Jeremy John Irons was born on the 19th September 1948, in Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, and is an actor best known to the world as Simon Gruber in “Die Hard with a Vengeance” (1995), as Aramis in “The Man in the Iron Mask” (1998), and most recently as Alfred Pennyworth in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, among other productions.
Have you ever wondered how rich Jeremy Irons is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Jeremy`s net worth is as high as $16 million, an amount earned through his successful career as an actor. Apart from appearing on screen, Jeremy is also successful on stage and as a voice actor, which also adds to his net worth.
Jeremy Irons Net Worth $16 Million
Jeremy is the youngest of three children born to Paul Dugan Irons and Barbara Anne Brereton Brymer. He attended the independent Sherborne School in Dorset, from which he matriculated in 1966. After that he studied to become an actor at Bristol’s Old Vic Theatre School, where he appeared in a number of plays before switching to a small theatre in London and debuting there in “Godspell”, with David Essex. Since then he has appeared in a number of plays, and won a Tony Award for his work on “The Real Thing”.
His career on screen began in the early 1970s, with a role in the TV series “The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes” (1971). Three years later he got a part in “The Pallisers” as Frank Tregear, and in 1977 featured in “Love for Lydia”. In the 1980s he made his debut big screen appearance in “Nijinsky” (1980), and just a year later he had the lead role in “The French Lieutenant`s Woman”, which proved his emergence as a talented actor, and he continued with roles in drama films “Moonlighting” (1982), with Eugene Lipinski and Jiri Stanislav, “Betrayal” (1983) with Ben Kingsley and Patricia Hodge, “Swann in Love” (1984), “The Mission” (1986), starring Robert De Niro and Ray McAnally, “Dead Ringers”, directed by David Cronenberg, and “Australia” (1989), which all only increased his net worth, and cemented his position as one of the best actors in Hollywood.
Jeremy continued successfully in the 1990s, starting with his role in “Reversal of Fortune” (1990), and then in the title role in“Kafka” (1991), in “Damage” (1992), alongside Juliette Binoche, “The House of the Spirits” (1993) next to Meryl Streep, then “Stealing Beauty” (1996), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, “Chinese Box” (1997), “Lolita” (1997), based on the book of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov, and “The Man in the Iron Mask” (1998) with Leonardo DiCaprio and John Malkovich, among others, which only increased further his net worth.
Jeremy`s first role in the new millennium was in the film “Longitude” (2000), and the same year he featured in “Dungeons & Dragons”. In 2002 he appeared in “The Time Machine”, and in 2004 appeared as Antonio in “The Merchant of Venice”, with Al Pacino and Lynn Collins as leads. In 2005 Jeremy portrayed Tiberias in “Kingdom of Heaven” (2005), and also in “Casanova”, alongside Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller, and in 2006 appeared in David Lynch`s “Inland Empire”, next to Laura Denr and Justine Theroux. By 2010, Irons had notable roles in “Eragon” (2006), “Appaloosa” (2008), with Ed Harris and Vigo Mortensen, and “The Pink Panther 2” (2009), which only increased his net worth.
In 2011 he featured alongside Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci and Zachary Quinto in “Margin Call”, and a year later appeared in “The Words”, with Bradley Cooper and Dennis Quaid. In 2013 he portrayed Macon Ravenwood in “Beautiful Creatures, and the same year starred in “Night Train to Lisbon”. Most recently, Jeremy has had roles in “The Man Who Knew Infinity” (2015), “Race” (2016), and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016), among other productions.
He also has several project in the making, including the film based on the popular video game “Assassin`s Creed”, and also he will repeat his role of Alfred in “Justice League”, which will be released in 2017.
Thanks to his skills, Jeremy has received numerous prestigious awards, including an Oscar in the category Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film “Reversal of Fortune” (1990). Furthermore, he has two Golden Globe awards; one came in 1990 for the film “Reversal of Fortune” in category Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the second in 2007 for “Elizabeth I” (2005), in category Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Regarding his personal life, Jeremy has been married to Sinead Cusack since 1978; the couple has two children, one of whom is Max Irons, also an actor. Previously, Jeremy was married to Julie Hallam, but the couple divorced in the same year they married.
Irons is also a well-known philanthropist, supporting several organizations and projects, including fight against AIDS, Prison Phoenix Trust, and he was also United Nations` Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization for 2011, among other ventures.
Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor/Best Supporting Actor, Primetime Emmy Awards, Honorary César (2002), Screen Actors Guild Award, Tony Awards
Nominations
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, G...
