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Jeremy Irons (born September 19, 1948 in Cowes, Isle of WightJeremy Irons is an Oscar winning British actor.

He was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, (c. 1962-1966), a member of Abbey House, where he rose to the modest rank of Hallkeeper - a disciplinary role he performed with humour and compassion. He achieved some fame as the drummer and harmonica player (most memorably for his rendition of "Moon River" on said instrument) in a four-man school band which performed, in a classroom normally used as a physics lab, for the entertainment of boys compulsorily exiled from their houses for two hours on Sunday afternoons. He was also known within Abbey House as half (the less talented half, oddly) of a comic duo which performed skits on Hallowe'en and at end-of-term House Suppers. His academic career was undistinguished.

He began his acting career in Bristol, then appeared on the London stage as John the Baptist opposite David Essex in . After several appearances on British television (clips of his appearances on the children's television series "Playaway" are often repeated), his film debut came in 1980 in . The role which shot him to fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's .

He is married to Irish actress Sinéad Cusack, and is the father of two sons, Samuel Irons (born 16 September 1978) and Maximilian Irons (born 17 October 1985), both of whom have appeared in films with their father.