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{{short description|British actor}}

| name = Max Irons

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| caption = Irons in 2014

| birth_name = Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|10|17}}

| birth_place = London, England<!--No boroughs/neighborhoods, just cities per format.-->

| citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|Ireland}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|model}}

| alma_mater = [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]]

| years_active = 2004–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Sophie Pera<br />|2019}}

| children = 1

| father = [[Jeremy Irons]]

| mother = [[Sinéad Cusack]]

| relatives = {{plainlist|

'''Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons''' (born 17 October 1985) is an English and Irish actor.<ref name="nextmovie">{{cite web |title=Questions and Answers With 'The Host' Star Max Irons |url=http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/max-irons-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608183040/http://www.mtv.com/news/2815342/max-irons-interview |archive-date=8 June 2017 |access-date=24 March 2014 |publisher=Next Movie}}</ref> He is known for his roles in films such as ''[[Red Riding Hood (2011 film)|Red Riding Hood]]'' (2011), ''[[The White Queen (miniseries)|The White Queen]]'' (2013), ''[[The Host (2013 film)|The Host]]'' (2013), ''[[Woman in Gold (film)|Woman in Gold]]'' (2014), ''[[The Riot Club]]'' (2014), ''[[Bitter Harvest (2017 film)|Bitter Harvest]]'' (2017), and ''[[The Wife (2017 film)|The Wife]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23931082-irons-man-two-max-irons-on-his-new-life-as-a-hollywood-heart-throb.do | title=Irons man two: Max Irons on his new life as a Hollywood heart-throb | work=[[London Evening Standard]] | date=11 March 2011 | access-date=7 October 2011 | author=Godwin, Richard | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320052817/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23931082-irons-man-two-max-irons-on-his-new-life-as-a-hollywood-heart-throb.do | archive-date=20 March 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He also starred in the spy thriller series ''[[Condor (TV series)|Condor]]'' (2018–2020).

Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons was born in the [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]] borough of [[London]]<ref name=birth>''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com</ref> on 17 October 1985,<ref name=filmref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/90/Jeremy-Irons.html |title=Jeremy Irons Biography (1948–) | publisher = Filmreference.com |access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/biographies/max-irons | title = Celebrity A-Z: Max Irons | work = [[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] | access-date = 4 February 2013}}</ref> the son of Irish actress [[Sinéad Cusack]] and English actor [[Jeremy Irons]]. He has an older brother, Samuel Irons, who is a photographer. <ref name=Elle /> Their mother's family was deeply involved with theatre: they are the grandsons of actors [[Cyril Cusack]] and [[Maureen Cusack]].<ref name=nzherald2005>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10125499|title=King of all his castles|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=14 May 2005|access-date=9 September 2010|first=Elaine|last=Lipworth| quote = ...their sons Sam, 27, and Max, 19.}}</ref> Through his mother, Irons is a half-brother of politician [[Richard Boyd Barrett]]; his aunts are the actresses [[Niamh Cusack]] and [[Sorcha Cusack]], and his uncle is theatre producer [[Pádraig Cusack]].

Irons attended the [[Dragon School]] in [[Oxford]],<ref>{{cite news | title=OD News | work=The OD | agency=[[Dragon School]] | volume=1 | year=2011 | page=22}}</ref> and [[Bryanston School]] in [[Dorset]],<ref name="gilbert13">{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/max-irons-work-with-my-father-thats-worst-my-nightmare-8660464.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/max-irons-work-with-my-father-thats-worst-my-nightmare-8660464.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Max Irons: 'Work with my father? That's my worst nightmare' | newspaper=[[The Independent]] | first=Gerard | last=Gilbert | date=16 June 2013 | access-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> before finishing at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]], where he graduated in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/archived/graduates_2007_8/max_irons.html |title=Maximilian Irons |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927030441/http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/archived/graduates_2007_8/max_irons.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> He was dyslexic and struggled in school, as the teaching methods did not suit his learning style. His father discouraged him from going into an acting career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Irons 'scared' about sex scenes|url=http://tv.uk.msn.com/news/irons-scared-about-sex-scenes-1|publisher=MSN|access-date=30 May 2014|date=16 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531130536/http://tv.uk.msn.com/news/irons-scared-about-sex-scenes-1|archive-date=31 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> While first starting off in acting, Irons worked as a barman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20130816/ENTERTAINMENT02/308160009/Hollywood-royalty-Max-Irons-plays-King-Edward-IV-in-the-miniseries-The-White-Queen|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831051033/http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20130816/ENTERTAINMENT02/308160009/Hollywood-royalty-Max-Irons-plays-King-Edward-IV-in-the-miniseries-The-White-Queen|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2013|title=Max Irons is Hollywood royalty|date=15 August 2013|access-date=31 August 2013|work=[[USA Weekend]]}}</ref>

