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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Total Box Office:
 $2005.3M
Highest Rated:
97% The Snapper (1993)
Lowest Rated:
14% The Smurfs 2 (2013)
Birthday:
Mar 29
Birthplace:
Dublin, Ireland
Bio:
A former teacher, burly Irish actor Brendan Gleeson spent the 1990s earning an increasing amount of acclaim for his work in a variety of films, most notably John Boorman's The General (1998). Gleeson, who made his feature film debut in Jim Sheridan's The Field (1990), first made an impression on…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
In The Heart Of The Sea
  • Actor
-- 2015
14% The Smurfs 2
  • Victor
$69.9M 2013
The Shadow King
  • Actor
-- 2013
Calvary
  • Actor
-- 2013
55% The Company You Keep
  • Henry Osborne
$5.1M 2013
The Grand Seduction
  • Actor
-- 2013
86% The Pirates! Band of Misfits
  • The Pirate with Gout
$31.1M 2012
23% The Raven
  • Colonel Hamilton
$16.0M 2012
26% The Cup
  • Dermot Weld
-- 2012
53% Safe House
  • David Barlow
$126.1M 2012
95% The Guard
  • Gerry Boyle
$5.4M 2011
55% Albert Nobbs
  • Dr. Holloran
$3.0M 2011
78% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
  • Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
$295.0M 2010
53% Green Zone
  • Martin Brown
$33.1M 2010
Noreen
  • Actor
-- 2010
56% Perrier's Bounty
  • Darren Perrier
-- 2009
91% The Secret of Kells
  • Abbot Cellach
$0.7M 2009
Tiger's Tail
  • Actor
-- 2008
Into the Storm
  • Winston Churchill
-- 2008
82% In Bruges
  • Ken
$7.6M 2008
71% Beowulf
  • Wiglaf
$82.2M 2007
Studs
  • Actor
-- 2007
31% Black Irish
  • Desmond
-- 2007
79% Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
$292.0M 2007
70% Mission: Impossible III
  • Actor
$133.4M 2006
15% The Tiger's Tail
  • Liam O'Leary
-- 2006
Studs
  • Walter Keegan
-- 2005
39% Kingdom of Heaven
  • Reynald
$47.3M 2005
87% Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
$290.0M 2005
57% Breakfast on Pluto
  • John Joe Kenny
$0.8M 2005
Troy (Director's Cut)
  • Actor
-- 2004
43% The Village
  • August Nicholson
$114.2M 2004
54% Troy
  • King Menelaus
$133.1M 2004
Six Shooter
  • Donnelly
-- 2004
22% In My Country
  • Col. De Jager
-- 2004
71% Cold Mountain
  • Stobrod
$95.6M 2003
58% Dark Blue
  • Jack Van Meter
$9.1M 2003
49% Harrison's Flowers
  • Marc Stevenson
$1.6M 2002
75% Gangs of New York
  • Walter "Monk" McGinn
$77.6M 2002
87% 28 Days Later
  • Frank
$44.9M 2002
77% The Tailor of Panama
  • Mickie Abraxas
$13.1M 2001
73% A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • Lord Johnson-Johnson
$77.6M 2001
Saltwater
  • "Simple" Simon McCurdie
-- 2000
Wild About Harry
  • Actor
-- 2000
57% Mission: Impossible 2
  • McCloy
-- 2000
39% Lake Placid
  • Hank Keogh
-- 1999
81% The General
  • Martin Cahill
-- 1998
The Tale of Sweety Barrett
  • Sweety Barrett
-- 1998
75% This is My Father
  • Officer Jim
-- 1998
84% I Went Down
  • Bunny Kelly
-- 1997
17% Turbulence
  • Stubbs
-- 1997
Break
  • Richard
-- 1997
Trojan Eddie
  • Ginger
-- 1996
77% Michael Collins
  • Liam Tobin
-- 1996
81% Braveheart
  • Hamish
-- 1995
97% The Snapper
  • Lester
-- 1993
Love Lies Bleeding
  • Actor
-- 1993
80% Into the West
  • Inspector Bolger
-- 1993
50% Far and Away
  • Social Club Policeman
-- 1992
43% The Field
  • Quarryman
-- 1990
Treaty
  • Actor
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    1. Victor: I'm just smurf-ing with you.
    From The Smurfs 2. Submitted by Dan T (41 days ago)
    1. Harry: What are you fucking doing?
    2. Ken: I ain't fighting any more, Harry.
    3. Harry: Alright. Then I'm blowing your fucking head off. Oh don't come over all Gandhi! What are you doing?
    From In Bruges. Submitted by Victor M (3 months ago)

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Taylor Kitsch and Brendan Gleeson Starring in Le Grande Seduction Remake Opens in new window
July 31, 2012

"Beowulf" Bits: IMAX News and the First Posters Opens in new window
July 2, 2007

The Weekly Ketchup: Beyonce Gets Dissed And Defended, Sam Raimi Gives Some Hints On The Next Two "Spider-Man" Movies, And More! Opens in new window
January 12, 2007

More Pics from the Set of "Harry Potter 5" Opens in new window
September 5, 2006

London Movie Critics Present Their '05 Nominations Opens in new window
December 16, 2005

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