Movies
“Margin Call” (2011), “The Words”, “Beautiful Creatures“ (2013), “Night Train to Lisbon”, “The Man Who Knew Infinity” (2015), “Race” (2016), “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016)
TV Shows
“The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes” (1971),
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Trademark
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Calm, reserved performances
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Rich haunting voice
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Often plays sinister villains
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Renowned for aggressive and industrious work ethic
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(in a 2016 AARP interview) I feel as confidant on my motorcycle as I do on my two feet. I call it my urban horse. The joy of motorcycling is real freedom and being in touch with the environment - the road circuits, the temperatures, the winds, the smells. It's a wonderful sensory experience.
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I enjoy playing villains. It's very difficult in many situations to know who the villains and good guys are. People tend to think in black and white, and, of course, we are all gray.
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[in a 1981 interview about movie stardom] I suppose I'd like to be a movie star because I'd like to make people come to the pictures I'm in. Then, of course, there's a responsibility to choose good material. And when they saw me, I'd like to dazzle them, as a star dazzle - as for the paraphernalia surrounding a star, that doesn't interest me much. I quite like my privacy.
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[on returning to the stage in a 1981 interview] I'd like to very much, but the stage - particularly the Royal Shakespeare, which is where I'd like to return for the exceptional quality of its work - really requires at least a year's commitment. A year now in the theatre is probably not a very clever idea; I think I should be consolidating my film career.
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[on Downton Abbey (2010)] If you think that's good, then watch the Shakespeare productions [Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)]. You'll see what real writing, what real stories, what real characters are about.
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[At 2005 Oscars, responding to a loud bang on-stage while speaking about the 'Live Action Short' category] Oh God, I hope they missed.
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[on portraying Rodrigo Borgia] I don't want to make him a sympathetic man. I want him to be an inconsistent man, a man where one moment you think 'Christ, that's terrible!' and some moments you think 'Oh, he's wonderful!' Like all of us, I want to try and create someone that is neither black nor white.
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[accepting his Best Actor Oscar, 1991] This is great!
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[on Waterland (1992)] I find working for money and nothing else just totally soul-destroying. I've always wanted to work with the best directors on material that interests me, so that how this has come about really.
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[on Lolita (1997)] It's very difficult because children under sixteen are immensely attractive, any father will tell you. We have to accept that, understand it for what it is and not become hysterical about it. Strangely enough, Humbert Humbert is not a paedophile ... because he knew he was doing wrong. That's his tragedy in a way. I remember when my son was twelve he was like a god. He just went through that sort of golden time for about 18 months. Parental love is sexual. Boys will flirt outrageously with their mothers.
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[1986 comment on Robert De Niro] He is a method actor. I think it would be fair to say he's much slower than I am. As a man, Bob dislikes making a decision. And acting is a whole line of decisions. You make a decision every time you play a line -- do I say it like this or like that? But what I saw was a man trying many areas and now and again something would really work.
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Actors often behave like children and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up.
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(When asked by an interviewer about why he accepted his role in Dungeons & Dragons (2000)) "Are you kidding? I'd just bought a castle, I had to pay for it somehow!"
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If we have to pay taxes [for Emmy gift bags], so be it. But don't spend it on bombs, for Christ's sake.
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In an interview, he once explained the origin and pronunciation of his name thus: "My name is certainly not pronounced 'Eye-rons,' but just like the metal. In England we say, 'Eye-ons' -- we're lazy about our Rs. Here [USA] I guess you would say 'Ire-ons.'" The name is fairly common in England, it's probably short for Ironsmith."
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I sing like an actor and dance like a duck.
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On his Ducati motorbike: "Ferrari on two wheels."
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What a camera likes are eyes which have life and tell a story.
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As you get older, you look back and try to make sense of the sort of person you have become. And I think the most important thing that happened in my childhood was the first night I went to boarding school at the age of seven. I remember that night, and the loneliness. Also, my parents' marriage broke up when I was 15. But I think it was that first night at seven years old when I felt something had broken, and I've spent my life trying to get back to that feeling of home. It's the same sense of family that you find in the theater and movies. In fact, I'm hoping to make a film about that very subject - the need for home. You don't really have a home until you have children. And that home is created by the children.
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The movie industry is run by accountants in Hollywood and it's as simple as this; everyone has a number on their computer. They can look up Jeremy Irons and see what my last five movies have made. Say you want to make a $20m picture, which is relatively cheap. If Jeremy makes $9m, the director makes $5m, then you need a leading lady, and they just go through those figures - that's how casting happens. And none of my movies has made a lot of money.
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Basically, I want to keep working, so I don't worry about the size of the character - if it's interesting, I'll do it. It's quite nice doing smaller roles, in some ways. It means I get home more, and I can get on with my life.
