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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

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 Pott

Born

Mar 29, 1955

Dublin, Ireland

Known For

Acting

Movies

99 acting

2 crew

Popularity

4.0

Known For

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 • as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 • as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
★ 7.8
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 • as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
★ 7.7
Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 • as Reynald de Chatillon
★ 7.1
Troy
Troy
2004 • as Menelaus
★ 7.2
Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow
2014 • as General Brigham
★ 7.6
Braveheart
Braveheart
1995 • as Hamish Campbell
★ 7.9
28 Days Later
28 Days Later
2002 • as Frank
★ 7.2
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 • as Lord Johnson-Johnson
★ 7.1
Joker: Folie à Deux
Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 • as Jackie Sullivan
★ 5.4
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
2002 • as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
★ 7.3
Paddington 2
Paddington 2
2017 • as Knuckles McGinty
★ 7.5
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea
2015 • as Old Thomas Nickerson
★ 6.8
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II
2000 • as McCloy
★ 6.1
In Bruges
In Bruges
2008 • as Ken
★ 7.5
Beowulf
Beowulf
2007 • as Wiglaf (Voice)
★ 5.9
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 • as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
★ 7.1
The Village
The Village
2004 • as August Nicholson
★ 6.5
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 • as Colm Doherty
★ 7.5
Far and Away
Far and Away
1992 • as Social Club Policeman
★ 6.8
Song of the Sea
Song of the Sea
2014 • as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
★ 8.0
The Smurfs 2
The Smurfs 2
2013 • as Victor Doyle
★ 5.7
Safe House
Safe House
2012 • as David Barlow
★ 6.5
Stonehearst Asylum
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 • as The Alienist
★ 6.9
Lake Placid
Lake Placid
1999 • as Sheriff Hank Keough
★ 6.0
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012 • as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
★ 6.5
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain
2003 • as Stobrod Thewes
★ 6.9
Green Zone
Green Zone
2010 • as Martin Brown
★ 6.5
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed
2016 • as Joseph Lynch
★ 5.4
Live by Night
Live by Night
2016 • as Thomas Coughlin
★ 6.3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 • as Duncan
★ 6.9
Suffragette
Suffragette
2015 • as Arthur Steed
★ 7.2
The Secret of Kells
The Secret of Kells
2009 • as Abbot Cellach (voice)
★ 7.4
The Tailor of Panama
The Tailor of Panama
2001 • as Mickie Abraxas
★ 6.0
The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep
2012 • as Henry Osborne
★ 6.2
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 • as John Joe Kenny
★ 7.2
The Raven
The Raven
2012 • as Colonel Hamilton
★ 6.3
The Guard
The Guard
2011 • as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
★ 7.0
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
1996 • as Liam Tobin
★ 6.9
Turbulence
Turbulence
1997 • as Stubbs
★ 5.4
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs
2011 • as Dr. Holloran
★ 6.3
Dark Blue
Dark Blue
2002 • as Jack van Meter
★ 6.2
Trespass Against Us
Trespass Against Us
2016 • as Colby Culter
★ 5.8
H Is for Hawk
H Is for Hawk
2025 • as Dad
★ 7.1
Alone in Berlin
Alone in Berlin
2016 • as Otto Quangel
★ 6.7
Calvary
Calvary
2014 • as Father James Lavelle
★ 7.1
Into the West
Into the West
1992 • as Inspector Bolger
★ 6.4
The Grand Seduction
The Grand Seduction
2014 • as Murray French
★ 6.7
Hampstead
Hampstead
2017 • as Donald Horner
★ 6.1
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021 • as Huntsman (voice)
★ 6.0
Perrier's Bounty
Perrier's Bounty
2010 • as Darren Perrier
★ 5.8
Into the Storm
Into the Storm
2009 • as Winston Churchill
★ 6.4
A Greyhound of a Girl
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023 • as Paddy (voice)
★ 6.7
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers
2000 • as Marc Stevenson
★ 6.5
The Tiger's Tail
The Tiger's Tail
2006 • as Liam O'Leary
★ 5.6
The Field
The Field
1990 • as Quarryman
★ 7.0
Atlantic
Atlantic
2016 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
2018 • as Captain Vicks (voice)
★ 4.6
Deconstructing 'The Village'
★ 4.7
The Snapper
The Snapper
1993 • as Lester
★ 6.5
The General
The General
1998 • as Martin Cahill
★ 6.7
Frankie
Frankie
2019 • as Jimmy
★ 4.8
In My Country
In My Country
2004 • as De Jagar
★ 6.0
My Life So Far
My Life So Far
1999 • as Jim Menzies
★ 5.4
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
1998 • as Father Bubbles
★ 6.8
movie
★ 6.0
Noreen
Noreen
2010 • as Con Keogh
★ 6.8
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012 • as The Pirate With Gout
★ 6.2
Psychic
Psychic
2018 • as Jeremiah
★ 4.5
This Is My Father
This Is My Father
1999 • as Garda Jim
★ 6.1
Six Shooter
Six Shooter
2004 • as Donnelly
★ 7.2
Cáca Milis
Cáca Milis
2001 • as Paul
★ 6.0
A Further Gesture
A Further Gesture
1997 • as Richard
★ 4.8
movie
The Weir
• as Jack
The Cup
The Cup
2011 • as Dermot Weld
★ 5.7
Before I Sleep
Before I Sleep
1997 • as John Harte
★ 7.5
Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie
1996 • as Ginger
★ 5.3
Studs
Studs
2006 • as Walter Keegan
★ 5.2
Saltwater
Saltwater
2000 • as Simple Simon
★ 7.1
Black Irish
Black Irish
2007 • as Desmond McKay
★ 6.5
Spaghetti Slow
Spaghetti Slow
1996 • as Frank Ferguson
★ 5.5
The Path to Redemption
The Path to Redemption
2006 • as Self
★ 8.0
Lost Lives
Lost Lives
2019 • as Self (voice)
★ 6.0
Angela Mooney Dies Again
Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997 • as Barney Mooney
★ 5.5
I Went Down
I Went Down
1997 • as Bunny Kelly
★ 6.0
Pursuit
Pursuit
2015 • as Searbhán
★ 4.0
movie
Blood Runs Coal
• as Joseph Yablonski
Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding
1993 • as Thomas Macken
★ 10.0
movie
Sexual Healing
• as Freddy Cousaert
The Treaty
The Treaty
1991 • as Michael Collins
★ 6.8
Wild About Harry
Wild About Harry
2000 • as Harry McKee
★ 6.0
Sweety Barrett
Sweety Barrett
1999 • as Sweety Barrett
★ 6.0
Dear Sarah
Dear Sarah
1990 • as Brendan Dowd
★ 10.0
movie
The Dead Zoo
2022 • as Narrator