Actor Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson
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Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two British Independent Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and four times for a Golden Globe Award. He is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films (2005–2010), as Pól in Cáca Milis (2001) and for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart (1995), Michael Collins (1996), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Gangs of New York (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Cold Mountain (2003), Troy (2004), The Smurfs 2 (2013), Suffragette (2015), Paddington 2 (2017), and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), as well as leading roles in films such as 28 Days Later (2002), In Bruges (2008), The Guard (2011), The Grand Seduction (2013), and Calvary (2014). He starred as detective Bill Hodges in the television adaptation of Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch. He also starred as US President Donald Trump in the miniseries The Comey Rule (2020). He won an Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm. 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.
Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Date of birth
29th March 1955
Movies that starred Brendan Gleeson (37 in total)
Joker: Folie à Deux poster

Joker: Folie à Deux [2024]

Jackie
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure poster

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure [2021]

Huntsman (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs [2018]

Clarence (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2 [2017]

Knuckles McGinty
Assassin's Creed poster

Assassin's Creed [2016]

Joseph Lynch
Live by Night poster

Live by Night [2016]

Thomas Coughlin
Atlantic poster

Atlantic [2016]

Narrator
Trespass Against Us poster

Trespass Against Us [2016]

Colby Culter
In the Heart of the Sea poster

In the Heart of the Sea [2015]

Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette poster

Suffragette [2015]

Arthur Steed
Edge of Tomorrow poster

Edge of Tomorrow [2014]

General Brigham
Stonehearst Asylum poster

Stonehearst Asylum [2014]

The Alienist
Song of the Sea poster

Song of the Sea [2014]

Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Smurfs 2 poster

The Smurfs 2 [2013]

Victor Doyle
The Raven poster

The Raven [2012]

Colonel Hamilton
Safe House poster

Safe House [2012]

David Barlow
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 [2010]

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Green Zone poster

Green Zone [2010]

Martin Brown
In Bruges poster

In Bruges [2008]

Ken Daley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [2007]

Alastor "Mad-­Eye" Moody
Beowulf poster

Beowulf [2007]

Wiglaf
Studs poster

Studs [2006]

Walter Keegan
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [2005]

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Kingdom of Heaven poster

Kingdom of Heaven [2005]

Reynald de Chatillon
Breakfast on Pluto poster

Breakfast on Pluto [2005]

John Joe Kenny
Troy poster

Troy [2004]

Menelaos
The Village poster

The Village [2004]

August Nicholson
28 Days Later poster

28 Days Later [2002]

Frank
Gangs of New York poster

Gangs of New York [2002]

Walter "Monk" McGinn
Dark Blue poster

Dark Blue [2002]

Jack van Meter
The Tailor of Panama poster

The Tailor of Panama [2001]

Mickie Abraxas
Mission: Impossible II poster

Mission: Impossible II [2000]

John C. McCloy
Harrison's Flowers poster

Harrison's Flowers [2000]

Marc Stevenson
Lake Placid poster

Lake Placid [1999]

Sheriff Hank Keough
This Is My Father poster

This Is My Father [1999]

Garda Jim
Michael Collins poster

Michael Collins [1996]

Liam Tobin
Braveheart poster

Braveheart [1995]

Hamish Campbell
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