Brendan Gleeson
Born: 1955-03-29 in Dublin, Ireland
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- Spider-Noir as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
- The Good Daughter as Rusty
2025
- H Is for Hawk as Alisdair Macdonald
- Kerry: Tides of Time as Narrator
2024
- Joker: Folie à Deux as Jackie Sullivan
- Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's as Self
2023
- A Greyhound of a Girl as Paddy (voice)
- On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin as Self
2022
- The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty
- The Irish Civil War as Narrator
- The Dead Zoo as Narrator
2021
- The Tragedy of Macbeth as Duncan
- Frank of Ireland as Liam
- Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Huntsman (voice)
- The Burren: Heart of Stone as Narrator
2020
- The Comey Rule as Donald Trump
- Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments as Self
2019
- State of the Union as Scott
- Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- Frankie as Jimmy
2018
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
- Captain Morten and the Spider Queen as Captain Vicks (voice)
- Psychic as Jeremiah
2017
- Mr. Mercedes as Detective Bill Hodges
- Paddington 2 as Knuckles McGinty
- Hampstead as Donald Horner
2016
- Assassin's Creed as Joseph Lynch
- Live by Night as Thomas Coughlin
- Alone in Berlin as Otto Quangel
- Trespass Against Us as Colby Culter
- Atlantic as Narrator
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- In the Heart of the Sea as Old Thomas Nickerson
- Suffragette as Arthur Steed
- Pursuit as Searbhán
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Edge of Tomorrow as General Brigham
- Stonehearst Asylum as The Alienist
- Song of the Sea as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
- Calvary as Father James Lavelle
- The Grand Seduction as Murray French
2013
- The Smurfs 2 as Victor Doyle
- 1916 Seachtar Dearmadta as Glór
2012
- Safe House as David Barlow
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
- The Raven as Colonel Hamilton
- The Company You Keep as Henry Osborne
- So You Want To Be A Pirate! as The Pirate With Gout
2011
- Albert Nobbs as Dr. Holloran
- The Guard as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
- The Cup as Dermot Weld
2010
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Green Zone as Martin Brown
- 1916 Seachtar na Cásca as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Noreen as Con Keogh
2009
- The Secret of Kells as Abbot Cellach (voice)
- Into the Storm as Winston Churchill
- Perrier's Bounty as Darren Perrier
2008
- In Bruges as Ken
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Beowulf as Wiglaf
- Black Irish as Desmond McKay
2006
- The Tiger's Tail as Liam O'Leary
- The Path to Redemption as Self
- Studs as Walter Keegan
2005
- Kingdom of Heaven as Reynald de Chatillon
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Breakfast on Pluto as John Joe Kenny
- Deconstructing 'The Village' as Self
2004
- Troy as Menelaus
- The Village as August Nicholson
- Six Shooter as Donnelly
- In My Country as De Jagar
2003
- Cold Mountain as Stobrod Thewes
- Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks as Ferny Toro (voice)
2002
- 28 Days Later as Frank
- Gangs of New York as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
- Dark Blue as Jack van Meter
2001
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Lord Johnson-Johnson
- The Tailor of Panama as Mickie Abraxas
- Cáca Milis as Paul
2000
- Mission: Impossible II as McCloy
- Harrison's Flowers as Marc Stevenson
- Wild About Harry as Harry McKee
- Saltwater as Simple Simon
1999
- Lake Placid as Sheriff Hank Keough
- Sweety Barrett as Sweety Barrett
- My Life So Far as Jim Menzies
- This Is My Father as Garda Jim
1998
- The Butcher Boy as Father Bubbles
- The General as Martin Cahill
1997
- Turbulence as Stubbs
- I Went Down as Bunny Kelly
- A Further Gesture as Richard
- Before I Sleep as John Harte
- Angela Mooney Dies Again as Barney Mooney
1996
- Michael Collins as Liam Tobin
- Trojan Eddie as Ginger
- Spaghetti Slow as Frank Ferguson
1995
- Braveheart as Hamish Campbell
1994
- The Lifeboat as Leslie Parry
1993
- The Snapper as Lester
- Love Lies Bleeding as Thomas Macken
1992
- Far and Away as Social Club Policeman
- Into the West as Inspector Bolger
1991
- The Treaty as Michael Collins
1990
- The Field as Quarryman
- Dear Sarah as Brendan Dowd
- Hard Shoulder
1989
- The Simpsons as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
1986
- ScreenPlay as Thomas Macken
1985
- Screen Two as Lester
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee