Brendan Gleeson

Birthday

1955-03-29

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 British Independent Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and four times for a Golden Globe Award. He is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films (2005–2010), as Pól in Cáca Milis (2001) and for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart (1995), Michael Collins (1996), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Gangs of New York (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Cold Mountain (2003), Troy (2004), The Smurfs 2 (2013), Suffragette (2015), Paddington 2 (2017), and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), as well as leading roles in films such as 28 Days Later (2002), In Bruges (2008), The Guard (2011), The Grand Seduction (2013), and Calvary (2014). He starred as detective Bill Hodges in the television adaptation of Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch. He also starred as US President Donald Trump in the miniseries The Comey Rule (2020). He won an Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm. 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.
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Hampstead

Hampstead

2019 6.1
Hampstead

as Donald Horner

2019
Paddington 2

Paddington 2

2018 7.8
Paddington 2

as Knuckles McGinty

2018
Mr. Mercedes

Mr. Mercedes

2017 7.8
Mr. Mercedes

as Detective Bill Hodges

2017
Live by Night

Live by Night

2016 6.4
Live by Night

as Thomas Coughlin

2016
Suffragette

Suffragette

2015 6.9
Suffragette

as Arthur Steed

2015
Pursuit

Pursuit

2015 5.2
Pursuit

as Searbhán

2015
Song of the Sea

Song of the Sea

2014 8
Song of the Sea

as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)

2014
Calvary

Calvary

2014 7.4
Calvary

as Father James Lavelle

2014
The Raven

The Raven

2012 6.4
The Raven

as Colonel Hamilton

2012
Safe House

Safe House

2012 6.7
Safe House

as David Barlow

2012
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