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The Tragedy of Macbeth

as Duncan

2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

as Huntsman (voice)

2021
Frankie

as Jimmy

2019
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

as Captain Vicks (voice)

2018
Paddington 2

as Knuckles McGinty

2018
Hampstead

as Donald Horner

2019
Assassin's Creed

as Joseph Lynch

2016
Trespass Against Us

as Colby Culter

2017
Live by Night

as Thomas Coughlin

2016
Alone in Berlin

as Otto Quangel

2017
In the Heart of the Sea

as Old Thomas Nickerson

2015
Suffragette

as Arthur Steed

2015
Pursuit

as Searbhán

2015
Song of the Sea

as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)

2014
Edge of Tomorrow

as General Brigham

2014
Calvary

as Father James Lavelle

2014
Stonehearst Asylum

as The Alienist

2014
The Smurfs 2

as Victor Doyle

2013
The Grand Seduction

as Murray French

2014
Safe House

as David Barlow

2012
The Raven

as Colonel Hamilton

2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

as Pirate with Gout (voice)

2012
The Company You Keep

as Henry Osborne

2013
So You Want To Be A Pirate!

as The Pirate With Gout

2012
Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson

Birthday

1955-03-29

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two British Independent Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and four times for a Golden Globe Award. He is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films (2005–2010), as Pól in Cáca Milis (2001) and for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart (1995), Michael Collins (1996), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Gangs of New York (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Cold Mountain (2003), Troy (2004), The Smurfs 2 (2013), Suffragette (2015), Paddington 2 (2017), and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), as well as leading roles in films such as 28 Days Later (2002), In Bruges (2008), The Guard (2011), The Grand Seduction (2013), and Calvary (2014). He starred as detective Bill Hodges in the television adaptation of Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch. He also starred as US President Donald Trump in the miniseries The Comey Rule (2020). He won an Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm. 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.
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