Jeremy Irons
          Actor  
	
	Filmography (All Films)
				 
	  
	        
Love For Lydia (TV Series) (1977) 
- Dir. Tony Wharmby, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Mel Martin, Jeremy Irons, Christopher Blake… 
- Adapted from the H.E. Bates' book, this scrumptious Masterpiece Theatre series details the exploits of the beautiful but vapid Lydia and the four men…
 
Langrishe, Go Down (1978) 
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Harold Pinter 
- Teledrama about a steamy affair in 1930s Dublin between a lonely spinster (Dench) and a parasitic intellectual (Irons), on her family's…
 
French Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981) 
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons 
- Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons star in an elegant portrayal of secretive affairs and social strictures. Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
 
Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series) (1981)
 
- Feat. Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick…
 
- Famous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel chronicles one Charles Ryder and his relationship with the Marchmain family in England between the wars.…
 
Moonlighting (1982) 
- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Jeremy Irons 
- Jeremy Irons plays a Polish building supervisor who is stranded in London with his workers, when a brutal clampdown occurs in their homeland.…
 
Betrayal (1983)
 
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Jeremy Irons 
- Amorality tale of a publisher, his wife and her lover, adapted from Harold Pinter's powerhouse play, effectively told in reverse chronology. Ben…
 
Swann in Love (1984) 
- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon… 
- Lavish filming of Proust's novel 'Remembrance of Things Past' which centres around a high class man who risks everything for his erotic obsessions.…
 
Mission, The (1986) 
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Liam Neeson 
- Jeremy Irons plays a Jesuit missionary in the jungles of 18th Century Brazil. Robert De Niro is his agressive adversary who gradually comes to seek…
 
Dead Ringers (1988)
 
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold 
- You'll share in Jeremy Irons' nightmares as twin gynaecologists, both brilliant and respected in their trade, who succumb to perverse mid–life…
 
Chorus of Disapproval (1989) 
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Anthony Hopkins, Prunella Scales… 
- A light and slight drama set around widower Jeremy Iron’s move to a seaside town and involvement with a local theatre group. Superb cast livens the…
 
Danny: Champion of the World (1990)
 
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons 
- Jeremy Irons stars with his real son Samuel, as father and son crusading to protect their rural community from the ravaging interests of big…
 
Reversal of Fortune (1990) 
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver 
- In his best performance, Jeremy Irons won an Oscar for portraying Claus Von Bulow, a European émigré who was accused of trying to poison his wife…
 
Kafka (1991)
 
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ian Holm, Theresa Russell… 
- This unsuspecting follow–up film for the director of the independent smash hit, SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE went largely unreleased, though it has…
 
Damage (1992) 
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson 
- Jeremy Irons plays a Tory cabinet minister who becomes entangled, (especially physically) with his son's fiancee – a chic,…
 
Waterland (1992) 
- Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey… 
- Jeremy Irons plays a history teacher in America who recounts his own suppressed coming of age to his cynical students. Adapted from Graham Swift's…
 
House of the Spirits (1993) 
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close… 
- Alternately ponderous and fascinating screen version of Isabel Allende's acclaimed saga charting the turbulent history of a South American family…
 
M Butterfly (1993) 
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeremy Irons, John Lone 
- Bizarre true–story of a French diplomat's long–term sexual relationship with a Chinese opera singer who managed to conceal the fact that…
 
Die Hard with a Vengeance (Die Hard 3) (1995) 
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irons 
- Third chapter in the big loud adventures of a white–vested cop goes to a ridiculous extreme to top what is increasingly seeming like an…
 
Stealing Beauty (1995)
 
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons 
- Bertolucci is at home on the range of rural Tuscany for his most accessible and fanciful outing.
Much like every character in the film, its hard…
 
Lolita (1997) 
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffiths… 
- Nabakov's novel, still raising eyebrows, is here lavished with a meticulous production and all the artistry the director of 9 ½ WEEKS could rustle…
 
Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998) 
- Dir. Randall Wallace
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, Gerard Depardieu 
- Modern swashbuckler conducts the sequel to THE THREE MUSKETEERS (also from Alexander Dumas) in measured tones that defeat one's expectations.…
 
Chinese Box (1998) 
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Jeremy Irons,  Gong Li, Maggie Cheung 
- Set in Hong Kong just prior to the British handover to China, this follows the last dissatisfied days of dying journalist Jeremy Irons as he pads the…
 
Longitude (1999) 
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry… 
- Adapted from the book by Dava Sobel, this tells the intriguing story surrounding the 18th century search for an accurate way to calculate longitude,…
 
Dungeons and Dragons (2000) 
- Dir. Courtney Soloman
Feat. Jeremy Irons 
- An elaborate yet hokey movie–isation of the popular fantasy role–play game, with the prestige casting of Jeremy Irons as the villain.…
 
Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001)
 
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons… 
- An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors.
Disc…
 
Fourth Angel, The (2001) 
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Charlotte Rampling… 
- The inimitable Jeremy Irons plays a magazine editor whose family are killed in a terrorist attack by a Serbian man, and he decides to seek justice…
 
