Brendan Gleeson Net Worth

Brendan Gleeson's Quotes

• [on In Bruges (2008)] A real test of our acting ability.
• [About In Bruges (2008) director Martin McDonagh] Yeah, similar to that, I'd kind of worked with Martin on Six Shooter (2004)... he showed me that script before we knew it was going to happen... It was kind of a notion at that time, so you just kind of think, 'how cool this would be to make'.
• I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops.
• For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm not a great man for doing something just because it's Irish, and you never know what's going to work. But as long as we keep the standards up, people will continue to invest in films. It's as simple as that.
• The horror of a death without dignity has so much implications for the people who are left behind.

Interesting Facts about Brendan Gleeson

1. He is a fine fiddle player and can be seen playing it in Michael Collins (1996) and also in Cold Mountain (2003).
2. He has four sons from his marriage to Mary Gleeson: Domhnall Gleeson, Fergus Gleeson, Brian Gleeson and Rory Gleeson. Appeared with all his sons in the Irish television special Immaturity for Charity (2012).
3. He was a teacher for 10 years before becoming an actor.
4. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford Upon Avon, England, in the late eighties for two seasons where his credits included King Lear and King Richard II.
5. Participated in the Dublin Shakespeare Theatre Festival the during mid-eighties.
6. Plays a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts in Harry Potter en de vuurbeker (2005). This makes him the first, and to date, only actor to play a Hogwarts professor who has himself been employed as a teacher.
7. He started acting at the age of 34.
8. Taught Maths at St. Joseph's Secondary school in Fairview, Dublin.
9. He played Irish leader Michael Collins in The Treaty (1991). He later had a supporting role in the biopic Michael Collins (1996).
10. He taught English, Irish & Physical Education at Belcamp College Secondary School in Dublin.
11. He has starred in feature films with two of his sons: Studs (2006) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) with his eldest son Domhnall Gleeson, and The Tiger's Tail (2006) with his second youngest, Brian Gleeson.
12. Played British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in Into the Storm (2009). In Harry Potter en de vuurbeker (2005), he appears with Timothy Spall and Robert Hardy, both of whom have also played Churchill.
13. He worked with the two actors before they were cast as the Doctor in Doctor Who (2005) before they were cast in the role. He was worked with Christopher Eccleston in 28 Days Later... (2002), and with David Tennant in Harry Potter en de vuurbeker (2005).
14. He is the only actor from the "Harry Potter" films to have co-starred with Daniel Radcliffe in his feature debut The Tailor of Panama (2001).
15. He has worked 8 directors who have won an Oscar for Best Director: Ron Howard, Mel Gibson, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Danny Boyle, Anthony Minghella, Robert Zemeckis, and Robert Redford.
16. Born on the same date as Marina Sirtis (of "Star Trek: the Next Generation" fame).
17. He won the Best Supporting Actor at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards for his performance as Inspector Arthur Steed in Suffragette (2015), beating his son Domhnall Gleeson who was nominated for his performance as Brooklyn (2015). The younger Gleeson accepted the award for his father.
18. Has appeared in seven films with his son Domhnall Gleeson and these are Six Shooter (2004), Studs (2006), Perrier's Bounty (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), Noreen (2010), Calvary (2014) and Psychic (2018).
19. Has appeared in four films with his son Brian Gleeson and these include The Tiger's Tail (2006), Noreen (2010), Assassin's Creed (2016) and Psychic (2018).
20. His son Brian Gleeson played the young Joseph Lynch that his Gleeson portrayed at an older age in Assassin's Creed (2016).