Highest rated movie: The Lion King (1994)
Lowest rated movie: Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
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Movies starring Jeremy Irons have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 63%.
The Lion King - released in 1994 - is Jeremy Irons's highest rated movie, with a score of 87% based on 955 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Jeremy Irons is Dungeons & Dragons - released in 2000 - with a score of 32% based on 396 reviews.
Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor.
After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including 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 and received a Tony Award for Best Actor.
Irons's first major film role came in the 1981 romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in such films as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), and The Mission (1986), he gained critical acclaim for portraying twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988).
In 1990, Irons delivered another strong performance as a European aristocrat in Reversal of Fortune, and took home multiple awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor. Other notable films have included The House of the Spirits (1993), The Lion King (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Lolita (1997), The Merchant of Venice (2004), Being Julia (2004), and Appaloosa (2008). Irons has also made several notable appearances on television. He earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his breakout role in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981).
In 2006, Irons starred opposite Helen Mirren in the historical miniseries Elizabeth I, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Jeremy Irons has acted in films with Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot.
Jeremy Irons has worked with these film directors: Zack Snyder, Dereck Joubert, Ridley Scott and David Cronenberg.
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