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Birthdate: September 19, 1948

Jeremy Irons

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,448

124
All-time Actor

of 38,418

77
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 44,733
  
  192
- 1990s
  
  of 71,585
  
  129
- 2000s
  
  of 82,712
  
  398
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,620
  
  215
- Adventure
  
  of 25,536
  
  252
- Animation
  
  of 1,988
  
  198
- Biography
  
  of 11,944
  
  9,813
- Comedy
  
  of 84,829
  
  4,230
- Crime
  
  of 34,310
  
  2,974
- Documentary
  
  of 9,413
  
  2,292
- Drama
  
  of 107,166
  
  165
- Family
  
  of 15,342
  
  784
- Fantasy
  
  of 17,837
  
  6,520
- History
  
  of 5,929
  
  1,041
- Horror
  
  of 36,682
  
  644
- Music
  
  of 9,349
  
  3,075
- Musical
  
  of 10,828
  
  1,127
- Mystery
  
  of 16,955
  
  1,107
- Romance
  
  of 37,232
  
  440
- Scifi
  
  of 24,983
  
  4,244
- Teen
  
  of 8,454
  
  4,502
- Thriller
  
  of 49,529
  
  201
- War
  
  of 9,729
  
  275

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1980s

2.5308

1990s

2.8509

2000s

2.6711

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Jeremy Irons is ranked overall as 3.0369 of of 4 stars

3.0369

Jeremy Irons Movie Rankings

Lion King, The (1994)

3.2577

After his father's death a young lion cub is forced to leave the kingdom by his evil uncle hoping to ascend to his brother's throne. Presumed dead the cub is forced to survive in the jungle on his own, until the day he overthrows his uncle and reclaims his rightful place. ...more about Lion King

DVD from $22.95

(1 sellers)

Jeremy Irons starring in Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune (1990)

3.0738

Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. ...more about Reversal of Fortune

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor

DVD from $6.89

(9 sellers)

Dead Ringers (1988)

3.0198

The Mantle brothers are both doctors - both gynecologists - and identical twins. Mentally however, one of them is more confident than the other, and always manages to seduce the women he meets. ...more about Dead Ringers

Actor Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
Fantasporto - Best Actor
Genie Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor

DVD from $13.57

(8 sellers)

Merchant of Venice, The (2004)

2.9293

Set in the lavish era of 16th century Italy, The Merchant of Venice follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of Shakespearean characters in this story wrought with morality, revenge, redemption and love. ...more about Merchant of Venice

DVD from $3.95

(11 sellers)

Being Julia (2004)

2.8858

Tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930's. Reigning diva Julia Lambert's success and fame grow suddenly wearisome. ...more about Being Julia

Actor Awards

Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical

DVD from $3.95

(11 sellers)

Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

2.8272

A man calling himself "Simon" begins a reign of terror in the streets of New York: he threatens to detonate bombs around the city unless Detective John McClane cooperates in a game of "Simon Says". ...more about Die Hard: With a Vengeance

DVD from $11.03

(9 sellers)

Mission, The (1986)

2.8242

Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. ...more about Mission

Actor Awards

Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

DVD from $15.52

(14 sellers)

Inland Empire (2006)

2.8233

A young actress on the verge of a blooming career in Hollywood is cast in an unfinished movie rumored to be cursed. As she falls in love with her co-star she begins to lose her sense of reality and become lost in her character. ...more about Inland Empire

DVD from $18.79

(14 sellers)

Lolita (1997)

2.7896

Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. ...more about Lolita

Not Available on DVD

French Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981)

2.7851

A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. ...more about French Lieutenant's Woman

Actor Awards

BAFTA Awards - Best Actor

DVD from $6.20

(9 sellers)

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)

2.7638

In their own words, and not a moment too soon - 'Broadway' tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. ...more about Broadway: The Golden Age

DVD from $12.79

(7 sellers)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

2.7277

It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. ...more about Kingdom of Heaven

DVD from $11.23

(14 sellers)

Stealing Beauty (1996)

2.6770

After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted. However, she has other reasons for wanting to go. ...more about Stealing Beauty

Actor Awards

Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama

DVD from $6.39

(11 sellers)

Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998)

2.6555

In 1638 Queen Anne of France gives Birth to a boy, who will inherit the throne one day. But, only known to few, there is a twin brother born minutes later. ...more about Man in the Iron Mask

DVD from $5.69

(12 sellers)

Casanova (2005)

2.5782

1700s Venice. He was the legendary adventurer whose amorous dalliances would go on to inspire countless lovers throughout the centuries. ...more about Casanova

