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 Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. Also that year, he played a vengeful mobster in David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" (2005) starring Viggo Mortensen. In 2006, he portrayed composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the film "Copying Beethoven", and starred in the television documentary film "The Armenian Genocide" as American diplomat Leslie Davis. He next appeared alongside Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman in the Ben Affleck directed neo noir mystery film "Gone Baby Gone" (2007). Harris then co-starred as the antagonist Mitch