Brendan Gleeson
Acting
1955-03-29 · Dublin, Ireland
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).
Filmography
The Good Daughter
2026 · Series
Spider-Noir
2026 · Series
H Is for Hawk
2025 · Movie
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025 · Series
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 · Movie
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024 · Movie
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023 · Movie
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023 · Movie
The Irish Civil War
2022 · Series
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 · Movie
The Dead Zoo
2022 · Movie
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Movie
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021 · Movie
Frank of Ireland
2021 · Series
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021 · Series
The Comey Rule
2020 · Series
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020 · Series
Lost Lives
2019 · Movie
Frankie
2019 · Movie
State of the Union
2019 · Series
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Movie
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018 · Movie
Psychic
2018 · Movie
Paddington 2
2017 · Movie
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · Series
Hampstead
2017 · Movie
Live by Night
2016 · Movie
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Movie
Trespass Against Us
2016 · Movie
Alone in Berlin
2016 · Movie
Atlantic
2016 · Movie
In the Heart of the Sea
2015 · Movie
Suffragette
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Pursuit
2015 · Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Movie
Song of the Sea
2014 · Movie
The Grand Seduction
2014 · Movie
Edge of Tomorrow
2014 · Movie
Calvary
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013 · Series
The Smurfs 2
2013 · Movie
The Company You Keep
2012 · Movie
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012 · Movie
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012 · Movie
The Raven
2012 · Movie
Safe House
2012 · Movie
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Movie
The Cup
2011 · Movie
The Guard
2011 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
2010 · Series
Noreen
2010 · Movie
Perrier's Bounty
2010 · Movie
Green Zone
2010 · Movie
Into the Storm
2009 · Movie
The Secret of Kells
2009 · Movie
In Bruges
2008 · Movie
Beowulf
2007 · Movie
Black Irish
2007 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
The Tiger's Tail
2006 · Movie
The Path to Redemption
2006 · Movie
Studs
2006 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Movie
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Movie
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005 · Movie
Six Shooter
2004 · Movie
The Village
2004 · Movie
Troy
2004 · Movie
In My Country
2004 · Movie
Cold Mountain
2003 · Movie
Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
2003 · Movie
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003 · Series
Gangs of New York
2002 · Movie
Dark Blue
2002 · Movie
28 Days Later
2002 · Movie
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Movie
Cáca Milis
2001 · Movie
The Tailor of Panama
2001 · Movie
Wild About Harry
2000 · Movie
Saltwater
2000 · Movie
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Movie
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · Movie
My Life So Far
1999 · Movie
Lake Placid
1999 · Movie
This Is My Father
1999 · Movie
Sweety Barrett
1999 · Movie
The General
1998 · Movie
The Butcher Boy
1998 · Movie
Before I Sleep
1997 · Movie
I Went Down
1997 · Movie
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997 · Movie
Turbulence
1997 · Movie
A Further Gesture
1997 · Movie
Spaghetti Slow
1996 · Movie
Michael Collins
1996 · Movie
Trojan Eddie
1996 · Movie
Braveheart
1995 · Movie
The Lifeboat
1994 · Series
The Snapper
1993 · Movie
Love Lies Bleeding
1993 · Movie
Into the West
1992 · Movie
Far and Away
1992 · Movie
The Treaty
1991 · Movie
Hard Shoulder
1990 · Movie
The Field
1990 · Movie
Dear Sarah
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
4 Play
1989 · Series
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
The Honey Wars
Movie
The Weir
Movie
Blood Runs Coal
Movie
Sexual Healing
Movie
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Movie
Tales from the Poorhouse
Movie