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).
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Movies (39)
H Is for Hawk
as Alisdair Macdonald
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 Banshees of Inisherin
as Colm Doherty
2022
The Dead Zoo
as Narrator
2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
2021
Lost Lives
2019
Frankie
as Jimmy
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
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
Pursuit
as Searbhán
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
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
TV Shows (11)
Kerry: Tides of Time
as Narrator
2025
The Irish Civil War
as Narrator
2022
Frank of Ireland
as Liam
2021
The Burren: Heart of Stone
as Narrator
2021
The Comey Rule
as Donald Trump
2020
State of the Union
as Scott
2019
Mr. Mercedes
as Detective Bill Hodges
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
as Glór
2013