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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 9
Suggested by underworld_stories
Previously on Spider-Man we saw Harry Osborn agree to work with Gustav Fiers and Flint Marco while Spider-Man tried to stop the Black Cat. Now on Spider-Man the episode opens with Peter in the bathroom with bloodshot eyes as he holds onto the sink and screams as the symbiote surrounds his body. We cut to Harry Osborn who is being lowered into a vat of chemicals. Harry starts to have second thoughts and asks to be let out but Gustav smiles as Harry is shot full of the Goblin serum. We cut back to Peter who is now dealing with crime a little bit different than normal. We see Herman Schultz aka Shocker beating up someone that owes whoever he works for money. Peter tries to stop it calmly but Shocker gets aggressive and so Peter dodges him and then rips the back of his suit off that was powering his gauntlets. Peter gets Herman to the ground and starts electrocuting Herman with his own suit. Peter starts enjoying Herman's pain and starts to smile. Just then Ned Leeds from the Daily Bugle shows up and starts taking photos. Peter realizes what he is doing and swings away. The episode ends with Ned bringing the photos to J. Jonah Jameson who after a year of Spider-Man being in the city is ready to expose him as the menace he truly is.
