Brendan Gleeson
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Brendan Gleeson

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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).

Films Featuring Brendan Gleeson

28 Days Later

20027.2

Braveheart

19957.9

Mission: Impossible II

20006.1

Breakfast on Pluto

20057.2

Kingdom of Heaven

20057.1

Troy

20047.2

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

20057.8

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

20077.7

Michael Collins

19966.9

Cold Mountain

20036.9

Beowulf

20075.9

Gangs of New York

20027.3

The Tiger's Tail

20065.6

The Tailor of Panama

20016.0

Dark Blue

20026.2

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

20236.0

Green Zone

20106.5

The Village

20046.5

The Field

19907.0

In Bruges

20087.5

Harrison's Flowers

20006.5

Six Shooter

20047.2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

20107.7

The Secret of Kells

20097.4

I Went Down

19976.0

The Snapper

19936.5

Lake Placid

19995.9

Black Irish

20076.5

Turbulence

19975.4

Perrier's Bounty

20105.8

Into the Storm

20096.4

In My Country

20045.9

The General

19986.7

The Guard

20117.0

The Raven

20126.3

Angela Mooney Dies Again

19975.5

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

20126.5

Albert Nobbs

20116.3

The Cup

20115.7

Safe House

20126.5

The Smurfs 2

20135.7

The Company You Keep

20126.2

Trojan Eddie

19965.3

Calvary

20147.1

In the Heart of the Sea

20156.8

The Grand Seduction

20146.7

Noreen

20107.8

Lost Lives

20196.0

Suffragette

20157.2

Spaghetti Slow

19965.5

Trespass Against Us

20165.8

Song of the Sea

20148.0

Edge of Tomorrow

20147.6

Stonehearst Asylum

20146.8

Wild About Harry

20006.0

Joker: Folie à Deux

20245.4

This Is My Father

19995.8

H Is for Hawk

20257.1

Alone in Berlin

20166.7

Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's

2024

Pursuit

20154.0

Sexual Healing

Sexual Healing

A Further Gesture

19974.8

Live by Night

20166.3

Assassin's Creed

20165.4

Saltwater

20007.1

Sweety Barrett

19996.0

The Treaty

19916.8

Atlantic

20167.0

Paddington 2

20177.5

Cáca Milis

20016.0

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

20017.1

Hampstead

20176.1

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

20126.2

Love Lies Bleeding

199310.0

Psychic

20185.0

Studs

20065.2

My Life So Far

19995.4

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

20184.4

Into the West

19926.4

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

20187.1

Frankie

20194.8

Far and Away

19926.8

The Butcher Boy

19986.8

Dear Sarah

199010.0

The Tragedy of Macbeth

20216.9

The Banshees of Inisherin

20227.5

Deconstructing 'The Village'

20054.7

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

20216.0

The Path to Redemption

20068.0

The Dead Zoo

The Dead Zoo

2022

The Honey Wars

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

Before I Sleep

19977.5

Tales from the Poorhouse

6.0

Blood Runs Coal

Blood Runs Coal

A Greyhound of a Girl

20236.7

Hard Shoulder

Hard Shoulder

19906.0

The Weir

The Weir

Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'

Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'

20036.7