Acting credits
115
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Brendan Gleeson
Acting
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Movies: 94Series: 21Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 2039
IMDb ID: nm0322407
Known for: Acting
Born: March 29, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q206659
Other jobs
Producer (1)
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).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Brendan Gleeson.
H Is for Hawk
as Dad
2025 Movie
Joker: Folie à Deux
as Jackie Sullivan
2024 Movie
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
as Self
2024 Movie
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Paddy (voice)
2023 Movie
On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin
as Self
2023 Movie
The Banshees of Inisherin
as Colm Doherty
2022 Movie
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Duncan
2021 Movie
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Huntsman (voice)
2021 Movie
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
2019 Movie
Frankie
as Jimmy
2019 Movie
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018 Movie
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
as Captain Vicks (voice)
2018 Movie
Psychic
as Jeremiah
2018 Movie
Paddington 2
as Knuckles McGinty
2017 Movie
Hampstead
as Donald Horner
2017 Movie
Live by Night
as Thomas Coughlin
2016 Movie
Assassin's Creed
as Joseph Lynch
2016 Movie
Trespass Against Us
as Colby Culter
2016 Movie
Alone in Berlin
as Otto Quangel
2016 Movie
Atlantic
as Narrator
2016 Movie
In the Heart of the Sea
as Old Thomas Nickerson
2015 Movie
Suffragette
as Arthur Steed
2015 Movie
Pursuit
as Searbhán
2015 Movie
Stonehearst Asylum
as The Alienist
2014 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Brendan Gleeson.
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The Good Daughter
as Rusty • 6 eps
2026 Series
Spider-Noir
as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne • 8 eps
2026 Series
Kerry: Tides of Time
as Narrator • 1 eps
2025 Series
The Irish Civil War
as Narrator • 3 eps
2022 Series
Frank of Ireland
as Liam • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Burren: Heart of Stone
as Narrator • 2 eps
2021 Series
The Comey Rule
as Donald Trump • 2 eps
2020 Series
State of the Union
as Scott • 10 eps
2019 Series
Mr. Mercedes
as Bill Hodges • 30 eps
2017 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2014 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
as Ferny Toro (voice) • 2 eps
2003 Series
The Lifeboat
as Leslie Parry • 9 eps
1994 Series
The Simpsons
as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
ScreenPlay
as Thomas Macken • 1 eps
1986 Series
Screen Two
as Lester • 1 eps
1985 Series
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
Far Cry
1 eps
Series
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
1944 Series