Brendan Gleeson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-03-29
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
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).
Also Known For
28 Days Later
Oct 31, 2002
Braveheart
May 24, 1995
Mission: Impossible II
May 24, 2000
Breakfast on Pluto
Nov 16, 2005
Kingdom of Heaven
May 03, 2005
Troy
May 13, 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Nov 16, 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Jul 08, 2007
Cold Mountain
Dec 24, 2003
Michael Collins
Oct 25, 1996
Beowulf
Nov 05, 2007
Gangs of New York
Dec 14, 2002
The Tiger's Tail
Sep 26, 2006
The Tailor of Panama
Mar 30, 2001
Dark Blue
Dec 14, 2002
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Jan 14, 2023
Green Zone
Mar 11, 2010
The Village
Jul 30, 2004
The Field
Sep 21, 1990
In Bruges
Feb 08, 2008
Harrison's Flowers
Sep 23, 2000
Six Shooter
Oct 14, 2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Nov 17, 2010
The Secret of Kells
Feb 09, 2009
I Went Down
Oct 03, 1997
The Snapper
Aug 06, 1993
Lake Placid
Jul 15, 1999
Black Irish
Oct 26, 2007
Turbulence
Jan 09, 1997
Perrier's Bounty
Sep 11, 2009
Into the Storm
May 31, 2009
In My Country
May 04, 2004
The General
May 01, 1998
The Guard
Jul 07, 2011
The Raven
Mar 09, 2012
Angela Mooney Dies Again
Jul 09, 1997
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Mar 12, 2012
Albert Nobbs
Dec 21, 2011
Safe House
Feb 08, 2012
The Cup
Nov 13, 2011
The Smurfs 2
Jul 30, 2013
The Company You Keep
Dec 20, 2012
Trojan Eddie
Sep 09, 1996
Calvary
Apr 11, 2014
In the Heart of the Sea
Dec 03, 2015
The Grand Seduction
May 30, 2014
Noreen
Jun 24, 2010
Lost Lives
Oct 10, 2019
Suffragette
Oct 16, 2015
Spaghetti Slow
Nov 09, 1996
Trespass Against Us
Oct 14, 2016
Song of the Sea
Jun 23, 2014
Edge of Tomorrow
May 27, 2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Oct 23, 2014
Wild About Harry
Dec 31, 2000
Joker: Folie à Deux
Oct 01, 2024
This Is My Father
May 07, 1999
H Is for Hawk
Alone in Berlin
Feb 15, 2016
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Feb 02, 2024
Pursuit
Jul 10, 2015
Sexual Healing
A Further Gesture
Jan 01, 1997
Live by Night
Dec 25, 2016
Assassin's Creed
Dec 21, 2016
Saltwater
Sep 29, 2000
Sweety Barrett
Apr 16, 1999
The Treaty
Dec 05, 1991
Atlantic
Feb 05, 2016
Paddington 2
Nov 09, 2017
Cáca Milis
Mar 16, 2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Jun 29, 2001
Hampstead
Jun 23, 2017
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Jul 09, 2012
Love Lies Bleeding
Jun 14, 1993
Psychic
Jul 15, 2018
Studs
Mar 16, 2006
My Life So Far
Aug 25, 1999
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Aug 15, 2018
Into the West
Oct 23, 1992
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Nov 09, 2018
Frankie
Aug 28, 2019
Far and Away
May 22, 1992
The Butcher Boy
Feb 20, 1998
Dear Sarah
Feb 07, 1990
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Dec 05, 2021
The Banshees of Inisherin
Oct 20, 2022
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Jan 11, 2005
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
May 28, 2021
The Path to Redemption
May 23, 2006
The Dead Zoo
Sep 01, 2022
The Honey Wars
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
A Greyhound of a Girl
Nov 23, 2023
The Burren: Heart of Stone
Apr 11, 2021
Frank of Ireland
Apr 15, 2021
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
State of the Union
May 06, 2019
Mr. Mercedes
Aug 09, 2017
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Sep 07, 2003
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
Nov 06, 2013
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
Sep 22, 2010
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Irish Civil War
Dec 11, 2022
The Comey Rule
Sep 27, 2020
Spider-Noir
The Good Daughter
Kerry: Tides of Time
Apr 28, 2025
