Jeremy Irons Dragons" (2000) and Rupert Gould in "Longitude" (2000). He played the Über-Morlock in the film "The Time Machine" (2002). In 2004, Irons played Severus Snape in Comic Relief's "Harry Potter" parody, "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan". In 2005, he appeared in the films "Casanova" opposite Heath Ledger, and Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven". He has co-starred with John Malkovich in two films, "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998) and "Eragon" (2006), though they did not have any scenes together in the latter. In 2008, Irons co-starred with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen in "Appaloosa", directed by
Ed Harris the film. He next appeared in the films "The Firm" (1993) and "Needful Things" (1993), before portraying the lead role of Kyle Bodine in the neo noir film "China Moon" (1994). In 1995, Harris portrayed Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic "Nixon", and received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance as NASA Mercury Mission Control Director Gene Kranz in "Apollo 13". In 1996, Harris starred in and executive produced the television adaptation of "Riders of the Purple Sage". That same year, he returned to Broadway as Major Steve Arnold in