Jeremy Irons

England

Jeremy Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune. He is also a Golden Globe, Emmy, Tony, and SAG award winner as well as the recipient of an Honorary César Award and a Premio Europa Per il Teatro.

Irons began his formal theatre training at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before joining the Bristol Old Vic Company. He received a Tony for his performance in Tom Stoppard’s play The Real Thing (1983). Film highlights include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); The Mission (1986); Dead Ringers (1988); Kafka (1991); Damage (1992); Margin Call (2011) and The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) and in the 2021 film, House of Gucci, plays Maurizio Gucci's father, Rodolfo Gucci. He was featured actor and executive producer of Trashed, Candida Brady’s award-winning documentary on the environment.

Irons has a rich and much-lauded career in television. He may be best known for his role as Charles Ryder in Brideshead Revisited (1981). He was also awarded Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and Emmy for his role in the television miniseries Elizabeth I (2005).

Faber Publishing has released a recording of the Complete Works of T.S. Eliot read by him. He will soon appear in the series The Count of Monte Cristo. Jeremy Irons is Patron of the Prison Phoenix Trust and the Hope Foundation.

Jeremy Irons also contributed in Making In /20 Place on behalf of Hegarty's Boatyard in West Cork, Ireland.

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