Brendan Gleeson

Known For: Acting
Born: March 29, 1955
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

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 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 B…

Filmography

The Good Daughter

The Good Daughter

2026 · Rusty

Spider-Noir

2026 · Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne

H Is for Hawk

2025 · Alisdair Macdonald

Kerry: Tides of Time

2025 · Narrator

Joker: Folie à Deux

2024 · Jackie Sullivan

Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's

2024 · Self

A Greyhound of a Girl

2023 · Paddy (voice)

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

2023 · Self

The Irish Civil War

2022 · Narrator

The Banshees of Inisherin

2022 · Colm Doherty

The Dead Zoo

2022 · Narrator

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021 · Duncan

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

2021 · Huntsman (voice)

Frank of Ireland

2021 · Liam

The Burren: Heart of Stone

2021 · Narrator

The Comey Rule

2020 · Donald Trump

Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments

Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments

2020 · Self

Lost Lives

2019 · Self (voice)

Frankie

2019 · Jimmy

State of the Union

2019 · Scott

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018 · Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

2018 · Captain Vicks (voice)

Psychic

2018 · Jeremiah, Producer, Director

Paddington 2

2017 · Knuckles McGinty

Mr. Mercedes

2017 · Detective Bill Hodges

Hampstead

2017 · Donald Horner

Live by Night

2016 · Thomas Coughlin

Assassin's Creed

2016 · Joseph Lynch

Trespass Against Us

2016 · Colby Culter

Alone in Berlin

2016 · Otto Quangel

Atlantic

2016 · Narrator

In the Heart of the Sea

2015 · Old Thomas Nickerson

Suffragette

2015 · Arthur Steed

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self

Pursuit

2015 · Searbhán

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 · Self - Guest

Stonehearst Asylum

2014 · The Alienist

Song of the Sea

2014 · Conor / Mac Lir (voice)

The Grand Seduction

2014 · Murray French

Edge of Tomorrow

2014 · General Brigham

Calvary

2014 · Father James Lavelle

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self

1916 Seachtar Dearmadta

1916 Seachtar Dearmadta

2013 · Glór

The Smurfs 2

2013 · Victor Doyle

The Company You Keep

2012 · Henry Osborne

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

2012 · The Pirate With Gout

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012 · The Pirate with Gout (voice)

The Raven

2012 · Colonel Hamilton

Safe House

2012 · David Barlow

Albert Nobbs

2011 · Dr. Holloran

The Cup

2011 · Dermot Weld

The Guard

2011 · Sergeant Gerry Boyle

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010 · Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

1916 Seachtar na Cásca

1916 Seachtar na Cásca

2010 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Noreen

2010 · Con Keogh

Perrier's Bounty

2010 · Darren Perrier

Green Zone

2010 · Martin Brown

Into the Storm

2009 · Winston Churchill

The Secret of Kells

2009 · Abbot Cellach (voice)

In Bruges

2008 · Ken

Beowulf

2007 · Wiglaf (Voice)

Black Irish

2007 · Desmond McKay

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007 · Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Self

The Tiger's Tail

2006 · Liam O'Leary

The Path to Redemption

2006 · Self

Studs

2006 · Walter Keegan

Breakfast on Pluto

2005 · John Joe Kenny

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005 · Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Kingdom of Heaven

2005 · Reynald de Chatillon

Deconstructing 'The Village'

2005 · Self

Six Shooter

2004 · Donnelly

The Village

2004 · August Nicholson

Troy

2004 · Menelaus

In My Country

2004 · De Jagar

Cold Mountain

2003 · Stobrod Thewes

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

2003 · Ferny Toro (voice)

Gangs of New York

2002 · Walter 'Monk' McGinn

Dark Blue

2002 · Jack van Meter

28 Days Later

2002 · Frank

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001 · Lord Johnson-Johnson

Cáca Milis

2001 · Paul

The Tailor of Panama

2001 · Mickie Abraxas

Wild About Harry

2000 · Harry McKee

Saltwater

2000 · Simple Simon

Harrison's Flowers

2000 · Marc Stevenson

Mission: Impossible II

2000 · McCloy

My Life So Far

1999 · Jim Menzies

Lake Placid

1999 · Sheriff Hank Keough

This Is My Father

1999 · Garda Jim

Sweety Barrett

1999 · Sweety Barrett

The General

1998 · Martin Cahill

The Butcher Boy

1998 · Father Bubbles

Before I Sleep

1997 · John Harte

I Went Down

1997 · Bunny Kelly

Angela Mooney Dies Again

1997 · Barney Mooney

Turbulence

1997 · Stubbs

A Further Gesture

1997 · Richard

Spaghetti Slow

1996 · Frank Ferguson

Michael Collins

1996 · Liam Tobin

Trojan Eddie

1996 · Ginger

Braveheart

1995 · Hamish Campbell

The Lifeboat

1994 · Leslie Parry

The Snapper

1993 · Lester

Love Lies Bleeding

1993 · Thomas Macken

Into the West

1992 · Inspector Bolger

Far and Away

1992 · Social Club Policeman

The Treaty

1991 · Michael Collins

Hard Shoulder

1990

The Field

1990 · Quarryman

Dear Sarah

1990 · Brendan Dowd

The Simpsons

1989 · Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)

4 Play

1989 · Farmer

ScreenPlay

1986 · Thomas Macken

Screen Two

1985 · Lester

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

Sexual Healing

— · Freddy Cousaert

The Honey Wars

— · (voice)

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

— · Wiglaf

Tales from the Poorhouse

—

Blood Runs Coal

Blood Runs Coal

— · Joseph Yablonski

Brendan Gleeson · Virelixia