Acting
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).
Spider-Noir
2026 · TV
The Simpsons
1989 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · TV
Troy
2004 · Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Movie
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · TV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
28 Days Later
2002 · Movie
Edge of Tomorrow
2014 · Movie
Braveheart
1995 · Movie
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 · Movie
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Movie
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · Movie
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003 · TV
Gangs of New York
2002 · Movie
Paddington 2
2017 · Movie
ScreenPlay
1986 · TV
In Bruges
2008 · Movie
In the Heart of the Sea
2015 · Movie
Cold Mountain
2003 · Movie
The Smurfs 2
2013 · Movie
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 · Movie
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Movie
Beowulf
2007 · Movie
Safe House
2012 · Movie
Lake Placid
1999 · Movie
Frank of Ireland
2021 · TV
The Village
2004 · Movie
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Movie
Assassin's Creed
2016 · Movie
Green Zone
2010 · Movie
State of the Union
2019 · TV
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Movie
Far and Away
1992 · Movie
Song of the Sea
2014 · Movie
Live by Night
2016 · Movie
The Secret of Kells
2009 · Movie
The Comey Rule
2020 · TV
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012 · Movie
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Movie
The Company You Keep
2012 · Movie
The Guard
2011 · Movie
Michael Collins
1996 · Movie
Calvary
2014 · Movie
Suffragette
2015 · Movie
Turbulence
1997 · Movie
The Tailor of Panama
2001 · Movie
Dark Blue
2002 · Movie
The Raven
2012 · Movie
Hampstead
2017 · Movie
H Is for Hawk
2025 · Movie
Alone in Berlin
2016 · Movie
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Movie
The Field
1990 · Movie
The Cup
2011 · Movie
Into the West
1992 · Movie
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021 · Movie
Trespass Against Us
2016 · Movie
The General
1998 · Movie
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012 · Movie
Into the Storm
2009 · Movie
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Movie
Noreen
2010 · Movie
The Lifeboat
1994 · TV
Perrier's Bounty
2009 · Movie
Six Shooter
2004 · Movie
In My Country
2004 · Movie
Saltwater
2000 · Movie
Sweety Barrett
1999 · Movie
A Further Gesture
1997 · Movie
The Butcher Boy
1998 · Movie
The Snapper
1993 · Movie
The Grand Seduction
2014 · Movie
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018 · Movie
The Treaty
1991 · Movie
My Life So Far
1999 · Movie
The Honey Wars
· Movie
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023 · Movie
The Irish Civil War
2022 · TV
Wild About Harry
2000 · Movie
Frankie
2019 · Movie
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023 · Movie
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005 · Movie
Studs
2006 · Movie
The Path to Redemption
2006 · Movie
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024 · Movie
The Tiger's Tail
2006 · Movie
I Went Down
1997 · Movie
Trojan Eddie
1996 · Movie
Pursuit
2015 · Movie
Dear Sarah
1990 · Movie
Lost Lives
2019 · Movie
Psychic
2018 · Movie
The Burren: Heart of Stone
2021 · TV
This Is My Father
1999 · Movie
Cáca Milis
2001 · Movie
Black Irish
2007 · Movie
Love Lies Bleeding
1993 · Movie
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997 · Movie
Atlantic
2016 · Movie
Kerry: Tides of Time
2025 · TV
Spaghetti Slow
1996 · Movie
Tales from the Poorhouse
· Movie
Before I Sleep
1997 · Movie
