Brendan Gleeson

Also Known As: Брендан Глісон, برندن گلیسون

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), 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).

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

Birthday: March 29, 1955

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

28 Days Later
Braveheart
Mission: Impossible II
Breakfast on Pluto
Kingdom of Heaven
Troy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Michael Collins
Cold Mountain
Beowulf
Gangs of New York
The Tiger's Tail
The Tailor of Panama
Dark Blue
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Green Zone
The Village
The Field
In Bruges
Harrison's Flowers
Six Shooter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Secret of Kells
I Went Down
The Snapper
Lake Placid
Black Irish
Turbulence
Perrier's Bounty
Into the Storm
In My Country
The General
The Guard
The Raven
Angela Mooney Dies Again
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Albert Nobbs
The Cup
Safe House
The Smurfs 2
The Company You Keep
Trojan Eddie
Calvary
In the Heart of the Sea
The Grand Seduction
Noreen
Lost Lives
Suffragette
Spaghetti Slow
Trespass Against Us
Song of the Sea
Edge of Tomorrow
Stonehearst Asylum
Wild About Harry
Joker: Folie à Deux
This Is My Father
H Is for Hawk
Alone in Berlin
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Pursuit
Sexual Healing
A Further Gesture
Live by Night
Assassin's Creed
Saltwater
Sweety Barrett
The Treaty
Atlantic
Paddington 2
Cáca Milis
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Hampstead
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Love Lies Bleeding
Psychic
Studs
My Life So Far
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Into the West
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Frankie
Far and Away
The Butcher Boy
Dear Sarah
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Banshees of Inisherin
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
The Path to Redemption
The Dead Zoo
The Honey Wars
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf