Jeremy Irons - Milestones

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• 2005: Starred in Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven" about the 12th-century Crusades
• 2004: Cast in "Being Julia" which centers around stage actors and their experiences with love and revenge in 1930's London
• 2004: Cast opposite Al Pacino and Joseph Fiennes in "The Merchant of Venice" a Shakespearian adaptation, set in 16th century Venice
• 2003: Joined co-star Patricia Kaas for the feature "And Now Ladies and Gentlemen"
• 2002: Co-starred with Fanny Ardant in "Callas Forever"
• 2001: Cast opposite Forest Whitaker in "The Fourth Angel"
• 2000: Offered over-the-top villainous turn in "Dungeons and Dragons"
• 2000: Co-starred in the British TV drama "Longitude", written and directed by Charles Sturridge
• 1998: Offered a fine turn as the swashbucling Aramis, one of the original Musketeers, in "The Man in the Iron Mask"
• 1997: Portrayed Humbert Humbert in Adrian Lyne's remake of "Lolita"; released in the USA in 1998
• 1996: Cast as a dying writer in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty"
• 1995: Played the villain in "Die Hard With a Vengeance"
• 1994: Voiced the villainous Scar in Disney's "The Lion King"
• 1993: Acted the role of a French diplomat who falls in love with a Chinese performer who harbors a secret in "M Butterfly"; second film with Cronenberg
• 1993: Played a cheating spouse in "Damage"
• 1991: Cast in title role of Stephen Soderbergh's "Kafka"
• 1990: Earned acclaim and a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Claus von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune"
• 1988: Breakthrough screen role, played twins in David Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers"
• 1986: Teamed opposite Robert De Niro in "The Mission"
• 1985: Directed video for Carly Simon's song "Tired of Being Blonde"
• 1984: Starred in "Swann in Love", adapted from Proust's "A la recherche du temps perdu"
• 1984: Broadway debut in "The Real Thing"
• 1983: Co-starred with Ben Kingsley and Patricia Hodge in "Betrayal"
• 1981: Cast opposite Meryl Streep in "The French Lieutenant's Woman"
• 1980: Film debut as Mikhail Fokine in "Nijinsky"
• 1979: Breakthrough TV role, Charles Ryder in "Brideshead Revisited"
• 1975: TV debut as Franz Liszt in BBC miniseries "Notorious Woman" (shown on PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" November-December of same year)
• 1973: London stage debut as John the Baptist in "Godspell," Round House Theatre (later at Wyndham's Theatre for two years)
• 1971: Made stage debut in "Hay Fever" with Bristol Old Vic company; company member for three years