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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).
In 1968, African American Lincoln Clay returns to New Bordeaux after serving a military tour of duty during the Vietnam War. Returning to his old neighbourhood where he grew up as an orphan, Lincoln reunites with his old friends, including his surrogate father Sammy Robinson, head of the "Black Mob", his adopted brother Ellis, and local priest Father James. Although intending to head on west to California, Lincoln decides to stay behind and help Sammy after discovering he is having trouble from the Haitian Mob. Despite eliminating its leader, Lincoln learns that the Haitians' interference have left Sammy in debt to mob boss Sal Marcano. To clear the debt, Lincoln agrees to assist Marcano and his son Giorgi in pulling off a heist at the city's Federal Reserve, working alongside Giorgi, Ellis, and Irish mobster Danny Burke. Although the plan succeeds despite complications, Marcano and Giorgi betray the Black Mob, murdering Sammy, Ellis and Danny, and leaving Lincoln for dead.
