Brendan Gleeson

Known for ActingBorn 1955-03-29 (age 71)Dublin, Ireland

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Love Lies Bleeding

Dear Sarah

Spider-Noir

The Irish Civil War

Kerry: Tides of Time

Song of the Sea

The Path to Redemption

The Lifeboat

The Simpsons

Noreen

Braveheart

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Edge of Tomorrow

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Banshees of Inisherin

Paddington 2

In Bruges

Before I Sleep

The Secret of Kells

Mr. Mercedes

H Is for Hawk

Suffragette

Gangs of New York

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Graham Norton Show

28 Days Later

Breakfast on Pluto

Calvary

Troy

State of the Union

Six Shooter

Atlantic

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Comey Rule

Saltwater

The Guard

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Kingdom of Heaven

Screen Two

Stonehearst Asylum

Cold Mountain

A Greyhound of a Girl

In the Heart of the Sea

The Field

Alone in Berlin

Michael Collins

The Grand Seduction