Brendan Gleeson Biography (1955?-)

Born November 9, 1955 (some sources cite 1956), in Belfast, Northern Ireland(some sources cite Dublin, Ireland); married Mary, 1982; children: four. Addresses: Manager: Joan Scott, Joan Scott Management, 888 Seventh Ave., 35th Floor, New York, NY 10106 (some sources cite 12 West 72nd St., Suite 10D,New York, NY 10023).

Nationality: Irish
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: November 9, 1955?; Belfast, Ireland

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Quarryman, The Field, Avenue Entertainment, 1990
Inspector Bolger, Into the West, Miramax, 1992
Jim, The Bargain Shop, 1992
Josie Conneely, Conneely's Choice, 1992
Social club police officer, Far and Away, Universal, 1992
M.A.N.: Matrix Adjusted Normal, 1992
Hamish Campbell, Braveheart, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
The Life of Reilly, 1995
Ginger, Trojan Eddie, Castle Hill, 1996
Liam Tobin, Michael Collins, Warner Bros., 1996
Barney Mooney, Angela Mooney Dies Again (also known as Angela Mooney), 1997
Bunny Kelly, I Went Down, Artisan Entertainment, 1997
Father Bubbles, The Butcher Boy, Warner Bros., 1997
John Harte, Before I Sleep, 1997
Richard, The Break (also known as A Further Gesture and Das Letzte Attentat), Castle Hill, 1997
Stubbs, Turbulence, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1997
Messaggi quasi segreti, 1997
Garda Jim in 1939, This Is My Father (also known as L'histoirede mon pere), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
Martin Cahill (title role), The General (also known as I Once Had a Life), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
Title role, Sweety Barrett (also known as The Tale of Sweety Barrett), Handmade Films, 1998
Jim Menries, My Life So Far, Miramax, 1999
Sheriff Hank Keough, Lake Placid (also known as Lac Placid), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Harry McKee, Wild about Harry, Winchester Films, 2000
John C. McCloy, Mission: Impossible II (also known as M:I-2), Paramount, 2000
Marc Stevenson, Harrison's Flowers (also known as Les fleurs d'Harrison), Universal Focus, 2000

"Simple" Simon McCurdie, Saltwater, Buena Vista Ireland, 2000
Lord Johnson-Johnson, Artificial Intelligence: AI (also known as AI Artificial Intelligence), Warner Bros., 2001
Michelangelo "Mickie" Abraxas, The Tailor of Panama, Columbia/SonyPictures Entertainment, 2001
Caca Milis (short film), Igloo Films, 2001
J. J. Biker, 2001
Frank, 28 Days Later ... (also known as 28 jours plus tard), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
Walter "Monk" McGinn, Gangs of New York, Miramax, 2002
Jack Van Meter, Dark Blue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2003
Stobrod Thewes, Cold Mountain, Miramax, 2003
August Nicholson, The Village (also known as M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village"), Buena Vista, 2004
Donnelly, Six Shooter (short film), The Works, 2004
Menelaus, Troy, Warner Bros., 2004
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Warner Bros., 2005
De Jager, Country of My Skull (also known as In My Country), Sony Pictures Classics, 2005
Keegan and Walter, Studs, Brother Films, 2005
Reynald, Kingdom of Heaven (also known as El reino de los cielos and Koenigreich der Himmel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005
Breakfast on Pluto, Pathe, 2005
Desmond, Black Irish, Creanspeak Productions, 2006
Television Appearances
Series
Leslie Parry, The Lifeboat, BBC, 1994
Miniseries
Red Fox, Kidnapped, ABC Family Channel, 1995
Movies
Brendan Dowd, Dear Sarah, [Ireland], 1989
Michael Collins, The Treaty, [Ireland], 1991, PBS, 1998
Lester, The Snapper, BBC-2, 1993
Thomas Macken, Love Lies Bleeding, BBC-2, 1993
Flanagan, Making the Cut, [Ireland], 1998
Specials
Lorry driver, Hard Shoulder, Channel 4 (England), 1990
Saint Oscar, [Great Britain], 1991
Pure Rage: The Making of "28 Days Later," 2002
A Journey to "Cold Mountain," 2003
The Words and Music of "Cold Mountain," 2003
Himself, Kingdom of Hope: The Making of "Kingdom of Heaven" (documentary), 2005
Awards Presentations
Presenter, The Second Irish Film and Television Awards, Irish Filmand Television Network, 2004
Stage Appearances
Appeared in productions of King Lear and King Richard II, both Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, July 23, 1999, p. 75
NME, June 6, 1998, p. 10
Radio Times, April 23, 1994, p. 6

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