Brendan Gleeson
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1955-03-29 (69 years old)
Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As Брендан Глісон
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
Actor
as Alisdair Macdonald
as Freddy Cousaert
as Jackie
as Colm Doherty
as Narrator
as Duncan
as Huntsman (voice)
as Liam
as Narrator
as Donald Trump
as Jimmy
as Scott
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
as Captain Vicks (voice)
as Jeremiah
as Knuckles McGinty
as Donald Horner
as Detective Bill Hodges
as Thomas Coughlin
as Joseph Lynch
as Colby Culter
as Otto Quangel
as Narrator
as Old Thomas Nickerson
as Arthur Steed
as Searbhán
as Self - Guest
as The Alienist
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
as Murray French
as General Brigham
as Father James Lavelle
as Self
as Victor Doyle
as Glór
as Henry Osborne
as The Pirate With Gout
as Pirate with Gout (voice)
as Colonel Hamilton
as David Barlow
as Dr. Holloran
as Dermot Weld
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
as Con Keogh
as Martin Brown
as Narrator (voice)
as Darren Perrier
as Winston Churchill
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
as Ken Daley
as Wiglaf
as Desmond McKay
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
as Self
as Liam O'Leary
as Walter Keegan
as Self
as John Joe Kenny
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
as Reynald de Chatillon
as Self
as Donnelly
as August Nicholson
as Menelaos
as De Jagar
as Stobrod Thewes
as Ferny Toro (voice)
as Walter "Monk" McGinn
as Jack van Meter
as Frank
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
as Mickie Abraxas
as Paul
as Harry McKee
as Simple Simon
as Marc Stevenson
as McCloy
as Jim Menzies
as Sheriff Hank Keough
as Garda Jim
as Sweety Barrett
as Martin Cahill
as Father Bubbles
as Bunny Kelly
as Barney Mooney
as Stubbs
as Richard
as Frank Ferguson
as Liam Tobin
as Ginger
as Hamish Campbell
as Lester
as Thomas Macken
as Inspector Bolger
as Social Club Policeman
as Michael Collins
as Quarryman
as Brendan Dowd
as Self - Host
Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director