STYLE: Mr Jeremy Irons

BIRTHDATE: September 19, 1948

PARENTAGE:
son of Paul Dugan Irons (d 1983), and Barbara Anne Brereton Brymer, nee Sharpe

MARRIAGE:
23 March 1977, Sinead Cusack , daughter of late Cyril Cusack 2 son(s) (Samuel b 16 Sept 1978, Maximilian b 17 Oct 1985)

EDUCATION:
Sherborne, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Sch

CAREER: actor

Joined Bristol Old Vic Theatre Co 1971

Theatre incl: A Winter's Tale, What the Butler Saw, Hayfever, Godspell 1971, Wild Oats (RSC) 1975, Simon Gray's Rear Column (Clarence Derwent Award) 1976 RSC 1986-87 incl: A Winter's Tale, The Rover, Richard II Broadway: The Real Thing (Tony Award Best Actor, Drama League Distinguished Performance Award) 1984

Awards European Film Acad Special Achievement Award 1998 Television incl: Brideshead Revisited (TV Times Best Actor Award) 1982

Films incl: French Lieutenant's Woman (Variety Club Best Actor Award), Moonlighting 1982, The Captain's Doll (BBC TV film) 1982, The Wild Duck (Aust film of Ibsen play) 1983, Betrayal 1983, Swann in Love 1983, The Mission 1985, Dead Ringers (Best Actor NY Critics Award, Best Actor Canada Genie Award) 1988, Chorus of Disapproval 1988, Danny Champion of the World 1988, Australia 1989, Reversal of Fortune (Golden Globe Best Actor Award, Academy Best Actor Award) 1990, Kafka 1991, Waterland 1992, Damage 1993, M Butterfly 1994, House of the Spirits 1994, voice of Scar in The Lion King 1994, Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995, Stealing Beauty 1995, The Man in the Iron Mask 1997, Lolita 1997, Longitude 1999

RECREATION: sailing, riding, skiing

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