Brendan Gleeson
Acting
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).
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Filmography of
Brendan Gleeson
Jackie Sullivan
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Paddy (voice)
... 2023
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Colm Doherty
... 2022
Narrator
... 2022
Duncan
... 2021
Huntsman (voice)
... 2021
... 2019
Jimmy
... 2019
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
... 2018
Captain Vicks (voice)
... 2018
Jeremiah
... 2018
Knuckles McGinty
... 2017
Donald Horner
... 2017
Thomas Coughlin
... 2016
Joseph Lynch
... 2016
Colby Culter
... 2016
Otto Quangel
... 2016
Narrator
... 2016
Old Thomas Nickerson
... 2015
Arthur Steed
... 2015
Searbhán
... 2015
The Alienist
... 2014
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
... 2014
Murray French
... 2014
General Brigham
... 2014
Father James Lavelle
... 2014
Victor Doyle
... 2013
Henry Osborne
... 2012
The Pirate With Gout
... 2012
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
... 2012
Colonel Hamilton
... 2012
David Barlow
... 2012
Dr. Holloran
... 2011
Dermot Weld
... 2011
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
... 2011
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
... 2010
Con Keogh
... 2010
Martin Brown
... 2010
Darren Perrier
... 2009
Winston Churchill
... 2009
Abbot Cellach (voice)
... 2009
Ken
... 2008
Wiglaf
... 2007
Desmond McKay
... 2007
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
... 2007
Liam O'Leary
... 2006
... 2006
Walter Keegan
... 2006
John Joe Kenny
... 2005
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
... 2005
Reynald de Chatillon
... 2005
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Donnelly
... 2004
August Nicholson
... 2004
Menelaos
... 2004
De Jagar
... 2004
Stobrod Thewes
... 2003
Walter "Monk" McGinn
... 2002
Jack van Meter
... 2002
Frank
... 2002
Lord Johnson-Johnson
... 2001
Paul
... 2001
Mickie Abraxas
... 2001
Harry McKee
... 2000
Simple Simon
... 2000
Marc Stevenson
... 2000
McCloy
... 2000
Jim Menzies
... 1999
Sheriff Hank Keough
... 1999
Garda Jim
... 1999
Sweety Barrett
... 1999
Martin Cahill
... 1998
Father Bubbles
... 1998
Bunny Kelly
... 1997
Barney Mooney
... 1997
Stubbs
... 1997
Richard
... 1997
Frank Ferguson
... 1996
Liam Tobin
... 1996
Ginger
... 1996
Hamish Campbell
... 1995
Lester
... 1993
Thomas Macken
... 1993
Inspector Bolger
... 1992
Social Club Policeman
... 1992
Michael Collins
... 1991
Quarryman
... 1990
Brendan Dowd
... 1990
Alisdair Macdonald
Freddy Cousaert
(voice)