"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams."
Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948 in Cowes, Isle of Man) is an English film, television, stage and voice actor.
Well-known for his deep, gravelly voice, he's described by one critic as "whipped cream with glass shards" that "reeks of magnificent bastardry". He has won an Academy Award, a Tony and an Emmy, making him one of the few actors to win the "Triple Crown" of acting awards, as well as two Golden Globes.
Irons is very British in his Hollywood roles, and isn't afraid to have some fun while doing a villain role for cash. And Rule of Sean Connery definitely applies to his works.
It's also difficult to make a meaningful anagram out of his name.
Roles:
- Assassin's Creed: Alan Rikkin
- Beautiful Creatures: Macon Ravenwood
- Betrayal: Jerry
- The Borgias: Rodrigo Borgia / Pope Alexander VI
- Brideshead Revisited: Charles Ryder
- The Colour of Magic: Lord Vetinari
- Comic Relief: Severus Snape
- DC Extended Universe: Alfred Pennyworth
- Dead Ringers: Elliot and Beverly Mantle
- Die Hard with a Vengeance: Simon Gruber
- Dungeons & Dragons: Profion
- Eragon: Brom
- The BBC's Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2: Henry IV
- The House of the Spirits: Esteban Trueba
- Kafka: Franz Kafka
- Kingdom of Heaven: Tiberius
- The Lion King: Scar
- Lolita (1997): Humbert Humbert
- The Man in the Iron Mask: Aramis
- Margin Call: John Tuld
- The Mission: Father Gabriel
- Poseidon's Fury: Poseidon (before the attraction's overhaul in 2001)
- Reversal of Fortune: Claus von Bülow (the role that won him his Academy Award).
- Seasons of the Vine: Narrator
- Spaceship Earth: Narrator (1994-2007)
- The Timekeeper: H.G. Wells
- The Time Machine (2002): The Über-Morlock
- Watchmen (2019 series): Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
Tropes:
- Affably Evil: Often plays this type of character.
- Badass Baritone: He has a very deep, husky voice that's instantly recognizable.
- Deadpan Snarker: His characters are often this.
- Depraved Kids' Show Host: Or rather a kids show host that went on to play a number of depraved characters in films, including a paedophile in Lolita. But he started out as a presenter on the 1970s British children's TV show Play Away
- Evil Brit: Often cast as a villain in roles that rarely conceal his Britishness, if ever.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Most certainly comes into play when he's playing a dangerous villain.
- Large Ham: Expecially as a villain.
- Male Frontal Nudity: He notably did it at age 71 in Watchmen, for the first time since Brideshead Revisited nearly 40 years earlier.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's 6'2", has this dark aura about him, and is still quite handsome in his early 70s.
