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

H Is for Hawk

as Alisdair Macdonald

Sexual Healing

as Freddy Cousaert

The Honey Wars

as (voice)

2024
Joker: Folie à Deux

as Jackie Sullivan

2022
2022
The Dead Zoo

as Narrator

2022
2021
2021
2020
The Comey Rule

as Donald Trump

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

2017
Mr. Mercedes

as Detective Bill Hodges

2016
Live by Night

as Thomas Coughlin

2016
Assassin's Creed

as Joseph Lynch

2016
Trespass Against Us

as Colby Culter

2016
Alone in Berlin

as Otto Quangel

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
Stonehearst Asylum

as The Alienist

2014
Song of the Sea

as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)

2014
The Grand Seduction

as Murray French

2014
Edge of Tomorrow

as General Brigham

2014
Calvary

as Father James Lavelle

2013
The Smurfs 2

as Victor Doyle

2012
The Company You Keep

as Henry Osborne

2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!

as The Pirate With Gout

2012
2012
The Raven

as Colonel Hamilton

2012
Safe House

as David Barlow

2011
Albert Nobbs

as Dr. Holloran

2011
The Cup

as Dermot Weld

2011
The Guard

as Sergeant Gerry Boyle

2010
2010
Noreen

as Con Keogh

2010
Green Zone

as Martin Brown

2010
1916 Seachtar na Cásca

as Narrator (voice)

2009
Perrier's Bounty

as Darren Perrier

2009
Into the Storm

as Winston Churchill

2009
The Secret of Kells

as Abbot Cellach (voice)

2008
In Bruges

as Ken Daley

2007
Beowulf

as Wiglaf

2007
Black Irish

as Desmond McKay

2007
2006
The Tiger's Tail

as Liam O'Leary

2006
Studs

as Walter Keegan

2005
Breakfast on Pluto

as John Joe Kenny

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody

2005
Kingdom of Heaven

as Reynald de Chatillon

2004
Six Shooter

as Donnelly

2004
The Village

as August Nicholson

2004
Troy

as Menelaos

2004
In My Country

as De Jagar

2003
Cold Mountain

as Stobrod Thewes

2003
2002
Gangs of New York

as Walter "Monk" McGinn

2002
Dark Blue

as Jack van Meter

2002
28 Days Later

as Frank

2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as Lord Johnson-Johnson

2001
The Tailor of Panama

as Mickie Abraxas

2001
Cáca Milis

as Paul

2000
Wild About Harry

as Harry McKee

2000
Saltwater

as Simple Simon

2000
Harrison's Flowers

as Marc Stevenson

1999
My Life So Far

as Jim Menzies

1999
Lake Placid

as Sheriff Hank Keough

1999
This Is My Father

as Garda Jim

1999
Sweety Barrett

as Sweety Barrett

1998
The General

as Martin Cahill

1998
The Butcher Boy

as Father Bubbles

1997
I Went Down

as Bunny Kelly

1997
Angela Mooney Dies Again

as Barney Mooney

1997
Turbulence

as Stubbs

1997
1996
Spaghetti Slow

as Frank Ferguson

1996
Michael Collins

as Liam Tobin

1996
Trojan Eddie

as Ginger

1995
Braveheart

as Hamish Campbell

1993
The Snapper

as Lester

1993
Love Lies Bleeding

as Thomas Macken

1992
Into the West

as Inspector Bolger

1992
Far and Away

as Social Club Policeman

1991
The Treaty

as Michael Collins

1990
The Field

as Quarryman

1990
Dear Sarah

as Brendan Dowd

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Producer

2018
Psychic

as Producer

Director

2018
Psychic

as Director