Brendan Gleeson
Acting
Born: March 29, 1955 (age 71) · Dublin, Ireland
Highest Rated
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
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
Braveheart
1995
Troy
2004
The Simpsons
1989
28 Days Later
2002
Assassin's Creed
2016
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Gangs of New York
2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Photos (8)
Movies (86)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Troy
Menelaus
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Kingdom of Heaven
Reynald de Chatillon
28 Days Later
Frank
Edge of Tomorrow
General Brigham
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lord Johnson-Johnson
Braveheart
Hamish Campbell
Mission: Impossible II
McCloy
Joker: Folie à Deux
Jackie Sullivan
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
In the Heart of the Sea
Old Thomas Nickerson
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Duncan
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm Doherty
The Smurfs 2
Victor Doyle
Paddington 2
Knuckles McGinty
In Bruges
Ken
The Village
August Nicholson
Gangs of New York
Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Stonehearst Asylum
The Alienist
Beowulf
Wiglaf (Voice)
Assassin's Creed
Joseph Lynch
Safe House
David Barlow
Green Zone
Martin Brown
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
Live by Night
Thomas Coughlin
Far and Away
Social Club Policeman
Song of the Sea
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
Lake Placid
Sheriff Hank Keough
Cold Mountain
Stobrod Thewes
The Tailor of Panama
Mickie Abraxas
The Guard
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
The Company You Keep
Henry Osborne
The Raven
Colonel Hamilton
Suffragette
Arthur Steed
Trespass Against Us
Colby Culter
The Secret of Kells
Abbot Cellach (voice)
Turbulence
Stubbs
Dark Blue
Jack van Meter
H Is for Hawk
Alisdair Macdonald
Michael Collins
Liam Tobin
Breakfast on Pluto
John Joe Kenny
Albert Nobbs
Dr. Holloran
Alone in Berlin
Otto Quangel
Calvary
Father James Lavelle
Into the Storm
Winston Churchill
Harrison's Flowers
Marc Stevenson
The Grand Seduction
Murray French
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Huntsman (voice)
Perrier's Bounty
Darren Perrier
Hampstead
Donald Horner
Into the West
Inspector Bolger
The Butcher Boy
Father Bubbles
The General
Martin Cahill
The Snapper
Lester
In My Country
De Jagar
Atlantic
Narrator
The Field
Quarryman
This Is My Father
Garda Jim
My Life So Far
Jim Menzies
I Went Down
Bunny Kelly
The Cup
Dermot Weld
Noreen
Con Keogh
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Vicks (voice)
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate With Gout
Cáca Milis
Paul
A Greyhound of a Girl
Paddy (voice)
Before I Sleep
John Harte
The Tiger's Tail
Liam O'Leary
Frankie
Jimmy
Six Shooter
Donnelly
Black Irish
Desmond McKay
The Treaty
Michael Collins
Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett
Studs
Walter Keegan
Saltwater
Simple Simon
Love Lies Bleeding
Thomas Macken
Pursuit
Searbhán
Wild About Harry
Harry McKee
A Further Gesture
Richard
Psychic
Jeremiah
Trojan Eddie
Ginger
Spaghetti Slow
Frank Ferguson
Angela Mooney Dies Again
Barney Mooney
Dear Sarah
Brendan Dowd
TV Shows (13)
The Simpsons
Joe Quimby Sr. (voice) · 1 eps
Spider-Noir
Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne · 8 eps
Screen Two
Lester · 1 eps
Mr. Mercedes
Detective Bill Hodges · 30 eps
ScreenPlay
Thomas Macken · 1 eps
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Ferny Toro (voice) · 2 eps
State of the Union
Scott · 10 eps
The Comey Rule
Donald Trump · 2 eps
Frank of Ireland
Liam · 1 eps
The Lifeboat
Leslie Parry · 9 eps
The Irish Civil War
Narrator · 3 eps
The Burren: Heart of Stone
Narrator · 2 eps
Kerry: Tides of Time
Narrator · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
The Path to Redemption
Self
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Self
