Brendan Gleeson Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Brendan Gleeson filmography covers 67 movie titles and 7 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Brendan Gleeson movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• The Field (1990) as Quarryman
• Far and Away (1992) as Social Club Policeman
• Into the West (1992) as Inspector Bolger
• The Snapper (1993) as Lester
• Braveheart (1995) as Hamish Campbell
• Michael Collins (1996) as Liam Tobin
• I Went Down (1997) as Bunny Kelly
• Turbulence (1997) as Stubbs
• The Butcher Boy (1998) as Father Bubbles
• The General (1998) as Martin Cahill
• Lake Placid (1999) as Sheriff Hank Keough
• My Life So Far (1999) as Jim Menzies
• Harrison's Flowers (2000) as Marc Stevenson
• Mission: Impossible II (2000) as McCloy
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) as Lord Johnson-Johnson
• The Tailor of Panama (2001) as Mickie Abraxas
• 28 Days Later (2002) as Frank
• Dark Blue (2002) as Jack van Meter
• Gangs of New York (2002) as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
• Cold Mountain (2003) as Stobrod Thewes
• In My Country (2004) as De Jagar
• Six Shooter (2004) as Donnelly
• The Village (2004) as August Nicholson
• Troy (2004) as Menelaos
• Breakfast on Pluto (2005) as John Joe Kenny
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as Reynald de Chatillon
• The Tiger's Tail (2006) as Liam O'Leary
• Beowulf (2007) as Wiglaf
• Black Irish (2007) as Desmond McKay
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
• In Bruges (2008) as Ken
• Into the Storm (2009) as Winston Churchill
• Perrier's Bounty (2009) as Darren Perrier
• The Secret of Kells (2009) as Abbot Cellach (voice)
• Green Zone (2010) as Martin Brown
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
• Albert Nobbs (2011) as Dr. Holloran
• The Cup (2011) as Dermot Weld
• The Guard (2011) as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
• Safe House (2012) as David Barlow
• So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012) as The Pirate With Gout
• The Company You Keep (2012) as Henry Osborne
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) as The Pirate with Gout (voice)
• The Raven (2012) as Colonel Hamilton
• The Smurfs 2 (2013) as Victor Doyle
• Calvary (2014) as Father James Lavelle
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014) as General Brigham
• Song of the Sea (2014) as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
• Stonehearst Asylum (2014) as The Alienist
• The Grand Seduction (2014) as Murray French
• In the Heart of the Sea (2015) as Old Thomas Nickerson
• Suffragette (2015) as Arthur Steed
• Alone in Berlin (2016) as Otto Quangel
• Assassin's Creed (2016) as Joseph Lynch
• Live by Night (2016) as Thomas Coughlin
• Trespass Against Us (2016) as Colby Culter
• Hampstead (2017) as Donald Horner
• Paddington 2 (2017) as Knuckles McGinty
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
• Frankie (2019) as Jimmy
• Riverdance: The Animated Adventure (2021) as Huntsman (voice)
• The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) as Duncan
• The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) as Colm Doherty
• A Greyhound of a Girl (2023) as Paddy (voice)
• Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) as Jackie Sullivan
• H Is for Hawk (2025) as Alisdair Macdonald

Brendan Gleeson television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Brendan Gleeson; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• Frank of Ireland as Liam
• Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks as Ferny Toro (voice)
• Mr. Mercedes as Detective Bill Hodges
• Spider-Noir as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
• State of the Union as Scott
• The Comey Rule as Donald Trump
• The Simpsons as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Brendan Gleeson's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.