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Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and has 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. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, receiving the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Irons's break-out role came in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981) and is frequently ranked among the greatest British television dramas as well as greatest literary adaptations. It would earn him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His first major film role came in the romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in dramas, such as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), and The Mission (1986), he was praised for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988). Irons has won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of the accused attempted murderer Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune (1990). Irons had roles in Steven Soderbergh's mystery thriller Kafka (1991), the period drama The House of the Spirits (1993), the romantic drama M. Butterfly (1993), voiced Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994), played Simon Gruber in the action film Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Humbert Humbert in Lolita (1997) and Aramis in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). He starred in the action adventure Dungeons & Dragons (2000), played Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (2004), appeared in Being Julia (2004), the historical drama Kingdom of Heaven (2005), the fantasy-adventure Eragon (2006), the Western Appaloosa (2008), and the indie drama Margin Call (2011). In 2016, he appeared in Assassin's Creed and portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). On television, Irons appeared in the historical miniseries Elizabeth I, receiving a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From 2011 to 2013, he starred as Pope Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series The Borgias. In 2019, he appeared as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen. He is one of the few actors who have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting" in the US, winning an Oscar for film, an Emmy for television and a Tony Award for theatre. In October 2011, he was nominated the Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Jeremy Irons
Alfred Pennyworth
for Alfred Pennyworth in Dawn of Justice (Visno DCEU Film #6)
Suggested by visno
the film picks up where the end credits scene of Man of Steel 2 ends with Doomsday arriving outside Metropolis and begins his reign of destruction. Superman hears of the danger and flies from his Fortress of Solitude to intercept. the film is told thru the perspectives of everyone EXCEPT superman, as he battles against doomsday, slowly losing ground as he advances on Metropolis. Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter join the fray to try and help Superman stop Doomsday as the government scrambles its forces to assist. As this unfolds, Batman and Alfred formulate a plan of action as they figure out how to defeat an unstoppable creature that is constantly evolving to be invulnerable to the different methods of harm inflicted upon it. the film ends with batman having superman fly doomsday beyond his limits into space to try to launch him away from earth but as he struggles to maintain control of the fight alone on the edge of space, the president calls his science advisor, who happens to be Lex Luthor, for what plan of action they should take. Lex convinces him to launch multiple kryptonite tipped nuclear weapons at superman and doomsday. The end result is the final destruction of Doomsday and Superman as collateral damage, who falls back to earth, the fight and explosions resulting in the death of Superman.
