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).
94 movies · 23 shows
H Is for Hawk
2025·7.2
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024·5.4
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024·0.0
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023·6.7
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023·6.0
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022·7.5
The Dead Zoo
2022·0.0
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021·6.9
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021·6.0
Lost Lives
2019·6.0
Frankie
2019·4.8
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018·7.1
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018·4.4
Psychic
2018·5.0
Paddington 2
2017·7.5
Hampstead
2017·6.1
Live by Night
2016·6.3
Assassin's Creed
2016·5.4
Trespass Against Us
2016·5.8
Alone in Berlin
2016·6.7
Atlantic
2016·7.0
In the Heart of the Sea
2015·6.8
Suffragette
2015·7.2
Pursuit
2015·4.0
Stonehearst Asylum
2014·6.9
Song of the Sea
2014·8.0
The Grand Seduction
2014·6.7
Edge of Tomorrow
2014·7.6
Calvary
2014·7.1
The Smurfs 2
2013·5.8
The Company You Keep
2012·6.2
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012·6.2
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012·6.5
The Raven
2012·6.3
Safe House
2012·6.5
Albert Nobbs
2011·6.3
The Cup
2011·5.7
The Guard
2011·7.0
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010·7.7
Noreen
2010·7.8
Perrier's Bounty
2010·5.8
Green Zone
2010·6.5
Planet 51
2009·5.9
Into the Storm
2009·6.4
The Secret of Kells
2009·7.4
In Bruges
2008·7.5
Beowulf
2007·5.9
Black Irish
2007·6.5
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007·7.7
The Tiger's Tail
2006·5.6
The Path to Redemption
2006·8.0
Studs
2006·5.2
Breakfast on Pluto
2005·7.2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005·7.8
Kingdom of Heaven
2005·7.1
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005·4.7
Six Shooter
2004·7.2
The Village
2004·6.5
Troy
2004·7.2
In My Country
2004·5.9
Cold Mountain
2003·6.9
Gangs of New York
2002·7.3
Dark Blue
2002·6.3
28 Days Later
2002·7.2
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001·7.1
Cáca Milis
2001·6.0
The Tailor of Panama
2001·6.0
Wild About Harry
2000·6.0
Saltwater
2000·7.1
Harrison's Flowers
2000·6.5
Mission: Impossible II
2000·6.1
My Life So Far
1999·5.4
Lake Placid
1999·5.9
This Is My Father
1999·5.8
Sweety Barrett
1999·6.0
The General
1998·6.7
The Butcher Boy
1998·6.8
Before I Sleep
1997·7.5
I Went Down
1997·6.0
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997·5.5
Turbulence
1997·5.4
A Further Gesture
1997·4.8
Spaghetti Slow
1996·5.5
Michael Collins
1996·6.9
Trojan Eddie
1996·5.3
Braveheart
1995·7.9
The Snapper
1993·6.5
Love Lies Bleeding
1993·10.0
Into the West
1992·6.4
Far and Away
1992·6.8
The Treaty
1991·6.8
Hard Shoulder
1990·6.0
The Field
1990·7.0
Dear Sarah
1990·10.0