Acting
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).
Movies with Brendan Gleeson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Troy
2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
Braveheart
1995
28 Days Later
2002
Gangs of New York
2002
Cold Mountain
2003
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Green Zone
2010
Paddington 2
2017
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
The Smurfs 2
2013
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
Far and Away
1992
Beowulf
2007
In Bruges
2008
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
The Village
2004
Assassin's Creed
2016
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
Safe House
2012
Lake Placid
1999
Song of the Sea
2014
Suffragette
2015
Live by Night
2016
The Tailor of Panama
2001
Turbulence
1997
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
The Secret of Kells
2009
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
Albert Nobbs
2011
H Is for Hawk
2025
The Guard
2011
Michael Collins
1996
The Raven
2012
Into the West
1992
Dark Blue
2002
Into the Storm
2009
Calvary
2014
Harrison's Flowers
2000
The Company You Keep
2012
Trespass Against Us
2016
Hard Shoulder
1990
Alone in Berlin
2016
The Butcher Boy
1998
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
Six Shooter
2004
The Grand Seduction
2014
Hampstead
2017
In My Country
2004
Sexual Healing
The Snapper
1993
The General
1998
The Cup
2011
Sweety Barrett
1999
Perrier's Bounty
2009
Noreen
2010
The Field
1990
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
Trojan Eddie
1996
My Life So Far
1999
Cáca Milis
2001
A Further Gesture
1997
Blood Runs Coal
Wild About Harry
2000
Atlantic
2016
Black Irish
2007
This Is My Father
1999
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
The Tiger's Tail
2006
Psychic
2018
The Treaty
1991
The Honey Wars
Frankie
2019
Lost Lives
2019
I Went Down
1997
Pursuit
2015
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
Before I Sleep
1997
Spaghetti Slow
1996
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023
Dear Sarah
1990
The Dead Zoo
2022
Tales from the Poorhouse
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
The Path to Redemption
2006
Studs
2006
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
Saltwater
2000
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
TV Shows with Brendan Gleeson
The Simpsons
1989
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Spider-Noir
2026
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Screen Two
1985
ScreenPlay
1986
Mr. Mercedes
2017
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
State of the Union
2019
The Comey Rule
2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
The Good Daughter
2026
Frank of Ireland
2021
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013
The Lifeboat
1994
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025
The Irish Civil War
2022