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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
J. Jonah Jameson
for J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man: Season 2 Episode 14
Suggested by underworld_stories
Peter cries out in pain as darkness surrounds everything. Thinking that he is responsible for everyone's misery he decides to give in and starts being taken over by the complete symbiote. Nearly done with the transformation Peter sees a figure walking up to him. He tells Norman to leave but instead of Norman Uncle Ben shows up. Peter barely able to speak looks up at Ben who extends his hand to Peter. The symbiote starts to disappear and Peter takes Ben's hand. The two walk into a room that looks like Peter's bedroom where they sit down to talk. Ben tells Peter that things have gotten out of hand and he's been lied to. Ben tells Peter he didn't kill those people and Norman lied. He tells Peter that it wasn't even Norman and instead the symbiote. Peter asks if Ben is the symbiote and Ben tells him it doesn't matter right now. He tells Peter that with great power comes great responsibility and it's Peter's responsibility to fight this darkness. He hugs Peter and Peter opens his eyes to see he is holding Shocker by the throat. The symbiote gets off of Peter and runs away while Peter drops Shocker and swings away after being photographed by Ned Leeds. We cut to J. Jonah Jameson as he speaks with Tombstone and Mac Gargan as they make the deal to have Mac become the Scorpion.
