Born: September 19, 1948 - Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
With a long-limbed elegance and the
voice of a serpent crossed with an angel, Jeremy Irons has long been described
as swoon fodder for the thinking woman. Tall, brooding, and impossibly
well-spoken, Irons has often been cast as a haunted aristocrat, but has
on occasion used his well-heeled attributes to more sinister effect, most
notably in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers.
Born September 19, 1948, on the Isle of Wight,
Irons was educated at Sherborne. While a student there, he formed a band
with four of his friends called the Four Pillars of Wisdom. Irons played
drums -- badly, by his own estimation -- and the band attained a limited
fame playing at various parties. After failed attempts to enter veterinary
school, Irons decided to become an actor and received classical training
at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His training there led to a two-year
stint with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, where Irons performed
in a large number of plays. On the side, he supported himself by doing
odd jobs, including busking (singing on the streets), and it was thanks
to his musical inclinations that he got his big break in the 1972 London
production of Godspell. Singing for his supper alongside David Bowie,
Irons won acclaim for his portrayal of John the Baptist and was soon a
respected figure on the London theater scene.
Irons made his screen debut in the 1980 film Nijinsky,
but didn't find true fame until the following year, when he starred in
the 11-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
As part of a glittering cast that included Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John
Gielgud, and Claire Bloom, Irons won raves on both sides of the Atlantic
for his portrayal of the lovelorn, conflicted Charles Ryder. Following
this success, the actor was soon in demand as a romantic lead and later
that year could be seen starring opposite Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's
Woman. After trying his hand at playing a Polish laborer in Moonlighting
(1982) and an adulterous lover in Betrayal (1983), Irons returned to the
role of the tortured aristocrat with Swann in Love (1984).
Following work in a few minor films and a Tony
Award for his 1984 Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Irons
once again struck gold with his role as a conscientious missionary in
The Mission (1986) in which he starred opposite Robert DeNiro and received
a 1987 Golden Globe nomination for his work. He next went completely against
type, playing insane twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's 1988 thriller
Dead Ringers, a role that both shocked his longtime fans and won him some
new ones. For his portrayal, he garnered a New York Film Critics Circle
Award, acclaim that was to be heightened two years later with his Oscar-winning
turn as millionaire murder suspect Claus Von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune.
Irons also won a Golden Globe for his work and settled into a real-life
role as one of the most respected actors on both sides of the Atlantic.
Throughout the 1990s, Irons' career was one of
great variety and sometimes varying quality. Less acclaimed work included
1992's Waterland, in which he starred with his wife Sinead Cusack; the
star-studded 1993 adaptation of The House of the Spirits; and The Man
in the Iron Mask, a big-budget 1998 historical action piece in which Irons
appeared to be competing with Gabriel Byrne, John Malkovich, and Gérard
Depardieu to see who could wear the worst wig. Irons' more acclaimed films
included Louis Malle's psychological drama Damage (1992); Disney's animated
The Lion King (1994), to which Irons lent his voice as the villainous
Scar; the following year's Die Hard With a Vengeance, in which Irons once
again explored his sinister side, as a terrorist; Stealing Beauty, which
in the same year cast the actor as a dying artist; Chinese Box (1997),
in which he portrayed yet another dying man; and Adrian Lyne's controversial
adaptation of Lolita (also 1997), in which Irons gave a subtle, heartbreaking
performance as Humbert Humbert.
An Englishman to the last, Irons has resisted the
temptation to settle in Hollywood. He continues to reside in England with
his wife and two sons. He starred with one of his sons, Samuel, in the
1989 television adaptation of Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the
World.
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