Brendan Gleeson
Known for Acting · 122 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 (24)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Spider-Noir
2026
as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
Screen Two
1985
as Lester
Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Detective Bill Hodges
ScreenPlay
1986
as Thomas Macken
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
as Ferny Toro (voice)
State of the Union
2019
as Scott
4 Play
1989
as Farmer
The Comey Rule
2020
as Donald Trump
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Frank of Ireland
2021
as Liam
The Good Daughter
2026
as Rusty
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013
as Glór
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Lifeboat
1994
as Leslie Parry
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021
as Narrator
The Irish Civil War
2022
as Narrator
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025
as Narrator
Movies (98)
Troy
2004
as Menelaus
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
as General Brigham
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Reynald de Chatillon
Braveheart
1995
as Hamish Campbell
28 Days Later
2002
as Frank
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Victor Doyle
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Duncan
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024
as Jackie Sullivan
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
as The Alienist
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
as Colm Doherty
Mission: Impossible II
2000
as McCloy
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
Safe House
2012
as David Barlow
Assassin's Creed
2016
as Joseph Lynch
Gangs of New York
2002
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Song of the Sea
2014
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
Paddington 2
2017
as Knuckles McGinty
Live by Night
2016
as Thomas Coughlin
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
In Bruges
2008
as Ken
The Village
2004
as August Nicholson
Beowulf
2007
as Wiglaf (Voice)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
Suffragette
2015
as Arthur Steed
Green Zone
2010
as Martin Brown
The Raven
2012
as Colonel Hamilton
Cold Mountain
2003
as Stobrod Thewes
H Is for Hawk
2025
as Alisdair Macdonald
The Guard
2011
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Lake Placid
1999
as Sheriff Hank Keough
The Company You Keep
2012
as Henry Osborne
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Mickie Abraxas
Albert Nobbs
2011
as Dr. Holloran
Far and Away
1992
as Social Club Policeman
Calvary
2014
as Father James Lavelle
Atlantic
2016
as Narrator
The Secret of Kells
2009
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
Hampstead
2017
as Donald Horner
Turbulence
1997
as Stubbs
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as John Joe Kenny
Trespass Against Us
2016
as Colby Culter
The Grand Seduction
2014
as Murray French
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
Into the West
1992
as Inspector Bolger
Noreen
2010
as Con Keogh
Blood Runs Coal
as Joseph Yablonski
Michael Collins
1996
as Liam Tobin
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
In My Country
2004
as De Jagar
Dark Blue
2002
as Jack van Meter
The Cup
2011
as Dermot Weld
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021
as Huntsman (voice)
Saltwater
2000
as Simple Simon
Frankie
2019
as Jimmy
Wild About Harry
2000
as Harry McKee
Psychic
2018
as Jeremiah
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Marc Stevenson
Hard Shoulder
1990
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
Cáca Milis
2001
as Paul
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
as The Pirate With Gout
Alone in Berlin
2016
as Otto Quangel
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Ginger
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023
as Paddy (voice)
Into the Storm
2009
as Winston Churchill
Spaghetti Slow
1996
as Frank Ferguson
The Butcher Boy
1998
as Father Bubbles
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Wiglaf
Perrier's Bounty
2010
as Darren Perrier
The Snapper
1993
as Lester
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
as Thomas Macken
A Further Gesture
1997
as Richard
The Field
1990
as Quarryman
The General
1998
as Martin Cahill
Six Shooter
2004
as Donnelly
My Life So Far
1999
as Jim Menzies
Sweety Barrett
1999
as Sweety Barrett
The Tiger's Tail
2006
as Liam O'Leary
Dear Sarah
1990
as Brendan Dowd
Black Irish
2007
as Desmond McKay
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
I Went Down
1997
as Bunny Kelly
Tales from the Poorhouse
Before I Sleep
1997
as John Harte
This Is My Father
1999
as Garda Jim
Studs
2006
as Walter Keegan
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
as Barney Mooney
The Dead Zoo
2022
as Narrator
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018
as Captain Vicks (voice)
The Treaty
1991
as Michael Collins
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023
as Self
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
as Self
Pursuit
2015
as Searbhán
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 122 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Brendan Gleeson has appeared in 98 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Brendan Gleeson Movies
- Troy (2004) — as Menelaus
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014) — as General Brigham
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
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