Acting
Brendan Gleeson
- Titles
- 99movies25TV shows
- Career
Active from 1990 to 2026, with up to 5 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 57top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Song of the Sea87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Historical3.6average 2.6
- Violence5.2average 4.2
- Melancholy5.5average 4.7
- Tension6.6average 6.0
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Pop Culture1.3, average 2.2
- Showbiz0.5, average 1.2
- Contemporary Realism4.8, average 5.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 11
- Character Study 8
- Political Intrigue 7
- Historical Drama 6
- Irish History 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Gritty Realism 4
- Visually Striking 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Sharp Dialogue 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Sean McGinleyActorBraveheart, Michael Collins, The General, The Field, The Weir, +3 more
Cillian MurphyActor28 Days Later, In the Heart of the Sea, Breakfast on Pluto, Perrier's Bounty, Blood Runs Coal, +1 more
Liam CunninghamActorSafe House, The Guard, Perrier's Bounty, Sweety Barrett, Pursuit- SSeamus DeasyCinematographerIn My Country, The General, Perrier's Bounty, The Tiger's Tail, Angela Mooney Dies Again
- RRon DavisEditorThe Tailor of Panama, In My Country, The General, The Tiger's Tail, Angela Mooney Dies Again
Domhnall GleesonActorCalvary, Six Shooter, Noreen, Psychic
Stephen ReaActorBreakfast on Pluto, Michael Collins, A Further Gesture, Trojan Eddie
David WilmotActorThe Guard, I Went Down, Six Shooter, Studs
John BoormanWriterThe Tailor of Panama, In My Country, The General, The Tiger's Tail
Ruth McCabeActorBreakfast on Pluto, The Field, Wild About Harry
Jon KennyActorThe Banshees of Inisherin, Song of the Sea, Angela Mooney Dies Again
Michael McElhattonActorPerrier's Bounty, Captain Morten and the Spider Queen, I Went Down
Movies and TV shows
110Upcoming
6 titles
as Freddy Cousaert
as (voice)
as Jack
TV show
as Joseph Yablonski
2020s
14 titles · average score 68
TV show · as Finn 'Silvermane' Byrne
as Dad
TV show · as Narrator
as Jackie Sullivan
as Colm Doherty
TV show · as Narrator
as Narrator
as Duncan
TV show · as Narrator
TV show · as Liam
as Huntsman (voice)
TV show · as Donald Trump
2010s
35 titles · average score 62
TV show · as Scott
TV show · as Bill Hodges
as Donald Horner
as Otto Quangel
as Colby Culter
as Arthur Steed
as General Brigham
as Conor / Mac Lir (voice)
as Murray French
as Father James Lavelle
as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
as Martin Brown
2000s
28 titles · average score 63
as Abbot Cellach (voice)
as Winston Churchill
as Ken
as John Joe Kenny
as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
as Reynald de Chatillon
as Menelaus
as De Jagar
as August Nicholson
as Frank
as McCloy
as Marc Stevenson
1990s
23 titles · average score 62
as Sheriff Hank Keough
as Sweety Barrett
as Martin Cahill
as Stubbs
as Bunny Kelly
as Barney Mooney
as Liam Tobin
as Frank Ferguson
as Hamish Campbell
TV show · as Leslie Parry
as Michael Collins
as Quarryman
1980s
4 titles · average score 76
TV show · as Joe Quimby Sr. (voice)
TV show · as Farmer
TV show · as Thomas Macken
TV show · as Lester