1948-09-19 Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
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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The Beekeeper 2 | Wallace Westwyld | 2027-01-14 |
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The Crystal Planet | Governor Mordokan (voice) | 2026-08-13 |
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Transylvanie, un bestiaire fantastique | Narrator | 2026-04-18 |
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What is dyslexia? | The Inventor | 2026-04-25 |
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Last Movies | Self - Narrator | 2026-03-11 |
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This Ordinary Thing | Self (voice) | 2025-12-05 |
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Palestine 36 | High Commissioner Wauchope | 2025-10-31 |
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The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl | Self | 2025-02-06 |
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The Beekeeper | Wallace Westwyld | 2024-01-08 |
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Quintessentially Irish | Self | 2024-03-12 |
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Uomini e Dei - Le meraviglie del Museo Egizio | 2024-02-13 | |
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Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self | 2024-09-03 |
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The Flash | Alfred Pennyworth | 2023-06-13 |
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Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-20 |
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Codice Carla | Self | 2023-11-13 |
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تشيللو | Francesco | 2023-09-14 |
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Making The Flash: Worlds Collide | Self - 'Alfred' | 2023-08-29 |
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Once Upon a Studio | Scar (voice) | 2023-09-24 |
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Relentless Enemies: Revealed | Narrator (voice) | 2022-02-01 |
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Ultimate Enemies: Revealed | Narrator (voice) | 2022-02-01 |
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Eternal Enemies: Revealed | Narrator (voice) | 2022-02-02 |
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Eye of the Leopard: Revealed | Narrator (voice) | 2022-02-02 |
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Living With Big Cats: Revealed | Narrator | 2022-01-31 |
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Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé | Self (archive footage) | 2022-12-16 |
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The Way of the Cheetah | Narrator (voice) | 2022-01-30 |
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Franco Zeffirelli, conformista ribelle | Self | 2022-08-31 |
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Munich - The Edge of War | Neville Chamberlain | 2021-12-31 |
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Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto | Self | 2021-10-15 |
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Architects of Ancient Arabia | Narrator | 2021-03-31 |
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Napoleone - Nel nome dell'arte | 2021-11-08 | |
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House of Gucci | Rodolfo Gucci | 2021-11-24 |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Alfred | 2021-03-18 |
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Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood | Self | 2021-08-02 |
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters | Lawrence Philips | 2020-12-04 |
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Jade Eyed Leopard | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-07 |
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Il Museo del Prado: la corte delle meraviglie | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | 2019-04-15 |
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Red Sparrow | Vladimir Korchnoi | 2018-02-28 |
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Better Start Running | Garrison | 2018-04-28 |
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An Actor Prepares | Atticus | 2018-08-31 |
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Justice League | Alfred | 2017-11-15 |
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Their Finest | Secretary of War | 2017-02-19 |
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Ptice kao mi | Mi (voice) | 2017-05-05 |
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DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | 2016-01-19 | |
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I Wish For You | Grandfather | 2016-01-01 |
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La corrispondenza | Ed Phoerum | 2016-01-14 |
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The Sultan and the Saint | Narrator | 2016-11-12 |
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Assassin's Creed | Alan Rikkin | 2016-12-21 |
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The Man Who Knew Infinity | G. H. Hardy | 2016-04-08 |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Alfred | 2016-03-23 |
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Race | Avery Brundage | 2016-02-19 |
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High-Rise | Anthony Royal | 2015-11-22 |
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Emotional Uncertainties | Self | 2015-08-11 |
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Earthquake On Everest | Narrator (voice) | 2015-06-13 |
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The Genius of George Boole | Narrator (voice) | 2015-09-01 |
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Endless Corridor | Narrator | 2014-06-07 |
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The Voysey Inheritance | Edward Voysey | 2014-05-15 |
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Beautiful Creatures | Macon Ravenwood | 2013-02-13 |
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Game of Lions | Narrator (voice) | 2013-12-01 |
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The Sunflower Superjam 2012 | Self | 2013-08-20 |
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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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The Wind Gods | Narrator (voice) | 2013-04-26 |
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Night Train to Lisbon | Raimund | 2013-03-07 |
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Goodbye Granadaland | Self | 2013-06-15 |
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Seeds of Freedom | Narator | 2012-01-01 |
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Trashed | Himself | 2012-12-13 |
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Another Way Home | Narrator | 2012-11-18 |
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The Words | The Old Man | 2012-09-07 |
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The Last Lions | Narrator | 2011-02-11 |
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Margin Call | John Tuld | 2011-09-28 |
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | 2010-01-24 |
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The Majestic Plastic Bag | Narrator | 2010-01-01 |
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Georgia O'Keeffe | Alfred Stieglitz | 2009-09-19 |
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The Chronoscope | Narrator | 2009-07-01 |
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The Power of the Powerless | 2009-11-12 | |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
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The Pink Panther 2 | Avellaneda | 2009-02-06 |
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1984 | Television Voice | 2008-05-12 |
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Magic in the air, Bantry House Music | Festival audience member | 2008-07-31 |
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Appaloosa | Randall Bragg | 2008-09-19 |
