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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-03-29
Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
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Cast
28 Days Later
2002
7.23
Braveheart
1995
7.94
Mission: Impossible II
2000
6.13
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
7.21
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
7.00
Troy
2004
7.16
Cold Mountain
2003
6.93
Michael Collins
1996
6.87
Beowulf
2007
5.90
Gangs of New York
2002
7.31
The Tiger's Tail
2006
5.71
The Tailor of Panama
2001
6.02
Dark Blue
2002
6.20
Green Zone
2010
6.49
The Village
2004
6.49
The Field
1990
7.00
In Bruges
2008
7.50
Harrison's Flowers
2000
6.51
Six Shooter
2004
7.17
The Secret of Kells
2009
7.40
I Went Down
1997
5.90
The Snapper
1993
6.40
Lake Placid
1999
5.93
Black Irish
2007
6.50
Turbulence
1997
5.37
Perrier's Bounty
2009
5.77
Into the Storm
2009
6.30
In My Country
2004
5.92
The General
1998
6.70
The Guard
2011
6.98
The Raven
2012
6.30
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
1.00
Albert Nobbs
2011
6.34
Safe House
2012
6.49
The Cup
2011
5.40
The Smurfs 2
2013
5.80
The Company You Keep
2012
6.17
Trojan Eddie
1996
4.88
Calvary
2014
7.12
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
6.76
The Grand Seduction
2014
6.67
Noreen
2010
7.80
Lost Lives
2019
6.00
Suffragette
2015
7.20
Spaghetti Slow
1996
1.00
Trespass Against Us
2016
5.76
Song of the Sea
2014
8.00
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
7.60
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
6.86
Wild About Harry
2000
5.72
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
5.41
This Is My Father
1999
5.40
H Is for Hawk
2025
8.00
Alone in Berlin
2016
6.70
Pursuit
2015
4.00
Sexual Healing
0.00
A Further Gesture
1997
4.46
Live by Night
2016
6.30
Assassin's Creed
2016
5.43
Saltwater
2000
6.90
Sweety Barrett
1999
5.60
The Treaty
1991
6.00
Atlantic
2016
7.00
Paddington 2
2017
7.48
Cáca Milis
2001
5.50
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
7.05
Hampstead
2017
6.00
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
6.27
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
0.00
Psychic
2018
5.00
Studs
2006
5.00
My Life So Far
1999
5.56
Into the West
1992
6.42
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
7.13
Frankie
2019
4.80
Far and Away
1992
6.77
The Butcher Boy
1998
6.80
Dear Sarah
1990
0.00
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
6.93
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
7.46
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
4.70
The Path to Redemption
2006
8.00
The Dead Zoo
2022
0.00
The Honey Wars
0.00
Before I Sleep
7.00