Brendan Gleeson (born March 29, 1955) is an Irish actor.
He's best known as Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter films and Hamish Campbell in Braveheart, and to Ireland as Ken in In Bruges, Sgt. Gerry Boyle in The Guard and Father James in 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 detectives and police officers.
He's the father of four, including actors Domhnall and Brian Gleeson.
Films with pages on TV Tropes:
- Braveheart (1995) as Hamish Campbell
- Lake Placid (1999) as Sheriff Hank Keough
- Mission: Impossible II (2000) as John C. McCloy
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) as Lord Johnson-Johnson
- 28 Days Later (2002) as Frank
- Gangs of New York (2002) as Walter "Monk" McGinn
- Dark Blue (2002) as Commander Jack Van Meter
- Cold Mountain (2003) as Stobrod Thewes
- Troy (2004) as Menelaus
- The Village (2004) as August Nicholson
- Six Shooter (2004) as Donnelly
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as Raynald of Châtillon
- Breakfast on Pluto (2005) as John Joe Kenny
- Harry Potter as Mad-Eye Moody
- Beowulf (2007) as Wiglaf
- In Bruges (2008) as Ken
- The Secret of Kells (2009) as The Abbot
- Green Zone (2010) as Martin Brown
- The Guard (2011) as Sgt. Gerry Boyle
- Safe House (2012) as David Barlow
- The Raven (2012) as Captain Charles Hamilton
- The Smurfs 2 (2013) as Victor Doyle
- Calvary (2014) as Father James
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014) as General Brigham
- Song of the Sea (2014) as Conor
- Suffragette (2015) as Arthur Steed
- In the Heart of the Sea (2015) as older Thomas Nickerson
- Live by Night (2016) as Police Captain Thomas Coughlin
- Assassin's Creed (2016) as Joseph Lynch
TV series with pages on TV Tropes:
- Mr. Mercedes (2017–) as Det. Ret. Bill Hodges
