Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor who was born on March 29, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. He lives in Malahide, Co. Dublin.

Biography

Graduating from University College Dublin he worked for several years as a secondary school teacher. He started acting at age 34 and has acted in over 30 films including Braveheart, Cold Mountain, 28 Days Later, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, and The Village. He frequently appears in the role of mentor or authority figure; he played Mad-Eye Moody in the fourth Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This may be fitting, as he had been a teacher before becoming an actor. He and his wife, Mary, have been married since 1982 and have four sons.

Selected filmography

• Beowulf (2007)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Mad-Eye Moody (expected)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Mad-Eye Moody
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - Reynald
• The Village (2004) - August Nicholson
• Troy (2004) - Menelaus
• Cold Mountain (2003) - Stobrod Thewes
• Dark Blue (2002) - Jack Van Meter
• Gangs of New York (2002) - Walter 'Monk' McGinn
• 28 Days Later (2002) - Frank
• Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) - Lord Johnson-Johnson
• The Tailor of Panama (2001) - Michelangelo 'Mickie' Abraxas
• Mission Impossible II (2000) - John C. McCloy
• Lake Placid (1999) - Sheriff Hank Keough
• This Is My Father (1998) - Garda Jim
• The General (1998) - Martin Cahill
• I Went Down (1997) - Bunny Kelly
• Michael Collins (1996) - Liam Tobin
• Braveheart (1995) - Hamish Campbell
• Into the West (1992) - Inspector Bolger
• Far and Away (1992) - Social Club Policeman
• The Field (1990) - Quarryman

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1955 births | Living people | Film actors | Harry Potter actors | Natives of County Dublin | Irish film actors | Irish stage actors | People from Dublin | Irish television actors

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