Brendan Gleeson

Personal Info

Birthday

March 29, 1955

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

Брендан Глісон

Brendan Gleeson

Biography

Brendan Gleeson 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).

Known For

28 Days Later

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Troy

Kingdom of Heaven

Braveheart

Joker: Folie à Deux

Filmography

2024
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
as Self
2023
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Paddy (voice)
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Colm Doherty
The Dead Zoo
as Narrator
2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
2019
Frankie
as Jimmy
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
Psychic
as Jeremiah
2017
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
2016
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
Atlantic
as Narrator
2015
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
Pursuit
as Searbhán
2014
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
2013
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
2012
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
Safe House
as David Barlow
2011
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Noreen
as Con Keogh
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
2009
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
2008
In Bruges
as Ken
2007
Beowulf
as Wiglaf
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
2006
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
The Path to Redemption
as Self
Studs
as Walter Keegan
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
2004
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
The Village
as August Nicholson
Troy
as Menelaos
In My Country
as De Jagar
2003
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
2002
Gangs of New York
as Walter "Monk" McGinn
Dark Blue
as Jack van Meter
28 Days Later
as Frank
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
Cáca Milis
as Paul
The Tailor of Panama
as Mickie Abraxas
2000
Wild About Harry
as Harry McKee
Saltwater
as Simple Simon
Harrison's Flowers
as Marc Stevenson
Mission: Impossible II
as McCloy
1999
My Life So Far
as Jim Menzies
Lake Placid
as Sheriff Hank Keough
This Is My Father
as Garda Jim
Sweety Barrett
as Sweety Barrett
1998
The General
as Martin Cahill
The Butcher Boy
as Father Bubbles
1997
I Went Down
as Bunny Kelly
Angela Mooney Dies Again
as Barney Mooney
Turbulence
as Stubbs
A Further Gesture
as Richard
1996
Spaghetti Slow
as Frank Ferguson
Michael Collins
as Liam Tobin
Trojan Eddie
as Ginger
1995
Braveheart
as Hamish Campbell
1993
The Snapper
as Lester
Love Lies Bleeding
as Thomas Macken
1992
Into the West
as Inspector Bolger
Far and Away
as Social Club Policeman
1991
The Treaty
as Michael Collins
1990
The Field
as Quarryman
Dear Sarah
as Brendan Dowd