Domhnall Gleeson
Encyclopedia
Domhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor, director and writer from Dublin. He has acted on both stage and screen, picking up a Tony Award
nomination in 2006
for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore
. He has performed in several shows at Dublin's Gate Theatre
, including adaptations of American Buffalo
and Great Expectations
.
Gleeson's work on-screen includes the television series The Last Furlong
, the comedy sketch show Your Bad Self
and the films Six Shooter, Studs and Boy Eats Girl
. He played Bill Weasley in the films Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2
, released in 2010/2011. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson
, who plays Alastor Moody in the series.
, and his wife, Mary. He has three younger brothers, Fergus, Bríain (also an actor) and Rúairí.
Gleeson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Arts from the Dublin Institute of Technology
.
Gleeson also starred in the Academy Award–winning movie short Six Shooter and Boy Eats Girl, as well as the RTÉ television series The Last Furlong. He also appeared on the Broadway theatre show The Lieutenant of Inishmore at age twenty-three, receiving a Tony Award
nomination for the role.
In late 2007, Gleeson played Herbert Pocket in the Hugh Leonard
adaptation of Charles Dickens
's Great Expectations at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. The part was described as "wittily played" by Irish Independent
critic Bruce Arnold. Earlier that year he had a role as Bobby in the David Mamet
play American Buffalo, also at the Gate Theatre.
In 2008, Gleeson starred in the one-off RTÉ comedy sketch show Your Bad Self
, which was broadcast on 26 December that year. Other roles in 2008 included A Dog Year
and Paddyville.
In March 2009, it was confirmed that he had been cast as Bill Weasley in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. His father, Brendan, plays Alastor Moody in the series. Gleeson had initially been reluctant to act alongside his father in the same film but later changed his mind. In 2006, he said of his acting: "I'd been very certain about not wanting to do the acting thing because of my father. I thought I'd always have the father-son thing of 'He got you the part'."
In the 2009 film Sensations, Gleeson plays the part of a randy young farmer whose "soulless encounter" with a call-girl "develops into a bittersweet love story".
He had his breakout year in 2010 with his role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Also in 2010, he starred alongside Keira Knightley
, Andrew Garfield
and Carey Mulligan
in Never Let Me Go
, and with Jeff Bridges
and Matt Damon
in the Academy Award–nominated Coen Brothers'
film True Grit
.
Gleeson won the 2011 Ifta
Award for Best Actor for his performance as Bob Geldof
in the acclaimed biopic When Harvey Met Bob.
Dohmnall has recently signed up to appear as Konstantin Levin in the film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina
, which is being directed by Joe Wright
.
|+Actor
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|2004
|Six Shooter
|Cashier
|Short film
|-
|2005
|Stars
|Brian (voice)
|Short film
|-
|2005
|Boy Eats Girl
|Bernard
|
|-
|2005
|
|Sean Flanagan
|TV series
|-
|2006
|Studs
|Trampis
|
|-
|2009
|
|Anthony Armstrong
|
|-
|2009
|Perrier's Bounty
|Clifford
|
|-
|2009
|Corduroy
|
|Short film
|-
|2010
|Your Bad Self
|Various
|TV series
Also writer
|-
|2010
|Never Let Me Go
|Rodney
|
|-
|2010
|Sensation
|Donal
|
|-
|2010
|When Harvey Met Bob
|Bob Geldof
|TV movie
|-
|2010
|True Grit
|Moon (The Kid)
|
|-
|2010
|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
|Bill Weasley
|
|-
|2011
|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
|Bill Weasley
|
|-
|2011
|At Swim-Two-Birds
|TBA
|Pre-production
|-
|-
|2012
|Dredd
|TBAA: It's early days yet! I can't really say to much – it's from the same producers as Never Let Me Go. I can say that it's going to be EPIC and in 3D but with a very moral aspect to the story. If it works out as they've described, it's going to be very big. }}
|In production
|-
|2012
|Anna Karenina
|Konstantin Levin
|Pre-production
|-}
|-
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Writer & Director
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2009
|What Will Survive of Us
|Short film
|-
|2010
|Noreen
|Short film
|}
| 2006
|| The Lieutenant of Inishmore
|| Tony Award
for Best Featured Actor in a Play||
|-
| 2011 || When Harvey Met Bob || IFTA
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - TV ||
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
nomination in 2006
60th Tony Awards
The 60th Annual Tony Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2006. The award ceremony was broadcast live on the CBS television network in the United States...
for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a black comedy by playwright Martin McDonagh, first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London in 2001.-Plot:...
