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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فلسطين ٣٦ | 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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Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self | 2024-09-03 |
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Quintessentially Irish | Self | 2024-03-12 |
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The Beekeeper | Wallace Westwyld | 2024-01-08 |
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Transylvanie, un bestiaire fantastique | Narrator | 2024-03-14 |
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Uomini e Dei le meraviglie del Museo Egizio | 2024-02-13 | |
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The Flash | Alfred Pennyworth | 2023-06-13 |
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Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion | Traveller (archived audio) | 2023-05-26 |
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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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Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-20 |
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Once Upon a Studio | Scar (voice) | 2023-09-24 |
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Codice Carla | Self | 2023-11-13 |
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The Way of the Cheetah | Narrator (voice) | 2022-01-30 |
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Ptice kao mi | Mi (voice) | 2022-06-30 |
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Living With Big Cats: Revealed | Narrator | 2022-01-31 |
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Franco Zeffirelli, conformista ribelle | Self | 2022-08-31 |
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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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Ultimate Enemies: Revealed | Narrator (voice) | 2022-02-01 |
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Relentless 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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Napoleone - Nel nome dell'arte | 2021-11-08 | |
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Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto | Self | 2021-10-15 |
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House of Gucci | Rodolfo Gucci | 2021-11-24 |
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Munich – The Edge of War | Neville Chamberlain | 2021-12-31 |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Alfred | 2021-03-18 |
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Architects of Ancient Arabia | Narrator | 2021-03-31 |
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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 | 2018-02-15 |
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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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Their Finest | Secretary of War | 2017-02-19 |
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Broadway: The Next Generation | Self | 2017-11-16 |
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Justice League | Alfred | 2017-11-15 |
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The Man Who Knew Infinity | G. H. Hardy | 2016-04-08 |
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I Wish For You | Grandfather | 2016-01-01 |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Alfred | 2016-03-23 |
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La corrispondenza | Ed Phoerum | 2016-01-14 |
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Race | Avery Brundage | 2016-02-19 |
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DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | Self | 2016-01-19 |
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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 Genius of George Boole | Narrator (voice) | 2015-09-01 |
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Emotional Uncertainties | Self | 2015-08-11 |
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High-Rise | Anthony Royal | 2015-11-22 |
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Earthquake On Everest | Narrator (voice) | 2015-06-13 |
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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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Goodbye Granadaland | Self | 2013-06-15 |
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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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Beautiful Creatures | Macon Ravenwood | 2013-02-13 |
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The Sunflower Superjam 2012 | Self | 2013-08-20 |
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Game of Lions | Narrator (voice) | 2013-12-01 |
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Night Train to Lisbon | Raimund | 2013-03-07 |
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Trashed | Himself | 2012-12-13 |
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The Words | The Old Man | 2012-09-07 |
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Another Way Home | Narrator | 2012-11-18 |
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Seeds of Freedom | Narator | 2012-01-01 |
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Margin Call | John Tuld | 2011-09-28 |
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The Last Lions | Narrator | 2011-02-11 |
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The Majestic Plastic Bag | Narrator | 2010-01-01 |
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | 2010-01-24 |
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The Pink Panther 2 | Avellaneda | 2009-02-06 |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
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The Power of the Powerless | 2009-11-12 | |
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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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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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1984 | Television Voice | 2008-05-12 |
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Lynch 2 | Self | 2007-08-14 |
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J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo | Narrator (voice) | 2006-04-19 |
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The Path to Redemption | Self | 2006-05-23 |
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Mathilde | Col. De Petris | 2006-01-01 |
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Eye of the Leopard | Narrator | 2006-10-08 |
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Eragon | Brom | 2006-12-14 |
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall | Self | 2006-10-31 |
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Inland Empire | Kingsley Stewart | 2006-12-06 |
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Kingdom of Heaven | Tiberias | 2005-05-03 |
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Revisiting Brideshead | Self | 2005-10-15 |
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Casanova | Pucci | 2005-12-25 |
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The Merchant of Venice | Himself | 2005-10-06 |
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Gelibolu | Narrator | 2005-03-18 |
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Being Julia | Michael Gosselyn | 2004-09-03 |
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The Merchant of Venice | Antonio | 2004-12-03 |
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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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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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The Time Machine | Über-Morlock | 2002-03-04 |
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... | Valentin Valentin | 2002-05-29 |
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Ohio Impromptu | Reader / Listener | 2002-04-02 |
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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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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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Longitude | Rupert Gould | 2000-01-02 |
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Dungeons & Dragons | Profion | 2000-12-08 |
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Faeries | The Shapeshifter (voice) | 1999-01-23 |
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The Lolita Story | Himself | 1998-01-01 |
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The Man in the Iron Mask | Aramis | 1998-03-12 |
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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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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
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The Lion King | Scar (voice) | 1994-06-15 |
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The Making of the Lion King | Self | 1994-06-24 |
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The House of the Spirits | Esteban Trueba | 1993-10-21 |
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M. Butterfly | René Gallimard | 1993-10-01 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Damage | Dr. Stephen Fleming | 1992-12-02 |
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Un Voyage dans le Temps | H.G. Wells | 1992-04-12 |
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Waterland | Tom Crick | 1992-08-21 |
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Tales from Hollywood | Odon Von Horvath | 1992-10-18 |
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Žebrácká opera | Prisoner | 1991-10-01 |
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'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe | Narrator | 1991-01-01 |
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Kafka | Kafka | 1991-11-15 |
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Self | 1990-04-30 |
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Reversal of Fortune | Claus von Bülow | 1990-10-19 |
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Danny the Champion of the World | William Smith | 1989-07-28 |
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A Chorus of Disapproval | Guy Jones | 1989-08-18 |
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Australia | Edouard Pierson | 1989-09-13 |
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The Dream | 1989-01-01 | |
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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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Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie | Self | 1988-10-05 |
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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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The Mission | Father Gabriel | 1986-09-06 |
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Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary | Self | 1986-01-14 |
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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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Un amour de Swann | Charles Swann | 1984-02-23 |
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The Wild Duck | Harold | 1984-03-05 |
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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 | 1982-09-18 |
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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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The Beekeeper 2 | Wallace Westwyld | |
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Highlander | ||
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Rizana: A Caged Bird | Professor Julian Miles | |
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The Crystal Planet | Governor Mordokan (voice) | |
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Encore | Nigel | |
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The Well of Saint Nobody | William | |
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A Magnificent Death from a Shattered Hand | ||
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Water People: The Story of Us | The Ocean (voice) |
