Brendan Gleeson: Everything To Know About ‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’ Oscar-Nominated Star

• Brendan Gleeson is an award-winning histrion known for appearing successful the Harry Potter franchise.
• He besides hosted Saturday Night Live on Oct. 8, 2022.
• Most recently, successful Jan. 2023, helium was nominated for an Oscar Award for his enactment connected the critically acclaimed film, The Banshees of Inisherin.

Brendan Gleeson, 67, graced the signifier astatine Studio 8H connected Oct. 8, 2022, arsenic the 2nd big of Saturday Night Live‘s Season 48. The seasoned histrion has been a mainstay successful tv and movie for implicit 30 years, but that was the archetypal clip showing disconnected his comic bony connected the famed sketch show. It was a portion of barroom for Brendan, arsenic helium has mastered his comic timing successful movies specified arsenic In Bruges and his latest 1 called The Banshees of Inisherin, which is getting rave reviews. In fact, his enactment connected the Martin McDonagh-directed task is truthful impressive, Brendan received an Oscar nomination successful Jan. 2023 for “Best Performance by an Actor successful a Supporting Role.” Let’s instrumentality a deeper dive and larn much astir Brendan, below!

Brendan Gleeson is hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ connected October 8, 2022. (Shutterstock)

1. Where Is Brendan From?

Born successful Dublin, Ireland connected March 29, 1955, Brendan was speedy to instrumentality to acting by joining the play clubs successful school. After helium graduated from University College Dublin, helium taught astatine an simple schoolhouse for a portion earlier committing to acting afloat clip successful 1991.

2. When Did He Start Landing Roles?

After a agelong palmy tally with the Passion Machine Theatre institution successful Dublin, Brendan became well-known successful his state successful 1992 erstwhile helium starred successful a made-for-TV movie called The Treaty, wherever helium played Irish revolutionary Michael Collins.

From there, his vocation took off! He landed roles successful large Hollywood movies specified arsenic Braveheart, Gangs of New York, Cold Mountain, 28 Days Later, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Lake Placid, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Mission: Impossible 2, and The Village. 

While immoderate of the roles were a spot smaller, that ne'er seemed to fuss Brendan. “You know, the cliche is that there’s nary tiny part. That’s not true,” helium told GQ in 2019. “Some things are conscionable functional and really you’re getting successful the way, particularly connected television, if you overdo it, if you effort to crook into hamlet oregon something. Sometimes you conscionable person to unfastened the door. Open the door. Say bully morning. Is it a bully morning? Who cares.”

Brendan Gleeson is champion known for playing Mad Eye Moody successful the ‘Harry Potter’ films. (Everett)

Of course, helium is well-known for playing the astir famous Auror successful the modern times of the Wizarding World, Hogwarts prof Alastor ‘Mad Eye’ Moody, successful the fourth, 5th and seventh films of the Harry Potter franchise.

3. What Awards Has He Won?

In 2009, Brendan had a almighty show arsenic Winston Churchill successful the movie Into the Storm. The acting was truthful connected point, helium walked distant with an Emmy that year. He received an Emmy information successful 2022 for his relation successful the Stephen Frears comedy series State of the Union. Most recently, his enactment on The Banshees of Inisherin earned him an Oscar information successful Jan. 2023. Brendan was nominated for “Best Performance by an Actor successful a Supporting Role”, alongside his co-star Colin Farrell. At the clip of this writing, the 2022 movie has present earned implicit 331 nominations, arsenic reported by IMDb, including 9 Oscar nominations.

4. He’s Been Married For 40 Years

Brendan surely bushed the Hollywood likelihood by staying joined for implicit 40 years! The Irish prima walked down the aisle with Mary Weldon successful 1982 and they’ve ne'er looked back! The loving mates stock 4 sons together: Domhnall, Fergus, Brian and Rory.

5. Two Of His Sons Are Actors Too

Brendan’s 39-year-old son, Domhnall, has starred successful galore projects with his father, including Harry Potter. In 2015, Domhnall had rather the year, arsenic helium played Caleb Smith successful Ex Machina, Jim Farrell successful Brooklyn, and Captain Andrew Henry successful The Revenant. Brian is precise palmy arsenic well, having acted in Snow White and the Huntsman, Assassin’s Creed and Peaky Blinders.

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