Brendan Gleeson
Acting
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2023 Best Supporting Actor Nominated The Banshees of Inisherin
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 2009 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Won Into the Storm
Golden Globe Awards 1 nominated
- 2023 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated The Banshees of Inisherin
European Film Award for Best Actor 1 nominated
- 2014 Best Actor Nominated Calvary
Emmy Award 1 won
- 2009 Emmy Award Won
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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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Filmography
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The Simpsons
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Troy
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Spider-Noir
Golden Globe Awards
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
28 Days Later
Mr. Mercedes
Kingdom of Heaven
Screen Two
Braveheart
Edge of Tomorrow
Joker: Folie à Deux
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Smurfs 2
Mission: Impossible II
ScreenPlay
The Village
Paddington 2
Safe House
The Banshees of Inisherin
In Bruges
In the Heart of the Sea
Cold Mountain
Gangs of New York
Stonehearst Asylum
Beowulf
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Assassin's Creed
Green Zone
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Field
Far and Away
Lake Placid
Live by Night
State of the Union
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Song of the Sea
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Breakfast on Pluto
Suffragette
The Comey Rule
Dark Blue
The Raven
The Secret of Kells
Perrier's Bounty
The Guard
Turbulence
Albert Nobbs
Atlantic
The Company You Keep
The Tailor of Panama
Michael Collins
Trespass Against Us
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