Films Featuring Brendan Gleeson

In The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas.
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Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds star in the action-thriller 'Safe House'. Washington plays the CIA's most dangerous renegade who comes back onto the grid after years on the run. When the South African safe house he's remanded to is breached, a rookie operative (Reynolds) escapes with him.
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Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. 'The Raven' is directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta)
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In The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas.
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Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and no interest in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) to his door.
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Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences.
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Academy Award-winning writer/director Martin McDonagh takes audiences on a killingly funny trip In Bruges.
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In a time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf slays the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of its monstrous yet seductive mother, in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend.
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Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice.
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The film concerns a man who is pursued by a murderous facsimile of himself after a seemingly chance encounter.
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A feel-good action comedy STUDS follows the cup-run of an amateur football team and the magical effects of a new mysterious manager.
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Langston Whitfield is a Washington Post journalist. His editor provocatively sends him to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, in which the perpetrators of murder and torture on both sides during the Apartheid era are invited to come forward and confront their victims...
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Set in the 1970’s, the film follows the exploits of PATRICK BRADEN, an endearing, witty, clever and deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he was different, PATRICK survives with the aid of his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal...
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Harry finds himself selected as an underaged competitor in a dangerous multi-wizardary school competition.
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Set in the 12th century, the film focuses on a young blacksmith who becomes a knight and helps defend Jerusalem against the Crusaders. There is also a love story, as the young knight falls in love with a princess.
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The thrilling tale of an isolated town confronting the astonishing truth that lies just outside its borders. At first glance, this village seems picture perfect, but this close-knit community lives with the frightening knowledge that creatures reside in the surrounding woods. The evil and foreboding...
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An epic chronicle of the triumphs and tragedy of the legendary Trojan War, Troy begins as the passion of two of history’s most legendary lovers, Prince Paris of Troy and Queen Helen of Sparta, ignites a war between the Trojans and the united tribes of Greece. When the two civilizations clash, legendary...
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Based on Charles Frazier's National Book Award winning Civil War. Set against a primitive and unforgiving landscape, Inman a wounded confederate soldier makes a perilous journey home to his mountain community, where he hopes to reunite with his pre-war sweetheart Ada Monroe.
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Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in April 1991, Dark Blue is a dramatic thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots.
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Set in the period from 1846 to 1863, this is the story of how Irish and Italian gangs (and subsequently, the Mafia) got started in New York City in that time of Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed.
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Articles Featuring Brendan Gleeson
In Bruges
Martin McDonagh's 'In Bruges' is a true classic of the often misfiring hitman comedy genre, featuring wonderfully funny performances from Farrell, Gleason and a scene-stealing Fiennes.
Real life drug bust mirrors Irish comedy 'The Guard'
Acclaimed comedy 'The Guard' may've been the inspiration for a band of cocaine smugglers whose actions strangely resemble the film's plot.
The Guard
'In Bruges' in Ireland! With even more cultural ignorance! Brendan Gleeson soars once again in 'The Guard'.
2011 Moët British Independent Film Awards winners list
The winners for the 14th Moet British Independent Film Awards, hosted by actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd have been announced with 'Tyrannosaur' picking up Best British Independent Film and the most total...
'The Artist' leads 2012 Golden Globes nominations
As the Golden Globes were announced, the American awards gala have chosen somewhat unexpectedly, favouring black and white French silent cinema drama 'The Artist' as the favourite with six nominations...
The Guard
'In Bruges' in Ireland! With even more cultural ignorance! Brendan Gleeson soars once again in 'The Guard'.
'Safe House' - The UK press conference transcript
Star Denzel Washington and director Daniel Espinosa sat down at the UK press conference for an in-depth discussion of their new movie, spy/conspiracy thriller 'Safe House'. We've got the whole transcript...