Brendan Gleeson
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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 Pott...
Known For
Filmography
Spider-Noir
2026
as Silvermane
H Is for Hawk
2025
as Alisdair Macdonald
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025
as Narrator
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
as Jackie Sullivan
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
as Self
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
as Self
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
as Colm Doherty
The Dead Zoo
2022
as Narrator
The Irish Civil War
2022
as Narrator
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Duncan
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
as Huntsman (voice)
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021
as Narrator
Frank of Ireland
2021
as Liam
The Comey Rule
2020
as Donald Trump
Lost Lives
2019
Frankie
2019
as Jimmy
State of the Union
2019
as Scott
Psychic
2018
as Jeremiah
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
as Captain Vicks (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Paddington 2
2017
as Knuckles McGinty
Hampstead
2017
as Donald Horner
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Detective Bill Hodges
Trespass Against Us
2016
as Colby Culter
Alone in Berlin
2016
as Otto Quangel
Live by Night
2016
as Thomas Coughlin
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Joseph Lynch
Atlantic
2016
as Narrator
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette
2015
as Arthur Steed
Pursuit
2015
as Searbhán
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Calvary
2014
as Father James Lavelle
The Grand Seduction
2014
as Murray French
Song of the Sea
2014
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
as General Brigham
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
as The Alienist
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Victor Doyle
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013
as Glór
The Raven
2012
as Colonel Hamilton
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
Safe House
2012
as David Barlow
The Company You Keep
2012
as Henry Osborne
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
as The Pirate With Gout
The Guard
2011
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Albert Nobbs
2011
as Dr. Holloran
The Cup
2011
as Dermot Weld
Green Zone
2010
as Martin Brown
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Noreen
2010
as Con Keogh
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Secret of Kells
2009
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Darren Perrier
Into the Storm
2009
as Winston Churchill
In Bruges
2008
as Ken
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Beowulf
2007
as Wiglaf
Black Irish
2007
as Desmond McKay
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Tiger's Tail
2006
as Liam O'Leary
Studs
2006
as Walter Keegan
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as John Joe Kenny
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Reynald de Chatillon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
Troy
2004
as Menelaos
The Village
2004
as August Nicholson
Six Shooter
2004
as Donnelly
In My Country
2004
as De Jagar
Cold Mountain
2003
as Stobrod Thewes
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
as Ferny Toro (voice)
28 Days Later
2002
as Frank
Gangs of New York
2002
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Dark Blue
2002
as Jack van Meter
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Mickie Abraxas
Cáca Milis
2001
as Paul
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
Mission: Impossible II
2000
as McCloy
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Marc Stevenson
Wild About Harry
2000
as Harry McKee
Saltwater
2000
as Simple Simon
Lake Placid
1999
as Sheriff Hank Keough
This Is My Father
1999
as Garda Jim
Sweety Barrett
1999
as Sweety Barrett
My Life So Far
1999
as Jim Menzies
The General
1998
as Martin Cahill
The Butcher Boy
1998
as Father Bubbles
I Went Down
1997
as Bunny Kelly
Turbulence
1997
as Stubbs
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
as Barney Mooney
A Further Gesture
1997
as Richard
Before I Sleep
1997
as John Harte
Michael Collins
1996
as Liam Tobin
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Ginger
Spaghetti Slow
1996
as Frank Ferguson
Braveheart
1995
as Hamish Campbell
The Lifeboat
1994
as Leslie Parry
The Snapper
1993
as Lester
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
as Thomas Macken
Into the West
1992
as Inspector Bolger
Far and Away
1992
as Social Club Policeman
The Treaty
1991
as Michael Collins
The Field
1990
as Quarryman
Dear Sarah
1990
as Brendan Dowd
The Simpsons
1989
as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee