Jeremy Irons is an English actor known for his diverse roles on stage and screen. Over his distinguished career he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards, and Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2014, and the Europe Theatre Prize in 2017.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Drama for his portrayal of Claus von Bülow in the crime drama Reversal of Fortune (1990). For his dual role of Charles Henry Smithson and Mike in the romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Drama for his role as a Jesuit priest in the period epic The Mission (1986).
On television, Irons's break-out role came playing Charles Ryder in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981), receiving nominations for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â Miniseries or Television Film for Best Actor. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in the HBO miniseries Elizabeth I (2005) and was Emmy-nominated for playing Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen (2019).
On stage, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance of a man engaging in an affair in the Broadway production of the Tom Stoppard play The Real Thing (1985). The role also earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination.