ACTOR

Brendan Gleeson

1955 - Today

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Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor. He has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Independent Film Awards and three IFTA Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number 18 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brendan Gleeson has received more than 14,031,766 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Brendan Gleeson is the 565th most popular actor (up from 693rd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 44th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Actor.

Brendan Gleeson is most famous for his role as Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter series, and as Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brendan Gleeson ranks 565 out of 13,578Before him are Gabriel Byrne, Hildegard Knef, Michelle Yeoh, Michael Jai White, Milla Jovovich, and Forest Whitaker. After him are David Hasselhoff, R. Lee Ermey, Lillian Gish, Laurence Fishburne, Danielle Darrieux, and Buck Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Brendan Gleeson ranks 45Before him are Mariano Rajoy, Lazarus Chakwera, Billy Bob Thornton, Shoko Asahara, Martin Schulz, and Roland Emmerich. After him are Gary Sinise, Pietro Parolin, Haitham bin Tariq, Denis Mukwege, François Cluzet, and Björn Andrésen.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Brendan Gleeson ranks 34 out of 549Before him are Cillian Murphy (1976), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Iris Murdoch (1919), Bono (1960), Bertie Ahern (1951), and Gabriel Byrne (1950). After him are Francis Beaufort (1774), John Field (1782), Rory Gallagher (1948), Joseph Murphy (1898), Ernest Walton (1903), and Maureen O'Hara (1920).

Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Brendan Gleeson ranks 7Before him are Michael Gambon (1940), Pierce Brosnan (1953), Richard Harris (1930), Lola Montez (1821), Cillian Murphy (1976), and Gabriel Byrne (1950). After him are Maureen O'Hara (1920), David Kelly (1929), Colin Farrell (1976), Brenda Fricker (1945), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), and Maureen O'Sullivan (1911).

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