Jeremy Irons facts for kids
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Irons in July 2015
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Jeremy John Irons
19 September 1948 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Hallam (m. 1969-1969, divorced) Sinéad Cusack (m. 1978–present) |
| Children | Samuel, Max |
Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English theater and movie actor. The movies in which he has starred include Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).
Early work
Irons trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and later became president of its fundraising appeal. He performed a number of plays, and busked 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 Roundhouse on 17 November 1971 before transferring to Wyndham's Theatre, playing a total of 1,128 performances.
Irons has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company three times in 1976, 1986–87 and 2010. After years of success in the West End in London, Irons made his New York debut in 1984 and won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing.
Charity work
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He is the Patron of the "Emergency Response Team Search and Rescue" which is a life saving United Nations recognised disaster response search and rescue team and registered Charity. It is based in his home County of Oxfordshire, England. He supports a number of other charities, including the Prison Phoenix Trust in England, and the London-based Evidence for Development which seeks to improve the lives of the world’s most needy people by preventing famines and delivering food aid, for both of which he is an active patron.
Irons was named Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2011.
In November 2015, Irons supported the No Cold Homes campaign by the UK charity Turn2us. Irons was one of nearly thirty celebrities, who included Helen Mirren, Hugh Laurie and Ed Sheeran, to donate items of winter clothing to the campaign, with the proceeds used to help people in the UK struggling to keep their homes warm in winter.
Personal life
Irons married Julie Hallam in 1969, but they divorced later that year. He married Irish actress Sinéad Cusack on 28 March 1978. They have two sons. Both of Irons' sons have appeared in films with their father. He owns Kilcoe Castle near Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland and had the castle painted pink. He also has another Irish residence in The Liberties of Dublin, as well as a home in his birth town of Cowes and a house and barn in Watlington, Oxfordshire. Irons is fluent in French.
Filmography
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| 1980 | Nijinsky | Mikhail Fokine | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Charles Henry Smithson/ Mike |
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Charles Ryder |
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| 1982 | Moonlighting | Nowak | |
| 1983 | Betrayal | Jerry | |
| 1984 | The Wild Duck | Harold | |
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Charles Swann | |
| 1986 | The Mission | Father Gabriel | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama |
| 1988 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Guy Jones | |
| 1987 | My Fair Lady | Henry Higgins | |
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Beverly Mantle/ Elliot Mantle |
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| 1989 | Australia | Edouard Pierson | |
| 1989 | Danny, the Champion of the World | William Smith | |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow |
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| 1991 | The Beggar's Opera | Prisoner | |
| 1991 | Kafka | Kafka | |
| 1992 | The Timekeeper | H.G. Wells | |
| 1992 | Waterland | Tom Crick | |
| 1992 | Damage | Dr. Stephen Fleming | |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | René Gallimard | |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Esteban Trueba | |
| 1994 | Spaceship Earth | Narrator | |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Scar (Voice) |
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| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Simon Gruber | |
| 1996 | Stealing Beauty | Alex | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1997 | Chinese Box | John | |
| 1997 | Lolita | Humbert Humbert | |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Aramis | |
| 1999 | Islands of Adventure: Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City | Poseidon | voice actor |
| 2000 | Dungeons & Dragons | Profion | |
| 2000 | Longitude | Rupert Gould | Television series (4 episodes) |
| 2001 | The Fourth Angel | Jack Elgin | |
| 2001 | Beckett on Film – Ohio Impromptu | Reader/ Listener |
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| 2002 | Callas Forever | Larry Kelly | |
| 2002 | Last Call | F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | Über-Morlock | |
| 2003 | And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | Valentin Valentin | |
| 2003 | Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites | Voice | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Himself | |
| 2004 | Mathilde | Pukovnik Unprofora | |
| 2004 | The Merchant of Venice | Antonio | |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Michael Gosselyn | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 2005 | Gallipoli | Gallipoli | |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Tiberias | |
| 2005 | Casanova | Pucci | |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Kingsley Stewart | |
| 2006 | Eragon | Brom | |
| 2006 | Elizabeth I | Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester |
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| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Havelock Vetinari | Television miniseries |
| 2008 | Appaloosa | Randall Bragg | |
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Alonso Avellaneda | |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe | Alfred Stieglitz |
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| 2011 | Margin Call | John Tuld | |
| 2011 | The Borgias | Rodrigo Borgia |
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| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Macon Ravenwood | |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Alfred Pennyworth | |
| 2017 | Justice League | Alfred Pennyworth | Post-Production |
Images for kids
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Irons in July 2006
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Irons at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival
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Irons in Paris, 2014
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Kilcoe Castle, built c. 1450 by the Clan Dermod MacCarthy
