Brendan Gleeson - another of my favorite actors - Starring in THE GUARD

(This was a great movie - just to let you know.  It had a beginning, a middle and an end and it made you laugh from witty dialogue, not from someone stepping in dog poop)

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Interview: Brendan Gleeson Talks The Guard

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Dublin-born and based, Brendan Gleeson is, like many of the finest character actors, many things to many people. To some he is forevermore Professor “Mad-Eye” Moody from the “Harry Potter” films. Others will recall his standout turn opposite Mel Gibson in “Braveheart”, or the wickedly underappreciated “In Bruges”, opposite a headstrong Colin Farrell. Others still might think he looks familiar from Robert Zemeckis’ motion-capture “Beowulf”. Most recently, Gleeson won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in HBO’s “Into the Storm”. In real life, of course, Gleeson is all of these characters, and still so much…

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