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Brendan Gleeson

Born 1955-03-29
📍 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).

Filmography 110

Spider-Noir
as Silvermane
2026
H Is for Hawk
as Alisdair Macdonald
2025
Kerry: Tides of Time
as Narrator
2025
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
2024
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
as Self
2024
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Paddy (voice)
2023
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
2023
The Irish Civil War
as Narrator
2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Colm Doherty
2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
2021
Frank of Ireland
as Liam
2021
The Burren: Heart of Stone
as Narrator
2021
The Comey Rule
as Donald Trump
2020
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
2019
Frankie
as Jimmy
2019
State of the Union
as Scott
2019
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
2018
Psychic
as Jeremiah
2018
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
2017
Mr. Mercedes
as Detective Bill Hodges
2017
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
2017
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
2016
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
2016
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
2016
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
2016
Atlantic
as Narrator
2016
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
2015
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Pursuit
as Searbhán
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
2014
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
2014
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
2014
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
2014
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
2013
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
2012
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
2012
Safe House
as David Barlow
2012
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
2011
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
2011
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2010
Noreen
as Con Keogh
2010
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
2010
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
2009
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
2009
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
2009
In Bruges
as Ken
2008
Beowulf
as Wiglaf
2007
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
2006
The Path to Redemption
as Self
2006
Studs
as Walter Keegan
2006
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
2005
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
2004
The Village
as August Nicholson
2004
Troy
as Menelaos
2004
In My Country
as De Jagar
2004
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
2003
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
as Ferny Toro (voice)
2003
Gangs of New York
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
2002
Dark Blue
as Jack van Meter
2002
28 Days Later
as Frank
2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
2001
Cáca Milis
as Paul
2001
The Tailor of Panama
as Mickie Abraxas
2001
Wild About Harry
as Harry McKee
2000
Saltwater
as Simple Simon
2000
Harrison's Flowers
as Marc Stevenson
2000
Mission: Impossible II
as McCloy
2000
My Life So Far
as Jim Menzies
1999
Lake Placid
as Sheriff Hank Keough
1999
This Is My Father
as Garda Jim
1999
Sweety Barrett
as Sweety Barrett
1999
The General
as Martin Cahill
1998
The Butcher Boy
as Father Bubbles
1998
Before I Sleep
as John Harte
1997
I Went Down
as Bunny Kelly
1997
Angela Mooney Dies Again
as Barney Mooney
1997
Turbulence
as Stubbs
1997
A Further Gesture
as Richard
1997
Spaghetti Slow
as Frank Ferguson
1996
Michael Collins
as Liam Tobin
1996
Trojan Eddie
as Ginger
1996
Braveheart
as Hamish Campbell
1995
The Lifeboat
as Leslie Parry
1994
The Snapper
as Lester
1993
Love Lies Bleeding
as Thomas Macken
1993
Into the West
as Inspector Bolger
1992
Far and Away
as Social Club Policeman
1992
The Treaty
as Michael Collins
1991
The Field
as Quarryman
1990
Dear Sarah
as Brendan Dowd
1990
The Simpsons
as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
1989
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
Tales from the Poorhouse