Jeremy Irons - Biography

Last Editor: beccabowski				Jeremy Irons Biography -   Name : Jeremy Irons Profession : Actor Birth Details : born 16 September 1978 Birth name : Jeremy John Irons Height : 6' 2½" (1.89 m) Nickname : King Personal quotes : "I've never been passionate about acting, and I find more and more that I work to live the life I want to live. An actor like Al Pacino lives to a Spouse : Sinéad Cusack (28 March 1978 - present) 2 children Julie Hallam (1969 - 1969) (annulled) Trade mark : Renowned for aggressive and industrious work ethic.

Jeremy Irons Trivia -

He won a Tony in 1984 for "The Real Thing". Father of Samuel Irons. An exceptionaly good horseman and enjoys skiing. Hates cooking, but loves gardening and the beauty of nature. Born at 2:00am-BST Was ticketed in England for driving 97 mph. on his BMW motorcycle on June 1, 1995. Irons was charged with speeding and fined $225.00 and had his motorcycle license suspended for three months. Son-in-law of Cyril Cusack. Brother-in-law of Sorcha Cusack, Niamh Cusack and Catherine Cusack. Owns Kilcoe Castle (which he had painted a rusty pink) in County Cork, Ireland, and has become involved in local politics. He has twice played characters with the same first and last name. The first in Lolita (1997) (Humbert Humbert) and second in And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002) (Valentin Valentin). In 1996, he became the fourteenth performer to win the Triple Crown of acting. Oscar: Best Actor, Reversal of Fortune (1990), Tony: Best Actor-Play, 'The Real Thing' (1984), and Emmy: Best Voice-Over Performance, "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (1996) (mini). Narrated the "Spaceship Earth" attraction in Epcot. Won Broadway's 1984 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing." Two sons, Sam and Max. Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 At the 1990 Oscars, Irons concluded his acceptance speech for best actor in Reversal of Fortune (1990) by thanking "David". The "David" was David Cronenberg, who directed Irons the previous year in Dead Ringers (1988). Two sons, Samuel (b. 16 September 1978) and Maximilian (b. 17 Oct 1985). The "Series of Unfortunate Events" novels by Daniel Handler make reference to three of his characters. In Reversal of Fortune, he plays Klaus von Bulow, husband to Sunny von Bulow. Two of the lead characters in Handler's novels are named Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. In The Carnivorous Carnival, Klaus and his other sister Violet disguise themselves as circus freaks named Beverly and Elliot, which are the names of the identical twin gynecologists that Irons plays in Dead Ringers.

Jeremy Irons Detailed Biography -

Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948 in Cowes, Isle of Wight) is an Oscar winning English actor. He was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, (c. 1962-1966), a member of Abbey House, where he rose to the modest rank of Hallkeeper - a disciplinary role he performed with humour and compassion. He achieved some fame as the drummer and harmonica player (most memorably for his rendition of "Moon River" on said instrument) in a four-man school band which performed, in a classroom normally used as a physics lab, for the entertainment of boys compulsorily exiled from their houses for two hours on Sunday afternoons. He was also known within Abbey House as half (the less talented half, oddly) of a comic duo which performed skits on Hallowe'en and at end-of-term House Suppers. His academic career was undistinguished. He began his acting career in Bristol, then appeared on the London stage as John the Baptist opposite David Essex in Godspell. After several appearances on British television (clips of his appearances on the children's television series "Playaway" are often repeated), his film debut came in 1980 in Nijinsky. The role which shot him to fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited in 1981. Brideshead brought him back together with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years earlier. Also in 1981, he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman. In 1984 Irons won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing. In 1988 he starred in the dual role of mad twin physicians in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. Other films include Reversal of Fortune (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Kafka, Damage, M. Butterfly, The House of the Spirits, Lolita (remake), and Die Hard With a Vengeance. In 2005, Mr. Irons starred in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. One of his most famous roles has turned out to be the voice of Scar in The Lion King. He is married to Irish actress Sinéad Cusack, and is the father of two sons, Samuel Irons (born 16 September 1978) and Maximilian Irons (born 17 October 1985), both of whom have appeared in films with their father. He is famous among fans of The Simpsons for having a name difficult to anagram.