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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Acting1955Dublin, 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).

Acting History

2026
Spider-Noir
TVas Silvermane
2025
H Is for Hawk
as Alisdair Macdonald
The Simpsons
TVas Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)1 eps
2022
The Dead Zoo
as Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
The Irish Civil War
TVas Narrator3 eps
2020
The Comey Rule
TVas Donald Trump
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Psychic
as Jeremiah
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
Psychic
Producer
Psychic
Director
2017
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
Mr. Mercedes
TVas Detective Bill Hodges30 eps
2016
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
Atlantic
as Narrator
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
2015
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
Pursuit
as Searbhán
2014
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
2013
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
2012
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
Safe House
as David Barlow
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
2011
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
2010
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
Noreen
as Con Keogh
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
2008
In Bruges
as Ken
2007
Beowulf
as Wiglaf
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
2006
Studs
as Walter Keegan
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
2005
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
TVas Ferny Toro (voice)2 eps
2004
Troy
as Menelaos
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
The Village
as August Nicholson
In My Country
as De Jagar
2003
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
2002
Dark Blue
as Jack van Meter
Gangs of New York
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
2001
The Tailor of Panama
as Mickie Abraxas
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
2000
Harrison's Flowers
as Marc Stevenson
Saltwater
as Simple Simon
Wild About Harry
as Harry McKee
1999
This Is My Father
as Garda Jim
Sweety Barrett
as Sweety Barrett
My Life So Far
as Jim Menzies
Lake Placid
as Sheriff Hank Keough
1998
The Butcher Boy
as Father Bubbles
The General
as Martin Cahill
1997
I Went Down
as Bunny Kelly
Angela Mooney Dies Again
as Barney Mooney
Turbulence
as Stubbs
Before I Sleep
as John Harte
1996
Michael Collins
as Liam Tobin
Trojan Eddie
as Ginger
Spaghetti Slow
as Frank Ferguson
1995
Braveheart
as Hamish Campbell
1994
The Lifeboat
TVas Leslie Parry
1993
Love Lies Bleeding
as Thomas Macken
The Snapper
as Lester
1992
Into the West
as Inspector Bolger
Far and Away
as Social Club Policeman
1991
The Treaty
as Michael Collins
1990
The Field
as Quarryman
Dear Sarah
as Brendan Dowd
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/29/1955(70 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland