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Also Known As	Jeremy John Irons
Born	September 19, 1948 (age 78) • Cowes • England
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1991) • Tony Awards (1984) • Academy Award (1991): Actor in a Leading Role • Emmy Award (2014): Outstanding Narrator • Emmy Award (2006): Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie • Emmy Award (1997): Outstanding Voice-Over Performance • Golden Globe Award (2007): Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (1991): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama • Tony Award (1984): Best Actor in a Play
Married To	Julie Hallam (1969–1969) • Sinéad Cusack (1978–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Dead Ringers" (1988) • "The Pink Panther 2" (2009) • "M. Butterfly" (1993) • "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2011) • "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1978) • "Australia" (1989) • "Their Finest" (2016) • "The Pallisers" (1974) • "The Words" (2012) • "Red Sparrow" (2018) • "Casanova" (2005) • "Churchill's People" (1975) • "Arena" (2010) • "Dungeons & Dragons" (2000) • "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (1996) • "The Time Machine" (2002) • "Watchmen" (2019) • "Callas Forever" (2002) • "Inland Empire" (2006) • "The House of the Spirits" (1993) • "Die Hard with a Vengeance" (1995) • "The Hollow Crown" (2012) • "Eragon" (2006) • "The Simpsons" (2012) • "Birds Like Us" (2017) • "Chinese Box" (1997) • "Better Start Running" (2018) • "The Wild Duck" (1984) • "Kafka" (1991) • "Nijinsky" (1980) • "Assassin's Creed" (2016) • "Love for Lydia" (1977) • "Night Train to Lisbon" (2013) • "Elizabeth I" (2005) • "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) • "An Actor Prepares" (2018) • "The Mission" (1986) • "Zebrácká opera" (1991) • "The Man Who Knew Infinity" (2015) • "Reversal of Fortune" (1990) • "The Civil War" (1990) • "La corrispondenza" (2016) • "Lolita" (1997) • "High-Rise" (2015) • "Un amour de Swann" (1984) • "Faeries" (1999) • "Beautiful Creatures" (2013) • "Mathilde" (2004) • "Margin Call" (2011) • "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005) • "And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen..." (2002) • "The Sultan and the Saint" (2016) • "Brideshead Revisited" (1981) • "The Colour of Magic" (2008) • "Damage" (1992) • "Justice League" (2017) • "Notorious Woman" (1974) • "Stealing Beauty" (1996) • "The Borgias" (2011–2013) • "Race" (2016) • "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016) • "The Lion King" (1994) • "Being Julia" (2004) • "Life on Fire: Wildlife on the Volcano's Edge" (2013) • "BBC Play of the Month" (1979) • "Appaloosa" (2008) • "Freedom: A History of US" (2003) • "A Chorus of Disapproval" (1989) • "The Merchant of Venice" (2004) • "Performance" (1992) • "Waterland" (1992) • "Moonlighting" (1982) • "The Fourth Angel" (2001) • "Betrayal" (1983) • "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" (1971) • "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998)

Top Questions

Where was Jeremy Irons born?

Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.

When was Jeremy Irons born?

Jeremy Irons was born on September 19, 1948.

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Sinéad Cusack (1978–present), Julie Hallam (1969–1969)

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British actor Jeremy Irons in 2016, wearing a dark jacket and scarf, looking at the camera against a neutral background.

Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep embrace closely, wrapped in a patterned shawl, in a scene from the film The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Jeremy Irons, appearing as twin brothers, and Genevieve Bujold sit at a round table in a restaurant scene from the film Dead Ringers, with a mural on the wall behind them.

Jeremy Irons, dressed in a tuxedo, holds a cigar and looks intently forward in a scene from the film Reversal of Fortune.

Jeremy Irons, dressed in a dark suit and tie, stands beside a tree in an outdoor scene from the film Damage, directed by Louis Malle.

Jeremy Irons as Beverly Mantle, Genevieve Bujold as Claire Niveau, and Jeremy Irons as Elliot Mantle sit at a round table in a restaurant booth in Dead Ringers (1988).

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