Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: March 29, 1955

Age: 68 years old

Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland

Children: Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson

A latecomer to the screen, Irish actor Brendan Gleeson spent much of his formative years training for and performing in theater before breaking into films and television at the relatively older age of 34. Supporting turns in homegrown productions like "The Field" (1990) and "Into the West" (1992) led to small parts in American features like "Far and Away" (1992) and his big break as right hand man to Mel Gibson's William Wallace in the blockbuster "Braveheart" (1995). Three years later, his turn as Irish criminal Martin Cahill in John Boorman's "The General" (1998) boosted his profile on the international scene, so he was soon dividing his time between major Hollywood projects like "Mission: Impossible II" (1999) and independent efforts like "28 Days Later" (2001). Dependable in just about every field, from children's fantasy - he was Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody in three of the Harry Potter films - to epics like "Gangs of New York" (2002) and Ben Affleck's Prohibition thriller "Live By Night" (2016), to more intimate projects like the philosophical gangster film "In Bruges" (2008) and the religious drama "Calvary" (2014), Gleeson's versatility elevated him to the pantheon of the character actor's character actor.

Credits

Joker: Folie à Deux

Actor
Movie
2024

The Making Of: The Banshees of Inisherin

Actor
Show
2023

29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Self
Show
2023

Atlantic

Narrator
Show
2023

The Irish Civil War

Narrator
Show
2022

The Banshees of Inisherin: Interview Special

Guest
Show
2022

HBO First Look: The Banshees of Inisherin

Actor
Show
2022

The Dead Zoo

Narrator
Show
2022

A Oscara dobiva...: Hrabro srce

Actor
Show
2022

Here Comes the Sun

Guest
Show
2022

The Banshees of InisherinStream

Actor
Colm Doherty
Movie
2022
96%

The Game Changers: Oscar Winning Shorts That Shaped Hollywood

Actor
Show
2021

Frank of IrelandStream

Actor
Liam
Series
2021
45%

The Burren: Heart of Stone

Narrator
Show
2021

Riverdance

Voice
The Huntsman
Movie
2021

The Tragedy of MacbethStream

Actor
King Duncan
Movie
2021
92%

The Comey RuleStream

Actor
Donald Trump
Docudrama
2020
68%

The Comey Rule

Actor
Donald Trump
Show
2020

State of the UnionStream

Actor
Scott
Series
2019
94%

Psychic

Actor
Jeremiah
Show
2019

Psychic

Director
Show
2019

The Edit

Guest
Show
2019

Frankie

Actor
Jimmy
Movie
2019

Today 3rd Hour

Guest
Show
2018

Mr. Mercedes: Extras

Actor
Show
2018

Mr. Mercedes

Actor
Bill Hodges
Show
2018

The Ballad of Buster ScruggsStream

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Irishman (Segment "The Mortal Remains")
Movie
2018
89%

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

Voice
Father
Movie
2018

Mr. MercedesStream

Actor
Bill Hodges
Series
2017
91%

Paddington 2Stream

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Knuckles McGinty
Movie
2017
99%

Hampstead

Actor
Donald Horner
Movie
2017

Paddington 2

Actor
Knuckles McGinty
Movie
2017

Atlantic

Narrator
Show
2016

Assassin's CreedStream

Actor
Joseph Lynch
Movie
2016
19%

Free State of JonesStream

Actor
Movie
2016
47%

Live by Night

Actor
Thomas Coughlin
Movie
2016

Alone in Berlin

Actor
Otto Quangel
Movie
2016

Trespass Against Us

Actor
Colby Cutler
Movie
2016

Atlantic

Narrator
Movie
2016

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

Guest
Talk
2015

Noreen

Actor
Con Keogh
Show
2015

The Late Late Show With James CordenStream

Guest
Talk
2015

In the Heart of the Sea

Actor
Tom Nickerson
Movie
2015

Suffragette

Actor
Inspector Arthur Steed
Movie
2015

Pursuit

Actor
Searbhán
Movie
2015

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

Guest
Talk
2014

Calvary

Actor
James Lavelle
Movie
2014

Eliza Graves

Actor
The Alienist
Movie
2014

Song of the Sea

Voice
Conor
Movie
2014

Edge of TomorrowStream

Actor
General Brigham
Movie
2014
91%

1916 Seachtar Dearmadta

Actor
Glór
Show
2013

The Grand Seduction

Actor
Murray French
Movie
2013

The Smurfs 2

Actor
Victor Doyle
Movie
2013

So You Want to Be a Pirate!

