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).
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Movies (99)
H Is for Hawk
2025 · Dad
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 · Jackie Sullivan
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024 · Self
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023 · Paddy (voice)
On the Red Carpet presenta: Los espíritus de la isla
2023 · Self
Los espíritus de la isla
2022 · Colm Doherty
The Dead Zoo
2022 · Narrator
La tragedia de Macbeth
2021 · Duncan
Riverdance: La aventura animada
2021 · Huntsman (voice)
Lost Lives
2019 · Self (voice)
Frankie
2019 · Jimmy
La Balada de Buster Scruggs
2018 · Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018 · Captain Vicks (voice)
Psychic
2018 · Jeremiah, Producer, Director
Paddington 2
2017 · Knuckles McGinty
Una cita en el parque
2017 · Donald Horner
Vivir de noche
2016 · Thomas Coughlin
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Joseph Lynch
Trespass Against Us
2016 · Colby Culter
Solos en Berlín
2016 · Otto Quangel
Atlantic
2016 · Narrator
En el corazón del mar
2015 · Old Thomas Nickerson
Las sufragistas
2015 · Arthur Steed
Pursuit
2015 · Searbhán
Los secretos de Stonehearst
2014 · The Alienist
La canción del mar
2014 · Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
La gran seducción
2014 · Murray French
Al filo del mañana
2014 · General Brigham
Calvario
2014 · Father James Lavelle
Los Pitufos 2
2013 · Victor Doyle
Causas y consecuencias
2012 · Henry Osborne
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012 · The Pirate With Gout
¡Piratas! Una loca aventura
2012 · The Pirate with Gout (voice)
El cuervo: Guía para un asesino
2012 · Colonel Hamilton
Protegiendo al enemigo
2012 · David Barlow
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Dr. Holloran
The Cup
2011 · Dermot Weld
El Guardia
2011 · Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte (1ª parte)
2010 · Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Noreen
2010 · Con Keogh
Perrier's Bounty
2010 · Darren Perrier
La Ciudad de las Tormentas
2010 · Martin Brown
En la Tormenta
2009 · Winston Churchill
El secreto de los Kells
2009 · Abbot Cellach (voice)
Escondidos en Brujas
2008 · Ken
Beowulf, la leyenda
2007 · Wiglaf (Voice)
Black Irish
2007 · Desmond McKay
Harry Potter y la orden del Fénix
2007 · Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
The Tiger's Tail
2006 · Liam O'Leary
The Path to Redemption
2006 · Self
Studs
2006 · Walter Keegan
Desayuno en Plutón
2005 · John Joe Kenny
Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego
2005 · Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Cruzada
2005 · Reynald de Chatillon
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005 · Self
Six Shooter
2004 · Donnelly
La aldea
2004 · August Nicholson
Troya
2004 · Menelaus
In My Country
2004 · De Jagar
Regreso a Cold Mountain
2003 · Stobrod Thewes
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
2003 · Self
Pandillas de Nueva York
2002 · Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Dark Blue
2002 · Jack van Meter
Exterminio
2002 · Frank
A.I. - Inteligencia Artificial
2001 · Lord Johnson-Johnson
Cáca Milis
2001 · Paul
El sastre de Panamá
2001 · Mickie Abraxas
Wild About Harry
2000 · Harry McKee
Saltwater
2000 · Simple Simon
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Marc Stevenson
Misión: Imposible 2
2000 · McCloy
My Life So Far
1999 · Jim Menzies
Lake Placid
1999 · Sheriff Hank Keough
This Is My Father
1999 · Garda Jim
Sweety Barrett
1999 · Sweety Barrett
The General
1998 · Martin Cahill
The Butcher Boy
1998 · Father Bubbles
Before I Sleep
1997 · John Harte
I Went Down
1997 · Bunny Kelly
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997 · Barney Mooney
Turbulence
1997 · Stubbs
A Further Gesture
1997 · Richard
Spaghetti Slow
1996 · Frank Ferguson
Michael Collins
1996 · Liam Tobin
Trojan Eddie
1996 · Ginger
Braveheart
1995 · Hamish Campbell
The Snapper
1993 · Lester
Love Lies Bleeding
1993 · Thomas Macken
Into the West
1992 · Inspector Bolger
Far and Away
1992 · Social Club Policeman
The Treaty
1991 · Michael Collins
Hard Shoulder
1990
The Field
1990 · Quarryman
Dear Sarah
1990 · Brendan Dowd
Sexual Healing
· Freddy Cousaert
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
· Wiglaf
Tales from the Poorhouse
Blood Runs Coal
· Joseph Yablonski
The Weir
· Jack
TV shows (25)
The Good Daughter
2026 · Rusty
Spider-Noir
2026 · Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025 · Narrator
The Irish Civil War
2022 · Narrator
Frank of Ireland
2021 · Liam
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021 · Narrator
The Comey Rule
2020 · Donald Trump
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020 · Self - Guest (archive footage)
State of the Union
2019 · Scott
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · Bill Hodges
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013 · Glór
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010 · Narrator (voice)
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
¡Jakers! Las aventuras de Piggley Winks
2003 · Ferny Toro (voice)
The Lifeboat
1994 · Leslie Parry
Los Simpson
1989 · Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
4 Play
1989 · Farmer
ScreenPlay
1986 · Thomas Macken
Screen Two
1985 · Lester
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Far Cry