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