Brendan Gleeson
Born 1955
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 Domhnal…
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Movies 97
H Is for Hawk(2025)
as Alisdair Macdonald
Joker: Folie à Deux(2024)
as Jackie Sullivan
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's(2024)
as Self
A Greyhound of a Girl(2023)
as Paddy (voice)
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin(2023)
as Self
The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)
as Colm Doherty
- Film
The Dead Zoo(2022)
as Narrator
The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)
as Duncan
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure(2021)
as Huntsman (voice)
Lost Lives(2019)
as Self (voice)
Frankie(2019)
as Jimmy
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(2018)
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen(2018)
as Captain Vicks (voice)
Psychic(2018)
as Jeremiah
Paddington 2(2017)
as Knuckles McGinty
Hampstead(2017)
as Donald Horner
Live by Night(2016)
as Thomas Coughlin
Assassin's Creed(2016)
as Joseph Lynch
Trespass Against Us(2016)
as Colby Culter
Alone in Berlin(2016)
as Otto Quangel
Atlantic(2016)
as Narrator
In the Heart of the Sea(2015)
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Suffragette(2015)
as Arthur Steed
Pursuit(2015)
as Searbhán
Stonehearst Asylum(2014)
as The Alienist
Song of the Sea(2014)
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Grand Seduction(2014)
as Murray French
Edge of Tomorrow(2014)
as General Brigham
Calvary(2014)
as Father James Lavelle
The Smurfs 2(2013)
as Victor Doyle
The Company You Keep(2012)
as Henry Osborne
So You Want To Be A Pirate!(2012)
as The Pirate With Gout
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!(2012)
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
The Raven(2012)
as Colonel Hamilton
Safe House(2012)
as David Barlow
Albert Nobbs(2011)
as Dr. Holloran
The Cup(2011)
as Dermot Weld
The Guard(2011)
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010)
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Noreen(2010)
as Con Keogh
Green Zone(2010)
as Martin Brown
Perrier's Bounty(2009)
as Darren Perrier
Into the Storm(2009)
as Winston Churchill
The Secret of Kells(2009)
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
In Bruges(2008)
as Ken
Beowulf(2007)
as Wiglaf
Black Irish(2007)
as Desmond McKay
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
The Tiger's Tail(2006)
as Liam O'Leary
The Path to Redemption(2006)
as Self
Studs(2006)
as Walter Keegan
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Breakfast on Pluto(2005)
as John Joe Kenny
Kingdom of Heaven(2005)
as Reynald de Chatillon
Deconstructing 'The Village'(2005)
as Self
Six Shooter(2004)
as Donnelly
The Village(2004)
as August Nicholson
Troy(2004)
as Menelaos
In My Country(2004)
as De Jagar
Cold Mountain(2003)
as Stobrod Thewes
Gangs of New York(2002)
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Dark Blue(2002)
as Jack van Meter
28 Days Later(2002)
as Frank
A.I. Artificial Intelligence(2001)
as Lord Johnson-Johnson
Cáca Milis(2001)
as Paul
The Tailor of Panama(2001)
as Mickie Abraxas
Wild About Harry(2000)
as Harry McKee
Saltwater(2000)
as Simple Simon
Harrison's Flowers(2000)
as Marc Stevenson
Mission: Impossible II(2000)
as McCloy
My Life So Far(1999)
as Jim Menzies
Lake Placid(1999)
as Sheriff Hank Keough
This Is My Father(1999)
as Garda Jim
Sweety Barrett(1999)
as Sweety Barrett
The General(1998)
as Martin Cahill
The Butcher Boy(1998)
as Father Bubbles
Before I Sleep(1997)
as John Harte
I Went Down(1997)
as Bunny Kelly
Angela Mooney Dies Again(1997)
as Barney Mooney
Turbulence(1997)
as Stubbs
A Further Gesture(1997)
as Richard
Spaghetti Slow(1996)
as Frank Ferguson
Michael Collins(1996)
as Liam Tobin
Trojan Eddie(1996)
as Ginger
Braveheart(1995)
as Hamish Campbell
The Snapper(1993)
as Lester
Love Lies Bleeding(1993)
as Thomas Macken
Into the West(1992)
as Inspector Bolger
Far and Away(1992)
as Social Club Policeman
The Treaty(1991)
as Michael Collins
The Field(1990)
as Quarryman
Dear Sarah(1990)
as Brendan Dowd
The Honey Wars
as (voice)
- Film
Sexual Healing
as Freddy Cousaert
- Film
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Wiglaf
- Film
Blood Runs Coal
as Joseph Yablonski
Tales from the Poorhouse
