Jeremy Irons

Jeremy owns the Kilcoe Castle near Ballydehob, County Cork and has painted it pink. He has residences in Liberties of Dublin and in Cowes and a house in Oxfordshire.

In 1969, he married Julie Hallam but the two divorced later the same year.

He then married actress Sinéad Cusack in 1978. He has appeared with her in Waterland and in a few plays.

Jeremy John Irons was born on September 19, 1948 in Cowe, Isle of Wight to Paul Dugan Irons and Barbara Anne Brereton Brymer.

His father was an accountant and his great-great-grandfather was a Metropolitan Policeman, sacked for being drunk. He later became a Chartist.

Jeremy has two siblings, a brother named Christopher and a sister, Felicity Anne.

He was enrolled into Sherborne School in Dorset when he was 13. He was the drummer in his school band ‘Four Pillars of Wisdom.’ He can also speak fluent French and is fond of horse riding.

He began his training as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He performed in a number of plays and also acted on the streets of Bristol before being signed professionally.

Jeremy started his career by performing plays in his school and later went on to appear on the London Stage to play John the Baptist in Godspell in 1971. In the next few years, he appeared in a number of plays including ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, ‘The Winter’s Tale’, ‘The Caretaker’ and ‘The Taming of the Shrew’.

He made his Television debut in 1971 with an appearance in the series ‘The Rivals of Sherlock Homes’. He made several appearances on the British Television, his first major role being that of Mikhail Fokine in Nijinsky.

He gained a wider recognition with his role of Charles Ryder in the 1981 movie, ‘Brideshead Revisited’ which was an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of the same name.

He made his Broadway debut in the 1984 Tom Stoppard directed play – The Real Thing. He got the Tony Award for this role.

He then played twin gynecologists in the 1988 psycho thriller ‘Dead Ringers’ and his most popular role was the accused murderer Claus von Bulow in the movie ‘Reversal of Fortune’ for which he grabbed an Academy Award along with many others.

His first major film was ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’. This was a romantic drama and earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Awards.

Along with these, he was also cast in the mystery thriller ‘Kafka’, period drama ‘House of the spirits’, romantic drama ‘M. Butterfly’ and ‘Lolita’, action film ‘Die Hard with a Vengeance’, adventure film ‘Dungeons and Dragons’, drama films ‘Merchant of Venice’ and ‘Being Julia’.

Recently he was cast as Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Extended Universe, starting with ‘Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice’ and later in ‘Justice League and The Batman’.

Along with his major stage performances and films, he was also known as a renowned actor on TV. ‘Brideshead Revisited’, ‘Elizabeth I’, and ‘The Borgias’ were some of the popular shows that he starred in.