Brendan Gleeson
Acting
🎂 1955-03-29
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).
Cast credits(112)
Self
2015
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2015
Frank
2002
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Host
1975
Scott
2019
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2005
Detective Bill Hodges
2017
Ferny Toro (voice)
2003
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2007
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2010
Menelaos
2004
Reynald de Chatillon
2005
Hamish Campbell
1995
McCloy
2000
Jackie Sullivan
2024
Narrator
2022
General Brigham
2014
Lord Johnson-Johnson
2001
Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
Knuckles McGinty
2017
Glór
2013
Walter "Monk" McGinn
2002
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018
Colm Doherty
2022
Narrator
2021
Joseph Lynch
2016
Victor Doyle
2013
August Nicholson
2004
Duncan
2021
Stobrod Thewes
2003
Wiglaf
2007
Ken
2008
Thomas Coughlin
2016
Old Thomas Nickerson
2015
The Alienist
2014
Martin Brown
2010
David Barlow
2012
Sheriff Hank Keough
1999
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
2012
Henry Osborne
2012
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
2014
Colonel Hamilton
2012
Social Club Policeman
1992
Donald Trump
2020
Arthur Steed
2015
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
2011
Abbot Cellach (voice)
2009
Father James Lavelle
2014
Jack van Meter
2002
Mickie Abraxas
2001
Stubbs
1997
Dr. Holloran
2011
Liam Tobin
1996
Liam
2021
Narrator
2025
Donald Horner
2017
John Joe Kenny
2005
Winston Churchill
2009
Colby Culter
2016
Darren Perrier
2009
Huntsman (voice)
2021
Martin Cahill
1998
Jim Menzies
1999
De Jagar
2004
Dermot Weld
2011
Otto Quangel
2016
Father Bubbles
1998
Marc Stevenson
2000
Murray French
2014
Desmond McKay
2007
Quarryman
1990
Lester
1993
Self
2005
Self
2006
Bunny Kelly
1997
Rusty
The Pirate With Gout
2012
Sweety Barrett
1999
Richard
1997
Donnelly
2004
Jimmy
2019
Captain Vicks (voice)
2018
Paddy (voice)
2023
Thomas Macken
1993
Inspector Bolger
1992
Garda Jim
1999
Freddy Cousaert
(voice)
Simple Simon
2000
Liam O'Leary
2006
Harry McKee
2000
Michael Collins
1991
Walter Keegan
2006
Self
2023
Barney Mooney
1997
2019
Alisdair Macdonald
Con Keogh
2010
Jeremiah
2018
Searbhán
2015
Brendan Dowd
1990
Wiglaf
Narrator
2022
Ginger
1996
Frank Ferguson
1996
Narrator
2016
Paul
2001
Self
2024