Brendan Gleeson

Also Credited As:

Brendan Mark Gleeson
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Biography

A latecomer to films, 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 34. Supporting turns in homegrown productions like "The Field" (1990) and "Into the West" (1992) led to small parts in American features like "Far and Away" (1992) and his big break as right hand man to Mel Gibson's William Wallace in the blockbuster …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Writer

Born

Brendan Mark Gleeson on March 29, 1955 in Dublin, IE

LATEST CREDITS

The General

Martin Cahill

The Guard

Sgt. Gerry Boyle

At Swim-Two-Birds

Actor

Wild About Harry

Harry McGee

Studs

Actor

Thanks For The Memories

Actor

Beowulf

Wiglaf

The McLean Boys

Actor

Into the Storm

Winston Churchill

Perrier's Bounty

Perrier

The Tiger's Tail

Liam O'Leary/His Double

Sweety Barrett

Sweety Barrett

The Treaty

Michael Collins

An Ordinary Man

Actor

The Grand Seduction

Actor

Calvary

Father James Lavelle

Sexual Healing

Freddy Cousaert

Black Irish

Desmond

Angela Mooney Dies Again

Barney Mooney

In Bruges

Ken

The Cup

Dermont Weld

28 Days Later

Frank

Turbulence

Stubbs

Dark Blue

Jack Van Meter

In My Country

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