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Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

ActingBorn March 29, 1955 (age 71)Dublin, Ireland

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).

Filmography

2026TV
2026
Spider-Noir

as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne

TV
2025
H Is for Hawk

as Alisdair Macdonald

Movie
2025TV
2024
Joker: Folie à Deux

as Jackie Sullivan

Movie
2023
A Greyhound of a Girl

as Paddy (voice)

Movie
2022TV
2022Movie
2022
The Dead Zoo

as Narrator

Movie
2021Movie
2021Movie
2021TV
2020
The Comey Rule

as Donald Trump

TV
2019
Lost Lives

as Self (voice)

Movie
2019
Frankie

as Jimmy

Movie
2019TV
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Movie
2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

as Captain Vicks (voice)

Movie
2018
Psychic

as Jeremiah

Movie
2017
Paddington 2

as Knuckles McGinty

Movie
2017
Mr. Mercedes

as Detective Bill Hodges

TV
2017
Hampstead

as Donald Horner

Movie
2016
Live by Night

as Thomas Coughlin

Movie
2016
Assassin's Creed

as Joseph Lynch

Movie
2016
Trespass Against Us

as Colby Culter

Movie
2016
Alone in Berlin

as Otto Quangel

Movie
2016
Atlantic

as Narrator

Movie
2015
In the Heart of the Sea

as Old Thomas Nickerson

Movie
2015
Suffragette

as Arthur Steed

Movie
2015
Pursuit

as Searbhán

Movie
2014
Stonehearst Asylum

as The Alienist

Movie
2014
Song of the Sea

as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)

Movie
2014
The Grand Seduction

as Murray French

Movie
2014
Edge of Tomorrow

as General Brigham

Movie
2014
Calvary

as Father James Lavelle

Movie
2013
The Smurfs 2

as Victor Doyle

Movie
2012
The Company You Keep

as Henry Osborne

Movie
2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!

as The Pirate With Gout

Movie
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

as The Pirate with Gout (voice)

Movie
2012
The Raven

as Colonel Hamilton

Movie
2012
Safe House

as David Barlow

Movie
2011
Albert Nobbs

as Dr. Holloran

Movie
2011
The Cup

as Dermot Weld

Movie
2011
The Guard

as Sergeant Gerry Boyle

Movie
2010Movie
2010
1916 Seachtar na Cásca

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2010
Noreen

as Con Keogh

Movie
2010
Green Zone

as Martin Brown

Movie
2009
Perrier's Bounty

as Darren Perrier

Movie
2009
Into the Storm

as Winston Churchill

Movie
2009
The Secret of Kells

as Abbot Cellach (voice)

Movie
2008
In Bruges

as Ken

Movie
2007
Beowulf

as Wiglaf

Movie
2007
Black Irish

as Desmond McKay

Movie
2007Movie
2006
The Tiger's Tail

as Liam O'Leary

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Studs

as Walter Keegan

Movie
2005
Breakfast on Pluto

as John Joe Kenny

Movie
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Movie
2005
Kingdom of Heaven

as Reynald de Chatillon

Movie
2004
Six Shooter

as Donnelly

Movie
2004
The Village

as August Nicholson

Movie
2004
Troy

as Menelaus

Movie
2004
In My Country

as De Jagar

Movie
2003
Cold Mountain

as Stobrod Thewes

Movie
2003TV
2002
Gangs of New York

as Walter 'Monk' McGinn

Movie
2002
Dark Blue

as Jack van Meter

Movie
2002Movie
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as Lord Johnson-Johnson

Movie
2001Movie
2001
The Tailor of Panama

as Mickie Abraxas

Movie
2000
Wild About Harry

as Harry McKee

Movie
2000
Saltwater

as Simple Simon

Movie
2000
Harrison's Flowers

as Marc Stevenson

Movie
2000Movie
1999
My Life So Far

as Jim Menzies

Movie
1999
Lake Placid

as Sheriff Hank Keough

Movie
1999
This Is My Father

as Garda Jim

Movie
1999
Sweety Barrett

as Sweety Barrett

Movie
1998
The General

as Martin Cahill

Movie
1998
The Butcher Boy

as Father Bubbles

Movie
1997
Before I Sleep

as John Harte

Movie
1997
I Went Down

as Bunny Kelly

Movie
1997
Angela Mooney Dies Again

as Barney Mooney

Movie
1997
Turbulence

as Stubbs

Movie
1997Movie
1996
Spaghetti Slow

as Frank Ferguson

Movie
1996
Michael Collins

as Liam Tobin

Movie
1996
Trojan Eddie

as Ginger

Movie
1995
Braveheart

as Hamish Campbell

Movie
1994
The Lifeboat

as Leslie Parry

TV
1993
The Snapper

as Lester

Movie
1993
Love Lies Bleeding

as Thomas Macken

Movie
1992
Into the West

as Inspector Bolger

Movie
1992
Far and Away

as Social Club Policeman

Movie
1991
The Treaty

as Michael Collins

Movie
1990
The Field

as Quarryman

Movie
1990
Dear Sarah

as Brendan Dowd

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)

TV
1986
ScreenPlay

as Thomas Macken

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Lester

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
Sexual Healing

as Freddy Cousaert

Movie
The Honey Wars

as (voice)

Movie
Blood Runs Coal

as Joseph Yablonski

Movie
Spider-Noir

as Silvermane

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 29, 1955
Place of BirthDublin, Ireland
Popularity2.8