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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 29, 1955
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Brendan Gleeson
Biography
Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two BIFA's, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award, five times for a Golden Globe Award and once for an Academy Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 18 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. He is the father of actors Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson.
He is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films (2005–2010). He is also known for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart (1995), Michael Collins (1996), 28 Days Later (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), Troy (2004), Suffragette (2015), Paddington 2 (2017), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). He is also known for his leading roles in films such as The General (1998), In Bruges (2008), The Guard (2011), Calvary (2014), Frankie (2019), and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the lattermost film.
He won an Primetime Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm. He also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance as Donald Trump in the Showtime series The Comey Rule (2020). From 2017 to 2019 he starred in the crime series Mr. Mercedes. He received an Emmy Award nomination for Stephen Frears' Sundance TV series State of the Union (2022).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | Jackie Sullivan |
| 2024 | Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's | Self |
| 2023 | On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin | Self |
| 2023 | A Greyhound of a Girl | Paddy (voice) |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Colm Doherty |
| 2022 | The Dead Zoo | Narrator |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Duncan |
| 2021 | Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Huntsman (voice) |
| 2019 | Lost Lives | |
| 2019 | Frankie | Jimmy |
| 2018 | Psychic | Jeremiah |
| 2018 | Captain Morten and the Spider Queen | Captain Vicks (voice) |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains") |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 | Knuckles McGinty |
| 2017 | Hampstead | Donald Horner |
| 2016 | Trespass Against Us | Colby Culter |
| 2016 | Alone in Berlin | Otto Quangel |
| 2016 | Live by Night | Thomas Coughlin |
| 2016 | Assassin's Creed | Joseph Lynch |
| 2016 | Atlantic | Narrator |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Old Thomas Nickerson |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Arthur Steed |
| 2015 | Pursuit | Searbhán |
| 2014 | Calvary | Father James Lavelle |
| 2014 | The Grand Seduction | Murray French |
| 2014 | Song of the Sea | Conor / Mac Lir (voice) |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | General Brigham |
| 2014 | Stonehearst Asylum | The Alienist |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Victor Doyle |
| 2012 | The Raven | Colonel Hamilton |
| 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | The Pirate with Gout (voice) |
| 2012 | Safe House | David Barlow |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | Henry Osborne |
| 2012 | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | The Pirate With Gout |
| 2011 | The Guard | Sergeant Gerry Boyle |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Dr. Holloran |
| 2011 | The Cup | Dermot Weld |
| 2010 | Green Zone | Martin Brown |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody |
| 2010 | Noreen | Con Keogh |
| 2009 | The Secret of Kells | Abbot Cellach (voice) |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Darren Perrier |
| 2009 | Into the Storm | Winston Churchill |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Ken |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Wiglaf |
| 2007 | Black Irish | Desmond McKay |
| 2006 | The Tiger's Tail | Liam O'Leary |
| 2006 | Studs | Walter Keegan |
| 2006 | The Path to Redemption | Self |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | John Joe Kenny |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Reynald de Chatillon |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody |
| 2005 | Deconstructing 'The Village' | Self |
| 2004 | Troy | Menelaos |
| 2004 | The Village | August Nicholson |
| 2004 | Six Shooter | Donnelly |
| 2004 | In My Country | De Jagar |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Stobrod Thewes |
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Frank |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Walter "Monk" McGinn |
| 2002 | Dark Blue | Jack van Meter |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Mickie Abraxas |
| 2001 | Cáca Milis | Paul |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Lord Johnson-Johnson |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II | McCloy |
| 2000 | Harrison's Flowers | Marc Stevenson |
| 2000 | Wild About Harry | Harry McKee |
| 2000 | Saltwater | Simple Simon |
| 1999 | Lake Placid | Sheriff Hank Keough |
| 1999 | This Is My Father | Garda Jim |
| 1999 | Sweety Barrett | Sweety Barrett |
| 1999 | My Life So Far | Jim Menzies |
| 1998 | The General | Martin Cahill |
| 1998 | The Butcher Boy | Father Bubbles |
| 1997 | I Went Down | Bunny Kelly |
| 1997 | Turbulence | Stubbs |
| 1997 | Angela Mooney Dies Again | Barney Mooney |
| 1997 | A Further Gesture | Richard |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Liam Tobin |
| 1996 | Trojan Eddie | Ginger |
| 1996 | Spaghetti Slow | Frank Ferguson |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Hamish Campbell |
| 1993 | The Snapper | Lester |
| 1993 | Love Lies Bleeding | Thomas Macken |
| 1992 | Into the West | Inspector Bolger |
| 1992 | Far and Away | Social Club Policeman |
| 1991 | The Treaty | Michael Collins |
| 1990 | The Field | Quarryman |
| 1990 | Dear Sarah | Brendan Dowd |
| H Is for Hawk | Alisdair Macdonald | |
| Sexual Healing | Freddy Cousaert | |
| The Honey Wars | (voice) | |
| A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf | Wiglaf |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kerry: Tides of Time | Narrator |
| 2022 | The Irish Civil War | Narrator |
| 2021 | The Burren: Heart of Stone | Narrator |
| 2021 | Frank of Ireland | Liam |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule | Donald Trump |
| 2019 | State of the Union | Scott |
| 2017 | Mr. Mercedes | Detective Bill Hodges |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2013 | 1916 Seachtar Dearmadta | Glór |
| 2010 | 1916 Seachtar na Cásca | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2003 | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | Ferny Toro (voice) |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| Spider-Noir | ||
| The Good Daughter | Rusty |