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Jeremy Irons
British actor (born 1948)
Jeremy John Irons (; born 19 September 1948)[2] is an English actor. 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 has achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, having won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards for film, television and theatre.
Irons received classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and started his acting career on stage in 1969. He appeared in many West End theatre productions, including the Shakespeare playsThe Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and Richard II. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, receiving the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
His first major film role came in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), for which he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor nomination. After starring in dramas such as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), The Mi BORN: He grew up in the village of St. Helens. EDUCATION: Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Southampton Solent University in England. OTHER-JOBS: Social Worker MILESTONES: 1971: Made stage debut in “Hay Fever” with Bristol Old Vic company; company member for three years British actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, a small island off the south coast of England. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. He visited mainland England only once a year. He wound up being grounded when his family settled down in Hertfordshire. At the age of 13 he enrolled in Sherborne School, Dorset, where he could practice his favorite sport, horse-riding. Before becoming an actor, he had considered a veterinarian surgeon's career. Copyright ©dadtori.pages.dev 2025•
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, September 19, 1948.
Attended Sherbourne School in Dorset, England.
Attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England.
Assistant stage manager
House-cleaner for Domestics Unlimited
“Busker” (singing and playing guitar outside movie theatres)
1973: London stage debut as John the Baptist in “Godspell,” Round House Theatre (later at Wyndham’s Theatre for two years)
1975: TV debut as Franz Liszt in BBC miniseries “Notorious Woman” (shown on PBS’s “Masterpiece Theatre” November-December of same year)
1979: Breakthrough TV role, Charles Ryder in “Brideshead Revisited”
1980: Film debut as Mikhail Fokine in “Nijinsky”
1984: Broadway debut in “The Real Thing •
He trained at the Bristol Old Vic School for two years, then joined Bristol Old Vic repertory company where he gained experience working in everything from Shakespeare to contemporary dramas. He moved to London in 1971 and had a number of jobs before landing the role of "John the Baptist" in the hit musical "Godspell". He went on to have a successful early career in the West End theatre and on TV, and debuted on-screen in Nijinsky (1980). In the early 80s, he gained international attention with his starring