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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor
March 29, 1955 (67 years old)
Irl. 2022. Drama by Martin McDonagh with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon. In 1923, on a small Irish island, two lifelong friends find their friendship called into question when the first abruptly decides he no longer wants to see the second.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 2021. Drama from Joel Coen with Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Brendan Gleeson. After three witches predict the new king of Scotland, a bitter lord, encouraged by his ambitious wife, embarks on a murderous spiral.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2019. Drama from Ira Sachs with Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, Brendan Gleeson. An actress with terminal cancer summons her blended family to Portugal, hoping to spark a romance between her son and his best friend.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 2018. Dramatic comedy from Joel Coen, Ethan Coen with Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Liam Neeson. The spirit of the Wild West, evoked through the fates of an outlaw, a bank robber, an impresario, a gold digger, a group of settlers, and two bounty hunters.
Runtime: 133 min.
G.-B. 2017. Fantasy comedy from Paul King with Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville. A talking bear is wrongly imprisoned for stealing a rare book on London’s landmarks, in which a coveted treasure map is hidden.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 2016. Fantasy from Justin Kurzel with Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons. With the help of a machine that uses the memory of his DNA, a criminal is catapulted back to the time of the Inquisition, where he must search for an object containing the seed of the will of Man.
Runtime: 115 min.
All. 2016. History from Vincent Pérez with Brendan Gleeson, Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl. In Berlin, during the Second World War, a couple, devastated by the death of their only son on the Russian front, engage in an anti-Nazi propaganda operation.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 2016. Mores drama from Ben Affleck with Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana. During prohibition, a World War I veteran is sent by the Italian mafia to Florida to take over the Cuban rum trade.
Runtime: 129 min.
G.-B. 2015. Drama from Sarah Gavron with Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter. In 1912 England, a laundress takes part in the suffragette movement.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 2015. History from Ron Howard with Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy. In 1850, novelist Herman Melville collects the testimony of the last survivor of the sinking of a whaleship, which was sunk thirty years earlier by a gigantic white whale.
Runtime: 121 min.
U.S. 2014. Science-fiction from Doug Liman with Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton. Trapped in a time loop, an army officer constantly relives the same day, allowing him to refine his attacks against alien invaders.
Runtime: 113 min.
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Irl. 2014. Drama from John Michael McDonagh with Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly, David Wilmot. In Ireland, a priest receives in confession a man who announces his intention to kill him in eight days, in retaliation for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child.
Runtime: 100 min.
Irl. 2014. Animation from Tomm Moore. Haunted by the death of their mother and the absence of their father, a brother and sister embark on a perilous journey to find their home.
Runtime: 94 min.
Parental Guidance
U.S. 2013. Fantasy comedy from Raja Gosnell with Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Brendan Gleeson. A group of Smurfs meet in Paris to free Smurfette from the clutches of the evil wizard Gargamel.
Runtime: 105 min.
Can. 2013. Comedy from Don McKellar with Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch, Liane Balaban. The inhabitants of a coastal village in the Maritimes launched a seduction operation to attract a doctor in order to meet the conditions set for the establishment of a factory.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 2012. Thriller from James McTeigue with John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve. In Baltimore of 1849, the fallen writer Edgar Allan Poe helps the police catch a serial killer whose modus operandi mimics those of the crimes described in his short stories.
Runtime: 110 min.
Can. 2012. Drama from Wiebke von Carolsfeld with Taylor Schilling, Aidan Quinn, Michael Ironside. After finding out she is pregnant, a Canadian student living in Ireland with a teacher opposed to the idea of starting a family leaves to live temporarily with her father in Montreal.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 2012. Thriller from Robert Redford with Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie. After being exposed by an investigative reporter, a radical ex-militant wanted by the FBI goes on the run in an effort to find the accomplice who can restore his reputation.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 2012. Thriller from Daniel Espinosa with Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Vera Farmiga. In Cape Town, a young C.I.A. agent becomes a fugitive in the company of a dangerous spy who has a compromising file for the intelligence agency.
Runtime: 115 min.
Aust. 2011. from Simon Wincer with Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Curry.
Irl. 2011. Drama from Rodrigo Garcia with Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Janet McTeer. In 1898 Dublin, the difficulties of a woman who pretends to be a man in order to work as a butler in a hotel.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 2010. Spy drama from Paul Greengrass with Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson. During the American intervention in Iraq, an army officer is led to question the existence of weapons of mass destruction in the country.
Runtime: 114 min.
