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Brendan Gleeson
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- Producer
- Director
In short · Acting since 1989, 5 decades active, 86 credits.
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Actor
80 credits
Spider-Noir(2026)
Silvermane
TV
H Is for Hawk(2025)
Dad
Film
Joker: Folie à Deux(2024)
Jackie Sullivan
Film
A Greyhound of a Girl(2023)
Paddy
Film
The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)
Colm Doherty
Film
Burren Heart of Stone(2021)
Narrator
TV
The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)
Duncan
Film
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure(2021)
Huntsman (voice)
Film
The Comey Rule(2020)
Donald Trump
TV
State of the Union(2019)
Scott
TV
Frankie(2019)
Jimmy
Film
Captain Morten and the Spider Queen(2018)
Captain Vicks
Film
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(2018)
Irishman
Film
Mr. Mercedes(2017)
Bill Hodges
TV
Hampstead(2017)
Donald Horner
Film
Paddington 2(2017)
Knuckles McGinty
Film
Atlantic(2016)
Narrator
Film
Trespass Against Us(2016)
Colby Cutler
Film
Live by Night(2016)
Thomas Coughlin
Film
Assassin's Creed(2016)
Joseph Lynch
Film
Alone in Berlin(2016)
Otto Quangel
Film
In the Heart of the Sea(2015)
Tom Nickerson
Film
Suffragette(2015)
Arthur Steed
Film
Pursuit(2015)
Searbhán
Film
Calvary(2014)
Father James
Film
Song of the Sea(2014)
Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
Film
Edge of Tomorrow(2014)
General Brigham
Film
Stonehearst Asylum(2014)
The Alienist
Film
The Grand Seduction(2013)
Murray French
Film1916 Seachtar Dearmadta(2013)
Glór
TV
Awards & Nominations
2 nominationsGolden Globe Awards
- Nom2023Golden Globe — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Academy Awards
- Nom2022Oscar — Actor in a Supporting Role
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- Kerry: Tides of TimeSelf - Narrator · 2025
- Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes'sSelf · 2024
- The Irish Civil WarSelf - Narrator · 2022
- Lost LivesSelf · 2019
- Bow Street MeetsSelf · 2015
- Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf (2 Episodes) · 2014
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