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Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. He has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Independent Film Awards and three IFTA Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number 18 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. He is the father of actors Domhnall Gleeson and…
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entertainment · Irish actor and director (born 1955) · actor · character actor · stage actor · film actor · television actor · screenwriter · also Brendan Gleeson, Gleeson
Born 29 March 1955 · Q206659
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2026· 2 entries
The Guardian: Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir
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2025· 1 entry
The Guardian: Brendan Gleeson to make West End debut in Conor McPherson’s The Weir
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2022· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘Fellas like us like to talk about our feelings’: Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson on art, fatherhood and their odd-couple bromance
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The Guardian: Saturday Night Live: Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell try an average episode
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Reunited with Martin McDonagh in the tragic comedy The Banshees of Inisherin starring opposite Colin Farrell
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2020· 1 entry
Was listed at number 18 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors
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2019· 1 entry
To the album by Irish folk group Dervish with a version of Rocky Road To Dublin
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2017· 1 entry
Finished Psychic, a short he directed and starred in
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2016· 1 entry
Appeared in the video game adaptation Assassin's Creed and Ben Affleck's crime drama Live by Night
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Emmy Award (2009).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Into the Storm (2009).
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For his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm
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2008· 1 entry
Gleeson starred in the comedy crime film In Bruges, also written and directed by McDonagh
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2006· 1 entry
Which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
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2003· 1 entry
Gleeson was the voice of Hugh the Miller in an episode of the Channel 4 animated series Wilde Stories
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-03-29.
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