Brendan Gleeson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-03-29 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Brendan Gleeson
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
Acting
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
H Is for Hawk
as Alisdair Macdonald
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
(2024)
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
(2024)
(2023)
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Paddy (voice)
(2023)
(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)
(2019)
Frankie
as Jimmy
(2019)
(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)
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
(2016)
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
(2016)
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
(2016)
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
(2016)
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
(2016)
Atlantic
as Narrator
(2015)
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
(2015)
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
(2015)
Pursuit
as Searbhán
(2014)
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
(2014)
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
(2014)
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
(2014)
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
(2014)
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
(2013)
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
(2012)
Safe House
as David Barlow
(2012)
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
(2012)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
(2012)
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
(2012)
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
(2011)
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
(2011)
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
(2011)
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
(2010)
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
(2010)
Noreen
as Con Keogh
(2009)
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
(2009)
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
(2009)
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
(2008)
In Bruges
as Ken
(2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
(2007)
Beowulf
as Wiglaf
(2007)
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
(2006)
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
(2006)
Studs
as Walter Keegan
(2006)
The Path to Redemption
as Self
(2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
(2005)
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
(2005)
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
(2005)
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
(2004)
Troy
as Menelaos
(2004)
The Village
as August Nicholson
(2004)
In My Country
as De Jagar
(2004)
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
(2003)
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
(2002)
28 Days Later
as Frank
(2002)
Gangs of New York
as Walter "Monk" McGinn
(2002)
Dark Blue
as Jack van Meter
(2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
(2001)
The Tailor of Panama
as Mickie Abraxas
(2001)
Cáca Milis
as Paul
(2000)
Mission: Impossible II
as McCloy
(2000)
Harrison's Flowers
as Marc Stevenson
(2000)
Wild About Harry
as Harry McKee
(2000)
Saltwater
as Simple Simon
(1999)
Lake Placid
as Sheriff Hank Keough
(1999)
This Is My Father
as Garda Jim
(1999)
My Life So Far
as Jim Menzies
(1999)
Sweety Barrett
as Sweety Barrett
(1998)
The General
as Martin Cahill
(1998)
The Butcher Boy
as Father Bubbles
(1997)
Turbulence
as Stubbs
(1997)
I Went Down
as Bunny Kelly
(1997)
A Further Gesture
as Richard
(1997)
Angela Mooney Dies Again
as Barney Mooney
(1996)
Michael Collins
as Liam Tobin
(1996)
Trojan Eddie
as Ginger
(1996)
Spaghetti Slow
as Frank Ferguson
(1995)
Braveheart
as Hamish Campbell
(1993)
The Snapper
as Lester
(1993)
Love Lies Bleeding
as Thomas Macken
(1992)
Far and Away
as Social Club Policeman
(1992)
Into the West
as Inspector Bolger
(1991)
The Treaty
as Michael Collins
(1990)
The Field
as Quarryman
(1990)
Dear Sarah
as Brendan Dowd
Crew
(2018)
Psychic
Producer, Director