H
H Is for Hawk
as Dad
2025
B
Brendan Gleeson
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).
Personal details
Full filmography
2025
2024
J
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
2024
B
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
as Self
2024
2023
O
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
2023
A
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Paddy (voice)
2023
2022
T
The Banshees of Inisherin
London premiereas Colm Doherty
2022
T
The Dead Zoo
as Narrator
2022
2021
T
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
2021
R
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
2021
2019
L
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
2019
F
Frankie
as Jimmy
2019
2018
P
Psychic
2018
C
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
2018
T
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018
2017
P
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
2017
H
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
2017
2016
T
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
2016
A
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
2016
L
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
2016
A
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
2016
A
Atlantic
as Narrator
2016
2015
I
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
2015
S
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
2015
P
Pursuit
as Searbhán
2015
2014
C
Calvary
as Father James Lavelle
2014
T
The Grand Seduction
as Murray French
2014
S
Song of the Sea
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
2014
E
Edge of Tomorrow
as General Brigham
2014
S
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
2014
2013
T
The Smurfs 2
as Victor Doyle
2013
2012
T
The Raven
as Colonel Hamilton
2012
T
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
2012
S
Safe House
as David Barlow
2012
T
The Company You Keep
as Henry Osborne
2012
S
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate With Gout
2012
2011
T
The Guard
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
2011
A
Albert Nobbs
as Dr. Holloran
2011
T
The Cup
as Dermot Weld
2011
2010
G
Green Zone
as Martin Brown
2010
H
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2010
P
Perrier's Bounty
as Darren Perrier
2010
N
Noreen
as Con Keogh
2010
2009
T
The Secret of Kells
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
2009
I
Into the Storm
as Winston Churchill
2009
2008
I
In Bruges
as Ken
2008
2007
H
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2007
B
Beowulf
as Wiglaf (Voice)
2007
B
Black Irish
as Desmond McKay
2007
2006
T
The Tiger's Tail
as Liam O'Leary
2006
S
Studs
as Walter Keegan
2006
T
The Path to Redemption
as Self
2006
2005
B
Breakfast on Pluto
as John Joe Kenny
2005
K
Kingdom of Heaven
as Reynald de Chatillon
2005
H
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
2005
D
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
2005
2004
T
Troy
as Menelaus
2004
T
The Village
as August Nicholson
2004
S
Six Shooter
as Donnelly
2004
I
In My Country
as De Jagar
2004
2003
C
Cold Mountain
as Stobrod Thewes
2003