Name
Brendan Gleeson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1955-03-29 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
Known For
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Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the...
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When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grue...
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When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil,...
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Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniousl...
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With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent ...
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Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research ...
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David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test cas...
- 2002 28 Days Later as Frank
- 1995 Braveheart as Hamish Campbell
- 2000 Mission: Impossible II as McCloy
- 2005 Breakfast on Pluto as John Joe Kenny
- 2005 Kingdom of Heaven as Reynald de Chatillon
- 2004 Troy as Menelaus
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- 2003 Cold Mountain as Stobrod Thewes
- 1996 Michael Collins as Liam Tobin
- 2007 Beowulf as Wiglaf (Voice)
- 2002 Gangs of New York as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
- 2006 The Tiger's Tail as Liam O'Leary
- 2001 The Tailor of Panama as Mickie Abraxas
- 2002 Dark Blue as Jack van Meter
- 2023 On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin as Self
- 2010 Green Zone as Martin Brown
- 2004 The Village as August Nicholson
- 1990 The Field as Quarryman
- 2008 In Bruges as Ken
- 2000 Harrison's Flowers as Marc Stevenson
- 2004 Six Shooter as Donnelly
- 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- 2009 The Secret of Kells as Abbot Cellach (voice)
- 1997 I Went Down as Bunny Kelly
- 1993 The Snapper as Lester
- 1999 Lake Placid as Sheriff Hank Keough
- 2007 Black Irish as Desmond McKay
- 1997 Turbulence as Stubbs
- 2010 Perrier's Bounty as Darren Perrier
- 2009 Into the Storm as Winston Churchill
- 2004 In My Country as De Jagar
- 1998 The General as Martin Cahill
- 2011 The Guard as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
- 2012 The Raven as Colonel Hamilton
- 1997 Angela Mooney Dies Again as Barney Mooney
- 2012 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
- 2011 Albert Nobbs as Dr. Holloran
- 2012 Safe House as David Barlow
- 2011 The Cup as Dermot Weld
- 2013 The Smurfs 2 as Victor Doyle
- 2012 The Company You Keep as Henry Osborne
- 1996 Trojan Eddie as Ginger
- 2014 Calvary as Father James Lavelle
- 2015 In the Heart of the Sea as Old Thomas Nickerson
- 2014 The Grand Seduction as Murray French
- 2010 Noreen as Con Keogh
- 2019 Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- 2015 Suffragette as Arthur Steed
- 1996 Spaghetti Slow as Frank Ferguson
- 2016 Trespass Against Us as Colby Culter
- 2014 Song of the Sea as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
- 2014 Edge of Tomorrow as General Brigham
- 2014 Stonehearst Asylum as The Alienist
- 2000 Wild About Harry as Harry McKee
- 2024 Joker: Folie à Deux as Jackie Sullivan
- 1999 This Is My Father as Garda Jim
- 2025 H Is for Hawk as Dad
- 2016 Alone in Berlin as Otto Quangel
- 2024 Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's as Self
- 2015 Pursuit as Searbhán
- Soon Sexual Healing as Freddy Cousaert
- 1997 A Further Gesture as Richard
- 2016 Live by Night as Thomas Coughlin
- 2016 Assassin's Creed as Joseph Lynch
- 2000 Saltwater as Simple Simon
- 1999 Sweety Barrett as Sweety Barrett
- 1991 The Treaty as Michael Collins
- 2016 Atlantic as Narrator
- 2017 Paddington 2 as Knuckles McGinty
- 2001 Cáca Milis as Paul
- 2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Lord Johnson-Johnson
- 2017 Hampstead as Donald Horner
- 2012 So You Want To Be A Pirate! as The Pirate With Gout
- 1993 Love Lies Bleeding as Thomas Macken
- 2018 Psychic as Jeremiah
- 2006 Studs as Walter Keegan
- 1999 My Life So Far as Jim Menzies
- 2018 Captain Morten and the Spider Queen as Captain Vicks (voice)
- 1992 Into the West as Inspector Bolger
- 2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
- 2019 Frankie as Jimmy
- 1992 Far and Away as Social Club Policeman
- 1998 The Butcher Boy as Father Bubbles
- 1990 Dear Sarah as Brendan Dowd
- 2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth as Duncan
- 2022 The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty
- 2005 Deconstructing 'The Village' as Self
- 2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Huntsman (voice)
- 2006 The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2022 The Dead Zoo as Narrator
- Soon The Honey Wars as (voice)
- Soon A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf as Wiglaf
- 1997 Before I Sleep as John Harte
- Soon Tales from the Poorhouse
- Soon Blood Runs Coal as Joseph Yablonski
- 2023 A Greyhound of a Girl as Paddy (voice)
- 1990 Hard Shoulder
- Soon The Weir as Jack
- 2003 Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later' as Self
- 2021 The Burren: Heart of Stone ( 2 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2021 Frank of Ireland ( 1 episode ) as Liam
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 State of the Union ( 10 episodes ) as Scott
- 2017 Mr. Mercedes ( 30 episodes ) as Detective Bill Hodges
- 2003 Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks ( 2 episodes ) as Ferny Toro (voice)
- 2013 1916 Seachtar Dearmadta ( 7 episodes ) as Glór
- 2010 1916 Seachtar na Cásca ( 7 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 The Irish Civil War ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2020 The Comey Rule ( 2 episodes ) as Donald Trump
- 2026 Spider-Noir ( 8 episodes ) as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
- 2026 The Good Daughter ( 1 episode ) as Rusty
- 2025 Kerry: Tides of Time ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
- 1994 The Lifeboat ( 9 episodes ) as Leslie Parry
- 1986 ScreenPlay ( 1 episode ) as Thomas Macken
- 2020 Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest (archive footage)
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Lester
- 1989 4 Play ( 1 episode ) as Farmer
