Brendan Gleeson

Actor Brendan Gleeson was today in the running for Golden Globe success for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.  

Film dramaUp in the Airsecured six Golden Globe nominations today as Irish actor Brendan Gleeson received a nomination for best actor in a TV mini-series.  

Brendan Gleeson shows RNLI crew he knows the ropesBelfast TelegraphHollywood star Brendan Gleeson proved that life really does imitate art when the actor who once played a coastguard captain in the BBC series 'The Lifeboat' ...and more »  

Many times when a film based in the world of a police department, FBI agency or other law enforcement organization comes along, there's the standard confrontation between an unconventional, off-the-leash lawman clashing with a by-the-book, oh so serious counterpart. While this has become a dishearteningly predictable element of crime based films, what really makes or breaks films like this is the casting. In this case, I might be willing to...  

HOLLYWOOD COMES to Wicklow Harbour this week as filming of the movie 'The Guard' starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle starts.  

International News: Irish-set drama also stars Liam Cunningham -- Brendan Gleeson is teaming up with Don Cheadle to star in helmer John Michael McDonagh's "The Guard." Pic follows an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with a strait-laced FBI agent to take on an international drug smuggling gang in Ireland.  

Here's your blast of casting bites for the end of the week. First up, Don Cheadle and Brendan Gleeson will team as unlikely cop partners in The Guard. Film follows the confrontational small-town Sgt. Gerry Boyle (Gleeson), who likes hookers and isn't interested in drug runners, and FBI Agent Everett (Cheadle) in a tale of international coke smuggling. Sounds on the surface like an Irish reversal of Beverly Hills Cop, where the small-town local...  

Gleeson plays an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with a straitlaced FBI agent, played by Don Cheadle, to take on an international drug-smuggling gang. The cast also includes Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, Fionnuala Flanagan, David Wilmot ...  

Brendan Gleeson is teaming up with "Ned Kelly" scribe John Michael McDonagh to star in McDonagh's "The Guard," an Irish-set comedy thriller also featuring Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham.  

Wicklow PeopleGleeson and Cheadle take time out to visit lifeboat volunteersWicklow PeopleBRENDAN GLEESON and American actor Don Cheadle took time out from filming scenes for the new movie 'The Guard' on Wednesday night to drop in and say hello ...Smugglers aplenty take over HarbourWicklow Peopleall 2 news articles »  

The John Michael McDonagh film is currently in production in western Ireland.  

Colm McCann wins US National Book Awards fiction prizeBusinessandleadership.comIrish actor Brendan Gleeson plays Winston Churchill in the HBO/BBC mini-series Into the Storm, a role for which he won an Emmy Award. ...and more »  

Turner watercolour exhibition at National GalleryBusinessandleadership.comIrish actor Brendan Gleeson plays Winston Churchill in the HBO/BBC mini-series Into the Storm, a role for which he won an Emmy Award. ...  

Daily guide to television and radioBoston GlobeR (1998) In Bruges 10 pm (HBO2) Chatty hit men (Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell) lie low in picturesque Bruges, Belgium. R (2008) Inkheart 10 pm (MAX) A dad ...  

Richard Wright wins Turner PrizeBusinessandleadership.comIrish actor Brendan Gleeson plays Winston Churchill in the HBO/BBC mini-series Into the Storm, a role for which he won an Emmy Award. ...and more »