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Brendan Gleeson
Highest Rated: 100% Atlantic (2016)
Lowest Rated: 14% The Tiger's Tail (2006)
Birthday: Mar 29, 1955
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
A latecomer to the screen, Irish actor Brendan Gleeson spent much of his formative years training for and performing in theater before breaking into films and television at the relatively older age of 34. Supporting turns in homegrown productions like "The Field" (1990) and "Into the West" (1992) led to small parts in American features like "Far and Away" (1992) and his big break as right hand man to Mel Gibson's William Wallace in the blockbuster "Braveheart" (1995). Three years later, his turn as Irish criminal Martin Cahill in John Boorman's "The General" (1998) boosted his profile on the international scene, so he was soon dividing his time between major Hollywood projects like "Mission: Impossible II" (1999) and independent efforts like "28 Days Later" (2001). Dependable in just about every field, from children's fantasy - he was Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody in three of the Harry Potter films - to epics like "Gangs of New York" (2002) and Ben Affleck's Prohibition thriller "Live By Night" (2016), to more intimate projects like the philosophical gangster film "In Bruges" (2008) and the religious drama "Calvary" (2014), Gleeson's versatility elevated him to the pantheon of the character actor's character actor.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Greyhound of a Girl | Paddy (Voice) | - | 2023 |
| 96% | 75% | The Banshees of Inisherin | Colm Doherty (Character) | $10.6M | 2022 |
| 57% | 70% | Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | The Huntsman (Voice) | - | 2021 |
| 92% | 75% | The Tragedy of Macbeth | King Duncan (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 57% | 31% | Frankie | Jimmy (Character) | $171.5K | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Morten and the Spider Queen | Father (Voice) | - | 2018 |
| 89% | 78% | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Irishman (Segment "The Mortal Remains") (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Psychic |
Jeremiah (Character), Director |
- | 2018 |
| 43% | 40% | Hampstead | Donald Horner (Character) | $146.4K | 2017 |
| 99% | 88% | Paddington 2 | Knuckles McGinty (Character) | $38.4M | 2017 |
| 100% | 80% | Atlantic | Narrator | - | 2016 |
| 57% | 26% | Trespass Against Us | Colby Cutler (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 35% | 42% | Live by Night | Thomas Coughlin (Character) | $10.4M | 2016 |
| 58% | 52% | Alone in Berlin | Otto Quangel (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 18% | 42% | Assassin's Creed | Joseph Lynch (Character) | $54.6M | 2016 |
| 48% | 64% | Free State of Jones | Unknown (Character) | $20.8M | 2016 |
| 43% | 54% | In the Heart of the Sea | Tom Nickerson (Character) | $23.1M | 2015 |
| 73% | 68% | Suffragette | Inspector Arthur Steed (Character) | $4.7M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pursuit | Searbhán (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 99% | 92% | Song of the Sea | Conor (Voice) | $850.0K | 2014 |
| 54% | 49% | Eliza Graves | The Alienist (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 89% | 80% | Calvary | James Lavelle (Character) | $3.6M | 2014 |
| 91% | 90% | Edge of Tomorrow | General Brigham (Character) | $100.2M | 2014 |
| 61% | 66% | The Grand Seduction | Murray French (Character) | $3.4M | 2013 |
| 14% | 56% | The Smurfs 2 | Victor Doyle (Character) | $71.0M | 2013 |
| 55% | 45% | The Company You Keep | Henry Osborne (Character) | $5.1M | 2012 |
| 86% | 60% | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | The Pirate With Gout (Voice) | $375.9K | 2012 |
| 22% | 46% | The Raven | Charles Hamilton (Character) | $16.0M | 2012 |
| 53% | 63% | Safe House | David Barlow (Character) | $126.1M | 2012 |
| 28% | 46% | The Cup | Dermot Weld (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 56% | 48% | Albert Nobbs | Dr. Holloran (Character) | $70.4K | 2011 |
| 94% | 81% | The Guard | Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Character) | $5.4M | 2011 |
| 53% | 57% | Green Zone | Martin Brown (Character) | $35.0M | 2010 |
| 77% | 85% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody (Character) | $295.0M | 2010 |
| 53% | 47% | Perrier's Bounty | Darren Perrier (Character) | $828 | 2009 |
| 90% | 85% | The Secret of Kells | Abbot Cellach (Voice) | $686.4K | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Into the Storm | Winston Churchill (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 85% | 87% | In Bruges | Ken (Character) | $7.8M | 2008 |
| 71% | 50% | Beowulf | Wiglaf (Voice) | $82.2M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Studs | Keegan, Walter (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 14% | 31% | The Tiger's Tail |
Liam/ |
- | 2006 |
| 31% | 58% | Black Irish | Desmond (Character) | $6.9K | 2006 |
| 58% | 80% | Breakfast on Pluto | Uncle Bulgaria (Character) | $828.7K | 2005 |
| 88% | 74% | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Alastor "MadEye" Moody (Character) | $290.0M | 2005 |
| 40% | 72% | Kingdom of Heaven | Reynald de Chatillon (Character) | $47.4M | 2005 |
| 23% | 56% | Country of My Skull | De Jager (Character) | $163.5K | 2004 |
| 44% | 57% | The Village | August Nicholson (Character) | $114.2M | 2004 |
| 53% | 73% | Troy | Menelaus (Character) | $133.2M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Shooter | Donnelly (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 70% | 77% | Cold Mountain | Stobrod Thewes (Character) | $95.6M | 2003 |
| 87% | 85% | 28 Days Later | Frank (Character) | $45.1M | 2002 |
| 59% | 52% | Dark Blue | Jack Van Meter (Character) | $9.1M | 2002 |
| 73% | 81% | Gangs of New York | Walter "Monk" McGinn (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 76% | 64% | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | Lord Johnson-Johnson (Character) | $78.6M | 2001 |
| 75% | 46% | The Tailor of Panama | Mickie Abraxas (Character) | $13.5M | 2001 |
| 49% | 76% | Harrison's Flowers | Stevenson (Character) | $1.8M | 2000 |
| 56% | 42% | Mission: Impossible II | John McCloy (Character) | $215.4M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild About Harry | Harry McKee (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saltwater | Simple Simon (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 47% | 37% | Lake Placid | Sheriff Hank Keough (Character) | $31.8M | 1999 |
| 70% | 53% | My Life So Far | Jim Menries (Character) | $616.3K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweety Barrett | Sweety Barrett (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 75% | 81% | This Is My Father | Garda Jim (Character) | $1.1M | 1998 |
| 82% | 80% | The General | Martin Cahill (Character) | $1.2M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treaty | Michael Collins (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | A Further Gesture | Richard (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 19% | 20% | Turbulence | Stubbs (Character) | $11.5M | 1997 |
| 84% | 86% | I Went Down | Bunny Kelly (Character) | $447.9K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angela Mooney Dies Again | Barney Mooney (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Trojan Eddie | Ginger (Character) | $11.9K | 1996 |
| 78% | 84% | Michael Collins | Liam Tobin (Character) | $11.1M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | Kidnapped | Red Fox (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 76% | 85% | Braveheart | Hamish Campbell (Character) | $75.5M | 1995 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 2018 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2022 |
| 94% | 83% | State of the Union | Scott (Character) | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Burren: Heart of Stone | Narrator | 2021 |
| 45% | 71% | Frank of Ireland | Liam (Character) | 2021 |
| 66% | 68% | The Comey Rule | Donald Trump (Character) | 2020 |
| 91% | 74% | Mr. Mercedes | Bill Hodges (Character) | 2017-2019 |