Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Birthday:Mar 29, 1955
Place of birth:Dublin, Ireland

Filmography

2014
The Grand Seduction

The Grand Seduction

Comedy Buddy Comedy
7.0

20141h 52min

Canada

Director: Don McKellar

A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.


Edge of Tomorrow

Edge of Tomorrow

Action Science Fiction Military Action Time Travel Sci-Fi
7.9

20141h 54min

United States

Director: Doug Liman

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.


Calvary

Calvary

Drama Tragic Drama
7.4

20141h 41min

Ireland, United Kingdom

Director: John Michael McDonagh

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

2013
The Smurfs 2

The Smurfs 2

Fantasy Family Comedy Animation Parent-Child Family
5.3

20131h 45min

United States, Canada

Director: Raja Gosnell

The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?

2012
The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

Drama Thriller Political Drama Political Thriller
6.4

20122h 1min

Canada, United States

Director: Robert Redford

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.


The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Animation Adventure Family Comedy Family Animation
6.7

20121h 28min

United Kingdom

Director: Peter Lord

The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores to Victorian London, and from a haplessly smitten scientist to a diabolical queen.


The Raven

The Raven

Crime Thriller Mystery Serial Killer Crime Investigation Mystery
6.4

20121h 51min

Hungary, Serbia

Director: James McTeigue

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.


Safe House

Safe House

Action Thriller Spy Action Political Thriller
6.7

20121h 55min

United States

Director: Daniel Espinosa

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

2011
The Guard

The Guard

Action Comedy Thriller Crime Buddy Action
7.3

20111h 36min

Ireland, United Kingdom

Director: John Michael McDonagh

When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

2010
Green Zone

Green Zone

War Action Adventure Drama Thriller
6.8

20101h 55min

France, Japan

Director: Paul Greengrass

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.