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Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two BIFA Awards, and an Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and twice for a Golden Globe Award.
Born
Tuesday, 29 March 1955
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Joker: Folie à Deux | 2024 | |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | Colm Doherty | 2022 |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | Duncan | 2021 |
| Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Huntsman (voice) / The Huntsman | 2021 |
| Frank of Ireland | Liam | 2021 |
| The Comey Rule | Donald Trump | 2020 |
| Ghost in the Graveyard | Student / Extra | 2019 |
| Frankie | Jimmy | 2019 |
| State of the Union | Scott | 2019 |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains") / Clarence (segment "The Mortal Remains") | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Joker: Folie à Deux | 2024 | |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | Colm Doherty | 2022 |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | Duncan | 2021 |
| Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Huntsman (voice) / The Huntsman | 2021 |
| Frank of Ireland | Liam | 2021 |
| The Comey Rule | Donald Trump | 2020 |
| Ghost in the Graveyard | Student / Extra | 2019 |
| Frankie | Jimmy | 2019 |
| State of the Union | Scott | 2019 |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains") / Clarence (segment "The Mortal Remains") | 2018 |
| Captain Morten and the Spider Queen | Captain Vicks / (voice) | 2018 |
| Paddington 2 | Knuckles McGinty | 2017 |
| Mr. Mercedes | Bill Hodges | 2017 |
| Hampstead | Donald Horner | 2017 |
| Live by Night | Thomas Coughlin | 2016 |
| Assassin's Creed | Joseph Lynch | 2016 |
| Trespass Against Us | Colby Cutler / Colby Culter | 2016 |
| Alone in Berlin | Otto Quangel | 2016 |
| Atlantic | Narrator | 2016 |
| In the Heart of the Sea | Tom Nickerson / Old Thomas Nickerson | 2015 |
| Suffragette | Inspector Arthur Steed / Arthur Steed | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015 |
| Stonehearst Asylum | The Alienist | 2014 |
| Song of the Sea | Mac Lir (voice) / Conor / Mac Lir | 2014 |
| The Grand Seduction | Murray French | 2014 |
| Edge of Tomorrow | General Brigham | 2014 |
| Calvary | Father James / Father James Lavelle | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self, Self - Guest | 2014 |
| 1916 Seachtar Dearmadta | Glór | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Smurfs 2 | Victor / Victor Doyle | 2013 |
| The Company You Keep | Henry Osborne | 2012 |
| So You Want to Be a Pirate! | The Pirate with Gout | 2012 |
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits | The Pirate with Gout / The Pirate with Gout (voice) | 2012 |
| The Raven | Capt. Charles Hamilton / Colonel Hamilton | 2012 |
| Safe House | David Barlow | 2012 |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
| Albert Nobbs | Dr. Holloran | 2011 |
| The Cup | Dermot Weld | 2011 |
| The Guard | Gerry Boyle / Sergeant Gerry Boyle | 2011 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody | 2010 |
| Noreen | Con Keogh | 2010 |
| Green Zone | Martin Brown | 2010 |
| The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2010 |
| Perrier's Bounty | Darren Perrier | 2009 |
| Into the Storm | Winston Churchill | 2009 |
| The Secret of Kells | Abbot Cellach (voice) / Abbot Cellach | 2009 |
| In Bruges | Ken / Ken Daley | 2008 |
| Beowulf | Wiglaf | 2007 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody / Alastor 'MadEye' Moody | 2007 |
| Black Irish | Desmond McKay | 2007 |
| The Tiger's Tail | The Double / Liam O'Leary | 2006 |
| The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Studs | Walter Keegan | 2006 |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Alastor 'MadEye' Moody / Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody | 2005 |
| Breakfast on Pluto | John-Joe / John Joe Kenny | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Reynald de Chatillon | 2005 |
| Six Shooter | Donnelly | 2004 |
| The Village | August Nicholson | 2004 |
| Troy | Menelaus / Menelaos | 2004 |
| In My Country | Col. de Jager / De Jagar | 2004 |
| Cold Mountain | Stobrod Thewes | 2003 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| Dark Blue | Jack Van Meter | 2003 |
| Gangs of New York | Walter 'Monk' McGinn / Walter "Monk" McGinn | 2002 |
| 28 Days Later... | Frank | 2002 |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Lord Johnson-Johnson | 2001 |
| The Tailor of Panama | Mickie Abraxas / Michelangelo "Mickie" Abraxas | 2001 |
| Harrison's Flowers | Marc Stevenson | 2001 |
| Wild About Harry | Harry McKee | 2000 |
| Mission: Impossible II | McCloy / John C. McCloy | 2000 |
| My Life So Far | Jim Menzies | 1999 |
| Sweety Barrett | Sweety Barrett | 1999 |
| This Is My Father | Garda Jim | 1999 |
| Lake Placid | Sheriff Hank Keough | 1999 |
| The General | Martin Cahill | 1998 |
| I Went Down | Bunny Kelly | 1997 |
| The Butcher Boy | Father Bubbles | 1997 |
| Turbulence | Stubbs | 1997 |
| The Break | Richard | 1997 |
| Michael Collins | Liam Tobin | 1996 |
| Trojan Eddie | Ginger | 1996 |
| Kidnapped | Red Fox | 1995 |
| Braveheart | Hamish / Hamish Campbell | 1995 |
| Into the West | Inspector Bolger | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Far and Away | Social Club Policeman | 1992 |
| The Field | Quarryman | 1990 |
| Hard Shoulder | Lorry Driver | 1990 |
| Screen Two | Lester | 1985 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2023 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2021 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 2010 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2009 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Won |
