Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson was born on Mar 29, 1955 in Ireland. Brendan Gleeson's big-screen debut came with The Field directed by Jim Sheridan in 1990, strarring Quarryman. Brendan Gleeson is known for The Banshees of Inisherin directed by Martin McDonagh, Colin Farrell stars as Pádraic Súilleabháin and Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty. Brendan Gleeson has got 16 awards and 55 nominations so far. The most recent award Brendan Gleeson achieved is Satellite Awards. The upcoming new movie Brendan Gleeson plays is Joker: Folie à Deux which will be released on Oct 04, 2024.

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.He made his debut as a quarryman in The Field (1990). He had several small roles in major Hollywood movies based in Ireland, such as Horizons lointains (1992) and Le cheval venu de la mer (1992). Memorably played historical Irish figure "Michael Collins" in The Treaty (1991). Made his breakthrough in Scottish themed Braveheart (1995), 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 2 (2000), Lake Placid (1999), Turbulences à 30 000 pieds (1997). He has made a name for himself taking the titular role in Le général (1998), 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 Le tailleur de Panama (2001) as well as Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002) and Steven Spielberg's A.I. Intelligence artificielle (2001).Ever since, he has continued to bring his huge stage presence to the screen, always delivering the character in full development to his audience. He is married to his lovely wife, Mary, since 1982. They have four sons.