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Anyway, I'm never satisfied. I think were I ever satisfied with my work, I'd be in trouble.
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I've never been passionate about acting, and I find more and more that I work to live the life I want to live. An actor like Al Pacino lives to act. I'm not sure though, there's something about the detachment I have, the feeling of the lack of importance about what I do, that is healthy.
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Turned down the role of Dr Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) because he just finished playing Claus Von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune (1990) and didn't want to play another dark character.
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He and fellow The Lion King (1994) cast member Whoopi Goldberg were both nominees for the first ever Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator in 2014; Irons won.
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Was wearing sneakers when called to the stage to accept his Oscar in 1991.
Starred opposite his wife Sinead Cusack in Stealing Beauty (1996).
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Although he is a heavy smoker, he claims that he is unable to drink alcohol without getting sick.
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He is the second Academy-Award winning actor to play the role of Alfred Pennyworth after Michael Caine.
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At the New York City Opera in Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music". [March 2003]
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Starring in the theatrical adaptation of Sándor Márai's novel, "Embers" at Duke of York's Theatre in London. [February 2006]
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On Broadway in the play "Impressionism". Opened March 24. Scheduled to run through July 5th, 2009. [March 2009]
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Became a father for the 2nd time at age 37 when his 2nd wife Sinéad Cusack gave birth to their son Max Irons on 17 October 1985.
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Became a father for the 1st time at age 30 when his 2nd wife Sinéad Cusack gave birth to their son Samuel Irons on 16 September 1978.
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He and his documentary film Trashed (2012) was be featured at the "New York Times Energy for Tomorrow" Conference on "Building Sustainable Cities" in New York City on April 25, 2013.
Confessed to Pat Kenny on Irish TV, The Late Late Show (1962), that one of his guilty pleasures was sifting through dumpsters in search of discarded "treasures".
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In 1998, he was named as a major donor to the Labour Party.
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In 2004, he declared his support for the Countryside Alliance.
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Won the 1984 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The Real Thing".
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Helped to financially Sponser British Character Actor Stephen Manwaring whilst Stephen was at The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in 1999-2002.
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Attended Sherborne School for boys from 1962-1966.
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Supporter of English football team Portsmouth F.C.
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One of the first celebrities to wear the recently created Red Ribbon, supporting the fight against AIDS (1991).
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President of the jury at 2007 Sarajevo Film Festival.
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Was one of the cast members of cult children's programme Play Away (1971), from which clips featuring him are regularly repeated on "Before They Were Famous..." type programmes.
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His previous jobs include assistant stage manager, house-cleaner, "busker" (singing and playing guitar outside movie theaters), and gardener.
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Born to Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant, and Barbara Anne Sharpe a homemaker, he has a brother, Christopher and a sister Felicity.
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He currently owns Audi A6 Quatro estate, BMW cruising bike, and Ducati motorbike. He has owned Morris Minor, Honda 50, and a Volkswagen rag-top Beetle.
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Has a signet ring with the insignia PDI engraved on it. It belonged to his father Paul Dugan Irons.
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In 2003, he appeared in a Comic Relief sketch entitled "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan". Irons played Severus Snape, a character played in the films by Alan Rickman. Irons and Rickman play brothers in the "Die Hard" films.
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The "Series of Unfortunate Events" novels by Daniel Handler make reference to three of his characters. In Reversal of Fortune (1990), he plays Klaus von Bülow, husband to Sunny von Bülow. Two of the lead characters in Handler's novels are named Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. In The Carnivorous Carnival, Klaus and his other sister Violet disguise themselves as circus freaks named Beverly and Elliot, which are the names of the identical twin gynecologists that Irons plays in Dead Ringers (1988).
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At the 1990 Oscars, Irons concluded his acceptance speech for best actor in Reversal of Fortune (1990) by thanking "David". The "David" was David Cronenberg, who directed Irons the previous year in Dead Ringers (1988).
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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000.
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Won Broadway's 1984 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing."
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Narrated the "Spaceship Earth" attraction in Epcot.
He has twice played characters with the same first and last name. The first in Lolita (1997) (Humbert Humbert) and second in And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002) (Valentin Valentin).
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Owns Kilcoe Castle (which he had painted a rusty pink) in County Cork, Ireland, and has become involved in local politics.
After being ticketed in England for driving 97 mph. on his BMW motorcycle and being charged with speeding and fined $225.00, he had his motorcycle license suspended for three months (1 June 1995).
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Born at 2:00am-BST.
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An exceptionaly good horseman and enjoys skiing. Hates cooking, but loves gardening and the beauty of nature.