Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson has appeared in 61 movies on CringeMDb. 25 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 36 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: H Is for Hawk (2025)
- Most recent with adult content: Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Born March 29, 1955 · Known for acting
41.0% Featured Movie Cringe Score (61 movies)
Brendan Gleeson Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Braveheart
...as Hamish Campbell
Mission: Impossible II
...as McCloy
Kingdom of Heaven
...as Reynald de Chatillon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
...as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
...as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Michael Collins
...as Liam Tobin
Green Zone
...as Martin Brown
The Village
...as August Nicholson
In Bruges
...as Ken
Harrison's Flowers
...as Marc Stevenson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
...as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Lake Placid
...as Sheriff Hank Keough
Black Irish
...as Desmond McKay
Turbulence
...as Stubbs
In My Country
...as De Jagar
The General
...as Martin Cahill
The Raven
...as Colonel Hamilton
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
...as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
The Cup
...as Dermot Weld
Safe House
...as David Barlow
The Smurfs 2
...as Victor Doyle
The Company You Keep
...as Henry Osborne
In the Heart of the Sea
...as Old Thomas Nickerson
The Grand Seduction
...as Murray French
Song of the Sea
...as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
Edge of Tomorrow
...as General Brigham
H Is for Hawk
...as Dad
Alone in Berlin
...as Otto Quangel
Assassin's Creed
...as Joseph Lynch
Paddington 2
...as Knuckles McGinty
Hampstead
...as Donald Horner
Into the West
...as Inspector Bolger
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
...as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
Far and Away
...as Social Club Policeman
The Butcher Boy
...as Father Bubbles
The Tragedy of Macbeth
...as Duncan
Certified Cringeworthy
28 Days Later
...as Frank
Breakfast on Pluto
...as John Joe Kenny
Troy
...as Menelaus
Cold Mountain
...as Stobrod Thewes
Beowulf
...as Wiglaf (Voice)
Gangs of New York
...as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
The Tiger's Tail
...as Liam O'Leary
The Tailor of Panama
...as Mickie Abraxas
Dark Blue
...as Jack van Meter
I Went Down
...as Bunny Kelly
The Snapper
...as Lester
Perrier's Bounty
...as Darren Perrier
The Guard
...as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Albert Nobbs
...as Dr. Holloran
Calvary
...as Father James Lavelle
Suffragette
...as Arthur Steed
Trespass Against Us
...as Colby Culter
Stonehearst Asylum
...as The Alienist
Joker: Folie à Deux
...as Jackie Sullivan
A Further Gesture
...as Richard
Live by Night
...as Thomas Coughlin
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
...as Lord Johnson-Johnson
My Life So Far
...as Jim Menzies
Frankie
...as Jimmy
The Banshees of Inisherin
...as Colm Doherty
About 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 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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