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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).
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
November 26th, 2025 | H Is for Hawk | Alisdair Macdonald | 7 | |
October 1st, 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | Jackie Sullivan | 5.4 | |
February 2nd, 2024 | Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's | Self | TBD | |
November 23rd, 2023 | A Greyhound of a Girl | Paddy (voice) | 6.7 | |
January 14th, 2023 | On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin | Self | 6 | |
October 20th, 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Colm Doherty | 7.5 | |
September 1st, 2022 | The Dead Zoo | Narrator | TBD | |
December 5th, 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Duncan | 6.9 | |
May 28th, 2021 | Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Huntsman (voice) | 6.1 | |
October 10th, 2019 | Lost Lives | Self (voice) | 6 | |
August 28th, 2019 | Frankie | Jimmy | 4.8 | |
November 9th, 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains") | 7.1 | |
August 15th, 2018 | Captain Morten and the Spider Queen | Captain Vicks (voice) | 4.4 | |
July 15th, 2018 | Psychic | Jeremiah | 5 | |
November 9th, 2017 | Paddington 2 | Knuckles McGinty | 7.5 | |
June 23rd, 2017 | Hampstead | Donald Horner | 6 | |
December 25th, 2016 | Live by Night | Thomas Coughlin | 6.3 | |
December 21st, 2016 | Assassin's Creed | Joseph Lynch | 5.4 | |
October 14th, 2016 | Trespass Against Us | Colby Culter | 5.8 | |
February 15th, 2016 | Alone in Berlin | Otto Quangel | 6.7 | |
February 5th, 2016 | Atlantic | Narrator | 7 | |
December 3rd, 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Old Thomas Nickerson | 6.8 | |
October 16th, 2015 | Suffragette | Arthur Steed | 7.2 | |
July 10th, 2015 | Pursuit | Searbhán | 4 | |
October 23rd, 2014 | Stonehearst Asylum | The Alienist | 6.8 | |
June 23rd, 2014 | Song of the Sea | Conor / Mac Lir (voice) | 8 | |
May 30th, 2014 | The Grand Seduction | Murray French | 6.7 | |
May 27th, 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | General Brigham | 7.6 | |
April 11th, 2014 | Calvary | Father James Lavelle | 7.1 | |
July 30th, 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Victor Doyle | 5.8 | |
December 20th, 2012 | The Company You Keep | Henry Osborne | 6.2 | |
July 9th, 2012 | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | The Pirate With Gout | 6.2 | |
March 12th, 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | The Pirate with Gout (voice) | 6.5 | |
March 9th, 2012 | The Raven | Colonel Hamilton | 6.3 | |
February 8th, 2012 | Safe House | David Barlow | 6.5 | |
December 21st, 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Dr. Holloran | 6.3 | |
November 13th, 2011 | The Cup | Dermot Weld | 5.7 | |
July 7th, 2011 | The Guard | Sergeant Gerry Boyle | 7 | |
November 17th, 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody | 7.7 | |
June 24th, 2010 | Noreen | Con Keogh | 7.8 | |
March 11th, 2010 | Green Zone | Martin Brown | 6.5 | |
September 11th, 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Darren Perrier | 5.7 | |
May 31st, 2009 | Into the Storm | Winston Churchill | 6.4 | |
February 9th, 2009 | The Secret of Kells | Abbot Cellach (voice) | 7.4 | |
February 8th, 2008 | In Bruges | Ken | 7.5 | |
November 5th, 2007 | Beowulf | Wiglaf | 5.9 | |
October 26th, 2007 | Black Irish | Desmond McKay | 6.6 | |
July 8th, 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody | 7.7 | |
September 26th, 2006 | The Tiger's Tail | Liam O'Leary | 5.8 | |
May 23rd, 2006 | The Path to Redemption | Self | 8 | |
March 16th, 2006 | Studs | Walter Keegan | 5.2 | |
November 16th, 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | John Joe Kenny | 7.2 | |
November 16th, 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody | 7.8 | |
May 3rd, 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Reynald de Chatillon | 7 | |
January 11th, 2005 | Deconstructing 'The Village' | Self | 4.7 | |
October 14th, 2004 | Six Shooter | Donnelly | 7.2 | |
July 30th, 2004 | The Village | August Nicholson | 6.5 | |
May 13th, 2004 | Troy | Menelaos | 7.2 | |
May 4th, 2004 | In My Country | De Jagar | 5.9 | |
December 24th, 2003 | Cold Mountain | Stobrod Thewes | 6.9 | |
December 14th, 2002 | Gangs of New York | Walter 'Monk' McGinn | 7.3 | |
December 14th, 2002 | Dark Blue | Jack van Meter | 6.3 | |
October 31st, 2002 | 28 Days Later | Frank | 7.2 | |
June 29th, 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Lord Johnson-Johnson | 7.1 | |
March 16th, 2001 | Cáca Milis | Paul | 6 | |
February 11th, 2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Mickie Abraxas | 6 | |
December 31st, 2000 | Wild About Harry | Harry McKee | 6 | |
September 29th, 2000 | Saltwater | Simple Simon | 7.1 | |
September 23rd, 2000 | Harrison's Flowers | Marc Stevenson | 6.6 | |
May 24th, 2000 | Mission: Impossible II | McCloy | 6.1 | |
August 25th, 1999 | My Life So Far | Jim Menzies | 5.6 | |
July 15th, 1999 | Lake Placid | Sheriff Hank Keough | 5.9 | |
May 7th, 1999 | This Is My Father | Garda Jim | 5.8 | |
February 20th, 1998 | The Butcher Boy | Father Bubbles | 6.8 | |
October 18th, 1997 | Before I Sleep | John Harte | 7.5 | |
November 9th, 1996 | Spaghetti Slow | Frank Ferguson | 5.5 | |
TBD | Sexual Healing | Freddy Cousaert | TBD | |
April 16th, 1999 | Sweety Barrett | Sweety Barrett | 6 | |
May 1st, 1998 | The General | Martin Cahill | 6.7 | |
October 3rd, 1997 | I Went Down | Bunny Kelly | 6 | |
July 9th, 1997 | Angela Mooney Dies Again | Barney Mooney | 5.5 | |
January 9th, 1997 | Turbulence | Stubbs | 5.4 | |
January 1st, 1997 | A Further Gesture | Richard | 4.8 | |
October 25th, 1996 | Michael Collins | Liam Tobin | 6.9 | |
September 9th, 1996 | Trojan Eddie | Ginger | 5.3 | |
May 24th, 1995 | Braveheart | Hamish Campbell | 7.9 | |
August 6th, 1993 | The Snapper | Lester | 6.5 | |
June 14th, 1993 | Love Lies Bleeding | Thomas Macken | 10 | |
October 23rd, 1992 | Into the West | Inspector Bolger | 6.4 | |
May 22nd, 1992 | Far and Away | Social Club Policeman | 6.8 | |
December 5th, 1991 | The Treaty | Michael Collins | 6.8 | |
September 21st, 1990 | The Field | Quarryman | 7 | |
February 7th, 1990 | Dear Sarah | Brendan Dowd | 10 | |
TBD | The Honey Wars | (voice) | TBD | |
TBD | A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf | Wiglaf | TBD | |
TBD | Tales from the Poorhouse | TBD | 6 | |
TBD | Blood Runs Coal | Joseph Yablonski | TBD |