Brendan Gleeson
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).
Known For
Acting
2002
asFrank
1995
asHamish Campbell
2000
asMcCloy
2005
asJohn Joe Kenny
2005
asReynald de Chatillon
2004
asMenelaos
2005
asAlastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2007
asAlastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
1996
asLiam Tobin
2003
asStobrod Thewes
2007
asWiglaf
2002
asWalter "Monk" McGinn
2006
asLiam O'Leary
2001
asMickie Abraxas
2002
asJack van Meter
2023
asSelf
2010
asMartin Brown
2004
asAugust Nicholson
1990
asQuarryman
2008
asKen
2000
asMarc Stevenson
2004
asDonnelly
2010
asAlastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2009
asAbbot Cellach (voice)
1997
asBunny Kelly
1993
asLester
1999
asSheriff Hank Keough
2007
asDesmond McKay
1997
asStubbs
2009
asDarren Perrier
2009
asWinston Churchill
2004
asDe Jagar
1998
asMartin Cahill
2011
asSergeant Gerry Boyle
2012
asColonel Hamilton
1997
asBarney Mooney
2012
asThe Pirate with Gout (voice)
2011
asDr. Holloran
2012
asDavid Barlow
2011
asDermot Weld
2013
asVictor Doyle
2012
asHenry Osborne
1996
asGinger
2014
asFather James Lavelle
2015
asOld Thomas Nickerson
2014
asMurray French
2010
asCon Keogh
2019
as
2015
asArthur Steed
1996
asFrank Ferguson
2016
asColby Culter
2014
asConor / Mac Lir (voice)
2014
asGeneral Brigham
2014
asThe Alienist
2000
asHarry McKee
2024
asJackie Sullivan
1999
asGarda Jim
asAlisdair Macdonald
2016
asOtto Quangel
2024
asSelf
2015
asSearbhán
asFreddy Cousaert
1997
asRichard
2016
asThomas Coughlin
2016
asJoseph Lynch
2000
asSimple Simon
1999
asSweety Barrett
1991
asMichael Collins
2016
asNarrator
2017
asKnuckles McGinty
2001
asPaul
2001
asLord Johnson-Johnson
2017
asDonald Horner
2012
asThe Pirate With Gout
1993
asThomas Macken
2018
asJeremiah
2006
asWalter Keegan
1999
asJim Menzies
2018
asCaptain Vicks (voice)
1992
asInspector Bolger
2018
asIrishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2019
asJimmy
1992
asSocial Club Policeman
1998
asFather Bubbles
1990
asBrendan Dowd
2021
asDuncan
2022
asColm Doherty
2005
asSelf
2021
asHuntsman (voice)
2006
asSelf
2022
asNarrator
as(voice)
asWiglaf
2023
asPaddy (voice)
asNarrator
asLiam
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asScott
asDetective Bill Hodges
asFerny Toro (voice)
asGlór
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asSelf
asNarrator
asDonald Trump
asasRusty
asNarrator
asSelf - Nominee
Production
2018
asCrew
Directing
2018
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