Brendan Gleeson 1955 70
Brendan Gleeson 1955 70
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).
From Dublin, Ireland
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2025 The Honey Wars as (voice)
2025 A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf as Wiglaf
2025 Sexual Healing as Freddy Cousaert
2025 H Is for Hawk as Alisdair Macdonald
2024 Joker: Folie à Deux as Jackie Sullivan
2024 Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's as Self
2023 A Greyhound of a Girl as Paddy (voice)
2023 On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin as Self
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty
2022 The Dead Zoo as Narrator
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth as Duncan
2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Huntsman (voice)
2019 Lost Lives
2019 Frankie as Jimmy
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 Producer, Director
2017 Paddington 2 as Knuckles McGinty
2017 Hampstead as Donald Horner
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 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2010 Noreen as Con Keogh
2010 Green Zone as Martin Brown
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
2007 Beowulf as Wiglaf
2007 Black Irish as Desmond McKay
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2006 The Tiger's Tail as Liam O'Leary
2006 The Path to Redemption as Self
2006 Studs as Walter Keegan
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2005 Breakfast on Pluto as John Joe Kenny
2005 Kingdom of Heaven as Reynald de Chatillon
2005 Deconstructing 'The Village' as Self
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
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 Cáca Milis as Paul
2001 The Tailor of Panama as Mickie Abraxas
2000 Wild About Harry as Harry McKee
2000 Saltwater as Simple Simon
2000 Harrison's Flowers as Marc Stevenson
2000 Mission: Impossible II as McCloy
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 A Further Gesture as Richard
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
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7.11 Fantasy 9
7.05 War 10
7.01 History 11
6.85 Family 8
6.84 Western 3
6.69 Mystery 4
6.66 Science Fiction 5
6.62 Adventure 17
6.54 Music 2
6.50 Comedy 23
6.42 Drama 52
6.37 Animation 9
6.36 Action 18
6.24 Thriller 20
6.18 Horror 4
6.17 Crime 17
6.03 Romance 11
5.45 TV Movie 3
4.14 Documentary 5