Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

29 Mar 1955 (69 years old) in Dublin, Ireland

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

Credits

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