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Brendan Gleeson
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 t…
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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).
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2026
The Good Daughter
TV show Rusty
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2026
Spider-Noir
TV show Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
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2025
H Is for Hawk
Movie Dad
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2025
Kerry: Tides of Time
TV show Narrator
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2024
Joker: Folie à Deux
Movie Jackie Sullivan
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2024
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Movie Self
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2023
A Greyhound of a Girl
Movie Paddy (voice)
- 2023
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2022
The Irish Civil War
TV show Narrator
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2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
Movie Colm Doherty
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2022
The Dead Zoo
Movie Narrator
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2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Movie Duncan
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2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Movie Huntsman (voice)
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2021
Frank of Ireland
TV show Liam
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2021
The Burren: Heart of Stone
TV show Narrator
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2020
The Comey Rule
TV show Donald Trump
More credits
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2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
TV show Self - Guest (archive footage)
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2019
Lost Lives
Movie Self (voice)
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2019
Frankie
Movie Jimmy
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2019
State of the Union
TV show Scott
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2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Movie Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
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2018
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Movie Captain Vicks (voice)
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2018
Psychic
Movie Jeremiah
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2017
Paddington 2
Movie Knuckles McGinty
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2017
Mr. Mercedes
TV show Detective Bill Hodges
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2017
Hampstead
Movie Donald Horner
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2016
Live by Night
Movie Thomas Coughlin
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2016
Assassin's Creed
Movie Joseph Lynch
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2016
Trespass Against Us
Movie Colby Culter
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2016
Alone in Berlin
Movie Otto Quangel
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2016
Atlantic
Movie Narrator
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2015
In the Heart of the Sea
Movie Old Thomas Nickerson
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2015
Suffragette
Movie Arthur Steed
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Pursuit
Movie Searbhán
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Movie The Alienist
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2014
Song of the Sea
Movie Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
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2014
The Grand Seduction
Movie Murray French
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2014
Edge of Tomorrow
Movie General Brigham
