
Brendan Gleeson
Acting
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).

H Is for Hawk
Alisdair Macdonald

Joker: Folie à Deux
Jackie Sullivan

Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Self

A Greyhound of a Girl
Paddy (voice)

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self

The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm Doherty
The Dead Zoo
Narrator

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Duncan

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Huntsman (voice)

Lost Lives

Frankie
Jimmy

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Vicks (voice)

Psychic
Jeremiah

Paddington 2
Knuckles McGinty

Hampstead
Donald Horner

Live by Night
Thomas Coughlin

Assassin's Creed
Joseph Lynch

Trespass Against Us
Colby Culter

Alone in Berlin
Otto Quangel

Atlantic
Narrator

In the Heart of the Sea
Old Thomas Nickerson

Suffragette
Arthur Steed

Pursuit
Searbhán

Stonehearst Asylum
The Alienist

Song of the Sea
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)

The Grand Seduction
Murray French

Edge of Tomorrow
General Brigham

Calvary
Father James Lavelle

The Smurfs 2
Victor Doyle

The Company You Keep
Henry Osborne

So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate With Gout

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate with Gout (voice)

The Raven
Colonel Hamilton

Safe House
David Barlow

Albert Nobbs
Dr. Holloran

The Cup
Dermot Weld

The Guard
Sergeant Gerry Boyle

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Noreen
Con Keogh

Green Zone
Martin Brown

Perrier's Bounty
Darren Perrier

Into the Storm
Winston Churchill

The Secret of Kells
Abbot Cellach (voice)

In Bruges
Ken

Beowulf
Wiglaf

Black Irish
Desmond McKay

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

The Tiger's Tail
Liam O'Leary

The Path to Redemption
Self

Studs
Walter Keegan

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Breakfast on Pluto
John Joe Kenny

Kingdom of Heaven
Reynald de Chatillon

Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self

Six Shooter
Donnelly

The Village
August Nicholson

Troy
Menelaos

In My Country
De Jagar

Cold Mountain
Stobrod Thewes

Dark Blue
Jack van Meter

Gangs of New York
Walter 'Monk' McGinn

28 Days Later
Frank

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lord Johnson-Johnson

Cáca Milis
Paul

The Tailor of Panama
Mickie Abraxas

Wild About Harry
Harry McKee

Saltwater
Simple Simon

Harrison's Flowers
Marc Stevenson

Mission: Impossible II
McCloy

My Life So Far
Jim Menzies

Lake Placid
Sheriff Hank Keough

This Is My Father
Garda Jim

Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett

The General
Martin Cahill

The Butcher Boy
Father Bubbles

Before I Sleep
John Harte

I Went Down
Bunny Kelly

Angela Mooney Dies Again
Barney Mooney

Turbulence
Stubbs

A Further Gesture
Richard

Spaghetti Slow
Frank Ferguson

Michael Collins
Liam Tobin

Trojan Eddie
Ginger

Braveheart
Hamish Campbell

The Snapper
Lester

Love Lies Bleeding
Thomas Macken

Into the West
Inspector Bolger

Far and Away
Social Club Policeman

The Treaty
Michael Collins

The Field
Quarryman

Dear Sarah
Brendan Dowd







