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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
Lord Ashford Senior
for Lord Ashford Senior in The Crimson Rose — The Conspiracy
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Two years into Catherine's carefully constructed infiltration of London society, her vendetta against Thomas Ashford becomes unexpectedly complicated by a deeper conspiracy: a political faction within Parliament is attempting to consolidate power in ways that would reshape the nation. Henry Sheffield, recognizing Catherine's gifts for strategy and manipulation, draws her into the conspiracy as an asset — a woman with no official position who can move through society gathering intelligence in ways men cannot. Marcus, now aware of Catherine's true nature, is forced to choose between his family loyalty and his love for her. As Catherine executes an elaborate scheme to entrap Thomas in both personal scandal and political malfeasance, she discovers that his crimes run far deeper than the personal destruction of her family — he has been complicit in something larger and far more damaging. The season climaxes with a choice: Catherine can destroy Thomas and end her vendetta, or she can use his exposure as leverage in the larger political game, potentially saving the nation from a dangerous faction at the cost of letting him escape the full weight of his crimes.
