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).
Acted in
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 Irish Civil War
2022
as Narrator
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
as Colm Doherty
The Dead Zoo
2022
as Narrator
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Duncan
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
as Huntsman (voice)
Frank of Ireland
2021
as Liam
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021
as Narrator
The Comey Rule
2020
as Donald Trump
Lost Lives
2019
Frankie
2019
as Jimmy
State of the Union
2019
as Scott
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
as Captain Vicks (voice)
Psychic
2018
as Jeremiah
Paddington 2
2017
as Knuckles McGinty
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Detective Bill Hodges
Hampstead
2017
as Donald Horner
Live by Night
2016
as Thomas Coughlin
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Joseph Lynch
Trespass Against Us
2016
as Colby Culter
Alone in Berlin
2016
as Otto Quangel
Atlantic
2016
as Narrator
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette
2015
as Arthur Steed
Pursuit
2015
as Searbhán
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
as The Alienist
Song of the Sea
2014
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Grand Seduction
2014
as Murray French
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
as General Brigham
Calvary
2014
as Father James Lavelle
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013
as Glór
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Victor Doyle
The Company You Keep
2012
as Henry Osborne
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
as The Pirate With Gout
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
The Raven
2012
as Colonel Hamilton
Safe House
2012
as David Barlow
Albert Nobbs
2011
as Dr. Holloran
The Cup
2011
as Dermot Weld
The Guard
2011
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Noreen
2010
as Con Keogh
Green Zone
2010
as Martin Brown
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Darren Perrier
Into the Storm
2009
as Winston Churchill
The Secret of Kells
2009
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
In Bruges
2008
as Ken Daley
Beowulf
2007
as Wiglaf
Black Irish
2007
as Desmond McKay
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
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
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
2005
as Reynald de Chatillon
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Reynald de Chatillon
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
Six Shooter
2004
as Donnelly
The Village
2004
as August Nicholson
Troy
2004
as Menelaos
In My Country
2004
as De Jagar
Cold Mountain
2003
as Stobrod Thewes
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
as Ferny Toro (voice)
Gangs of New York
2002
as Walter "Monk" McGinn
Dark Blue
2002
as Jack van Meter
28 Days Later
2002
as Frank
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Mickie Abraxas
Cáca Milis
2001
as Paul
Wild About Harry
2000
as Harry McKee
Saltwater
2000
as Simple Simon
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Marc Stevenson
Mission: Impossible II
2000
as McCloy
My Life So Far
1999
as Jim Menzies
Lake Placid
1999
as Sheriff Hank Keough
This Is My Father
1999
as Garda Jim
Sweety Barrett
1999
as Sweety Barrett
The General
1998
as Martin Cahill
The Butcher Boy
1998
as Father Bubbles
I Went Down
1997
as Bunny Kelly
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
as Barney Mooney
Turbulence
1997
as Stubbs
A Further Gesture
1997
as Richard
Spaghetti Slow
1996
as Frank Ferguson
Michael Collins
1996
as Liam Tobin
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Ginger
Braveheart
1995
as Hamish Campbell
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
H Is for Hawk
as Alisdair Macdonald
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Wiglaf