Jeremy Irons
Summary
Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. After receiving classic training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and had since appeared in many London theatre productions including 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 and received a Tony Award for Best Actor.Irons' first major film role came in the 1981 romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in such films as Moonlighting (1982), Betrayal (1983), and The Mission (1986), he gained critical acclaim for portraying twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller Dead Ringers (1988).
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Michael Bay the Pirate and Wigs for Everyone
Quite a bit of news last week, including some great-sounding book adaptations and some not-so-great-sounding book adaptations. Here's the slate:.
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Sky Atlantic HD to bring the very best in entertainment and drama exclusively to Sky customers from 1st February 2011
Sky today confirmed the eagerly awaited launch of Sky Atlantic HD – a brand new channel that will provide the very best in entertainment, drama and films to Sky customers across the UK and Ireland. Bringing together innovative and distinctive original productions from home and abroad, Sky Atlantic will be free and exclusive to all 10 million Sky customers from its launch on 1 st February 2011.
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Downton Abbey nominated for four Golden Globes
ITV period drama featuring Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville and Maggie Smith faces competition from The Hour.
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'Community,' 'Breaking Bad' Snubbed At Golden Globe Nominations
"Community" fans had yet another reason to be outraged as the NBC cult favorite, recently placed on indefinite hiatus, was snubbed at the Golden Globe nominations in favor of head-scratcher Best Comedy nominee "Episodes. " Also conspicuously absent from that category's list of nominees: Louis CK's groundbreaking comedy series "Louie" and another much-loved NBC offering, "Parks and Rec.
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Journalisted Weekly: Riots, Premier League kick-off, and continuing debt crises
Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations.
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Fast track to success for young British actors
American TV made stars of Hugh Laurie and Dominic West, bypassing the traditional stage to screen route. Now two schemes hope to exploit this new path for emerging talent.
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Sundance Is Selling, but Prices Are Down
Some movie distributors started shopping even before the film festival began.
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Sky Atlantic to launch with Scorsese drama
New Sky channel to showcase US programming with Boardwalk Empire and a lineup of HBO dramas and comedies.
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Downton Abbey fans brace for farewell
Downton Abbey has been ITV's most successful costume drama since Brideshead Revisited, and a second series is on the way.
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Euro production houses turn to TV
Film News: Smallscreen productions offer attractive returns -- Everyone is looking to diversify revenue streams. Sales agents are getting into production. Distribs are getting into production. And production shingles are moving more and more into quality television production.
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