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).
Known For
Frank
28 Days Later
Hamish Campbell
Braveheart
McCloy
Mission: Impossible II
John Joe Kenny
Breakfast on Pluto
Reynald de Chatillon
Kingdom of Heaven
Menelaos
Troy
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Stobrod Thewes
Cold Mountain
Liam Tobin
Michael Collins
Wiglaf
Beowulf
Walter "Monk" McGinn
Gangs of New York
Liam O'Leary
The Tiger's Tail
Mickie Abraxas
The Tailor of Panama
Jack van Meter
Dark Blue
Self
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Martin Brown
Green Zone
August Nicholson
The Village
Quarryman
The Field
Ken Daley
In Bruges
Marc Stevenson
Harrison's Flowers
Donnelly
Six Shooter
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Abbot Cellach (voice)
The Secret of Kells
Bunny Kelly
I Went Down
Lester
The Snapper
Sheriff Hank Keough
Lake Placid
Desmond McKay
Black Irish
Stubbs
Turbulence
Darren Perrier
Perrier's Bounty
Winston Churchill
Into the Storm
De Jagar
In My Country
Martin Cahill
The General
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
The Guard
Colonel Hamilton
The Raven
Barney Mooney
Angela Mooney Dies Again
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Dr. Holloran
Albert Nobbs
David Barlow
Safe House
Dermot Weld
The Cup
Victor Doyle
The Smurfs 2
Henry Osborne
The Company You Keep
Ginger
Trojan Eddie
Father James Lavelle
Calvary
Old Thomas Nickerson
In the Heart of the Sea
Murray French
The Grand Seduction
Con Keogh
Noreen
Lost Lives
Arthur Steed
Suffragette
Frank Ferguson
Messaggi quasi segreti
Colby Culter
Trespass Against Us
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
Song of the Sea
General Brigham
Edge of Tomorrow
The Alienist
Stonehearst Asylum
Harry McKee
Wild About Harry
Jackie Sullivan
Joker: Folie à Deux
Garda Jim
This Is My Father
Alisdair Macdonald
H Is for Hawk
Otto Quangel
Alone in Berlin
Self
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Searbhán
Pursuit
Freddy Cousaert
Sexual Healing
Richard
A Further Gesture
Thomas Coughlin
Live by Night
Joseph Lynch
Assassin's Creed
Simple Simon
Saltwater
Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett
Michael Collins
The Treaty
Narrator
Atlantic
Knuckles McGinty
Paddington 2
Paul
Cáca Milis
Lord Johnson-Johnson
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Donald Horner
Hampstead
The Pirate With Gout
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Thomas Macken
Love Lies Bleeding
Jeremiah
Psychic
Walter Keegan
Studs
Jim Menzies
My Life So Far
Captain Vicks (voice)
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Inspector Bolger
Into the West
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Jimmy
Frankie
Social Club Policeman
Far and Away
Father Bubbles
The Butcher Boy
Brendan Dowd
Dear Sarah
Duncan
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Colm Doherty
The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Huntsman (voice)
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Self
The Path to Redemption
Narrator
The Dead Zoo
(voice)
The Honey Wars
Wiglaf
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-03-29
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
Брендан Глісон