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