Portrait of Jeremy Irons

Acting

Jeremy Irons

Career

Active from 1977 to 2027, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles
101
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Lion King
The Lion King
GoodWatch score88/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

    2007 · Won

    Elizabeth I

    Source: Wikidata

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

    2006 · Won · 58th Primetime Emmy Awards

    Elizabeth I

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role

    1991 · Won · 63rd Academy Awards

    Reversal of Fortune

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

26

The characters Jeremy Irons played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 88 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jeremy Irons Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.4, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4
  • Scare
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 8
  • Social Commentary 8
  • Political Intrigue 7
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Literary Adaptation 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Psychological Drama 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Melancholy 4
  • Emotional Depth 3
  • Thought-Provoking 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

154
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
Water People: The Story of Us
Water People: The Story of Us

as The Ocean (voice)

Rihana
Rihana

as Julian Miles

Encore
Encore

as Nigel

The Well of Saint Nobody
The Well of Saint Nobody

as William

2020s

25 titles · average score 62
The Crystal Planet
The Crystal Planet (2026)

as Governor Mordokan (voice)

What is dyslexia?
What is dyslexia? (2026)

as The Inventor

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Abbé Faria

The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

as Wallace Westwyld

The Cello
The Cello (2023)
GoodWatch score 42

as Francesco

The Flash
The Flash (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

as Alfred Pennyworth

The Way of the Cheetah
The Way of the Cheetah (2022)

as Narrator (voice)

Munich - The Edge of War
Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

as Neville Chamberlain

House of Gucci
House of Gucci (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

as Rodolfo Gucci

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

as Alfred

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
GoodWatch score 25

as Lawrence Philips

Jade Eyed Leopard
Jade Eyed Leopard (2020)

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

37 titles · average score 60
Watchmen
Watchmen (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow (2018)
GoodWatch score 54

as Vladimir Korchnoi

Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed (2016)
GoodWatch score 38

as Alan Rikkin

The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as G. H. Hardy

Correspondence
Correspondence (2016)
GoodWatch score 28

as Ed Phoerum

Race
Race (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Avery Brundage

High-Rise
High-Rise (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

as Anthony Royal

Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
GoodWatch score 52

as Macon Ravenwood

Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
GoodWatch score 50

as Raimund

The Words
The Words (2012)
GoodWatch score 46

as The Old Man

The Borgias
The Borgias (2011)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Rodrigo Borgia

Margin Call
Margin Call (2011)
GoodWatch score 76

as John Tuld

2000s

36 titles · average score 62
The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Patrician

Eragon
Eragon (2006)
GoodWatch score 35

as Brom

Inland Empire
Inland Empire (2006)
GoodWatch score 72

as Kingsley Stewart

Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

as Tiberias

Casanova
Casanova (2005)
GoodWatch score 56

as Pucci

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

as Antonio

Being Julia
Being Julia (2004)
GoodWatch score 70

as Michael Gosselyn

The Time Machine
The Time Machine (2002)
GoodWatch score 45

as Über-Morlock

Last Call
Last Call (2002)
GoodWatch score 63

as F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
GoodWatch score 23

as Profion

Longitude
Longitude (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Rupert Gould

Longitude
Longitude (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

as Rupert Gould

1990s

24 titles · average score 64
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

as Aramis

Lolita
Lolita (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

as Humbert Humbert

Chinese Box
Chinese Box (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

as John

Stealing Beauty
Stealing Beauty (1996)
GoodWatch score 61

as Alex Parrish

Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

as Simon

The Lion King
The Lion King (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as Scar (voice)

The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits (1993)
GoodWatch score 50

as Esteban Trueba

M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly (1993)
GoodWatch score 53

as René Gallimard

Damage
Damage (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

as Dr. Stephen Fleming

Waterland
Waterland (1992)
GoodWatch score 55

as Tom Crick

Kafka
Kafka (1991)
GoodWatch score 56

as Kafka

Reversal of Fortune
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
GoodWatch score 82

as Claus von Bülow

1980s

20 titles · average score 68
Danny the Champion of the World
Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
GoodWatch score 57

as William Smith

The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Bar Rag (voice)

A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
GoodWatch score 45

as Guy Jones

Australia
Australia (1989)
GoodWatch score 55

as Edouard Pierson

Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

as Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle

The Mission
The Mission (1986)
GoodWatch score 68

as Father Gabriel

Swann in Love
Swann in Love (1984)
GoodWatch score 57

as Charles Swann

The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck (1984)
GoodWatch score 64

as Harold

Betrayal
Betrayal (1983)
GoodWatch score 77

as Jerry

Moonlighting
Moonlighting (1982)
GoodWatch score 87

as Nowak

Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Charles Ryder

The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
GoodWatch score 71

as Charles Henry Smithson / Mike

1970s

7 titles · average score 74
Langrishe, Go Down
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)

as Otto Beck

Love for Lydia
Love for Lydia (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Alex Sanderson

BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)

TV show · as Otto Beck

The Pallisers
The Pallisers (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Frank Tregear

Churchill's People
Churchill's People (1974)

TV show · as Samuel Ross

Notorious Woman
Notorious Woman (1974)

TV show · as Franz Liszt

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Nephew

1960s

1 title · average score 61
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Edward Voysey