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Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two BIFA's, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award, five times for a Golden Globe Award and once for an Academy Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 18 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. He is the father of actors Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson. He is best known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films (2005–2010). He is also known for his supporting roles in films such as Braveheart (1995), Michael Collins (1996), 28 Days Later (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), Troy (2004), Suffragette (2015), Paddington 2 (2017), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). He is also known for his leading roles in films such as The General (1998), In Bruges (2008), The Guard (2011), Calvary (2014), Frankie (2019), and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the lattermost film. He won an Primetime Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film Into the Storm. He also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance as Donald Trump in the Showtime series The Comey Rule (2020). From 2017 to 2019 he starred in the crime series Mr. Mercedes. He received an Emmy Award nomination for Stephen Frears' Sundance TV series State of the Union (2022).
The young nobleman Samuel Gordon left the Black Mirror estate in England 12 years ago after his wife Catherine died in a fire. In 1981, however, he returned to the estate because of the death of his grandfather William. Grandmother Victoria and Detective Collier believe it is suicide. But Samuel doesn't believe it and he's looking for his grandfather's murderer on his own. The story reveals a ghostly element of the Gordon curse, which affects only the male descendants of the Gordon family. The perpetrator of this curse is the ancient ancestor Mordred, the younger of the Gordon brothers, the founders of the estate. Another suspicious deaths occur during Samuel's search. Samuel's search for the curse, using the "keys of the souls" takes him to the nearby village of Willowcreek, Warmhill Parish, Dr. Hermann's autopsy room, the mansion, the Ashburry Sanatorium, and more.
