Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson was born on November 9, 1955 in Belfast, N. Ireland. A versatile actor who decided to become an actor aged 34 after teaching a secondary level for several years, made his debut as a quarryman in The Field (1990). He had several small roles in major Hollywood movies based in Ireland, such as Far and Away (1992) and Into The West (1992). He memorably played historical Irish figure Michael Collins in The Treaty (1991) (TV) and made his breakthrough in Scottish themed Braveheart (1995), which was largely filmed in Ireland, opposite Mel Gibson. He played Gibson's right hand man Hamish. Since then he has appeared in numerous major films such as Mission: Impossible II (2000), Lake Placid (1999), and Turbulence (1997) . He has made a name for himself taking the titular role in The General (1998), based on the life of Irish criminal Martin Cahill, for which he won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award. He appears in director John Boorman's film The Tailor of Panama (2001) as well as Martin Scorcese's Gangs of New York (2002) and Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). His most recent role was that of cuckolded husband Menelaus in the epic film Troy (2004).

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Brendan Gleeson
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47 Adelaide Road
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