Brendan Gleeson
Known for Acting · 120 credits
- Born
- 1955-03-29 (age 71)
- 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
TV Shows (23)
Spider-Noir
2026
as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
The Simpsons
1989
as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Detective Bill Hodges
Screen Two
1985
as Lester
ScreenPlay
1986
as Thomas Macken
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
as Ferny Toro (voice)
State of the Union
2019
as Scott
The Comey Rule
2020
as Donald Trump
Frank of Ireland
2021
as Liam
The Good Daughter
2026
as Rusty
The Lifeboat
1994
as Leslie Parry
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013
as Glór
The Irish Civil War
2022
as Narrator
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021
as Narrator
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
as Self
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025
as Narrator
Movies (97)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Troy
2004
as Menelaos
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Reynald de Chatillon
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
as General Brigham
Braveheart
1995
as Hamish Campbell
28 Days Later
2002
as Frank
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
as Jackie Sullivan
Mission: Impossible II
2000
as McCloy
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
Gangs of New York
2002
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Paddington 2
2017
as Knuckles McGinty
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Old Thomas Nickerson
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Beowulf
2007
as Wiglaf
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
as Colm Doherty
In Bruges
2008
as Ken
Safe House
2012
as David Barlow
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Joseph Lynch
The Village
2004
as August Nicholson
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Victor Doyle
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
as The Alienist
Cold Mountain
2003
as Stobrod Thewes
Far and Away
1992
as Social Club Policeman
Green Zone
2010
as Martin Brown
Lake Placid
1999
as Sheriff Hank Keough
Song of the Sea
2014
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Secret of Kells
2009
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
Calvary
2014
as Father James Lavelle
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Mickie Abraxas
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Duncan
The General
1998
as Martin Cahill
Michael Collins
1996
as Liam Tobin
Suffragette
2015
as Arthur Steed
Live by Night
2016
as Thomas Coughlin
The Guard
2011
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
The Raven
2012
as Colonel Hamilton
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as John Joe Kenny
Turbulence
1997
as Stubbs
H Is for Hawk
2025
as Alisdair Macdonald
Albert Nobbs
2011
as Dr. Holloran
The Company You Keep
2012
as Henry Osborne
Hampstead
2017
as Donald Horner
Dark Blue
2002
as Jack van Meter
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
as Huntsman (voice)
Into the Storm
2009
as Winston Churchill
The Field
1990
as Quarryman
Alone in Berlin
2016
as Otto Quangel
The Cup
2011
as Dermot Weld
The Snapper
1993
as Lester
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Marc Stevenson
Into the West
1992
as Inspector Bolger
Saltwater
2000
as Simple Simon
Sweety Barrett
1999
as Sweety Barrett
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023
as Paddy (voice)
In My Country
2004
as De Jagar
A Further Gesture
1997
as Richard
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Darren Perrier
Trespass Against Us
2016
as Colby Culter
The Grand Seduction
2014
as Murray French
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
as Captain Vicks (voice)
Frankie
2019
as Jimmy
The Treaty
1991
as Michael Collins
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
Six Shooter
2004
as Donnelly
The Butcher Boy
1998
as Father Bubbles
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
as The Pirate With Gout
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
Black Irish
2007
as Desmond McKay
My Life So Far
1999
as Jim Menzies
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
as Self
This Is My Father
1999
as Garda Jim
The Tiger's Tail
2006
as Liam O'Leary
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Ginger
Studs
2006
as Walter Keegan
Dear Sarah
1990
as Brendan Dowd
Wild About Harry
2000
as Harry McKee
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Wiglaf
Noreen
2010
as Con Keogh
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
as Barney Mooney
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
as Thomas Macken
I Went Down
1997
as Bunny Kelly
Psychic
2018
as Jeremiah
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
as Self
Blood Runs Coal
as Joseph Yablonski
Atlantic
2016
as Narrator
The Dead Zoo
2022
as Narrator
Pursuit
2015
as Searbhán
Spaghetti Slow
1996
as Frank Ferguson
Cáca Milis
2001
as Paul
Before I Sleep
1997
as John Harte
Tales from the Poorhouse
About 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 sup… With 120 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Brendan Gleeson has appeared in 97 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Brendan Gleeson Movies
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Troy (2004) — as Menelaos
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) — as Reynald de Chatillon
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
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