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Jeremy Irons (Jeremy John Irons) was born on 19 September, 1948 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, is a British actor (born 1948). Discover Jeremy Irons's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As Jeremy John Irons
Occupation Actor
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 19 September 1948
Birthday 19 September
Birthplace Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Jeremy Irons Height, Weight & Measurements

At 76 years old, Jeremy Irons height is 6′ 2″ .

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Height 6′ 2″
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Who Is Jeremy Irons's Wife?

His wife is Julie Hallam (m. 1969-1969) Sinéad Cusack (m. 1978)

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Wife Julie Hallam (m. 1969-1969) Sinéad Cusack (m. 1978)
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Children 2, including Max Irons

Jeremy Irons Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jeremy Irons worth at the age of 76 years old? Jeremy Irons’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Jeremy Irons's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1943

Irons has a brother, Christopher (born 1943), and a sister, Felicity Anne (born 1944).

1948

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist.

He is known for his roles on stage and screen having won numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

He is one of the few actors who have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting" having won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Awards for Film, Television and Theatre.

Irons was born on 19 September 1948 in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, to Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant, and Barbara Anne Brereton Brymer (née Sharpe).

1962

He was educated at the independent Sherborne School in Dorset from 1962 to 1966.

He was the drummer and harmonica player in a four-man school band called the Four Pillars of Wisdom.

Irons trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and later became president of its fundraising appeal.

1969

Irons received classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and started acting career on stage in 1969.

He appeared in many West End theatre productions, including the Shakespeare plays The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and Richard II.

1970

Irons's television career began on British television in the early 1970s, including appearances on the children's series Play Away and as Franz Liszt in the BBC series Notorious Woman (1974).

1971

He performed a number of plays, and busked on the streets of Bristol, before appearing on the London stage as John the Baptist and Judas opposite David Essex in Godspell, which opened at the Roundhouse on 17 November 1971 before transferring to Wyndham's Theatre playing a total of 1,128 performances.

1976

Irons has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company three times in 1976, 1986–1987 and 2010.

1977

More significantly, he starred in the 13-part adaptation of H. E. Bates's novel Love for Lydia (1977) for London Weekend Television, and attracted attention for his key role as the pipe-smoking German student, a romantic pairing with Judi Dench, in Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Aidan Higgins's novel Langrishe, Go Down (1978) for BBC Television.

1980

Irons made his film debut in Nijinsky in 1980.

1981

His first major film role came in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor.

On television, Irons's break-out role came in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981).

The role which significantly raised his profile was Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (1981).

First broadcast on ITV, the show ranks among the most successful British television dramas, with Irons receiving a Golden Globe nomination for his performance.

which is frequently ranked among the greatest British television dramas as well as greatest literary adaptations.

Brideshead reunited him with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years earlier.

Around the same time he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman (also 1981) opposite Meryl Streep.

1982

After starring in dramas such as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), The Mission (1986), and Dead Ringers (1988), he received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990).

After these major successes, he played the leading role of an exiled Polish building contractor, working in the Twickenham area of southwest London, in Jerzy Skolimowski's independent film Moonlighting (1982).

1984

In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, receiving the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

After years of success in the West End in London, Irons made his New York debut in 1984 and won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing.

1986

In addition, he appeared in the Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Mission in 1986 and in the dual role of twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers alongside Geneviève Bujold in 1988.

Irons would later win Best Actor for Dead Ringers from the New York Film Critics Circle that year.

1989

Other films include Danny the Champion of the World (1989), Reversal of Fortune (1990), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Kafka (1991), Damage (1993), M. Butterfly (1993) working again with David Cronenberg, The House of the Spirits (1993) appearing again with Glenn Close and Meryl Streep.

1991

Other notable films include Kafka (1991), Damage (1992), M. Butterfly (1993), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Lolita (1997), The Merchant of Venice (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Appaloosa (2008), and Margin Call (2011).

On 23 March 1991, he hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC in the US, and appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes' Surprise Party sketch.

1994

He voiced the role of Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994) and played Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Extended Universe (2016–2023) series of films.

He lent his deep baritone voice as Scar in The Lion King (1994).

1995

Afterwards, he portrayed as Simon Gruber in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), co-starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty (1996), the 1997 remake of Lolita, and as the musketeer Aramis opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1998 film version of The Man in the Iron Mask.

2000

Other roles include the wicked wizard Profion in the film Dungeons and Dragons (2000) and Rupert Gould in Longitude (2000).

2002

He played the Über-Morlock in the film The Time Machine (2002).

2004

In 2004, Irons played the title character in The Merchant of Venice.

2005

He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the miniseries Elizabeth I (2005).

2011

He starred as Pope Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series The Borgias (2011–2013) and as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen (2019).

In October 2011, he was named the Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.