Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons (born 17 October 1985) is an English-Irish actor and model. He is known for his roles in Red Riding Hood (2011), The White Queen (2013), The Host (2013), Woman in Gold (2014), and The Riot Club (2014).\n', '

Irons was born in Camden, London, on 17 October 1985, the son of English actor Jeremy Irons and Irish actress Sinéad Cusack. He is the grandson of actors Cyril Cusack and Maureen Cusack. His brother, Samuel Irons, is a photographer. Through his mother, he 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, then Bryanston School in Dorset (from which he was soon expelled after being caught by a teacher having sex), and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2008. He suffered from dyslexia through his school years, and his father discouraged him from going into an acting career. While first starting off in acting, Irons worked as a barman.\n', '

In 2011, Irons played Henry in Catherine Hardwicke\'s Red Riding Hood. He was chosen to play Jared Howe in the 2013 film adaptation of The Host, based on Stephenie Meyer\'s novel of the same name. In the 2013 television series The White Queen, Irons took the leading role of Edward IV of England. The series, based on Philippa Gregory\'s best-selling historical novel series The Cousins\' War, was broadcast weekly on BBC One, ending on 18 August 2013. Irons appeared in 2014 film The Riot Club, the film adaptation of Posh. In 2016, he starred in the ITV miniseries Tutankhamun as Howard Carter. In April 2017, producers announced Irons had been cast to play the role created by Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor in a television series based on the movie.\n', '

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