NAME: Jeremy Irons

PERSONAL:
Full name, Jeremy John Irons; born September 19, 1948, in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England; son of Paul Dugan and Barbara Anne (Sharpe) Irons; married first wife (marriage ended); married Sinead Moira Cusack (an actress; professional name, Sinead Cusack), March 28, 1978; children: Samuel James Brefni, Maximilian Paul Diarmiud.

ADDRESSES:
Manager--c/o Hutton Mgmt, 4 Old Manor Close, Askett Bucks, HP27 9NA, England.

EDUCATION:
Attended Sherborne School, Dorset, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

CAREER: Actor.

MEMBERSHIPS:
British Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association.

AWARDS:
Clarence Derwent Award, British Actors' Equity Association, best actor, 1978, for The Rear Column; Variety Artists of Great Britain Award and British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, both for best actor, both 1981, for The French Lieutenant's Woman; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, Golden Globe Award nomination, and Emmy Award nomination, best actor, limited series or special, all 1982, for Brideshead Revisited; Antoinette Perry Award, best actor in a play, and Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, both 1984, for The Real Thing; Grammy Award nomination, spoken word or nonmusical recording, 1984, for The Real Thing; New York Film Critics Circle Award, best actor, 1988, and Genie Award, best actor, 1989, both for Dead Ringers; Academy Award, best actor, 1990, and Golden Globe Award, best actor, drama, 1991, for Reversal of Fortune.

STAGE APPEARANCES:
Simon, Hay Fever, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1971. Nick, What the Butler Saw, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1971. Florizel, The Winter's Tale, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1971. John the Baptist, Godspell, Round House Theatre, London, then Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1971. Diary of a Madman, Act Inn Lunchtime Theatre, London, 1973. Don Pedro, Much Ado about Nothing, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1974. Mick, The Caretaker, Young Vic Theatre, 1974. Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, New Shakespeare Company, Round House Theatre, 1975. An Inspector Calls, Key Theatre, Peterborough, England, 1975. Harry Thunder, Wild Oats, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1976, then Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1977. James Jameson, The Rear Column, Globe Theatre, London, 1978. Gustav Manet, An Audience Called Edouard, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1978. (Broadway debut) Henry Boot, The Real Thing, Plymouth Theatre, 1984. The Rover, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1986. Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1986. Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1986.

FILM APPEARANCES:
(Film debut) Mikhail Fokine, Nijinsky, Paramount, 1980. Charles Smithson/Mike, The French Lieutenant's Woman, United Artists, 1981. The Masterbuilders, 1982. Nowak, Moonlighting, Universal, 1982. Jerry, Betrayal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983. Harold Ackland, The Wild Duck, Orion, 1983. Charles Swann, Swann in Love, Orion, 1984. Father Gabriel, The Mission, Warner Bros., 1986. Beverly and Elliot Mantle, Dead Ringers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988. Guy Jones, A Chorus of Disapproval, J&M, 1988. Edouard Pierson, Australia, 1989. Claus von Bulow, Reversal of Fortune, Warner Bros., 1990. Prisoner, Opera Zebracka, 1991. Title role, Kafka, Miramax, 1991. Tom Crick, Waterland, Fine Line, 1992. Dr. Stephen Fleming, Damage, New Line, 1993. Rene Gallimard, M. Butterfly, Warner Bros., 1993. Esteban Trueba, The House of the Spirits, Miramax, 1993. Voice of Scar, The Lion King (animated), Buena Vista, 1994. Simon, Die Hard with a Vengeance (also known as Die Hard 3), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995. Beyond the Clouds, 1995. Alex Parrish, Stealing Beauty, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996. Chinese Box, Trimark Pictures, 1997. Humbert, Lolita, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1997. Father Aramis, The Man in the Iron Mask, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1998. Rupert Gould, Longitude, Granada Films, forthcoming. Dungeons & Dragons, Silver Pictures, forthcoming.

TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINISERIES:
Franz Liszt, "Notorious Woman," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1975. Frank Tregear, The Pallisers, PBS, 1977. Charles Ryder, "Brideshead Revisited," Great Performances, PBS, 1982. Voice, The Civil War, PBS, 1990.

Also appeared as Alex Sanderson, "Love for Lydia," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS.

TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES:
William Smith, Danny, the Champion of the World, The Disney Channel, 1989.

TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SPECIALS:
Alex Hepburn, The Captain's Doll, BBC, 1982. Voice, Statue of Liberty, PBS, 1985. The Talk Show, HBO, 1986. The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star Fiftieth Anniversary, CBS, 1986. Sesame Street Special, PBS, 1988. Larry King TNT Extra (also known as The Larry King Special ... Inside Hollywood), TNT, 1991. The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1991. Odon von Horvath, "Tales from Hollywood," American Playhouse, PBS, 1992. "Living Shakespeare: A Year with the RSC," A&E Stage, Arts and Entertainment, 1992. Narration, "Carnival of the Animals," A&E Stage, Arts and Entertainment, 1992. Host, "Placido Domingo: The Concert for Planet Earth," Great Performances, PBS, 1992. Voice, Earth and the American Dream, HBO, 1993. The Man, "The Dream," Texaco Performing Acts Showcase, Bravo, 1993. Movie News Hot Summer Sneak Preview, CBS, 1994. The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies, HBO, 1995. Narration, Russia's Last Tsar, NBC, 1996. Hollywood & Vinyl: Disney's 101 Greatest Musical Moments, VH1, 1998. The Making of the Lion King, The Disney Channel, 1994. D-Day Remembered--A Musical Tribute from the QE2, PBS, 1994. Seekers of the Lost Treasure, 1995.

Also appeared as Otto Beck, Langrishe Go Down, BBC; Edward Voysey, The Voysey Inheritance, BBC; Autogeddon; and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man.

TELEVISION APPEARANCES; AWARDS PRESENTATIONS:
The 45th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1991. The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1992. The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1994. Presenter, The 67th Annual Academy Awards, 1995. The 70th Annual Academy Awards, 1998. Presenter, The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards, 1999.

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