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2002) 
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte… 
- A smooth exercise in self–satire from dir. Lelouch, with Jeremy Irons playing a shifty jewel–thief who hooks up with lounge–singer…
 
Time Machine, The (2002) 
- Dir. Simon Wells
Feat. Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons 
- Though directed by the great–grandson of H G Wells, this adaptation of the classic sci–fi fable glosses the humbling future vision of a…
 
Callas Forever (2003) 
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright 
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli pays homage to his longtime friend and colleague, the late opera legend Maria Callas.
Beautifully played by Fanny Ardant,…
 
Broadway: The Golden Age (2003) 
- Dir. Rick McKay
Feat. Bob Fosse, Carol Channing, Carol Burnett… 
- Comprehensive documentary about America's most celebrated indigenous art form, Broadway theatre, covering an entire century of New York theatre, and…
 
Being Julia (2004) 
- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Bruce Greenwood… 
- An aging diva of the London stage (Bening) falls into a flirtation, then romance with a young admirer in the uneasy England of the 1930s, in this…
 
Merchant of Venice, The (2004)
 
- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes… 
- Al Pacino seems at home in the Bard’s world compared to his more recent contemporary forays, turning in a thorough and morally ambiguous rendition…
 
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Eva Green… 
- Arch–epic of the 12th century crusades, this follows an honourable French blacksmith (Bloom) into the maelstrom of Jerusalem,…
 
Casanova (2005) 
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons… 
- A lavish, middle–brow account of the infamous 18th century Italian lover, played here with deadpan wit by Heath Ledger, which weaves its own…
 
Eragon (2006)
 
- Dir. Stefan Fangmeier
Feat. Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich… 
- A child–friendly fire–breathing fantasy set in a land where dragons are almost extinct, and a farm boy named Eragon must meet his destiny…
 
Inland Empire (2006) 
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux… 
- Warped and optically haunting suspense starring Lynch regular Laura Dern as a focused actress ecstatic about receiving a part in a new film, until…
 
Colour of Magic, The  (2008) 
- Dir. Vadim Jean
Feat. Sean Astin, Jeremy Irons, David Jason… 
- A live–action return to Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld,' where an unfortunate wizard, enthusiastic tourist and fierce wooden box with legs must…
 
Appaloosa (2008)
 
- Dir. Ed Harris
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger… 
- Enjoyable "old–school" Western directed by Ed Harris, who also stars as an incorrigible marshal who is hired along with deputy Viggo Mortensen…
 
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) 
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Jr. Begley 
- This made–for–television biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, is distinguished as…
 
Borgias, The (TV Series) (2011) 
- Feat. Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger…
 
- Sumptuous chronicling of the notorious Borgia family and their rise to the pinnacle of the Roman Catholic Church. Created by Neil Jordan.
 
Margin Call (2011)
 
- Dir. J.C. Chandor
Feat. Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany… 
- Something of a coup d'etat for its first time feature writer–director, this is a staggeringly assured drama that details white–collar…
 
Words, The (2012) 
- Dir. Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid… 
- Bradley Cooper plays a struggling writer whose conscience gets the better of him when a found manuscript he passes off as his own achieves great…
 
Hollow Crown, The (TV Series) (2012)
 
- Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ben Whishaw, Tom Hiddleston…
 
- A star–studded, BAFTA–nominated mini–series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV Parts One and Two,…
 
Beautiful Creatures (2013) 
- Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons… 
- A young man is drawn to a mysterious new arrival whose family possess secret supernatural powers in this vivid adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret…
 
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) 
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston… 
- Jeremy Irons goes walkabout as a professor seeking an escape from his buttoned–down academic life, embarking on a train journey to Lisbon after…
 
High-Rise (High Rise) (2015)
 
- Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller… 
- A blackly comic, super–stylish slice of dystopia set in a retro–futurist 1975 in which life for the residents of a tower block begins to…
 
Man Who Knew Infinity, The (2015) 
- Dir. Matthew Brown
Feat. Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair 
- Biographical drama based on the extraordinary life and academic career of pioneering Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship…
 
Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) 
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams… 
- Dour superhero spectacle sees DC comic's finest face off after Batman becomes concerned with Superman's unchecked powers.
 
Race (2016) 
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons… 
- Earnest biopic of the great Olympian Jesse Owens whose efforts at the 1936 Berlin Olympics flew in the face of Adolph Hitler's vision for Aryan…
 
Assassin's Creed (2016) 
- Dir. Justin Kurzel
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons… 
- Movie adaptation of the enormously popular video game where a man unlocks his "genetic memory", allowing him to access the memories, knowledge and…
 
Justice League (2017) 
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot… 
- DC Comics' answer to Marvel's Avengers combines the forces of their superhero properties; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The…
 
Red Sparrow (2018) 
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts… 
- Ultra–stylish spy thriller with Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian ballerina whose attempts to support her ailing mother lead her to train as a…
 
House of Gucci (2021) 
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto… 
- Lavish drama about the Gucci dynasty, with Lady Gaga (A STAR IS BORN) note–perfect as Patrizia Reggiani, the ambitious outsider who marries…