. He has performed in several shows at Dublin's Gate Theatre
Gate Theatre
The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists...
, including adaptations of American Buffalo
American Buffalo (play)
American Buffalo is a 1975 play by American playwright David Mamet which had its premiere in a showcase production at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago. After two more showcase productions, it opened on Broadway on February 16, 1977...
and Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
.
Gleeson's work on-screen includes the television series The Last Furlong
The Last Furlong
The Last Furlong is a short-lived Irish comedy-drama television series which was aired on RTÉ from November 14 to December 19, 2005. Originally created by Simon Delaney and co-written with director Kieran Carney, the series dealt with Diogo Bernardo Furlong , a Portuguese cabaret singer and...
, the comedy sketch show Your Bad Self
Your Bad Self
Your Bad Self is an Irish sketch comedy show which originally aired on RTÉ Two on December 26, 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which aired in 2010.-History:...
and the films Six Shooter, Studs and Boy Eats Girl
Boy Eats Girl
Boy Eats Girl is a 2005 horror film directed by Stephen Bradley and starring Samantha Mumba, produced and shot in Ireland. The plot tells of a teenage boy who comes back to life as a zombie, similar to the plot of the American film My Boyfriend's Back....
. He played Bill Weasley in the films Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 epic fantasy film directed by David Yates and the second of two films based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the eighth and final instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David...
, released in 2010/2011. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...
, who plays Alastor Moody in the series.
Personal life
Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son of the established actor Brendan GleesonBrendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...
, and his wife, Mary. He has three younger brothers, Fergus, Bríain (also an actor) and Rúairí.
Gleeson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Arts from the Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology was established officially in 1992 under the but had been previously set up in 1978 on an ad-hoc basis. The institution can trace its origins back to 1887 with the establishment of various technical institutions in Dublin, Ireland...
.
Career
After graduating, Gleeson began directing and writing for both film and stage. In 2006, Gleeson starred in the feature film Studs, with his father appearing alongside him.Gleeson also starred in the Academy Award–winning movie short Six Shooter and Boy Eats Girl, as well as the RTÉ television series The Last Furlong. He also appeared on the Broadway theatre show The Lieutenant of Inishmore at age twenty-three, receiving a Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
nomination for the role.
In late 2007, Gleeson played Herbert Pocket in the Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote more than 18 plays, two volumes of essays and two autobiographies, one novel and numerous screenplays and teleplays, as well as writing a regular newspaper column.-Life and...
adaptation of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
's Great Expectations at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. The part was described as "wittily played" by Irish Independent
Irish Independent
The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper that is published in both compact and broadsheet formats. It is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media.-History:...
critic Bruce Arnold. Earlier that year he had a role as Bobby in the David Mamet
David Mamet
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar...
play American Buffalo, also at the Gate Theatre.
In 2008, Gleeson starred in the one-off RTÉ comedy sketch show Your Bad Self
Your Bad Self
Your Bad Self is an Irish sketch comedy show which originally aired on RTÉ Two on December 26, 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which aired in 2010.-History:...
, which was broadcast on 26 December that year. Other roles in 2008 included A Dog Year
A Dog Year
A Dog Year is a 2008 film directed by first time director George LaVoo starring Jeff Bridges.The film is based on the memoir by Jon Katz and adapted by LaVoo, the story centers on a man having a midlife crisis whose life is turned upside down when he takes in a border collie crazier than he...
and Paddyville.
In March 2009, it was confirmed that he had been cast as Bill Weasley in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. His father, Brendan, plays Alastor Moody in the series. Gleeson had initially been reluctant to act alongside his father in the same film but later changed his mind. In 2006, he said of his acting: "I'd been very certain about not wanting to do the acting thing because of my father. I thought I'd always have the father-son thing of 'He got you the part'."
In the 2009 film Sensations, Gleeson plays the part of a randy young farmer whose "soulless encounter" with a call-girl "develops into a bittersweet love story".
He had his breakout year in 2010 with his role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Also in 2010, he starred alongside Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international notice in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham...
, Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield
Andrew Russell Garfield is an American-English actor who has appeared in radio, theatre, film, and television. His early roles include the films Lions for Lambs, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and Boy A, which garnered him the 2007 BAFTA Television Award for "Best Actor".Garfield achieved...
and Carey Mulligan
Carey Mulligan
Carey Hannah Mulligan is an English actress. She made her film debut as Kitty Bennet in Pride & Prejudice . She had roles in numerous British programmes and, in 2007, made her Broadway debut in The Seagull to critical acclaim....
in Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go (2010 film)
Never Let Me Go is a 2010 British dystopian drama film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mark Romanek from a screenplay by Alex Garland. Never Let Me Go is set in an alternate history and centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy who are portrayed by Carey...