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Eden at the End of the World | Narrator | 2008-01-01 |
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J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Lynch 2 | Self | 2007-08-14 |
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Inland Empire | Kingsley Stewart | 2006-12-06 |
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Eragon | Brom | 2006-12-14 |
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The Path to Redemption | Self | 2006-05-23 |
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Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo | Narrator (voice) | 2006-04-19 |
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Mathilde | Col. De Petris | 2006-01-01 |
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall | Self | 2006-10-31 |
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Eye of the Leopard | Narrator | 2006-10-08 |
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Gelibolu | Narrator | 2005-03-18 |
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The Merchant of Venice | Himself | 2005-10-06 |
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Fiat Croma | Lead | 2005-01-01 |
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Kingdom of Heaven | Tiberias | 2005-05-03 |
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Casanova | Pucci | 2005-12-25 |
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Revisiting Brideshead | Self | 2005-10-15 |
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The Merchant of Venice | Antonio | 2004-12-03 |
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Being Julia | Michael Gosselyn | 2004-09-03 |
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The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World | Narrator | 2003-05-09 |
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Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions | Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-01 |
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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film | Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu") | 2003-02-05 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... | Valentin Valentin | 2002-05-29 |
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Last Call | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 2002-05-25 |
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Callas Forever | Larry Kelly | 2002-09-18 |
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Histoires de festival | Self (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
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The Time Machine | Über-Morlock | 2002-03-04 |
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Ohio Impromptu | Reader / Listener | 2002-04-02 |
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The Fourth Angel | Jack Elgin | 2001-08-15 |
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Het korte leven van Anne Frank | Narrator (English version) | 2001-11-01 |
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The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" | Self | 2001-05-22 |
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Dungeons & Dragons | Profion | 2000-12-08 |
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Longitude | Rupert Gould | 2000-01-02 |
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Faeries | The Shapeshifter (voice) | 1999-01-23 |
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The Man in the Iron Mask | Aramis | 1998-03-12 |
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The Lolita Story | Himself | 1998-01-01 |
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Chinese Box | John | 1997-11-14 |
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Lolita | Humbert Humbert | 1997-09-27 |
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Stealing Beauty | Alex Parrish | 1996-03-29 |
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A Night to Die For | Self | 1995-05-18 |
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Simon | 1995-05-19 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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The Lion King | Scar (voice) | 1994-06-15 |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
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The Making of the Lion King | Self | 1994-06-24 |
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M. Butterfly | René Gallimard | 1993-10-01 |
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The House of the Spirits | Esteban Trueba | 1993-10-21 |
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Waterland | Tom Crick | 1992-08-21 |
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Un voyage dans le temps | H.G. Wells | 1992-04-12 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Tales from Hollywood | Odon Von Horvath | 1992-10-18 |
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Damage | Dr. Stephen Fleming | 1992-12-02 |
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'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe | Narrator | 1991-01-01 |
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Žebrácká opera | Prisoner | 1991-10-01 |
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Kafka | Kafka | 1991-11-15 |
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Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow | 1990-10-19 |
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Self (archive footage) | 1990-04-30 |
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Danny the Champion of the World | William Smith | 1989-07-28 |
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Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World' | Narrator | 1989-09-01 |
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The Dream | 1989-01-01 | |
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Australia | Edouard Pierson | 1989-09-13 |
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A Chorus of Disapproval | Guy Jones | 1989-08-18 |
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The Making of Dead Ringers | Self - Actor | 1988-01-01 |
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Dead Ringers | Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle | 1988-09-23 |
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Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie | Self | 1988-10-05 |
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Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary | Self | 1986-01-14 |
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The Mission | Father Gabriel | 1986-09-06 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Narrator (voice) | 1986-09-01 |
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The Statue of Liberty | Self (voice) | 1985-10-26 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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The Wild Duck | Harold | 1984-03-05 |
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Un amour de Swann | Charles Swann | 1984-02-23 |
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The Captain's Doll | Captain Alexander Hepburn | 1983-02-11 |
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Betrayal | Jerry | 1983-02-19 |
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Moonlighting | Nowak | 1982-09-26 |
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The French Lieutenant's Woman | Charles Henry Smithson / Mike | 1981-08-28 |
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Nijinsky | Mikhail Fokine | 1980-03-20 |
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Langrishe, Go Down | Otto Beck | 1978-09-20 |
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Rihana | Julian Miles | |
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Encore | Nigel | |
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A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand | ||
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Broadway: The Next Generation | Self | |
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The Well of Saint Nobody | William | |
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Water People: The Story of Us | The Ocean (voice) | |
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