Biography
Jeremy Irons is an English actor. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and began his career on stage in 1969, appearing in numerous West End productions including Shakespeare plays such as The Winter's Tale, Macbeth and Richard II. He made his Broadway debut in 1984 in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
His breakthrough came with the title role in the 1981 ITV series Brideshead Revisited. Early film roles include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) and Dead Ringers (1988). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Reversal of Fortune (1990). Irons voiced Scar in The Lion King (1994) and has played Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Extended Universe films, including The Flash (2023). Other credits include Kafka (1991) and The Beekeeper (2024).
