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Brendan Gleeson at the BAFTAs.
BAFTA 2009: Red Carpet Interview with Brendan Gleeson
Sundance Inbruges Interview with Colin Farell, Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh
- Date of Birth: 29 March, 1955
- Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
- Biography: Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish character actor. His best-known films include the Harry Potter films, Kingdom of Heaven, Beowulf, Troy, Gangs of New York, 28 Days Later, In Bruges, Braveheart, The General, Lake Placid, and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty.
Filmography
- Green Zone (2010)
- In Bruges (2008)
- Churchill at War (2008)
- Beowulf (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- The Tiger's Tail (2007)
- Black Irish (2007)
- Studs (2006)
- Breakfast on Pluto (2006)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- The Village (2004)
News
Gleeson and Cheadle to Star in The Guard
comingsoon.net –
2009-10-29
Brendan Gleeson ("Harry Potter" series) stars as an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with a straitlaced FBI agent, played by Don Cheadle (upcoming Iron Man 2 ), to take on an international drug-smuggling gang in John Michael McDonagh's The... ... Full Article
Brendan Gleeson is Irish. Don Cheadle is not. But that's not stopping the two of them from heading off to Ireland together to make The Guard , a comedy-thriller that, according to Production Weekly , will be directed by John... ... Full Article
Duelling Churchills
nypost.com –
2009-06-08
My esteemed colleague Kyle Smith puts on his political columnist hat and opines in today's Post about Winston Churchill, the subject of a new BBC biopic "Into the Storm: Churchill at War,'' currently airing on HBO. ... Full Article
It's not difficult to see why screenwriters love Winston Churchill. He writes so much dialogue for them. Brendan Gleeson stars as the eminently quotable prime minister in "Into the Storm" (9 p.m., HBO). ... Full Article
Gleeson weathers 'Storm' as Churchill
bostonherald.com –
2009-05-30
I rish actor Brendan Gleeson is a big, strapping man, the kind of guy who gets cast as a cerebral hit man in "In Bruges" or the hulking, intimidating "Mad Eye" Moody in the Harry Potter [ website ] films. ... Full Article
'Maneater' recycles 'Sex and the City'
ljworld.com –
2009-05-29
If we all get a little dumber with each passing sequel, imitation or remake, then "Sex and the City" has made us very dumb indeed. ... Full Article