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Jeremy Irons (born September 19, 1948) is a United
Kingdom|British actor.

Born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, he began his acting
career in Bristol, then appeared on the London as
John the Baptist opposite David Essex in Godspell.
 After several appearances on British television,
his film debut came in 1980 in Nijinsky.  The role
which shot him to fame was that of Charles Ryder
in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's
Brideshead Revisited in 1981.  Brideshead brought
him back together with Anthony Andrews, with whom
he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years
earlier.  Also in 1981, he starred in the film The
French Lieutenant's Woman.

In 1984 Irons won a Tony Award for his Broadway
theatre|Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close
in The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing.  In 1988
he starred in the dual role of mad twin physicians
in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers (film)|Dead
Ringers.  Other films include Reversal of Fortune
(for which he won the Academy Award for Best
Actor), Kafka, Damage (novel)|Damage, M.
Butterfly, The House of the Spirits, Lolita (1997
movie)|Lolita (remake), and Die Hard With a
Vengeance.   In 2005, Mr. Irons starred in Ridley
Scott's Kingdom of
Heavenhttp://www.kingdomofheavendvd.com.  One of
his most famous roles has turned out to be the
voice of Scar in The Lion King.

He is married to Irish actress SinÊad Cusack, and
is the father of two sons, Samuel Irons (born 16
September 1978) and Maximilian Irons (born 17
October 1985), both of whom have appeared in films
with their father.

==Filmography as actor includes==

*Kingdom of Heaven (movie)|Kingdom of Heaven
(2005)
*The Merchant of Venice (2004)
*Being Julia (2004)
*Callas Forever (2002)
*And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2002)
*The Time Machine (2002)
*The Night of the Iguana (2001)
*The Fourth Angel (2001)
*Dungeons & Dragons (movie)|Dungeons & Dragons
(2000)
*Faeries (movie)|Faeries (1999) (voice)
*The Man in the Iron Mask (movie)|The Man in the
Iron Mask (1998)
*Lolita (1997 movie)|Lolita (1997)
*Chinese Box (1997)
*Stealing Beauty (1996)
*Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
*The Lion King (1994) (voice)
*The House of the Spirits (1993)
*M. Butterfly (1993)
*Damage (novel)|Damage (1992)
*Waterland (movie)|Waterland (1992)
*From Time to Time (1992)
*Kafka (movie)|Kafka (1991)
*Zebracka opera (1991)
*Reversal of Fortune (1990)
*Australia (movie)|Australia (1989)
*A Chorus of Disapproval (1988)
*Dead Ringers (1988)
*The Mission (movie)|The Mission (1986)
*Un amour de Swann (1984)
*The Wild Duck (1983)
*Betrayal (1983)
*Moonlighting (movie)|Moonlighting (1982)
*The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
*Nijinsky (1980)

==External links==
* http://www.jeremy-irons.com/ Jeremy Irons
website
*http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/iro0int-1
Achievement.org interview with online video and
photo gallery