That year he starred in the film ''[[Crooked House]]'' (2017), based on a 1949 novel by [[Agatha Christie]] of the same name. [[Terence Stamp]], [[Glenn Close]], [[Gillian Anderson]], and [[Stefanie Martini]] also are among the large cast in the film.

Irons has modelled for companies including [[Burberry]] and [[Mango (clothing)|Mango]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The People Who Really Matter|url=http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/i/max-irons|publisher=Tatler}}</ref> As of 2012, he was on a modelling contract for Macy's I.N.C. collection for Fall/Winter 2012.<ref>Daniel Garofali, ''HuffPost''. Interview With 'The Host' Actor, Max Irons Launching INC by Macy's (VIDEO), by Daniel Garofali. Posted: 15 August 2012.</ref> In 2015, he was named one of ''[[GQ]]''{{'}}s 50 best-dressed British men.<ref>{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015/ |work=GQ |date=5 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107145128/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015 |archive-date=7 January 2015 }}</ref>

In 2013, Irons began dating ''[[Tatler]]'' fashion director Sophie Pera.<ref>{{cite news |title=Get to Know Scion of the Week Max Irons |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/max-irons-jeremy-irons-son/amp/ |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=W Magazine |language=en}}</ref> They were married in [[Oxfordshire]] on 30 November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pera |first1=Sophie |title=Le Rêve! Sophie Pera's spectacular couture wedding dress |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/sophie-pera-haute-couture-wedding-dress |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=Tatler}}</ref> The couple welcomed a daughter in 2023.<ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=CoaRXLZtiTb|user=sophiepera|title=⭐️SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND⭐️Due any day now …. 🎈|date=February 9, 2023|author=Sophie Pera}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|2004

|''[[Being Julia]]''

|Curtain Call Boy

| rowspan="2" | 2009

|''Unrequited Love''

|Tom

|''[[Dorian Gray (2009 film)|Dorian Gray]]''

|Lucius

|-

| rowspan="2" | 2011

|''[[Red Riding Hood (2011 film)|Red Riding Hood]]''

|Henry

|-

|''[[The Runaway (TV series)|The Runaway]]''

|Tommy Pasqualino

|''[[The Host (2013 film)|The Host]]''

|Jared Howe

|2014

|''[[The Riot Club]]''

|Miles Richards

| rowspan="3" | 2017

|David Castleman

| Charles Hayward <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.screendaily.com/5109411.article/ |title=Agatha Christie thriller 'Crooked House' underway |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=13 September 2016 |website=Screen Daily |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

| ''[[Terminal (2018 film)|Terminal]]''

{| class="wikitable sortable"

| Miniseries

| Miniseries

| 2 episodes

| Miniseries<ref name="auto"/>

|TBA

|''[[Miss Austen]]''

|TBA

|In-production<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/miss-austin-masterpiece-keeley-hawes-rose-leslie-adaptation-1235656191/amp/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=8 December 2023|title= ‘Miss Austen’: Keeley Hawes & Rose Leslie Join TV Adaptation For Masterpiece|first=

Lynette |last=Rice|date=

December 7, 2023}}</ref>

{{cite news

| url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mira-sorvino-star-three-days-condor-remake-990524

| title = Mira Sorvino to Star in Audience Network's 'Three Days of the Condor' Remake

| publisher = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]

| author = Kate Stanhope

| date = 3 April 2017

| access-date = 2 June 2017

| quote = Titled simply Condor, the drama follows Joe Turner (Max Irons), a young CIA analyst whose idealism is tested when he stumbles onto a terrible but brilliant plan that threatens the lives of millions. Sorvino will play Marty Frost, an investigator who has come out of retirement to take over after an attack at Turner's office.

}}

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