Brendan Gleeson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday29 March 1955 (71 years old)
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Known credits126
Biography
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), …
The Good Daughter
2026 · Rusty
Spider-Noir
2026 · Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
H Is for Hawk
2025 · Dad
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025 · Narrator
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 · Jackie Sullivan
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024 · Self
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023 · Paddy (voice)
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023 · Self
The Irish Civil War
2022 · Narrator
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 · Colm Doherty
The Dead Zoo
2022 · Narrator
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Duncan
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021 · Huntsman (voice)
Frank of Ireland
2021 · Liam
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021 · Narrator
The Comey Rule
2020 · Donald Trump
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020 · Self - Guest (archive footage)
Lost Lives
2019 · Self (voice)
Frankie
2019 · Jimmy
State of the Union
2019 · Scott
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018 · Captain Vicks (voice)
Psychic
2018 · Jeremiah
Psychic
2018 · Producer
Psychic
2018 · Director
Paddington 2
2017 · Knuckles McGinty
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · Detective Bill Hodges
Hampstead
2017 · Donald Horner
Live by Night
2016 · Thomas Coughlin
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Joseph Lynch
Trespass Against Us
2016 · Colby Culter
Alone in Berlin
2016 · Otto Quangel
Atlantic
2016 · Narrator
In the Heart of the Sea
2015 · Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette
2015 · Arthur Steed
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Pursuit
2015 · Searbhán
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · The Alienist
Song of the Sea
2014 · Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Grand Seduction
2014 · Murray French
Edge of Tomorrow
2014 · General Brigham
Calvary
2014 · Father James Lavelle
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013 · Glór
The Smurfs 2
2013 · Victor Doyle
The Company You Keep
2012 · Henry Osborne
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012 · The Pirate With Gout
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