Acting
Brendan Gleeson
EN, IT, FR, GA cinema · 99 credits
Born
29 March 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
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).
Known for
Filmography
Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
Blood Runs Coal
Blood Runs Coal
as Joseph Yablonski
The Weir
The Weir
as Jack
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Paddy (voice)
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Colm Doherty
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
Frankie
as Jimmy
Psychic
as Jeremiah, Producer, Director
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
Atlantic
as Narrator
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
Pursuit
as Searbhán
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
Safe House
as David Barlow
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
Noreen
as Con Keogh
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
In Bruges
as Ken
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Beowulf
as Wiglaf (Voice)
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
Studs
as Walter Keegan
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Troy
as Menelaus
The Village
as August Nicholson
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
In My Country
as De Jagar
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
28 Days Later
as Frank
Gangs of New York
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Dark Blue
as Jack van Meter
The Tailor of Panama
as Mickie Abraxas
Cáca Milis
as Paul
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
Mission: Impossible II
as McCloy
Harrison's Flowers
as Marc Stevenson
Wild About Harry
as Harry McKee
Saltwater
as Simple Simon
Lake Placid
as Sheriff Hank Keough
This Is My Father
as Garda Jim
Sweety Barrett
as Sweety Barrett
My Life So Far
as Jim Menzies
The General
as Martin Cahill
The Butcher Boy
as Father Bubbles
I Went Down
as Bunny Kelly
Turbulence
as Stubbs
Angela Mooney Dies Again
as Barney Mooney
A Further Gesture
as Richard
Before I Sleep
as John Harte
Michael Collins
as Liam Tobin
Trojan Eddie
as Ginger
Spaghetti Slow
as Frank Ferguson
Braveheart
as Hamish Campbell
The Snapper
as Lester
Love Lies Bleeding
as Thomas Macken
Into the West
as Inspector Bolger
Far and Away
as Social Club Policeman
The Treaty
as Michael Collins
The Field
as Quarryman
Dear Sarah
as Brendan Dowd