Brendan Gleeson
Born in Dublin, Ireland — Mar 29 1955
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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 ro…
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The Simpsons
Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
Mr. Mercedes
Detective Bill Hodges
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Troy
Menelaos
Kingdom of Heaven
Reynald de Chatillon
Mission: Impossible II
McCloy
28 Days Later
Frank
Braveheart
Hamish Campbell
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Ferny Toro (voice)
Joker: Folie à Deux
Jackie Sullivan
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lord Johnson-Johnson
Edge of Tomorrow
General Brigham
Spider-Noir
Silvermane
Gangs of New York
Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Paddington 2
Knuckles McGinty
The Banshees of Inisherin
Colm Doherty
State of the Union
Scott
Beowulf
Wiglaf
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
In Bruges
Ken
The Village
August Nicholson
In the Heart of the Sea
Old Thomas Nickerson
Lake Placid
Sheriff Hank Keough
Assassin's Creed
Joseph Lynch
Cold Mountain
Stobrod Thewes
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Duncan
The Smurfs 2
Victor Doyle
Green Zone
Martin Brown
The Comey Rule
Donald Trump
Far and Away
Social Club Policeman
Safe House
David Barlow
Stonehearst Asylum
The Alienist
Live by Night
Thomas Coughlin
Suffragette
Arthur Steed
Song of the Sea
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
The Raven
Colonel Hamilton
The Company You Keep
Henry Osborne
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate with Gout (voice)
The Guard
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
The Lifeboat
Leslie Parry
Dark Blue
Jack van Meter
Alone in Berlin
Otto Quangel
The Secret of Kells
Abbot Cellach (voice)
In My Country
De Jagar
Frank of Ireland
Liam
Calvary
Father James Lavelle
Turbulence
Stubbs
The Field
Quarryman
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
Glór
The General
Martin Cahill
Michael Collins
Liam Tobin
Breakfast on Pluto
John Joe Kenny
Hampstead
Donald Horner
Albert Nobbs
Dr. Holloran
H Is for Hawk
Alisdair Macdonald
Frankie
Jimmy
1916 Seachtar na Cásca
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Tailor of Panama
Mickie Abraxas
Harrison's Flowers
Marc Stevenson
Into the West
Inspector Bolger
Trespass Against Us
Colby Culter
Studs
Walter Keegan
Into the Storm
Winston Churchill
The Good Daughter
Rusty
Trojan Eddie
Ginger
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Huntsman (voice)
The Snapper
Lester
Saltwater
Simple Simon
The Path to Redemption
Self
Black Irish
Desmond McKay
The Cup
Dermot Weld
Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett
Six Shooter
Donnelly
A Further Gesture
Richard
The Irish Civil War
Narrator
Blood Runs Coal
Joseph Yablonski
Perrier's Bounty
Darren Perrier
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
The Burren: Heart of Stone
Narrator
Atlantic
Narrator
The Treaty
Michael Collins
The Butcher Boy
Father Bubbles
I Went Down
Bunny Kelly
The Grand Seduction
Murray French
Noreen
Con Keogh
Wild About Harry
Harry McKee
Dear Sarah
Brendan Dowd
A Greyhound of a Girl
Paddy (voice)
This Is My Father
Garda Jim
The Honey Wars
(voice)
Sexual Healing
Freddy Cousaert
Pursuit
Searbhán
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate With Gout
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Vicks (voice)
Cáca Milis
Paul
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Self
Kerry: Tides of Time
Narrator
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Wiglaf
Lost Lives
The Tiger's Tail
Liam O'Leary
Psychic
Jeremiah
My Life So Far
Jim Menzies
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
Self
Spaghetti Slow
Frank Ferguson
Angela Mooney Dies Again
Barney Mooney
Tales from the Poorhouse
Love Lies Bleeding
Thomas Macken
The Dead Zoo
Narrator
Before I Sleep
John Harte