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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 The Batman: Gotham Knights (2018)
Suggested by matthewsimmons
Loose adaptation of No Man's Land and Knightfall. Already in rough shape after the recent alien attacks, a "natural "disaster hits Gotham. The League of Assassins, now ran by Bane, take control over Gotham. However, Bane is actually working for Talia Head (Talia al Ghul) and Lex Luthor. Bane is in love with Talia and hopes to win her over. Talia has secured a high position in LexCorp and will take over the company if Lex becomes President, which he announces in the film. Bane will also hunt the Batman and break him within the first half of the film. Bane will then release villains such as Poison Ivy, Two-Face, and Victor Zsasz from prison. Jonathan Crane will become Scarecrow and assist Bane. Penguin will take control of more areas of the city and also work with Bane. Barbara Gordon will become Batgirl and team up with Nightwing to fight these villains while Batman recovers. Bane tells the world that if any other sups come into the city he will blow it up. Bane will be defeated at the end of the film and the rest of the league will leave the city reporting back to Ras al Ghul who is revealed to still be alive. We will also find out Talia has a son.
