Brendan Gleeson
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).
Known for
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
28 Days Later
Frank
Troy
Menelaos
Joker: Folie à Deux
Jackie Sullivan
Kingdom of Heaven
Reynald de Chatillon
Braveheart
Hamish Campbell
Edge of Tomorrow
General Brigham
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lord Johnson-Johnson
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Mission: Impossible II
McCloy
Beowulf
Wiglaf
Cold Mountain
Stobrod Thewes
In the Heart of the Sea
Old Thomas Nickerson
The Secret of Kells
Abbot Cellach (voice)
Breakfast on Pluto
John Joe Kenny
Mr. Mercedes
Detective Bill Hodges
Green Zone
Martin Brown
The Path to Redemption
Self
Gangs of New York
Walter "Monk" McGinn
Paddington 2
Knuckles McGinty
Frankie
Jimmy
Safe House
David Barlow
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Huntsman (voice)
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm Doherty
The Raven
Colonel Hamilton
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Self
In Bruges
Ken
Lake Placid
Sheriff Hank Keough
Dear Sarah
Brendan Dowd
The Guard
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Stonehearst Asylum
The Alienist
Assassin's Creed
Joseph Lynch
The Smurfs 2
Victor Doyle
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Duncan
Song of the Sea
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Village
August Nicholson
Calvary
Father James Lavelle
Hampstead
Donald Horner
The Butcher Boy
Father Bubbles
The Dead Zoo
Narrator
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Ferny Toro (voice)
The Field
Quarryman
Michael Collins
Liam Tobin
In My Country
De Jagar
H Is for Hawk
Alisdair Macdonald
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
Wild About Harry
Harry McKee
My Life So Far
Jim Menzies
Black Irish
Desmond McKay
Into the West
Inspector Bolger
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Wiglaf
Love Lies Bleeding
Thomas Macken
The Company You Keep
Henry Osborne
Trespass Against Us
Colby Culter
Far and Away
Social Club Policeman
Turbulence
Stubbs
The Grand Seduction
Murray French
Live by Night
Thomas Coughlin
The Tiger's Tail
Liam O'Leary
Albert Nobbs
Dr. Holloran
Alone in Berlin
Otto Quangel
State of the Union
Scott
Pursuit
Searbhán
Perrier's Bounty
Darren Perrier
Dark Blue
Jack van Meter
Studs
Walter Keegan
Harrison's Flowers
Marc Stevenson
Into the Storm
Winston Churchill
The Honey Wars
(voice)
The Treaty
Michael Collins
Lost Lives
The Snapper
Lester
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett
Trojan Eddie
Ginger
The Comey Rule
Donald Trump
I Went Down
Bunny Kelly
The General
Martin Cahill
Spaghetti Slow
Frank Ferguson
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Vicks (voice)
A Greyhound of a Girl
Paddy (voice)
Suffragette
Arthur Steed
A Further Gesture
Richard
Saltwater
Simple Simon
Frank of Ireland
Liam
The Cup
Dermot Weld
Atlantic
Narrator
Spider-Noir
The Tailor of Panama
Mickie Abraxas
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate With Gout
Six Shooter
Donnelly
This Is My Father
Garda Jim
Cáca Milis
Paul
Noreen
Con Keogh
Angela Mooney Dies Again
Barney Mooney
The Irish Civil War
Narrator
Sexual Healing
Freddy Cousaert
The Good Daughter
Rusty
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
Glór
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Burren: Heart of Stone
Narrator
Kerry: Tides of Time
Narrator
Psychic
Jeremiah
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self