Brian Gleeson

Brian Gleeson

Brian Gleeson is an Irish actor. Gleeson was born in Dublin, the son of actor Brendan Gleeson and his wife Mary (Weldon). He is the brother of actor Domhnall Gleeson and writer Rúairí Gleeson. He grew up in Malahide, Dublin. As a child, he appeared in school plays, before joining the Gaiety's Youth Theatre Company. Gleeson started acting in 2006, first appearing alongside his father in The Tiger's Tail directed by John Boorman, which was filmed the year he completed the Leaving Certificate. In 2010, Gleeson appeared as Hughie in the first season of Love/Hate, and earned a nomination for an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Television) for the role. He also appeared in the Hollywood film The Eagle. He appeared in the 2012 Academy Award nominated film Snow White and the Huntsman. Gleeson portrayed the lead role in Standby opposite Jessica Paré in 2014. The same year, he filmed Tiger Raid, an Iraq War drama; it was released in 2016. Along with his father Brendan and brother Domhnall, Gleeson appeared in the Enda Walsh play The Walworth Farce in early 2015. He starred as Jimmy in the 2016 Irish drama series Rebellion, based on the 1916 Easter Rising.

  • Title: Brian Gleeson
  • Popularity: 10.329
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1987-11-14
  • Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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Brian Gleeson Movies

  • 2006
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    The Tiger's Tail

    The Tiger's Tail

    5.8 2006 HD

    After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

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  • 2012
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    Snow White and the Huntsman

    Snow White and the Huntsman

    6 2012 HD

    After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive....

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  • 2011
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    Wake Wood

    Wake Wood

    5.6 2011 HD

    The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.

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  • 2010
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    Noreen

    Noreen

    7.8 2010 HD

    Two guards are headed to a house where there has been a shot due to a statement of a neighbour who called the police. What can possibly happen there?...

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  • 2013
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    Stay

    Stay

    4.8 2013 HD

    A woman finds out she's pregnant and returns home when the expected father wants nothing to do with her.

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  • 2013
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    The Stag

    The Stag

    5.9 2013 HD

    At his fiancée’s urging, a very modern Irish groom-to-be reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend with his friends, camping in the western...

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  • 2013
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    How to be Happy

    How to be Happy

    5 2013 HD

    Following a bad breakup, relationship councilor Cormac Kavanagh starts sleeping with his clients in a misguided attempt to reignite their passions.

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  • 2014
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    Standby

    Standby

    6.1 2014 HD

    Twenty-something Alan (Gleeson) is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job, he finds himself working with his...

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  • 2011
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    The Eagle

    The Eagle

    6.233 2011 HD

    In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila...

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  • 2014
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    Darkness on the Edge of Town

    Darkness on the Edge of Town

    6.6 2014 HD

    A troubled teenage sharpshooter decides to avenge the death of her estranged sister after she is found murdered in a public bathroom.

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  • 2013
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    Coda

    Coda

    7.3 2013 HD

    A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.

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  • 2009
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    What Will Survive of Us

    What Will Survive of Us

    3.5 2009 HD

    We meet John and Noreen, two young lovers from Boyle, Roscommon, at a turning point in their lives together. John wants to move the relationship...

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  • 2016
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    Assassin's Creed

    Assassin's Creed

    5.429 2016 HD

    Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a...

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  • 2016
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    History's Future

    History's Future

    3.9 2016 HD

    Losing his memory after a mugging, a man known only as 'MP' (Missing Person) leaves his home and sets out on a journey - in search not only for his...

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  • 2016
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    Tiger Raid

    Tiger Raid

    4.5 2016 HD

    While on a covert mission, two cold blooded mercenaries form an unlikely bond as they race across the desert in the dead of night. When their violent...

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  • 1970
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    Craggy Confidant

    Craggy Confidant

    1 1970 HD

    We look in on two men, Jim and his insurance agent Pete, as Jim's stolen car is revealed to be part of an eccentric and fraudulent plan that he seems...

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  • 2017
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    Logan Lucky

    Logan Lucky

    6.725 2017 HD

    Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at...

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  • 2017
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    mother!

    mother!

    6.973 2017 HD

    A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

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  • 2016
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    The Flag

    The Flag

    9 2016 HD

    Builder Harry Hambridge is a down-on-his-luck paddy living in London. In one day he loses his job, father and beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On...

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  • 2019
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    Hellboy

    Hellboy

    5.575 2019 HD

    Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a...

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  • 2017
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    Phantom Thread

    Phantom Thread

    7.3 2017 HD

    In 1950s London, renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes ever present in his...

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  • 2018
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    Psychic

    Psychic

    5 2018 HD

    A light and dark tale of family, showmanship and the suspension of disbelief.

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  • 2018
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    National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    6 2018 HD

    Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. An...

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  • 2017
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    Angela's Christmas

    Angela's Christmas

    6.807 2017 HD

    A trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.

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  • 2021
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    Death of a Ladies' Man

    Death of a Ladies' Man

    5.5 2021 HD

    A carousing college professor's life takes a series of unimaginable turns, and all the old stories are given a new twist, when he begins to have...

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  • 2013
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    Life's a Breeze

    Life's a Breeze

    6.122 2013 HD

    An unemployed slacker, his aged mother and his niece must overcome their many differences to find a lost fortune.

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  • 2021
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    Frank of Ireland

    Frank of Ireland

    6.5 2021 HD

    Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our...

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  • 2019
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    The Mandalorian

    The Mandalorian

    8.435 2019 HD

    After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches,...

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  • 2010
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    Love/Hate

    Love/Hate

    7.5 2010 HD

    Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.

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  • 2014
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    Quirke

    Quirke

    5.8 2014 HD

    Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates...

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  • 2007
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    Single-Handed

    Single-Handed

    6.7 2007 HD

    Single-Handed is an Irish television drama series, first broadcast on RTÉ Television in 2007. Set and filmed in the west of Ireland, it...

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  • 2015
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    Stonemouth

    Stonemouth

    7.3 2015 HD

    Based on Iain Banks's best-selling novel, this romantic mystery follows Stewart as he returns to his childhood home and tries to discover the truth...

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  • 2014
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    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    5.5 2014 HD

    Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of...

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  • 2016
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    Rebellion

    Rebellion

    7.038 2016 HD

    A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising. The story begins with the...

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  • 2022
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    The Lazarus Project

    The Lazarus Project

    7.179 2022 HD

    George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organization that turns...

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  • 2019
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    Resistance

    Resistance

    6.35 2019 HD

    This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland's War of Independence, and follows the lives of...

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  • 2018
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    The Bisexual

    The Bisexual

    7 2018 HD

    Leila takes a break from her decade long relationship with partner Sadie, and begins to explore her own bisexuality.

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  • 2022
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    Bad Sisters

    Bad Sisters

    7.6 2022 HD

    The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns...

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  • 2013
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    Peaky Blinders

    Peaky Blinders

    8.539 2013 HD

    A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss...

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  • 2018
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    Taken Down

    Taken Down

    6.4 2018 HD

    Taken Down is a crime drama series set in Dublin. The first series investigates the violent death of a young Nigerian migrant found abandoned close...

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  • 1970
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    Taken Down

    Taken Down

    6.5 1970 HD

    Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our...

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  • 1970
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    Taken Down

    Taken Down

    6.5 1970 HD

    Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our...

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  • 1970
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    Taken Down

    Taken Down

    6.5 1970 HD

    Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our...

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