Actor
The Pirate with Gout
Show
2012

So You Want to Be a Pirate!

Actor
The Pirate with Gout
Movie
2012

The Raven

Actor
Charles Hamilton
Movie
2012

Safe HouseStream

Actor
David Barlow
Movie
2012
53%

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Voice
The Pirate With Gout
Movie
2012

The Company You Keep

Actor
Henry Osborne
Movie
2012

The Guard

Actor
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Movie
2011

Albert NobbsStream

Actor
Dr. Holloran
Movie
2011
56%

The Cup

Actor
Dermot Weld
Movie
2011

1916 Seachtar na Cásca

Actor
Narrator
Show
2010

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

Guest
Show
2010

Noreen

Actor
Con Keogh
Movie
2010

Green Zone

Actor
Martin Brown
Movie
2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Stream

Actor
Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody
Movie
2010
77%

Into the Storm

Actor
Show
2009

The Secret of Kells

Voice
Abbot Cellach
Movie
2009

Into the Storm

Actor
Winston Churchill
Movie
2009

Perrier's Bounty

Actor
Darren Perrier
Movie
2009

In BrugesStream

Actor
Ken
Movie
2008
84%

The Graham Norton Show

Guest
Talk
2007

BeowulfStream

Voice
Wiglaf
Movie
2007
71%

Black Irish

Actor
Desmond
Movie
2006

The Tiger's Tail

Actor
Liam/His Double
Movie
2006

Studs

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Keegan, Walter
Movie
2006

Breakfast on Pluto

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Uncle Bulgaria
Movie
2005

Kingdom of HeavenStream

Actor
Reynald de Chatillon
Movie
2005
39%

Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireStream

Actor
Alastor "MadEye" Moody
Movie
2005
88%

Tavis Smiley

Guest
Talk
2004

Six Shooter

Actor
Donnelly
Movie
2004

TroyStream

Actor
Menelaus
Movie
2004
53%

Country of My Skull

Actor
De Jager
Movie
2004

The VillageStream

Actor
August Nicholson
Movie
2004
43%

Cold MountainStream

Actor
Stobrod Thewes
Movie
2003
70%

The Late Late Show

Guest
Show
2002

Gangs of New YorkStream

Actor
Walter "Monk" McGinn
Movie
2002
72%

28 Days Later

Actor
Frank
Movie
2002
87%

Dark BlueStream

Actor
Jack Van Meter
Movie
2002
59%

The Tailor of PanamaStream

Actor
Mickie Abraxas
Movie
2001
75%

A.I. Artificial IntelligenceStream

Actor
Lord Johnson-Johnson
Movie
2001
75%

Kwiaty Harrisona

Actor
Marc Stevenson
Movie
2000

Mission: Impossible IIStream

Actor
John McCloy
Movie
2000
56%

Harrison's Flowers

Actor
Stevenson
Movie
2000

Saltwater

Actor
Simple Simon
Movie
2000

Wild About Harry

Actor
Harry McKee
Movie
2000

My Life So Far

Actor
Jim Menries
Movie
1999

Lake Placid

Actor
Sheriff Hank Keough
Movie
1999

The General

Actor
Martin Cahill
Movie
1998

This Is My Father

Actor
Garda Jim
Movie
1998

Sweety Barrett

Actor
Sweety Barrett
Movie
1998

Treaty

Actor
Michael Collins
Movie
1998

Turbulence

Actor
Stubbs
Movie
1997

A Further Gesture

Actor
Richard
Movie
1997

Angela Mooney Dies Again

Actor
Barney Mooney
Movie
1997

I Went Down

Actor
Bunny Kelly
Movie
1997

Michael CollinsStream

Actor
Liam Tobin
Movie
1996
78%

Trojan Eddie

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Ginger
Movie
1996

BraveheartStream

Actor
Hamish Campbell
Movie
1995
75%

Kidnapped

Actor
Red Fox
Movie
1995

CBS News Sunday Morning

Guest
News
1979

Saturday Night LiveStream

Host
Series
1975

TodayStream

Guest
News
1952

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