Brendan Gleeson

Acting · 4.5 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: March 29, 1955
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).

Works

99 films

Troy

20047.2

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

20057.8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

20107.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

20077.7

Kingdom of Heaven

20057.1

28 Days Later

20027.2

Braveheart

19957.9

Edge of Tomorrow

20147.6

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

20017.1

Mission: Impossible II

20006.1

The Village

20046.5

Safe House

20126.5

In Bruges

20087.5

Joker: Folie à Deux

20245.4

Paddington 2

20177.5

The Smurfs 2

20135.8

Beowulf

20075.9

The Banshees of Inisherin

20227.5

Gangs of New York

20027.3

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

20187.1

Cold Mountain

20036.9

In the Heart of the Sea

20156.8

Stonehearst Asylum

20146.9

Green Zone

20106.5

Assassin's Creed

20165.4

The Field

19907.0

Far and Away

19926.8

Lake Placid

19995.9

The Tragedy of Macbeth

20216.9

Song of the Sea

20148.0

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

20126.5

The Raven

20126.3

The Guard

20117.0

Live by Night

20166.3

Dark Blue

20026.3

Suffragette

20157.2

The Tailor of Panama

20016.0

The Company You Keep

20126.2

Breakfast on Pluto

20057.2

Turbulence

19975.4

The Secret of Kells

20097.4

Michael Collins

19966.9

Albert Nobbs

20116.3

H Is for Hawk

20257.2

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

20216.0

Hampstead

20176.1

Alone in Berlin

20166.7

Calvary

20147.1

Deconstructing 'The Village'

20054.7

Trespass Against Us

20165.8

The General

19986.7

Into the West

19926.4

Harrison's Flowers

20006.5

The Grand Seduction

20146.7

Atlantic

20167.0

Into the Storm

20096.4

The Snapper

19936.5

Perrier's Bounty

20105.8

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

20126.2

Noreen

20107.8

In My Country

20045.9

A Greyhound of a Girl

20236.7

The Butcher Boy

19986.8

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

20236.0

The Cup

20115.7

Cáca Milis

20016.0

Frankie

20194.8

My Life So Far

19995.4

I Went Down

19976.0

Six Shooter

20047.2

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

20184.4

The Tiger's Tail

20065.6

The Treaty

19916.8

Blood Runs Coal

2026

Psychic

20185.0

Spaghetti Slow

19965.5

Lost Lives

20196.0

Studs

20065.2

Sexual Healing

2026

The Path to Redemption

20068.0

Saltwater

20007.1

Black Irish

20076.5

Before I Sleep

19977.5

This Is My Father

19995.8

Hard Shoulder

19906.0

A Further Gesture

19974.8

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

2026

Trojan Eddie

19965.3

Tales from the Poorhouse

20266.0

Wild About Harry

20006.0

Love Lies Bleeding

199310.0

The Honey Wars

2026

Sweety Barrett

19996.0

Angela Mooney Dies Again

19975.5

Dear Sarah

199010.0

Pursuit

20154.0

Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's

2024

The Dead Zoo

2022

The Weir

2026