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| 3 | Brendan Gleeson (born March 29, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor. |
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| 5 | He's best known as Mad-Eye Moody in the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' films and Hamish Campbell in ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', and to Ireland as Ken in ''Film/InBruges'', Sgt. Gerry Boyle in ''Film/TheGuard'' and Father James in ''Film/{{Calvary}}''. He has a very distinctive face and voice and, as such, is considered to be one of the Irish film industry's most prominent actors. Very often cast as [[OfficerOHara detectives and police officers]]. |
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| 7 | He's the father of four, including actors Creator/{{Domhnall|Gleeson}} and Brian Gleeson. |
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| 9 | !! Works with pages on TV Tropes: |
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| 11 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
| 12 | * ''Film/TheField'' (1990) as Quarryman |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' (1995) as Hamish Campbell |
| 14 | * ''Film/MichaelCollins'' (1996) as Liam Tobin |
| 15 | * ''Film/LakePlacid'' (1999) as Sheriff Hank Keough |
| 16 | * ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' (2000) as John C. [=McCloy=] |
| 17 | * ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' (2001) as Lord Johnson-Johnson |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheTailorOfPanama'' (2001) as Mickie Abraxas |
| 19 | * ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' (2002) as Frank |
| 20 | * ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' (2002) as Walter "Monk" [=McGinn=] |
| 21 | * ''Film/DarkBlue'' (2002) as Commander Jack Van Meter |
| 22 | * ''Film/ColdMountain'' (2003) as Stobrod Thewes |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Troy}}'' (2004) as Menelaus |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{The Village|2004}}'' (2004) as August Nicholson |
| 25 | * ''Film/SixShooter'' (2004) as Donnelly |
| 26 | * ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' (2005) as Raynald of Châtillon |
| 27 | * ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto'' (2005) as John Joe Kenny |
| 28 | * ''Film/HarryPotter'' as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody |
| 29 | ** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' (2005) [[note]]actually [[spoiler:Barty Crouch Jr.]] in Mad-Eye Moody disguise for most of the film[[/note]] |
| 30 | ** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' (2007) |
| 31 | ** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart1'' (2010) |
| 32 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' (2007) as Wiglaf |
| 33 | * ''Film/InBruges'' (2008) as Ken |
| 34 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'' (2009) as Abbot Cellach |
| 35 | * ''Film/GreenZone'' (2010) as Martin Brown |
| 36 | * ''Film/TheGuard'' (2011) as Sgt. Gerry Boyle |
| 37 | * ''Film/AlbertNobbs'' (2011) as Dr. Holloran |
| 38 | * ''Film/SafeHouse'' (2012) as David Barlow |
| 39 | * ''Film/{{The Raven|2012}}'' (2012) as Captain Charles Hamilton |
| 40 | * ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' (2013) as Victor Doyle |
| 41 | * ''Film/{{Calvary}}'' (2014) as Father James |
| 42 | * ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' (2014) as General Brigham |
| 43 | * ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' (2014) as Conor and Mac Lir |
| 44 | * ''Film/{{Suffragette}}'' (2015) as Arthur Steed |
| 45 | * ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea'' (2015) as older Thomas Nickerson |
| 46 | * ''Film/LiveByNight'' (2016) as Police Captain Thomas Coughlin |
| 47 | * ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]'' (2016) as Joseph Lynch |
| 48 | * ''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'' (2018) as Clarence/The Irishman |
| 49 | * ''Film/Paddington2'' (2018) as Knuckles [=McGinty=] |
| 50 | * ''Film/TheTragedyOfMacbeth'' (2021) as Duncan |
| 51 | * ''Film/TheBansheesOfInisherin'' (2022) as Colm Doherty |
| 52 | * ''Film/JokerFolieADeux'' (2024) as TBA |
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| 55 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
| 56 | * ''Series/MrMercedes'' (2017–2019) as Det. Ret. Bill Hodges |
| 57 | * ''Series/TheComeyRule'' (2020) as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
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