jeremy irons has been the recipient of multiple awards
he voiced english soldier and wwi poet siegfried sassoon in the great war and the shaping of the 20th century 1997 receiving the primetime emmy award for outstanding voiceover performance
 a year later he was one of the participants in the third series of the bbc documentary series who do you think you are in 2008 he played lord vetinari in terry pratchetts the colour of magic an adaptation for sky one