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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.
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SCP-049 / The Plague Doctor
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The Plague Doctor is a 2022 American science fiction action film directed by Matt Reeves and produced by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay and story by him and David Twohy. It is the first installment in the S.C.P Foundation film series. It stars Lauren Cohan, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell, Norman Reedus, and Jeremy Irons. The film, based on SCP-049, follows a scientist who abandons her job and takes matters into her own hands by tracking down the Plague Doctor after his escape from the S.C.P Facility. The Plague Doctor opened in theaters on July 16th, 2022; the film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its groundbreaking visual effects, action sequences, cinematography, and Cohan’s performance, with many considering her portrayal of Alice Miller as one of her greatest lead roles, and it was a massive success at the box-office, grossing $698 million worldwide. It became the first science fiction film in years to win all award nominations; it won 6 Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga), and Best Actress for Cohan, and Irons was awarded with an Oscar Award for Best Villain. A sequel entitled The S.C.P Foundation: Land of Monsters was released on May 16th, 2024.