DVD from $7.02

(15 sellers)

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)

2.5610

Valentin is a criminal mastermind, but his exploits don't prove much in the way of satisfaction. Thus, he sets out on a one-man sailing trip around the world in a last attempt at finding meaning in his life. ...more about And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

DVD from $11.70

(4 sellers)

Damage (1992)

2.5351

A member of Parliament (Irons) falls passionately in love with his son's fianc�e. They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite the dangers of discovery and what it would do to his complacent life and his son. ...more about Damage

Actor Awards

Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)

DVD from $17.95

(10 sellers)

Time Machine, The (2002)

2.5097

A film version of the visionary novel by H.G. Wells in which a man in the 1890's builds a time machine that sends him into the future. ...more about Time Machine

DVD from $8.31

(10 sellers)

Callas Forever (2002)

2.4794

DVD from $11.99

(6 sellers)

House of the Spirits, The (1993)

2.4025

South America before the second world war. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Esteban works hard and eventually gets money to buy a hacienda and become a local patriarch. ...more about House of the Spirits

DVD from $9.99

(1 sellers)

Kafka (1991)

2.3374

Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. ...more about Kafka

Not Available on DVD

Langrishe, Go Down (2002)

2.3237

The theatrical release of a 1978 BBC film starring Jeremy Irons and Judi Dench in a Harold Pinter adaptation of an Aidan Higgins novel -- the story of a lonely single woman, of gone-to-seed aristocratic origins, who throws herself into a passionate love ...more about Langrishe

DVD from $14.06

(11 sellers)

Betrayal (1983)

2.2528

Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual flowering, and treasonous deception of a woman's extramarital affair with her husband's best friend; the entire story is told from the husband's point of ...more about Betrayal

Not Available on DVD

Waterland (1992)

2.1714

Tom Crick, a high school history teacher, is having trouble connecting - with his class, with his wife. He ventures into telling his class stories about his young adulthood in the Fens district in England. ...more about Waterland

Actor Awards

Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)

DVD from $9.59

(8 sellers)

Eragon (2006)

2.1100

Based on the fantasy-adventure novel, Eragon is the story of a young dragon rider that discovers, with the help and bond of his dragon, he has been chosen to lead a battle against the evil King. ...more about Eragon

DVD from $4.95

(17 sellers)

Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

2.0262

The Empire of Izmer has long been a divided land. The Mages - an elite group of magic users - rule whilst the lowly commoners are powerless. ...more about Dungeons & Dragons

DVD from $5.99

(11 sellers)

And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003)

2.0166

A thief on the run from a life of crime. A nightclub singer hoping to escape from the blues of heartache. Two lost souls who have become fugitives from the past -- but now, fate is about to bring them together in the unfolding present. ...more about And Now Ladies and Gentlemen

Not Available on DVD

Lolita (1998)

2.0037

Irons plays Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (Swain) in yet another adaptation of Nabokov's classic novel. ...more about Lolita

Not Available on DVD

Callas Forever (2004)

1.9689

The special relationship between Callas (Ardant) and her former manager (Irons) forms the heart of this compelling fictional imagining of the diva's swan song, written and directed by the late Callas's friend and colleague, Franco Zeffirelli, ...more about Callas Forever

Not Available on DVD

Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998)

1.9658

The Musketeers' most glorious, and dangerous, adventure begins with the rescue of a mysterious prisoner from a fortress island prison. But they soon realize that their mission may lead to the destruction of the very throne they serve. ...more about Man in the Iron Mask

Not Available on DVD

Nijinsky (1980)

1.8866

Set in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical fact, this is the story of Vaslav Nijinsky, the young and brilliant but headstrong premier danseur and aspiring choreographer of the Ballets Russes. ...more about Nijinsky

Not Available on DVD

M. Butterfly (1993)

1.7736

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mid-1960s, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera. Interwoven with allusions to the Puccini opera "Madama Butterfly", a story of love and betrayal unfolds. ...more about M. Butterfly

Actor Awards

Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)

Not Available on DVD

Chorus of Disapproval, A (1988)

1.6741

A man new to a smallish British town joins an amateur theatre company. ...more about Chorus of Disapproval

Not Available on DVD

Australia (1989)

1.4108

Australia is about Edouard Pierson, a Belgian-born wool dealer who emigrated to Australia after World War Two. The movie actual takes place in Belgium as he returns to his homeland to assist his family with their wool business. ...more about Australia

Not Available on DVD

Gelibolu (2005)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Hittites (2003)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Mathilde (2004)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Spaceship Earth (1994)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Wild Duck, The (1983)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

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