Jeremy Irons

In 1988 he starred in the dual role of mad twin physicians in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. He is interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. In 1984 Irons won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing. Laughton never had another chance to direct his own movies. Also in 1981, he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman. This movie is often cited among critics as one of the best movies of the 1950s; unfortunately, it was a box-office flop. Brideshead brought him back together with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years earlier. Laughton had one stint as a director, and the result was the legendary The Night of the Hunter (1955), starring Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish.

The role which shot him to fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited in 1981. In 1950, he took American citizenship. After several appearances on British television, his film debut came in 1980 in Nijinsky. Lanchester appeared opposite him in several films, including Rembrandt (1936). Born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, he began his acting career in Bristol, then appeared on the London as John the Baptist opposite David Essex in Godspell. Despite his homosexual inclinations, he had a long and resilient marriage to the British-born American actress, Elsa Lanchester, possibly because she had her own such inclinations according to contemporary gossip. Jeremy Irons (born September 19, 1948) is a British actor. He also received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

Nijinsky (1980). In 1937 he was to have starred in an ill-fated film version of the book, I, Claudius, by Robert Graves, which was abandoned only part-way into filming. The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). Later films included The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). Moonlighting (1982). His association with the director, Alexander Korda, began with The Private Life of Henry VIII (loosely based on the life of King Henry VIII of England), for which Laughton won an Academy Award. Betrayal (1983). Despite not having the looks for a romantic lead, he impressed audiences with his talent and played many classical roles before making his film debut in 1932.

The Wild Duck (1983). Born in 1899 at Scarborough, Yorkshire, Laughton at first went into the family business, not making his first stage appearance until 1926. Un amour de Swann (1984). Charles Laughton (July 1, 1899 - December 15, 1962) was a British-born American stage and film actor. The Mission (1986). Dead Ringers (1988).

A Chorus of Disapproval (1988). Australia (1989). Reversal of Fortune (1990). Zebracka opera (1991).

Kafka (1991). From Time to Time (1992). Waterland (1992). Fatale (1992).

Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). Stealing Beauty (1996). Chinese Box (1997). Lolita (1997).

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). Faeries (1999) (voice). Dungeons & Dragons (2000). The Fourth Angel (2001).

Callas Forever (2002). Being Julia (2004).