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Brendan Gleeson
Irish actor and director (born )
Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March ) 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 , 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 Brian Gleeson.
He is known for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart (), Michael Collins (), 28 Days Later (), Gangs of New York (), Cold Mountain (), Troy (), the Harry Potter film series (–), Suffragette (), Paddington 2 (), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (). He is also known for his leading roles in films such as The General (), In Bruges (), The Secret of Kells (), The Guard (), Calvary (), Frankie (), and The Banshees of Inisherin () for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He won a Primetime Emmy Award in for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm. He also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance as Donald Trump in the Showtime series The Comey Rule (). From to he starred in the crime series Mr. Mercedes. He received an Emmy Award nomination for Stephen Frears' Sundance TV series State of the Union ().
Early life
Gleeson was born in Dublin, the son of Pat (–) and Frank Gleeson (–). Gleeson has described himself as having been an avid reader as a child. He received his second-level education at St Joseph's CBS in Fairview, Dublin where he was a member of the school drama group. He received his Bachelor of Arts at University College Dublin, majoring in English and Irish. After training as an actor, he worked for several years as a secondary school teacher of Iri
Brendan Gleeson
A latecomer to the screen, Irish actor Brendan Gleeson spent much of his formative years training for and performing in theater before breaking into films and television at the relatively older age of Supporting turns in homegrown productions like "The Field" () and "Into the West" () led to small parts in American features like "Far and Away" () and his big break as right hand man to Mel Gibson's William Wallace in the blockbuster "Braveheart" (). Three years later, his turn as Irish criminal Martin Cahill in John Boorman's "The General" () boosted his profile on the international scene, so he was soon dividing his time between major Hollywood projects like "Mission: Impossible II" () and independent efforts like "28 Days Later" ().
Dependable in just about every field, from children's fantasy - he was Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody in three of the Harry Potter films - to epics like "Gangs of New York" () and Ben Affleck's Prohibition thriller "Live By Night" (), to more intimate projects like the philosophical gangster film "In Bruges" () and the religious drama "Calvary" (), Gleeson's versatility elevated him to the pantheon of the character actor's character actor.
Born March 29, in Dublin, Ireland, Gleeson took to drama at an early age, and participated regularly in school productions. The works of Irish playwrights held particular interest to him, so as a high schooler, he tackled one of the most challenging roles in that country's canon: "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett. Upon graduation, he performed with the Dublin Shakespeare Festival while earning his keep as an office worker at a health board. On the advice of a director at the Dublin Festival, he auditioned for and was accepted into the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated with honors. Gleeson then returned to Dublin, where he supported himself as a teacher while continuing to perform in local theater. After an opportunity to audition for the Royal Shakes Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Pat and Frank Gleeson. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high school play production of "Waiting for Godot", and paying great attention to detail in his high school drama classes. Upon finishing 12th grade, he spent a couple of years with the Dublin Shakespeare Festival, and under the advice of a director there, headed across to London and auditioned for drama schools. Soon to follow, he was invited to audition for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon, and spent a couple of seasons back in England on the stage. He then, at the age of thirty five, decided to audition for films in the UK and began to build a very respectable resume playing many different diverse characters. This article is not part of the Harry Potter universe. –present Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland. Graduating from University College Dublin, he worked for several years as a secondary school teacher in Belcamp College, in North County Dublin. Gleeson resides in Malahide, Co. Dublin. He and his wife, Mary, have been married since and have four sons, Domhnall (who appears in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Bill Weasley), Fergus, Brian and Ruari. Brendan is also a very talented fiddle player. He is good friends with fellow Irish actors Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea and Cillian Murphy. Gleeson started acting at age 34 and has acted in more than 30 films including Braveheart, I Went Down, Michael Collins, Gangs of New York, Cold Mountain, 28 Days Later, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Paddington 2 and The Village. He frequently appears in the role of mentor or authority figure; he played Hogwarts professor Alastor Moody in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, however, for the majority of his screentime in the fourth film however, Gleeson was actually playing Barty Crouch Jnr disguised as Alastor Moody. He won critical acclaim for playing Irish gangster Martin Cahill in John Boorman's The General in He starred in the short film Six-Shooter in , which won an Academy Award for best Live Action Short. In , he starre
He made his debut as a quarryman in The Field (). He had several small roles in major Hollywood movies based in Ireland, such as Far and Away () and Into the West (). Memorably played historical Irish figure "Michael Collins" in The Treaty (). Made his breakthrough in Scottish themed Braveheart (), which was largely filmed in Ireland, opposite Mel Gibson. He played Gibson's right-hand man "Hamish". Since then, he has appeared in numerous major films such as Mission: Impossible II (), Lake Placid (), Turbulence (). He has made a name for himself taking the titular role in The General (), based on the life of Irish criminal "Martin Cahill", for which he won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award. He appears in director John Boorman's film The Tailor of Panama () as well as Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York () and Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence ().
Ever since, he has continued to bring his huge stage presence to the screen, always delivering the character in full developm
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