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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).
Brendan Gleeson
Polokus
for Polokus in DreamWorks's The Rayman Movie
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In the colorful and chaotic world of the Glade of Dreams, balance is everything and that balance is about to be shattered. When the ancient villain Mr. Dark escapes from his prison in the Shadow Realm and begins draining the very imagination that holds the world together, entire lands collapse into nightmares. Forests lose their color, music fades into silence, and the dreams of every creature slowly turn into fear. With the Council of the Polokus powerless and divided, an unlikely hero rises: Rayman, a fearless but reckless wanderer with no arms, no legs, and more heart than sense. Alongside the eternally anxious but loyal Globox, the wise and radiant fairy Betilla, and the endlessly sarcastic guide Murfy, Rayman is thrust into a journey across broken kingdoms, living paintings, underwater ruins, and impossible floating cities. As Mr. Dark’s shadow spreads, Rayman discovers that the true source of his power isn’t strength or magic, but the ability to inspire hope in a world that has forgotten how to dream. The fate of imagination itself now rests in the hands of a hero who wasn’t supposed to exist.
