Max Irons

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Max Irons at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival

Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons (born October 17, 1985 in London , England ) is a British actor and model .

Life

Irons is the son of actors Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack . His brother Samuel (* 1978) is also an actor. His half-brother is the Irish politician Richard Boyd Barrett (* 1968). He is the grandson of actor Cyril Cusack and his wife Maureen Cusack, as well as Sorcha Cusack's nephew .

He attended boarding schools in Oxford and Dorset ( Bryanston School ) and briefly a school in Zimbabwe . Though his parents advised him against an acting career, Irons studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama . There he graduated in summer 2008.

From 2011 to 2012 he was in a relationship with actress Emily Browning .

Career

In 2006, photographer Mario Testino took Irons on the street and booked him for a Burberry campaign alongside top model Kate Moss . He has already worked as a model for Burberry and Mango .

His acting career began in the feature film Being Julia . He gained attention for roles in The Portrait of Dorian Gray and Red Riding Hood - Under the Wolf Moon . His international breakthrough came with the role of Jared Howe in the film Souls , which is based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer .

In September 2012 he got the lead role in the Starz television series The White Queen as Edward IV .

Irons played the lead role of Miles Richards in The Riot Club in 2014 . In 2015 the film was released, The Woman in Gold , in which he was seen alongside Oscar winner Helen Mirren , Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Brühl .

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Irons in Vanity Fair, March 2011
  2. ↑ Max Irons - Teen Vogue, April 2011
  3. ↑ Hollywood's Newcomer, 2011
  4. ↑ Nellie Andrea: Starz Picks Up 'White Queen' Drama Series . Deadline.com . September 4, 2012. Accessed March 31, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Irons, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Irons, Maximilian Paul Diarmuid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor and model
DATE OF BIRTH 17th October 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England