Brendan Gleeson
Acting
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
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tvSpider-Noir
2026
Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
movieH Is for Hawk
2025
Alisdair Macdonald
tvKerry: Tides of Time
2025
Narrator
movieJoker: Folie à Deux
2024
Jackie Sullivan
movieA Greyhound of a Girl
2023
Paddy (voice)
tvThe Irish Civil War
2022
Narrator
movieThe Banshees of Inisherin
2022
Colm Doherty
movieRiverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
Huntsman (voice)
tvThe Burren: Heart of Stone
2021
Narrator
tvThe Comey Rule
2020
Donald Trump
movieLost Lives
2019
Self (voice)
movieFrankie
2019
Jimmy
movieThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
movieCaptain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
Captain Vicks (voice)
moviePsychic
2018
Jeremiah
moviePaddington 2
2017
Knuckles McGinty
tvMr. Mercedes
2017
Detective Bill Hodges
movieHampstead
2017
Donald Horner
movieLive by Night
2016
Thomas Coughlin
movieAssassin's Creed
2016
Joseph Lynch
movieTrespass Against Us
2016
Colby Culter
movieAlone in Berlin
2016
Otto Quangel
movieAtlantic
2016
Narrator
movieIn the Heart of the Sea
2015
Old Thomas Nickerson
movieSuffragette
2015
Arthur Steed
moviePursuit
2015
Searbhán
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
movieStonehearst Asylum
2014
The Alienist
movieSong of the Sea
2014
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
movieThe Grand Seduction
2014
Murray French
movieEdge of Tomorrow
2014
General Brigham
movieCalvary
2014
Father James Lavelle
movieThe Smurfs 2
2013
Victor Doyle
movieThe Company You Keep
2012
Henry Osborne
movieSo You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
The Pirate With Gout
movieThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
movieThe Raven
2012
Colonel Hamilton
movieSafe House
2012
David Barlow
movieAlbert Nobbs
2011
Dr. Holloran
movieThe Cup
2011
Dermot Weld
movieThe Guard
2011
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieNoreen
2010
Con Keogh
moviePerrier's Bounty
2010
Darren Perrier
movieGreen Zone
2010
Martin Brown
movieInto the Storm
2009
Winston Churchill
movieThe Secret of Kells
2009
Abbot Cellach (voice)
movieBeowulf
2007
Wiglaf (Voice)
movieBlack Irish
2007
Desmond McKay
movieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
movieThe Tiger's Tail
2006
Liam O'Leary
movieStuds
2006
Walter Keegan
movieBreakfast on Pluto
2005
John Joe Kenny
movieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
movieKingdom of Heaven
2005
Reynald de Chatillon
movieSix Shooter
2004
Donnelly
movieThe Village
2004
August Nicholson
movieTroy
2004
Menelaus
movieIn My Country
2004
De Jagar
movieCold Mountain
2003
Stobrod Thewes
tvJakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
Ferny Toro (voice)
movieGangs of New York
2002
Walter 'Monk' McGinn
movieDark Blue
2002
Jack van Meter
movieA.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Lord Johnson-Johnson
movieThe Tailor of Panama
2001
Mickie Abraxas
movieWild About Harry
2000
Harry McKee
movieSaltwater
2000
Simple Simon
movieHarrison's Flowers
2000
Marc Stevenson
movieMy Life So Far
1999
Jim Menzies
movieLake Placid
1999
Sheriff Hank Keough
movieThis Is My Father
1999
Garda Jim
movieSweety Barrett
1999
Sweety Barrett
movieThe General
1998
Martin Cahill
movieThe Butcher Boy
1998
Father Bubbles
movieBefore I Sleep
1997
John Harte
movieI Went Down
1997
Bunny Kelly
movieAngela Mooney Dies Again
1997
Barney Mooney
movieTurbulence
1997
Stubbs
movieA Further Gesture
1997
Richard
movieSpaghetti Slow
1996
Frank Ferguson
movieMichael Collins
1996
Liam Tobin
movieTrojan Eddie
1996
Ginger
movieBraveheart
1995
Hamish Campbell
tvThe Lifeboat
1994
Leslie Parry
movieThe Snapper
1993
Lester
movieLove Lies Bleeding
1993
Thomas Macken
movieInto the West
1992
Inspector Bolger
movieFar and Away
1992
Social Club Policeman
movieThe Treaty
1991
Michael Collins
movieThe Field
1990
Quarryman
movieDear Sarah
1990
Brendan Dowd
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
4 Play
1989
Farmer
tvScreenPlay
1986
Thomas Macken
tvScreen Two
1985
Lester
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Sexual Healing
Freddy Cousaert
movieThe Honey Wars
(voice)
Blood Runs Coal
Joseph Yablonski
Directing1
moviePsychic
2018
Director
Production1
moviePsychic
2018
Producer