Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons is a British actor known for his distinctive baritone voice and roles in prestige films and theater.
He won an Academy Award for *Reversal of Fortune* (1990) and has played aristocrats, villains, and complex antiheroes across a long career: He's got that Jeremy Irons energy—elegant but vaguely menacing.
Academy's golden award
- The Lion KingDisney's savanna succession drama
- The MissionPurpose one is sent for
- LolitaName suggesting youthful temptation
- WatchmenThose who keep vigil
Kingdom of Heaven · British · leading man · period drama · prestige · filmography · BAFTA · Emmy
British classical theater ensemble
- West EndLondon theatre district
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
theatrical · Godspell · repertory · trained · Stratford
Mid-range male voice
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- audiobookRecorded oral narration
- resonantDeeply vibrating with sound
- sonorousDeep and full-toned
distinctive · commanding · velvety · measured · diction · intonation · cadence · timbre
Conveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- urbaneRefined and courteous
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
cold · ruthless · manipulative · sardonic · cunning · aristocratic · chilling · understated
Oscar
Academy's golden award
- The Lion KingDisney's savanna succession drama
- The MissionPurpose one is sent for
- LolitaName suggesting youthful temptation
Watchmen · Kingdom of Heaven · British · leading man · period drama · prestige · filmography · BAFTA · Emmy · Golden Globe
Royal Shakespeare Company
British classical theater ensemble
Shakespeare · theatrical · Godspell · repertory · trained · Stratford
baritone
Mid-range male voice
sonorous · distinctive · commanding · velvety · measured · diction · intonation · cadence · timbre · articulation
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- urbaneRefined and courteous
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
sophisticated · cold · ruthless · manipulative · sardonic · cunning · aristocratic · chilling · understated · intimidating
- Lion KingSimba, Mufasa, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa
- Over-the-top actorsNicolas Cage, William Shatner, Jim Carrey, Tim Curry, Vincent Price
- Stage StarsLin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Bernhardt, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench
- CronenbergScanners, The Fly, Naked Lunch, Shivers, Spider
Jeremy IronsAdam Sandler
Kevin James · Jack Black · Will Ferrell · Chris Farley · Danny DeVito
Jeremy IronsGilbert Gottfried
Fran Drescher · Joe Pesci · Rosie Perez · Adam Sandler · Danny DeVito
Jeremy IronsTom Hanks
Robin Williams · Will Smith · Chris Pratt · Dwayne Johnson · Jason Statham
iron, irony, ironing, ironic, ironed, ironclad, ironwork, ironstone, Jeremiah