Cast
Brendan Gleeson
Acting
Cast
Brendan Gleeson
Known for
Acting
Born
1955-03-29
From
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).
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Troy
as Menelaus
★7.8
MOVIE2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
★7.7
MOVIE2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
★7.7
MOVIE2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
★7.1
MOVIE2005
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
★7.6
MOVIE2014
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
★7.9
MOVIE1995
Braveheart
as Hamish Campbell
★7.2
MOVIE2002
28 Days Later
as Frank
★5.4
MOVIE2024
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
★7.1
MOVIE2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
★6.1
MOVIE2000
Mission: Impossible II
as McCloy
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
★5.8
MOVIE2013
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
★7.5
MOVIE2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Colm Doherty
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Gangs of New York
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
★6.9
MOVIE2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
★6.8
MOVIE2015
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
★6.8
MOVIE2014
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
★7.1
MOVIE2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
★7.5
MOVIE2008
In Bruges
as Ken
★5.4
MOVIE2016
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Safe House
as David Barlow
★5.9
MOVIE2007
Beowulf
as Wiglaf (Voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
★6.0
MOVIE2001
The Tailor of Panama
as Mickie Abraxas
★6.5
MOVIE2004
The Village
as August Nicholson
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
★5.9
MOVIE1999
Lake Placid
as Sheriff Hank Keough
★6.5
MOVIE2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2014
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2010
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
★7.1
MOVIE2025
H Is for Hawk
as Alisdair Macdonald
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Planet 51
as Neera's Father (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2012
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
★7.2
MOVIE2015
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
★6.8
MOVIE1992
Far and Away
as Social Club Policeman
★7.4
MOVIE2009
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2012
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
★7.0
MOVIE2011
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
★6.3
MOVIE2011
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
★5.4
MOVIE1997
Turbulence
as Stubbs
★7.2
MOVIE2005
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Atlantic
as Narrator
★6.1
MOVIE2017
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
★6.9
MOVIE1996
Michael Collins
as Liam Tobin
★6.7
MOVIE2014
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
★6.4
MOVIE1992
Into the West
as Inspector Bolger
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Dark Blue
as Jack van Meter
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
MOVIETBA
Blood Runs Coal
as Joseph Yablonski
★6.5
MOVIE2000
Harrison's Flowers
as Marc Stevenson
★6.7
MOVIE2016
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
★4.7
MOVIE2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE2010
Noreen
as Con Keogh
★6.4
MOVIE2009
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
★5.8
MOVIE2010
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
★8.0
MOVIE2006
The Path to Redemption
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Wild About Harry
as Harry McKee
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
★5.5
MOVIE1999
My Life So Far
as Jim Menzies
★4.8
MOVIE2019
Frankie
as Jimmy
★5.5
MOVIE1996
Spaghetti Slow
as Frank Ferguson
MOVIETBA
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2004
In My Country
as De Jagar
★5.3
MOVIE1996
Trojan Eddie
as Ginger
★6.8
MOVIE1998
The Butcher Boy
as Father Bubbles
★6.7
MOVIE1998
The General
as Martin Cahill
★4.8
MOVIE1997
A Further Gesture
as Richard
★5.0
MOVIE2018
Psychic
as Jeremiah
★6.7
MOVIE2023
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Paddy (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
★7.5
MOVIE1997
Before I Sleep
as John Harte
★5.7
MOVIE2011
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Sweety Barrett
as Sweety Barrett
★5.8
MOVIE1999
This Is My Father
as Garda Jim
★7.0
MOVIE1990
The Field
as Quarryman
★6.0
MOVIE2001
Cáca Milis
as Paul
★6.2
MOVIE2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
★7.1
MOVIE2000
Saltwater
as Simple Simon
★6.5
MOVIE1993
The Snapper
as Lester
★6.0
MOVIE1990
Hard Shoulder
MOVIETBA
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
★5.2
MOVIE2006
Studs
as Walter Keegan
★5.6
MOVIE2006
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
★6.0
MOVIE2019
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
MOVIETBA
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Wiglaf
★4.4
MOVIE2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE1993
Love Lies Bleeding
as Thomas Macken
★6.0
MOVIE2023
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1997
Angela Mooney Dies Again
as Barney Mooney
★6.0
MOVIE1997
I Went Down
as Bunny Kelly
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Dear Sarah
as Brendan Dowd
★6.8
MOVIE1991
The Treaty
as Michael Collins
MOVIE2022
The Dead Zoo
as Narrator
MOVIE2024
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
as Self
★6.0
MOVIETBA
Tales from the Poorhouse
★4.0
MOVIE2015
Pursuit
as Searbhán