Jeremy Irons on stage and screen

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The following is an on stage and screen filmography of the English stage actor Jeremy Irons; he is known for his work on stage, theatre, film, and television.

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Theatre

Following his training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Irons first acted with the school's theatre company:

YearProductionRoleVenue
1969 The Winter's Tale Florizel Bristol Old Vic
Hay Fever Simon
What the Butler Saw Nick
Major Barbara
The Servant of Two Masters
Macbeth
The Boy Friend
1970 As You Like It
Oh! What a Lovely War Little Theatre Bristol
The School for Scandal
1971–1973 Godspell John/Judas Roundhouse and Wyndham's Theatre
1973 The Diary of a Madman The MadmanAct Inn
1974 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Young Vic
The Caretaker Mick
1975 The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Roundhouse
1976 Wild Oats Harry Thunder Aldwych Theatre
1977 Stratford and Piccadilly Theatre
1978 The Rear Column Jameson Globe Theatre
1984–1985 The Real Thing Henry Plymouth Theatre (Broadway)
1986 The Winter's Tale Leontes Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Rover Willmore Swan Theatre and Mermaid Theatre
1986 Richard II Richard II Royal Shakespeare Theatre
1987 Barbican Theatre
2003 A Little Night Music Fredrick Egerman New York City Opera
2005 Celebration Russell Gate Theatre and Albery Theatre
Camelot King Arthur Hollywood Bowl
2006EmbersHenrik Duke of York's Theatre
2006 Pinter Plays, Poetry & Prose Teatro Carignano, Turin [1] [2]
2008 Never So Good Harold Macmillan National Theatre
2009 Impressionism Thomas Buckle Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway
2013 The Mystery Plays God Gloucester Cathedral and Worcester Cathedral
2016 Long Day's Journey into Night James TyroneBristol Old Vic
2018Wyndham's Theatre, BAM and Wallis Annenberg Center
2017Correspondence 1944–1959 Readings from the epistles between Albert Camus and Maria Casares Albert Teatro Argentina, Rome [3] [4]
Ashes to Ashes (Special creation for the Europe Theatre Prize)Devlin

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Nijinsky Mikhail Fokine
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Charles Henry Smithson/Mike
1982 Moonlighting Nowak
1983 Betrayal Jerry
1984 The Wild Duck Harold
Swann in Love Charles Swann
1985 The Statue of Liberty HimselfVoice
Documentary
1986 The Mission Father Gabriel
1988 Dead Ringers Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
1989 A Chorus of Disapproval Guy Jones
Australia Edouard Pierson
Danny, the Champion of the World William Smith
1990 Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow
1991Beggar's OperaPrisoner
Kafka Franz Kafka
1992 The Timekeeper H. G. Wells Short film
Waterland Tom Crick
Damage Dr. Stephen Fleming
1993 M. Butterfly René Gallimard
The House of the Spirits Esteban Trueba
1994 Spaceship Earth Narrator (3rd edition)Voice
Documentary short
The Lion King Scar Voice
1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance Simon Gruber
1996 Stealing Beauty Alex
1997 Chinese Box John
Lolita Humbert Humbert
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Aramis
1999 Faeries The ShapeshifterVoice
Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost CityPoseidonVoice
Short film
2000 Dungeons & Dragons Profion
2001 The Fourth Angel Jack Elgin
2002 Callas Forever Larry Kelly
The Time Machine The Über-Morlock
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen Valentin Valentin
2004 Mathilde Col. De Petris
The Merchant of Venice Antonio
Being Julia Michael Gosselyn
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Tiberias
Casanova Pucci
2006 Inland Empire Kingsley Stewart
Eragon Brom
Eye of the Leopard NarratorVoice
Documentary
2008 Appaloosa Randall Bragg
2009 The Pink Panther 2 Alonso Avellaneda
2011 Margin Call [5] John Tuld
The Last Lions NarratorVoice
Documentary
2012 The Words The Old Man
Trashed HimselfDocumentary; also executive producer
2013 Night Train to Lisbon Raimund Gregorius
Beautiful Creatures Macon Ravenwood
2015 High-Rise Anthony Royal
The Man Who Knew Infinity G. H. Hardy
2016 The Correspondence Ed Phoerum
Race Avery Brundage
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [6] Alfred Pennyworth
Their Finest Secretary of War
Assassin's Creed Alan Rikkin
2017 Birds Like Us Kondor/MiVoice [7] [8]
Justice League Alfred Pennyworth
2018 Red Sparrow Vladimir Korchnoi
Better Start Running GarrisonAlso executive producer
An Actor Prepares Atticus Smith
2020 Love, Weddings & Other Disasters Lawrence Phillips
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Alfred PennyworthDirector's cut of Justice League
Munich – The Edge of War Neville Chamberlain
House of Gucci Rodolfo Gucci
2023 The Flash Alfred Pennyworth
The Cello Francesco
Once Upon a Studio ScarVoice [9]
Short film
2024 The Beekeeper Wallace Westwyld

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Nephew GeorgeEpisode: "The Case of the Mirror of Portugal"
1974 The Pallisers Frank Tregear6 episodes
Notorious Woman Franz Liszt 2 episodes
1975 Churchill's People Samuel RossEpisode: "Liberty Tree"
1977 Love for Lydia Alex Sanderson7 episodes
1978Play of the Week (BBC2)Otto BeckEpisode: Langrishe, Go Down
1979Play of the Month (BBC2)Edward VoyseyEpisode: The Voysey Inheritance
1981 Brideshead Revisited [10] Charles Ryder11 episodes
1983The Captain's DollCaptain Alex HepworthTelevision film
1989 The Dream The ManTelevision short
1990 The Civil War Various rolesVoices
9 episodes
1991 Saturday Night Live Himself (host)Episode: "Jeremy Irons/Fishbone"
1992PerformanceOdon Von HorvathEpisode: "Tales from Hollywood"
1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Siegfried SassoonVoice
3 episodes
2000 Longitude Rupert Gould 4 episodes
2001 The Short Life of Anne Frank NarratorTelevision documentary
2002 Last Call F. Scott Fitzgerald Television film
2003 Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do Severus Snape Television special
2005 Elizabeth I Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester 2 episodes
2008The Colour of Magic Havelock Vetinari
2009 The Magic 7 ThraxxVoice
Television film
Georgia O'Keeffe [11] Alfred Stieglitz Television film
2010 Arena Various CharactersEpisode: "Harold Pinter: A Celebration"
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [12] Dr. Cap Jackson2 episodes
2011–13 The Borgias Rodrigo Borgia 29 episodes
2012 The Simpsons Bar RagVoice
Episode: "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"
Henry IV Part I and Part II Henry IV 2 episodes
2013 Life on Fire Narrator6 episodes
2019 Watchmen Adrian Veidt 8 episodes
2021Napoleon – In the Name of ArtPresenting narratorDocumentary
The Emirates from AboveNarrator
2022 The Pentaverate 6 episodes
2024 The Count of Monte Cristo Abbé FariaUpcoming [13]

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