Jeremy Irons

Jeremy John Irons is a Acteur Britannique born the September 19th 1948 with Cowes (Île of Wight, England). Married with Sinéad Cusack since March 28th, 1978. They have two children.

Biography

Resulting from an easy family (her father was tax controller), Jeremy Irons, fascinated by the theater, integrates at the end of her adolescence the Marlowe Theater of Canterbury, then three years later the troop of British old Vic incorporates. After having multiplied the representations on scene, in particular with the Royal Shakespeare Company , and the roles for English television, it makes its great beginnings with the cinema at 32 years in Nijinski (1980), a drama of Herbert Ross, at the sides of Alan Bates. In 1982, it gives the counterpart to Meryl Streep in the Mistress of the French lieutenant of Karel Reisz, the adaptation of the novel of John Fowles. Trailing a reputation of very demanding and professional actor, Jeremy Irons incarnates thereafter an evangelist Jesuit of XVIIIe century in Mission (1986) of Roland Joffé, then holds the double role of the twins of Faux-Semblants , distressing it film of David Cronenberg.

In 1990, it is the dedication, since it receives the Oscar of the best actor for his interpretation of the richissism count Von Bulow in the Mystery von Bulow of Barbet Schroeder. In 1991, he interprets the writer Kafka in the film éponyme of Steven Soderbergh. Often playing screen of the cold and worrying characters, it turns then with realizers as different as Louis Malle ( Fatale , 1992), Bille August ( the House with the spirits, 1993). It finds David Cronenberg for Mr. Butterfly (1993). After having lent to its voice to the the King lion (1994), the Cartoon of Walt Disney Pictures, it makes a return noticed in One day in hell of John McTiernan. In 1997, it takes again the role of James Mason in the remake of Lolita of Adrian Lyne. It alternated since large American productions like the Man with the iron mask (1998) (Randall Wallace) or Donjons & dragons (2000) of Courtney Solomon and European films. One thus finds it vis-a-vis Patricia Kaas in And now… Ladies and Gentlemen (2002) of Claude Lelouch and once again vis-a-vis Fanny Ardant in Fixed forever (2002) of Franco Zeffirelli.

It thus continues to alternate the blockbusters like Eragon (2006) or Kingdom off Heaven (2005) of Ridley Scott, with films of authors like INLAND WORSENS of David Lynch (2007).

Catalog of films

Rewards

  • Oscar of the best actor in 1990 for the role of Claus Von Bulow in the Mystery von Bulow of Barbet spaniel Schroeder
  • Emmy Awards of the male best supporting role in a mini-series in 2006 for the role of Robert Dudley, count de Leicester in Elisabeth I of Tom Hooper

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