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Brendan Gleeson

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Known For

70 Years Old

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).

Born

Dublin, Ireland on 29th March 1955

All Credits

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden Image
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show Image
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
28 Days Later Image
28 Days Later
Frank
Mr. Mercedes Image
Mr. Mercedes
Detective Bill Hodges
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Image
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Image
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Image
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Ferny Toro (voice)
Spider-Noir Image
Spider-Noir
Troy Image
Troy
Menelaos
State of the Union Image
State of the Union
Scott
Kingdom of Heaven Image
Kingdom of Heaven
Reynald de Chatillon
Joker: Folie à Deux Image
Joker: Folie à Deux
Jackie Sullivan
Braveheart Image
Braveheart
Hamish Campbell
Mission: Impossible II Image
Mission: Impossible II
McCloy
Edge of Tomorrow Image
Edge of Tomorrow
General Brigham
The Irish Civil War Image
The Irish Civil War
Narrator
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1916 Seachtar na Cásca
Self - Narrator (voice)
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The Smurfs 2
Victor Doyle
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lord Johnson-Johnson
The Burren: Heart of Stone Image
The Burren: Heart of Stone
Narrator
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1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
Glór
Gangs of New York Image
Gangs of New York
Walter "Monk" McGinn
Paddington 2 Image
Paddington 2
Knuckles McGinty
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Image
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
The Banshees of Inisherin Image
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm Doherty
Assassin's Creed Image
Assassin's Creed
Joseph Lynch
In Bruges Image
In Bruges
Ken
Stonehearst Asylum Image
Stonehearst Asylum
The Alienist
Cold Mountain Image
Cold Mountain
Stobrod Thewes
Beowulf Image
Beowulf
Wiglaf
The Village Image
The Village
August Nicholson
In the Heart of the Sea Image
In the Heart of the Sea
Old Thomas Nickerson
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
Duncan
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Lake Placid
Sheriff Hank Keough
Far and Away Image
Far and Away
Social Club Policeman
Green Zone Image
Green Zone
Martin Brown
Safe House Image
Safe House
David Barlow
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The Company You Keep
Henry Osborne
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Suffragette
Arthur Steed
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Song of the Sea
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Raven Image
The Raven
Colonel Hamilton
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
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Live by Night
Thomas Coughlin
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The Secret of Kells
Abbot Cellach (voice)
Calvary Image
Calvary
Father James Lavelle
The Comey Rule Image
The Comey Rule
Donald Trump
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The Tailor of Panama
Mickie Abraxas
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Frank of Ireland
Liam
The Guard Image
The Guard
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
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Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Huntsman (voice)
Michael Collins Image
Michael Collins
Liam Tobin
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Hampstead
Donald Horner
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Albert Nobbs
Dr. Holloran
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Turbulence
Stubbs
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Breakfast on Pluto
John Joe Kenny
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Alone in Berlin
Otto Quangel
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Perrier's Bounty
Darren Perrier
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The Grand Seduction
Murray French
In My Country Image
In My Country
De Jagar
No Image
Kerry: Tides of Time
Narrator
Dark Blue Image
Dark Blue
Jack van Meter
Into the Storm Image
Into the Storm
Winston Churchill
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Trespass Against Us
Colby Culter
The Field Image
The Field
Quarryman
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The Butcher Boy
Father Bubbles
Into the West Image
Into the West
Inspector Bolger
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Harrison's Flowers
Marc Stevenson
The General Image
The General
Martin Cahill
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A Greyhound of a Girl
Paddy (voice)
The Cup Image
The Cup
Dermot Weld
Frankie Image
Frankie
Jimmy
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Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Vicks (voice)
Deconstructing 'The Village' Image
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
No Image
The Good Daughter
Rusty
My Life So Far Image
My Life So Far
Jim Menzies
The Snapper Image
The Snapper
Lester
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Six Shooter
Donnelly
So You Want To Be A Pirate! Image
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate With Gout
Black Irish Image
Black Irish
Desmond McKay
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The Path to Redemption
Self
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Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett
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A Further Gesture
Richard
This Is My Father Image
This Is My Father
Garda Jim
Wild About Harry Image
Wild About Harry
Harry McKee
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The Tiger's Tail
Liam O'Leary
I Went Down Image
I Went Down
Bunny Kelly
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Sexual Healing
Freddy Cousaert
Studs Image
Studs
Walter Keegan
Saltwater Image
Saltwater
Simple Simon
Lost Lives Image
Lost Lives
The Honey Wars Image
The Honey Wars
(voice)
Dear Sarah Image
Dear Sarah
Brendan Dowd
The Treaty Image
The Treaty
Michael Collins
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin Image
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
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Cáca Milis
Paul
Love Lies Bleeding Image
Love Lies Bleeding
Thomas Macken
Atlantic Image
Atlantic
Narrator
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Pursuit
Searbhán
Psychic Image
Psychic
Jeremiah
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Trojan Eddie
Ginger
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The Dead Zoo
Narrator
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A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Wiglaf
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H Is for Hawk
Alisdair Macdonald
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's Image
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Self
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Angela Mooney Dies Again
Barney Mooney
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Spaghetti Slow
Frank Ferguson
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Noreen
Con Keogh