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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 story is set in 1899 and follows the exploits of outlaw Arthur Morgan, a member of the Van der Linde gang, in a fictionalized representation of the Western, Midwestern, and Southern United States. Arthur must deal with the decline of the Wild West whilst attempting to survive against government forces, rival gangs, and other adversaries. Arthur think more of his family and he is loyal to what matters most. Arthur with Micah, Dutch, John, Hosea and others doing various events, robs banks, raids trains and wagons, shoots gangs, like O'Driscolls, takes care of little Jack, hunts, tries to feed their settlement, and sees money so that one day he can left the gang and together with Abigail Marston and her son Jack and settle down. Arthur also had some time with Mary Linton. Arthur manages to raise a lot of money, but he can't just leave everyone to the Pinkertons, the final shootout comes, Arthur Morgan, Micah, Dutch, John, Hosea, Eagle Flies, Javier Escuella, Bill Williamson, Sadie Adler and other men from The Van der The Linde gang are fighting side by side for life and death with the Pinkertons. One by one, they die, only Sadie returns to their families, and says that no one survived, Abigail cries, out of nowhere, a bloody Arthur arrives on horseback.