Irl. 2010. Police comedy from John Michael McDonagh with Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham. A politically incorrect policeman and an overzealous FBI agent are forced to work together on a drug trafficking case in a small Irish town.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 2009. Biography from Thaddeus O'Sullivan with Brendan Gleeson, Janet McTeer, James D'Arcy. The role played by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the latter part of World War II.
Runtime: 98 min.
Irl. 2009. Police comedy from Ian Fitzgibbon with Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent. The misadventures of a young and mysterious thug looking for a friend to lend him the money he owes to a gangster.
Runtime: 88 min.
G.-B. 2008. Dramatic comedy from Martin McDonagh with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes. After a serious mistake, a young Irish hitman and his older accomplice are sent to Belgium to await orders from their boss.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 2007. Animation from Robert Zemeckis. After defeating a bloodthirsty monster, a proud and arrogant warrior must confront the creature's evil mother.
Runtime: 114 min.
Irl. 2006. Dramatic comedy from John Boorman with Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Briain Gleeson. The life of a Dublin businessman is turned upside down when a twin brother he never knew existed arrives and tries to steal his identity.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 2005. Fantasy from Mike Newell with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Brendan Gleeson. A young wizard is forced to participate in an important tournament with potentially deadly events.
Runtime: 156 min.
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Irl. 2005. Dramatic comedy from Neil Jordan with Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga. In the 1970s, a young Irish trans man leaves for London to find his mother, whom he has never met.
Runtime: 135 min.
G.-B. 2005. Epic from Ridley Scott with Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Marton Csokas. At the end of the 12th century, a young French knight who has joined the crusaders must defend Jerusalem against Muslim troops.
Runtime: 144 min.
U.S. 2004. Epic from Wolfgang Petersen with Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom. The kidnapping of Queen Helen of Sparta by the young prince Paris provokes the Trojan War.
Runtime: 162 min.
U.S. 2004. Thriller from M. Night Shyamalan with Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, William Hurt. The inhabitants of a remote village never venture into the nearby forest where terrifying creatures are believed to live.
Runtime: 108 min.
G.-B. 2004. Political drama from John Boorman with Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson. In South Africa, during the 1996 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, two journalists with opposing views make startling discoveries.
Runtime: 104 min.
G.-B. 2003. Chronicle from Anthony Minghella with Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger. Towards the end of the Civil War, a wounded Southern deserter tries to rejoin his beloved who has fallen into poverty.
Runtime: 155 min.
U.S. 2002. History from Martin Scorsese with Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz. In 1863, in a poverty-stricken part of Manhattan, an Irish immigrant's son wants to avenge his father's death at the hands of an all-powerful gang leader.
Runtime: 165 min.
U.S. 2002. Crime drama from Ron Shelton with Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Brendan Gleeson. While investigating a quadruple murder, a tough-talking cop discovers that his immediate superior is corrupt.
Runtime: 118 min.
G.-B. 2002. Horror from Danny Boyle with Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston. A few individuals fight for their survival after a viral epidemic has turned the inhabitants of England into cannibalistic zombies.
Runtime: 113 min.
G.-B. 2000. Comedy from Declan Lowney with Brendan Gleeson, Amanda Donohoe, James Nesbitt. When he wakes up from a coma of a few days, a forty-year-old alcoholic on the verge of divorce believes he is eighteen years old.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2000. Psychological drama from Élie Chouraqui with Andy MacDowell, David Strathairn, Adrien Brody. In 1991, a woman goes in search of her photographer husband who disappeared in war-torn Yugoslavia.
Runtime: 132 min.
G.-B. 1999. Dramatic comedy from Hugh Hudson with Colin Firth, Robert Norman, Irène Jacob. In the late 1920s on a Scottish estate, an eccentric inventor falls in love with his brother-in-law's fianc
Runtime: 94 min.
Irl. 1998. Biography from John Boorman with Brendan Gleeson, Jon Voight, Adrian Dunbar. Profile of the eventful life of famous Irish gangster Martin Cahill, who kept the police on their toes during the 1980s.
Runtime: 124 min.
Irl. 1997. Police comedy from Paddy Breathnach with Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Peter Caffrey.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 1996. Mores drama from Gillies MacKinnon with Richard Harris, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1995. History from Mel Gibson with Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan.
Runtime: 177 min.
Irl. 1991. History from Lewis with Brendan Gleeson, Patrick Condren, Ian Bannen. The negotiations surrounding the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 which led to the division of Ireland into two.

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