
Brendan Gleeson
Born: 1955-03-29
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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).
Known For

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Joker: Folie à Deux

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Kingdom of Heaven

28 Days Later

Troy

Braveheart

Edge of Tomorrow

Mission: Impossible II

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

Paddington 2

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Gangs of New York

Lake Placid

Green Zone

The Smurfs 2

The Banshees of Inisherin

Safe House

In Bruges

Assassin's Creed

The Village

Cold Mountain

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Snapper

In the Heart of the Sea

Beowulf

Into the West

The Guard

The Field

Live by Night

The Treaty

Suffragette

Song of the Sea

Michael Collins

The Company You Keep

Far and Away

Turbulence

Stonehearst Asylum

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Six Shooter

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Raven

Lost Lives

Black Irish

Atlantic

Breakfast on Pluto

The Secret of Kells

Saltwater

Sweety Barrett

In My Country

Frankie

Studs

Harrison's Flowers

Calvary

Pursuit

Noreen

Hampstead

The Tiger's Tail

H Is for Hawk

Psychic

Cáca Milis

The Tailor of Panama

The Butcher Boy

Alone in Berlin

Dark Blue

Albert Nobbs

Trespass Against Us

Love Lies Bleeding

The Grand Seduction

A Further Gesture

Into the Storm

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

The General

Deconstructing 'The Village'

The Cup

Perrier's Bounty

My Life So Far

Spaghetti Slow

I Went Down

Trojan Eddie

This Is My Father

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

The Honey Wars

Before I Sleep

Wild About Harry

Dear Sarah

Angela Mooney Dies Again

Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
