian The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1981 film directed by Karel Reisz and adapted by Playwright Harold Pinter. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role has been presented to its winners since 1952 and actors of all nationalities are Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British Television serial based on the novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role has been presented to its winners since 1952 and actors of all nationalities are Moonlighting is a Film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski in 1982. The Wild Duck (original Norwegian title Vildanden) is an 1884 play by the Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen. Betrayal is Harold Pinter 's film adaptation of his semi-autobiographical 1978 play Betrayal. In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (À la recherche du temps perdu is a semi-autobiographical The Mission is a 1986 British film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in Eighteenth century South America The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 Dead Ringers is a 1988 psychological Horror film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role as Identical twin gynecologists Reversal of Fortune (1990 is the cinematic adaptation of the 1985 Book, Reversal of Fortune Inside the von Bülow Case, written Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 The Beggar's Opera is a Ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. Kafka is a Mystery thriller 1991 Film based on the life and work of writer Franz Kafka. This article is about the Disney attraction for the person who keeps official time see Timekeeper History "Le Visionarium" G. Wells | |
| Waterland | Tom Crick | ||
| Damage | Dr. Waterland is a 1983 Novel by Graham Swift, made into a 1992 movie starring Jeremy Irons. Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 Film directed by Louis Malle. Stephen Fleming | ||
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | René Gallimard | |
| The House of the Spirits | Esteban Trueba | ||
| 1994 | Spaceship Earth | Narrator | |
| The Lion King | Scar | voice; Annie Award for Best Achievement for Voice Acting | |
| 1995 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Simon Gruber | |
| 1996 | Stealing Beauty | Alex | |
| 1997 | Chinese Box | John | |
| Lolita | Humbert Humbert | ||
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Aramis | |
| 1999 | Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City | Poseidon | voice |
| 2000 | Dungeons & Dragons | Profion | |
| 2001 | The Fourth Angel | Jack Elgin | |
| 2002 | Callas Forever | Larry Kelly | |
| 2003 | The Time Machine | Über-Morlock | |
| And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... | Valentin Valentin | ||
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Himself | ||
| Hittites | Narrator | ||
| 2004 | Mathilde (2004) | Pukovnik Unprofora | |
| The Merchant of Venice | Antonio | ||
| Being Julia | Michael Gosselyn | ||
| 2005 | Gallipoli | Gallipoli | |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Tiberias | ||
| Casanova | Pucci | ||
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Kingsley Stewart | |
| Eragon | Brom | ||
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Havelock Vetinari | television miniseries |
| The Magic 7 | Thraxx (voice) | recorded in the early 1990s | |
| Appaloosa | Randall Bragg | post-production |
References
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/90/Jeremy-Irons.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_celeb_gallery_08.shtml
- ^ Stanley Green's Encyclopaedia of the Musical, Cassell (1976)
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jeremy-irons-the-fire-in-irons-417915.html
- ^ "BBC One Fall 2006". M Butterfly is a 1993 film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay is by David Henry Hwang and based on his play of the same name The House of the Spirits is a 1993 dramatic movie starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder Spaceship Earth is the iconic and symbolic structure of Epcot, a Theme park that is part of the Walt Disney World Resort. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 Action film, and the second Sequel in the ''Die Hard'' series. Stealing Beauty is a 1996 Italian / French / British Drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci Chinese Box is a 1997 movie directed by Wayne Wang and starring Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung and Lolita is a 1997 film directed by Adrian Lyne and was the second screen adaptation of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1998) is a film directed by Randall Wallace: it uses characters from Alexandre Dumas ' D'Artagnan Romances Universal's Islands of Adventure is a Theme park located in Orlando, Florida. Dungeons & Dragons is a 2000 Live-action Film directed by Courtney Solomon and based on the role-playing game of the The Fourth Angel is a 2001 British thriller directed by John Irvin and written by Allan Scott, from a novel by Robin Hunter. Callas Forever is a 2002 Biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who co-wrote the Screenplay with Martin Sherman. The Time Machine is a 2002 Science fiction film adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by H And now Ladies and Gentlemen is a Drama film released in 2002. Broadway The Golden Age is a 2004 documentary by Rick McKay, telling the story of the "golden age" of Broadway by the oral history of the legendary The Merchant of Venice is a 2004 movie based on Shakespeare 's play of the same name. Being Julia is a 2004 Canadian / American / Hungarian / British Drama film with comic undertones directed by Gallipoli ( Turkish title Gelibolu) is a 2005 film by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Örnek. Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 Epic film, directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. Casanova is a 2005 American Romantic comedy Film directed by Lasse Hallström based on the life of Giacomo INLAND EMPIRE is a 2006 feature film written and directed by David Lynch. Eragon is a 2006 Live-action / CGI fantasy - adventure Film based on the novel of the same name The Colour of Magic is a two-part television adaptation of the bestselling novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic by Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional City state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchett 's The Magic 7 is an animated TV movie written and directed by Roger Holzberg Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2006-07-18. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
- ^ BBC News, 2008. Formula 'secret of perfect voice'.
- ^ http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stratfordians/stiroje.htm
- ^ The Stage review of Embers [1]
- ^ http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/19569/irons-to-play-harold-macmillian-in-national
- ^ http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/neversogood
- ^ http://www.thomleyhall.org/tac/
- ^ http://www.chiltern-shakespeare.org/aboutus.html
- ^ World Aids Day. www. worldaidsday. org. Retrieved on 2007-12-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican
- ^ Why a Red Ribbon means Aids. www. bbb. co. uk. Retrieved on 2007-04-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date)
- ^ Prison Phoenix Trust. www. prisonphoenixtrust. org. uk. Retrieved on 2006-11-10. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw
- ^ Lisa's Anagram. www. snpp. com. Retrieved on 1994-09-11. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul
External links
- Jeremy Irons website
- Jeremy Irons at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jeremy Irons at the Internet Movie Database
- BFI: Jeremy Irons
- A Dictionary of the RSC by Simon Trowbridge: Jeremy Irons [2]
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Tom Cruise for Born on the Fourth of July |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1991 for Reversal of Fortune |
Succeeded by Nick Nolte for The Prince of Tides |
| Preceded by Jonathan Katz for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance 1997 for The Great War And The Shaping Of The 20th Century |
Succeeded by Hank Azaria for The Simpsons |
| Preceded by Paul Newman for Empire Falls |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Movie 2006 for Elizabeth I |
Succeeded by Kevin Kline for As You Like It |
| Preceded by Paul Newman for Empire Falls |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made of Television 2007 for Elizabeth I |
Succeeded by Jeremy Piven for Entourage |
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