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Brendan Gleeson
Born · March 29, 1955 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Bio
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).
Joker: Folie à Deux
Jackie Sullivan
5.5
2024
This Is My Father
Garda Jim
5.4
1999
H Is for Hawk
Alisdair Macdonald
0.0
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Self
0.0
2024
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
2.0
2023
The Irish Civil War
Narrator · (3 episodes)
10.0
2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm Doherty
7.5
2022
The Dead Zoo
Narrator
0.0
2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Duncan
6.9
2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Huntsman (voice)
6.0
2021
Frank of Ireland
Liam · (1 episode)
6.5
2021
The Burren: Heart of Stone
Narrator · (2 episodes)
0.0
2021
The Comey Rule
Donald Trump · (2 episodes)
6.9
2020
Lost Lives
6.0
2019
Frankie
Jimmy
4.9
2019
State of the Union
Scott · (10 episodes)
7.2
2019
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
7.1
2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Vicks (voice)
4.7
2018
Paddington 2
Knuckles McGinty
7.5
2017
Mr. Mercedes
Detective Bill Hodges · (30 episodes)
7.1
2017
Hampstead
Donald Horner
6.0
2017
Live by Night
Thomas Coughlin
6.2
2016
Alone in Berlin
Otto Quangel
6.7
2016
Atlantic
Narrator
7.0
2016
Pursuit
Searbhán
5.5
2015
Sexual Healing
Freddy Cousaert
0.0
Psychic
Jeremiah
5.0
2018
Assassin's Creed
Joseph Lynch
5.4
2016
Trespass Against Us
Colby Culter
5.8
2016
In the Heart of the Sea
Old Thomas Nickerson
6.8
2015
Suffragette
Arthur Steed
7.2
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
Stonehearst Asylum
The Alienist
6.9
2014
Song of the Sea
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
8.0
2014
The Grand Seduction
Murray French
6.6
2014
Edge of Tomorrow
General Brigham
7.6
2014
Calvary
Father James Lavelle
7.1
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2014
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
Glór · (7 episodes)
2.0
2013
The Smurfs 2
Victor Doyle
5.8
2013
The Company You Keep
Henry Osborne
6.2
2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate With Gout
6.3
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Pirate with Gout (voice)
6.5
2012
The Raven
Colonel Hamilton
6.3
2012
Safe House
David Barlow
6.5
2012
Albert Nobbs
Dr. Holloran
6.3
2011
The Cup
Dermot Weld
5.8
2011
The Guard
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
7.0
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
7.7
2010
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
3.7
2010
Noreen
Con Keogh
7.8
2010
Green Zone
Martin Brown
6.5
2010
Perrier's Bounty
Darren Perrier
5.7
2009
Into the Storm
Winston Churchill
6.4
2009
The Secret of Kells
Abbot Cellach (voice)
7.4
2009
In Bruges
Ken Daley
7.5
2008
Beowulf
Wiglaf
5.9
2007
Black Irish
Desmond McKay
6.7
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
7.7
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
The Tiger's Tail
Liam O'Leary
5.8
2006
Studs
Walter Keegan
5.0
2006
The Path to Redemption
Self
8.0
2006
Breakfast on Pluto
John Joe Kenny
7.2
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
7.8
2005
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
Reynald de Chatillon
8.0
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Reynald de Chatillon
7.0
2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
4.7
2005
Six Shooter
Donnelly
7.1
2004
The Village
August Nicholson
6.5
2004
Troy
Menelaos
7.2
2004
In My Country
De Jagar
6.2
2004
Cold Mountain
Stobrod Thewes
6.9
2003
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Ferny Toro (voice) · (2 episodes)
5.3
2003
Gangs of New York
Walter "Monk" McGinn
7.3
2002
Dark Blue
Jack van Meter
6.2
2002
28 Days Later
Frank
7.2
2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lord Johnson-Johnson
7.0
2001
The Tailor of Panama
Mickie Abraxas
6.0
2001
Cáca Milis
Paul
5.5
2001
Wild About Harry
Harry McKee
6.1
2000
Saltwater
Simple Simon
7.1
2000
Harrison's Flowers
Marc Stevenson
6.5
2000
Mission: Impossible II
McCloy
6.1
2000
My Life So Far
Jim Menzies
5.8
1999
Lake Placid
Sheriff Hank Keough
5.9
1999
Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett
5.8
1999
The General
Martin Cahill
6.7
1998
The Butcher Boy
Father Bubbles
6.8
1998
I Went Down
Bunny Kelly
6.0
1997
Angela Mooney Dies Again
Barney Mooney
0.0
1997
Turbulence
Stubbs
5.3
1997
A Further Gesture
Richard
4.7
1997
Spaghetti Slow
Frank Ferguson
0.0
1996
Michael Collins
Liam Tobin
6.9
1996
Trojan Eddie
Ginger
5.3
1996
Braveheart
Hamish Campbell
7.9
1995
The Snapper
Lester
6.4
1993
Love Lies Bleeding
Thomas Macken
0.0
1993
Into the West
Inspector Bolger
6.5
1992
Far and Away
Social Club Policeman
6.8
1992
The Treaty
Michael Collins
8.0
1991
The Field
Quarryman
7.0
1990
Dear Sarah
Brendan Dowd
0.0
1990
The Honey Wars
(voice)
0.0
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Wiglaf
0.0
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Spider-Noir
(2 episodes)
0.0