Acting career Jeremy Irons

1 acting career

1.1 work
1.2 television
1.3 film
1.4 theatre

acting career
early work

irons trained actor @ bristol old vic theatre school , later became president of fundraising appeal. performed number of plays, , busked on streets of bristol, before appearing on london stage john baptist , judas opposite david essex in godspell, opened @ roundhouse on 17 november 1971 before transferring wyndham s theatre playing total of 1,128 performances.

television

irons in july 2006

irons tv career began on british television in 1970s, including appearances on children s series play away , franz liszt in 1974 bbc series notorious woman. more significantly, starred in 13-part adaptation of h.e. bates novel love lydia london weekend television (1977), , attracted attention key role pipe-smoking german student, romantic pairing judi dench, in harold pinter s screenplay adaptation of aidan higgins novel langrishe, go down bbc television (1978).

the role brought him fame of charles ryder in television adaptation of evelyn waugh s brideshead revisited (1981). first broadcast on itv, show ranks among greatest british television dramas, irons receiving golden globe nomination performance. brideshead reunited him anthony andrews, whom had appeared in pallisers 7 years earlier. in same year starred in film french lieutenant s woman opposite meryl streep.

after these major successes, in 1982 played leading role of exiled polish building contractor, working in twickenham area of southwest london, in jerzy skolimowski s independent film moonlighting. film seen on television , irons performance extended acting range. on 23 march 1991, hosted saturday night live on nbc in us, , appeared sherlock holmes in sherlock holmes surprise party sketch.

in 2005, irons won both emmy award , golden globe award supporting role in tv mini-series, elizabeth i. year later, 1 of participants in third series of bbc documentary series think are?. in 2008, played lord vetinari in terry pratchett s colour of magic, adaptation sky one.

on 6 november 2008, tv guide reported irons star photographer alfred stieglitz joan allen painter georgia o keeffe, in lifetime television biopic, georgia o keeffe (2009). irons appeared in documentary irish television channel tg4, faoi lan cheoil, in learned play fiddle.

on 12 january 2011, irons guest-star in episode of law & order: special victims unit called mask . played dr. cap jackson, sex therapist. reprised role on episode titled totem ran on 30 march 2011.

irons stars in 2011 premium cable network showtime s series borgias, highly fictionalised account of renaissance dynasty of name.

film

irons @ 2011 berlin film festival

irons made film debut in nijinsky in 1980. appeared sporadically in films during 1980s, including cannes palme d or winner mission in 1986, , in dual role of twin gynaecologists in david cronenberg s dead ringers in 1988. other films include danny champion of world (1989), reversal of fortune (1990), won academy award best actor, kafka (1991), damage (1993), m. butterfly (1993), house of spirits (1993) appearing again glenn close , meryl streep, voice of scar in lion king (1994), portraying simon gruber in die hard vengeance (1995), co-starring bruce willis , samuel l. jackson, bernardo bertolucci s stealing beauty (1996), 1997 remake of lolita, , musketeer aramis opposite leonardo dicaprio in 1998 film version of man in iron mask.

irons in paris, 2014

other roles include evil wizard profion in film dungeons , dragons (2000) , rupert gould in longitude (2000). played Über-morlock in film time machine (2002). in 2004, irons played severus snape in comic relief s harry potter parody, harry potter , secret chamberpot of azerbaijan . in 2005, appeared in films casanova opposite heath ledger, , ridley scott s kingdom of heaven. has co-starred john malkovich in 2 films, man in iron mask (1998) , eragon (2006), though did not have scenes in latter.

in 2008, irons co-starred ed harris , viggo mortensen in appaloosa, directed harris. in 2011, irons appeared alongside kevin spacey in thriller margin call. in 2012, starred , worked executive producer of environmental documentary film trashed. irons played alfred pennyworth in warner bros. batman v superman: dawn of justice (2016) , justice league (2017). expected reprise role in upcoming film batman (tba).

he cast general vladimir korchnoi in francis lawrence s spy thriller film red sparrow (2018), based on jason matthews book of same name.

theatre

irons has worked royal shakespeare company 3 times in 1976, 1986–87 , 2010. after years of success in west end in london, irons made new york debut in 1984 , won tony award broadway performance opposite glenn close in real thing.

after absence london stage 18 years, in 2006 co-starred patrick malahide in christopher hampton s stage adaptation of sándor márai s novel embers @ duke of york s theatre.

he made national theatre debut playing former british prime minister harold macmillan (1957–1963) in never good, new play howard brenton opened @ lyttelton on 19 march 2008. in 2009, irons appeared on broadway opposite joan allen in play impressionism. play ran through 10 may 2009 @ gerald schoenfeld theater.