Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor and film director.
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Brendan Gleeson
Irish Actor & Film Director; Best Known for Portraying Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter Films
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Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two British Independent Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and four times for a Golden Globe Award.
Gleeson is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films, as Pól in “Cáca Milis,” and for his supporting roles in films such as “Braveheart,” “Michael Collins,” “Gangs of New York,” “Kingdom of Heaven,” “Cold Mountain,” and “Troy,” as well as leading roles in films such as “28 Days Later,” “In Bruges,” “The Guard,” “The Grand Seduction,” and “Calvary”. Gleeson starred as detective Bill Hodges in the television adaptation of Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch. He also starred as U.S. President Donald Trump in the miniseries “The Comey Rule”.
Gleeson won an Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film “Into the Storm”. In 2020, he was listed at number 18 on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s greatest film actors.
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