, and with Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....
and Matt Damon
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
in the Academy Award–nominated Coen Brothers'
Coen Brothers
Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers...
film True Grit
True Grit (2010 film)
True Grit is a 2010 American Western film written and directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as U.S....
.
Gleeson won the 2011 Ifta
Ifta
Ifta is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany....
Award for Best Actor for his performance as Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...
in the acclaimed biopic When Harvey Met Bob.
Dohmnall has recently signed up to appear as Konstantin Levin in the film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger...
, which is being directed by Joe Wright
Joe Wright
Joe Wright is an English film director best known for Pride and Prejudice, Atonement and Hanna.-Early life and career:...
.
Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+Actor
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2004
|Six Shooter
Six Shooter (film)
Six Shooter is an Irish 2005 live action short film starring Brendan Gleeson and Rúaidhrí Conroy.-Plot:Donnelly's wife has just died in an accident and he goes home on a train afterwards. There he finds a seat by a kid and the two strike a conversation...
|Cashier
|Short film
|-
|2005
|Stars
|Brian (voice)
|Short film
|-
|2005
|Boy Eats Girl
Boy Eats Girl
Boy Eats Girl is a 2005 horror film directed by Stephen Bradley and starring Samantha Mumba, produced and shot in Ireland. The plot tells of a teenage boy who comes back to life as a zombie, similar to the plot of the American film My Boyfriend's Back....
|Bernard
|
|-
|2005
|
|Sean Flanagan
|TV series
|-
|2006
|Studs
|Trampis
|
|-
|2009
|
|Anthony Armstrong
|
|-
|2009
|Perrier's Bounty
Perrier's Bounty
Perrier's Bounty is an Irish crime thriller comedy set in modern-day Dublin. Describing it as an "urban western", sophomore director Ian Fitzgibbon directs the film, which stars Brendan Gleeson, who plays the villainous title character, as well as Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent as son and...
|Clifford
|
|-
|2009
|Corduroy
|
|Short film
|-
|2010
|Your Bad Self
Your Bad Self
Your Bad Self is an Irish sketch comedy show which originally aired on RTÉ Two on December 26, 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which aired in 2010.-History:...
|Various
|TV series
Also writer
|-
|2010
|Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go (2010 film)
Never Let Me Go is a 2010 British dystopian drama film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mark Romanek from a screenplay by Alex Garland. Never Let Me Go is set in an alternate history and centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy who are portrayed by Carey...
|Rodney
|
|-
|2010
|Sensation
|Donal
|
|-
|2010
|When Harvey Met Bob
|Bob Geldof
|TV movie
|-
|2010
|True Grit
True Grit (2010 film)
True Grit is a 2010 American Western film written and directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as U.S....
|Moon (The Kid)
|
|-
|2010
|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
|Bill Weasley
|
|-
|2011
|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 epic fantasy film directed by David Yates and the second of two films based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the eighth and final instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David...
|Bill Weasley
|
|-
|2011
|At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish author Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction....
|TBA
|Pre-production
|-
|-
|2012
|Dredd
Dredd (film)
Dredd is an upcoming film directed by Pete Travis. It was announced in December 2008 that Danny Boyle, through his production company DNA Films, was to make a comic book adaption of 2000 AD character Judge Dredd and would be unrelated to the 1995 film version. The film is to be directed by Pete...
|TBAA: It's early days yet! I can't really say to much – it's from the same producers as Never Let Me Go. I can say that it's going to be EPIC and in 3D but with a very moral aspect to the story. If it works out as they've described, it's going to be very big. }}
|In production
|-
|2012
|Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger...
|Konstantin Levin
|Pre-production
|-}
|-
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Writer & Director
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2009
|What Will Survive of Us
|Short film
|-
|2010
|Noreen
|Short film
|}
Awards
|-| 2006
60th Tony Awards
The 60th Annual Tony Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2006. The award ceremony was broadcast live on the CBS television network in the United States...
|| The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a black comedy by playwright Martin McDonagh, first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London in 2001.-Plot:...
|| Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
for Best Featured Actor in a Play||
|-
| 2011 || When Harvey Met Bob || IFTA
IFTA
IFTA may refer to:*Ifta, a German municipality*International Federation of Technical Analysts*Independent Film & Television Alliance*International Fuel Tax Agreement*Irish Film and Television Awards*The Internet Tax Freedom Act...
Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - TV ||