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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
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for Roman Calabrese in In Nomine Patris
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In 1990s New Jersey, the rain doesn’t wash the streets—it just drowns the hope. Leonardo "Leo" Massaro is a man at the end of his rope. Living in a decaying tenement where the heater is a luxury and the milk has run dry, he spends his nights screaming at a God who has seemingly gone deaf. To Leo, faith isn't a comfort; it’s a weight. His only anchor is his wife, Chressera—the "quiet miracle" he feels he is failing every single day. When the Ferrante crime family extends a hand, Leo doesn't see a descent into the underworld; he sees a ladder. Led by the imposing and silver-tongued Big Ben Gallucci, the Ferrantes offer Leo a "Blood Covenant"—a chance to trade his poverty for a position of power and protection. It is a devil’s bargain wrapped in the language of family and loyalty. As Leo begins his "Double Life," the world splits in two. By day, he is the provider, the husband, and the father trying to shield his family from the grime of the city. By night, he is a servant of the shadows, carrying secrets that grow heavier with every dollar he earns. But in Jersey, every debt must be settled. Caught between the predatory warmth of Big Ben and the weary, persistent grace of Father Hiddleston—the man who once saved Leo from the gutter—Leo is forced into a corner where his faith and his survival collide. As a web of lies begins to tighten around his home, Leo discovers that the hardest part of a Blood Covenant isn't the blood you spill—it's the man you become to keep it
