---
name: "Brian Gleeson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-gleeson"
fi1m_id: "brian-gleeson"
imdb_id: "nm2244852"
tmdb_id: 63364
wikidata_id: "Q18637413"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 November 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-01T22:05:58.332628+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Gleeson

## Identity

Brian Gleeson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-gleeson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-gleeson
- **IMDb ID:** nm2244852
- **TMDB ID:** 63364
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18637413
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Gleeson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18637413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2244852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63364

Actor. Born 14 November 1987 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 November 1987, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (4), 2020s 73 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 72 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $537m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Gleeson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18637413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2244852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63364

## Coming up

- *Ink* (2026-12-11), as Brian McConnell — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Bad Sisters*](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md) (78), [*mother!*](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md) (64)
- **Netflix:** [*Phantom Thread*](https://film.one/film/phantom-thread.md) (87)

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## Biography

Brian Gleeson is an Irish actor. He was born on 14 November 1987 in Dublin and is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson and the brother of actor Domhnall Gleeson. He trained with the Gaiety's Youth Theatre Company and began his professional career in 2006.

Gleeson first appeared on screen alongside his father in *The Tiger's Tail* (2006). He gained attention for his role as Hughie in the first series of *Love/Hate* (2010), for which he received an Irish Film and Television Award nomination. His film credits include *The Eagle* (2011), *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), *Assassin's Creed* (2016), *Logan Lucky* (2017) as Sam Bang, *Phantom Thread* (2017) and *mother!* (2017).

On television he has played Jimmy McCavern in *Peaky Blinders* (2019) and Thomas Claffin in *Bad Sisters* (2022). He has also appeared in stage productions including *The Walworth Farce* with his father and brother.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Ink* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Brian McConnell — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), Fi1m 78, as Thomas Claffin — [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *The Lazarus Project* (2022), Fi1m 78, as Ross Keane — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md)
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), Fi1m 76, as Sam Bang — [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Phantom Thread* (2017), Fi1m 87, as Dr. Robert Hardy — [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-thread.md)
- *mother!* (2017), Fi1m 64, as Younger Brother — [page](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md)
- *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), Fi1m 52, as Gus — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-huntsman.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ink* (2026), as Brian McConnell — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *Under Salt Marsh* (2026), series, as Mac Jones
- *Craggy Confidant* (2025), as Pete
- *National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air* (2025), as Stephen
- *Atomic* (2025), series, as Mark Ellis
- *I Found a Place* (2024), Actor
- *Songs of Blood and Destiny* (2023), Actor
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), series, as Thomas Claffin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *The Lazarus Project* (2022), series, as Ross Keane — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md)
- *Frank of Ireland* (2021), series, as Frank Marron · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Death of a Ladies' Man* (2021), as Ben O'Shea
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), series, as Brendol Hux — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *Hellboy* (2019), as Merlin
- *Resistance* (2019), series, as Jimmy Mahon
- *Taken Down* (2018), series, as Wayne
- *The Bisexual* (2018), series, as Gabe
- *Psychic* (2018), as Michelangelo
- *National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (2018), Actor
- *Phantom Thread* (2017), as Dr. Robert Hardy — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-thread.md)
- *Angela's Christmas* (2017), as Guard (voice)
- *mother!* (2017), as Younger Brother — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md)
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), as Sam Bang — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Assassin's Creed* (2016), as Young Joseph
- *The Flag* (2016), as Blacksod
- *Tiger Raid* (2016), as Joe
- *History's Future* (2016), as Driver
- *Rebellion* (2016), series, as Jimmy Mahon
- *Stonemouth* (2015), series, as Powell Imrie
- *Standby* (2014), as Alan
- *Darkness on the Edge of Town* (2014), as Virgil O'Riley
- *Quirke* (2014), series, as Sinclair
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Jimmy McCavern — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *The Stag* (2013), as Simon
- *Stay* (2013), as Liam
- *Life's a Breeze* (2013), as Hawk Man
- *How to be Happy* (2013), as Cormac
- *Coda* (2013), as Doorman #1 (voice)
- *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), as Gus — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-huntsman.md)
- *Wake Wood* (2011), as Martin O'Shea
- *The Eagle* (2011), as Traveller #1
- *Love/Hate* (2010), series, as Hughie Power
- *Noreen* (2010), as Frank
- *What Will Survive of Us* (2009), as John
- *Single-Handed* (2007), series, as Cathal
- *The Tiger's Tail* (2006), as Connor O'Leary

## Gallery

- ![Brian Gleeson](https://film.one/media/person/9359/gallery-e5bb2eac824b.jpg) Brian Gleeson — RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Brian_Gleeson_at_TIFF13_in_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brian Gleeson](https://film.one/media/person/9359/gallery-4a51827ecbbe.jpg) Brian Gleeson — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Gleeson](https://film.one/media/person/9359/gallery-1fe65c08dbd2.jpg) Brian Gleeson — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Gleeson](https://film.one/media/person/9359/gallery-e40af9ca7de4.jpg) Brian Gleeson — Image via TMDB

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