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).
Acting (90 movies)
28 Days Later
2002
Braveheart
1995
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Troy
2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Michael Collins
1996
Cold Mountain
2003
Beowulf
2007
Gangs of New York
2002
The Tiger's Tail
2006
The Tailor of Panama
2001
Dark Blue
2002
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
Green Zone
2010
The Village
2004
The Field
1990
In Bruges
2008
Harrison's Flowers
2000
Six Shooter
2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
The Secret of Kells
2009
I Went Down
1997
The Snapper
1993
Lake Placid
1999
Black Irish
2007
Turbulence
1997
Perrier's Bounty
2009
Into the Storm
2009
In My Country
2004
The General
1998
The Guard
2011
The Raven
2012
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
Albert Nobbs
2011
Safe House
2012
The Cup
2011
The Smurfs 2
2013
The Company You Keep
2012
Trojan Eddie
1996
Calvary
2014
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
The Grand Seduction
2014
Noreen
2010
Lost Lives
2019
Suffragette
2015
Spaghetti Slow
1996
Trespass Against Us
2016
Song of the Sea
2014
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
Wild About Harry
2000
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
This Is My Father
1999
H Is for Hawk
2025
Alone in Berlin
2016
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
Pursuit
2015
A Further Gesture
1997
Live by Night
2016
Assassin's Creed
2016
Saltwater
2000
Sweety Barrett
1999
The Treaty
1991
Atlantic
2016
Paddington 2
2017
Cáca Milis
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Hampstead
2017
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
Psychic
2018
Studs
2006
My Life So Far
1999
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
Into the West
1992
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
Frankie
2019
Far and Away
1992
The Butcher Boy
1998
Dear Sarah
1990
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
The Path to Redemption
2006
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 2018 | Producer |