Brendan Gleeson

Acting · 4.6 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: March 29, 1955
From: Dublin, Ireland

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).

Works

99 films

Troy

20047.2

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

20057.8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

20107.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

20077.7

28 Days Later

20027.2

Kingdom of Heaven

20057.1

Braveheart

19957.9

Edge of Tomorrow

20147.6

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

20017.1

Mission: Impossible II

20006.1

The Village

20046.5

Safe House

20126.5

Joker: Folie à Deux

20245.4

In Bruges

20087.5

Paddington 2

20177.5

The Smurfs 2

20135.8

In the Heart of the Sea

20156.8

The Banshees of Inisherin

20227.5

Cold Mountain

20036.9

Gangs of New York

20027.3

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

20187.1

Beowulf

20075.9

Stonehearst Asylum

20146.9

Green Zone

20106.5

The Field

19907.0

The Tragedy of Macbeth

20216.9

Far and Away

19926.8

Lake Placid

19995.9

Assassin's Creed

20165.4

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

20126.5

Live by Night

20166.3

Song of the Sea

20148.0

The Guard

20117.0

Dark Blue

20026.2

The Raven

20126.3

Suffragette

20157.2

Turbulence

19975.4

Breakfast on Pluto

20057.2

The Tailor of Panama

20016.0

The Secret of Kells

20097.4

The Company You Keep

20126.2

Michael Collins

19966.9

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

20216.0

Albert Nobbs

20116.3

Trespass Against Us

20165.8

Hampstead

20176.1

Deconstructing 'The Village'

20054.7

H Is for Hawk

20257.2

Calvary

20147.1

Into the West

19926.4

Alone in Berlin

20166.7

Atlantic

20167.0

Into the Storm

20096.4

The Grand Seduction

20146.7

The General

19986.7

Harrison's Flowers

20006.5

Noreen

20107.8

The Snapper

19936.5

In My Country

20045.9

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

20126.2

The Cup

20115.7

A Greyhound of a Girl

20236.7

The Butcher Boy

19986.8

Perrier's Bounty

20105.8

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

20236.0

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

20184.4

My Life So Far

19995.4

Frankie

20194.8

Cáca Milis

20016.0

Six Shooter

20047.2

I Went Down

19976.0

Blood Runs Coal

2026

The Treaty

19916.8

Lost Lives

20196.0

Studs

20065.2

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

2026

Psychic

20185.0

Sexual Healing

2026

The Tiger's Tail

20065.6

Black Irish

20076.5

Spaghetti Slow

19965.5

Wild About Harry

20006.0

Trojan Eddie

19965.3

Hard Shoulder

19906.0

Love Lies Bleeding

199310.0

The Path to Redemption

20068.0

Saltwater

20007.1

Before I Sleep

19977.5

Sweety Barrett

19996.0

The Honey Wars

2026

Tales from the Poorhouse

20266.0

Pursuit

20154.0

This Is My Father

19995.8

Dear Sarah

199010.0

A Further Gesture

19974.8

Angela Mooney Dies Again

19975.5

Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's

2024

The Dead Zoo

2022

The Weir

2026