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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 29, 1955
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- Брендан Глісон
Brendan Gleeson
5.1 Popularity
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
8.0
Alisdair Macdonald
H Is for Hawk
2025
8.0
Narrator
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025
5.4
Jackie Sullivan
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
0.0
Self
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
2.0
Self
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
8.5
Narrator
The Irish Civil War
2022
7.5
Colm Doherty
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
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0.0
Narrator
The Dead Zoo
2022
6.9
Duncan
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
6.0
Huntsman (voice)
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
Credits
H Is for Hawk
as Alisdair Macdonald
2025
8.0
Kerry: Tides of Time
as Narrator
2025
8.0
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
2024
5.4
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
as Self
2024
0.0
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
2023
2.0
The Irish Civil War
as Narrator
2022
8.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Colm Doherty
2022
7.5
🎬
The Dead Zoo
as Narrator
2022
0.0
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
2021
6.9
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
2021
6.0
Frank of Ireland
as Liam
2021
6.3
The Burren: Heart of Stone
as Narrator
2021
0.0
The Comey Rule
as Donald Trump
2020
6.9
Lost Lives
2019
6.0
Frankie
as Jimmy
2019
4.8
State of the Union
as Scott
2019
7.0
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018
7.1
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
2018
4.4
Psychic
as Jeremiah
2018
5.0
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
2017
7.5
Mr. Mercedes
as Detective Bill Hodges
2017
7.1
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
2017
6.0
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
2016
6.3
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
2016
5.4
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
2016
5.8
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
2016
6.7
Atlantic
as Narrator
2016
7.0
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
2015
6.8
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
2015
7.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Pursuit
as Searbhán
2015
4.0
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
2014
6.9
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
2014
8.0
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
2014
6.7
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
2014
7.6
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
2014
7.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
🎬
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
as Glór
2013
2.0
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
2013
5.8
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
2012
6.2
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
2012
6.3
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
2012
6.5
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
2012
6.3
Safe House
as David Barlow
2012
6.5
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
2011
6.3
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
2011
5.4
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
2011
7.0
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2010
7.7
🎬
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
3.7
Noreen
as Con Keogh
2010
7.8
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
2010
6.5
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
2009
5.8
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
2009
6.3
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
2009
7.4
In Bruges
as Ken
2008
7.5
Beowulf
as Wiglaf
2007
5.9
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
2007
6.5
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2007
7.7
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
2006
5.7
The Path to Redemption
as Self
2006
8.0
Studs
as Walter Keegan
2006
5.0
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2005
7.8
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
2005
7.2
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
2005
7.0
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
2005
4.7
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
2004
7.2
The Village
as August Nicholson
2004
6.5
Troy
as Menelaos
2004
7.2
In My Country
as De Jagar
2004
5.9
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
2003
6.9
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
as Ferny Toro (voice)
2003
5.9
Gangs of New York
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
2002
7.3
Dark Blue
as Jack van Meter
2002
6.2
28 Days Later
as Frank
2002
7.2
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
2001
7.1
Cáca Milis
as Paul
2001
5.5
The Tailor of Panama
as Mickie Abraxas
2001
6.0
Wild About Harry
as Harry McKee
2000
5.7
Saltwater
as Simple Simon
2000
6.9
Harrison's Flowers
as Marc Stevenson
2000
6.5
Mission: Impossible II
as McCloy
2000
6.1
My Life So Far
as Jim Menzies
1999
5.6
Lake Placid
as Sheriff Hank Keough
1999
5.9
This Is My Father
as Garda Jim
1999
5.4
Sweety Barrett
as Sweety Barrett
1999
5.6
The General
as Martin Cahill
1998
6.7
The Butcher Boy
as Father Bubbles
1998
6.8
I Went Down
as Bunny Kelly
1997
5.9
Angela Mooney Dies Again
as Barney Mooney
1997
1.0
Turbulence
as Stubbs
1997
5.4
A Further Gesture
as Richard
1997
4.5
Spaghetti Slow
as Frank Ferguson
1996
1.0
Michael Collins
as Liam Tobin
1996
6.9
Trojan Eddie
as Ginger
1996
4.9
Braveheart
as Hamish Campbell
1995
7.9
The Snapper
as Lester
1993
6.4
Love Lies Bleeding
as Thomas Macken
1993
0.0
Into the West
as Inspector Bolger
1992
6.4
Far and Away
as Social Club Policeman
1992
6.8
The Treaty
as Michael Collins
1991
6.0
The Field
as Quarryman
1990
7.0
Dear Sarah
as Brendan Dowd
1990
0.0
The Simpsons
as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
1989
8.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
🎬
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
N/A
0.0
Spider-Noir
N/A
0.0
🎬
Before I Sleep
N/A
7.0
🎬
The Good Daughter
as Rusty
N/A
0.0
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Wiglaf
N/A
0.0