Brendan Gleeson (born March 29, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland) 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.
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Film roles
- The Field (1990) as Quarryman
- Braveheart (1995) as Hamish Campbell
- Michael Collins (1996) as Liam Tobin
- Lake Placid (1999) as Sheriff Hank Keough
- Mission: Impossible II (2000) as John C. McCloy
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) as Lord Johnson-Johnson
- The Tailor of Panama (2001) as Mickie Abraxas
- 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 Abbot Cellach
- Green Zone (2010) as Martin Brown
- The Guard (2011) as Sgt. Gerry Boyle
- Albert Nobbs (2011) as Dr. Holloran
- 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 and Mac Lir
- 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
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) as Clarence/The Irishman
- Paddington 2 (2018) as Knuckles McGinty
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) as Duncan
- The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) as Colm Doherty
- Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) as TBA
Television roles
- Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019) as Det. Ret. Bill Hodges
- The Comey Rule (2020) as Donald Trump
