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