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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
Emperor Vespus Tacitus Nero
for Emperor Vespus Tacitus Nero in I, MARCUS: The Rome Strikes Back
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The film begins in a rebel war led by gladiators against the tyrannical rule of Rome. The streets of Rome become a battlefield. Marcus leads a raid on the Coliseum. Gladiators now fight side by side for their freedom. Groups of people side with the gladiators and fight against the Roman legions. Commodus and his son Judas lead them. Lysandra's dual identity is revealed, leading to a heartbreaking confrontation with her father, Nero. In a dramatic twist, Lysandra stands with her father and is nearly killed in a fight with Lucia. Nero's forces clash with gladiators in an epic and brutal battle. Marcus faces Nero in a climactic duel that symbolizes the struggle between tyranny and freedom. Nero dies, the Gladiators and their people leave Rome to build a new home called Bohemia. With others who do not want to put up with the cruel rule, they try to figure out how to live better and fight against the Roman Empire. Brutus Magnus became the first leader of Bohemia and a people's council was formed, which consisted of 13 men, in addition to 8 gladiators, Commodus, Judas, Atticus, Samson, Helios. Lucius Tiberius took over the government in Rome. One day Judah's father is brought back dead and he vows revenge. A series of battles ensue where Atticus dies. There is a huge war at the end. The Bohemians are up against a thousand times the odds, but they won't be alone as they will be joined by the Gauls, a Viking nation fighting against Rome under the leadership of Vercingetorix.
