Brendan Gleeson
Birthday: 1955-03-29 | Place of Birth: Dublin, IrelandBrendan 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).
Known For
Acting
Role
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
as Alisdair Macdonald
as Frank
as Narrator
as Jackie Sullivan
as Colm Doherty
as Narrator
as Scott
as Duncan
as Huntsman (voice)
as Narrator
as Donald Trump
as Donald Horner
as Jimmy
as Scott
as Captain Vicks (voice)
as Jeremiah
as Knuckles McGinty
as Colby Culter
as Detective Bill Hodges
as Otto Quangel
as Joseph Lynch
as Narrator
as Thomas Coughlin
as Old Thomas Nickerson
