Brendan Gleeson

ActorDirectorProducer Mar 29 (age 70) Dublin, Ireland 1975–2026 (51 year career)

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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 Pott…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Film

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Film

Braveheart

Hamish Campbell

Film

Edge of Tomorrow

General Brigham

Film

Troy

Menelaos

Film

28 Days Later

Frank

Film

In Bruges

Ken

Filmography

Acting (116)

Movies (96)

H Is for Hawk

2025

as Alisdair Macdonald

7.1

Joker: Folie à Deux

2024

as Jackie Sullivan

5.4

Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's

2024

as Self

A Greyhound of a Girl

2023

as Paddy (voice)

6.6

On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin

2023

as Self

2.0

The Banshees of Inisherin

2022

as Colm Doherty

7.5

The Dead Zoo

2022

as Narrator

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

as Duncan

6.9

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

as Huntsman (voice)

Frankie

as Jimmy

Lost Lives

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

7.1

Psychic

2018

as Jeremiah

5.0

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

2018

as Captain Vicks (voice)

Paddington 2

as Knuckles McGinty

Hampstead

as Donald Horner

Assassin's Creed

as Joseph Lynch

Alone in Berlin

as Otto Quangel

Live by Night

as Thomas Coughlin

Atlantic

as Narrator

Trespass Against Us

as Colby Culter

In the Heart of the Sea

2015

as Old Thomas Nickerson

Suffragette

as Arthur Steed

Pursuit

as Searbhán

Edge of Tomorrow

as General Brigham

Song of the Sea

as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)

Stonehearst Asylum

as The Alienist

The Grand Seduction

as Murray French

Calvary

as Father James Lavelle

The Smurfs 2

as Victor Doyle

Safe House

as David Barlow

The Company You Keep

as Henry Osborne

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

as The Pirate with Gout (voice)

6.5

The Raven

2012

as Colonel Hamilton

6.3

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

2012

as The Pirate With Gout

6.3

The Guard

2011

as Sergeant Gerry Boyle

Albert Nobbs

as Dr. Holloran

The Cup

as Dermot Weld

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Green Zone

as Martin Brown

Noreen

as Con Keogh

The Secret of Kells

as Abbot Cellach (voice)

Into the Storm

as Winston Churchill

Perrier's Bounty

as Darren Perrier

In Bruges

as Ken

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

Beowulf

as Wiglaf

Black Irish

as Desmond McKay

The Tiger's Tail

as Liam O'Leary

Studs

as Walter Keegan

The Path to Redemption

2006

as Self

8.0

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody

7.8

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

as Reynald de Chatillon

7.0

Breakfast on Pluto

2005

as John Joe Kenny

7.2

Deconstructing 'The Village'

as Self

Troy

as Menelaos

The Village

as August Nicholson

In My Country

as De Jagar

Six Shooter

as Donnelly

Cold Mountain

as Stobrod Thewes

28 Days Later

as Frank

Gangs of New York

as Walter 'Monk' McGinn

7.3

Dark Blue

2002

as Jack van Meter

6.2

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

as Lord Johnson-Johnson

The Tailor of Panama

as Mickie Abraxas

Cáca Milis

as Paul

Mission: Impossible II

as McCloy

Saltwater

as Simple Simon

Harrison's Flowers

as Marc Stevenson

Wild About Harry

as Harry McKee

Lake Placid

as Sheriff Hank Keough

My Life So Far

as Jim Menzies

Sweety Barrett

as Sweety Barrett

This Is My Father

as Garda Jim

The General

as Martin Cahill

The Butcher Boy

as Father Bubbles

Turbulence

as Stubbs

I Went Down

as Bunny Kelly

A Further Gesture

as Richard

Angela Mooney Dies Again

as Barney Mooney

Before I Sleep

as John Harte

Michael Collins

as Liam Tobin

Spaghetti Slow

as Frank Ferguson

Trojan Eddie

as Ginger

Braveheart

as Hamish Campbell

The Snapper

as Lester

Love Lies Bleeding

as Thomas Macken

Into the West

1992

as Inspector Bolger

6.4

Far and Away

1992

as Social Club Policeman

The Treaty

as Michael Collins

The Field

as Quarryman

Dear Sarah

as Brendan Dowd

The Honey Wars

as (voice)

Sexual Healing

as Freddy Cousaert

A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

as Wiglaf

Tales from the Poorhouse

Television (20)

Spider-Noir

2026 Upcoming

as Silvermane

May 25

Kerry: Tides of Time

as Narrator

The Irish Civil War

as Narrator

Frank of Ireland

as Liam

The Burren: Heart of Stone

2021

as Narrator

The Comey Rule

as Donald Trump

State of the Union

as Scott

Mr. Mercedes

as Detective Bill Hodges

7.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self - Guest

5.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

1916 Seachtar Dearmadta

2013

as Glór

2.0

1916 Seachtar na Cásca

2010

as Self - Narrator (voice)

3.7

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

2003

as Ferny Toro (voice)

5.9

The Lifeboat

1994

as Leslie Parry

The Simpsons

1989

as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Good Daughter

as Rusty

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Psychic

Director

Psychic

Producer