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