Happy Birthday: Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Born: March 29, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland

Married to: Mary Gleeson (1982 – present) (4 children)

[About In Bruges (2008) director Martin McDonagh] Yeah, similar to that, I’d kind of worked with Martin on Six Shooter (2004)… he showed me that script before we knew it was going to happen… It was kind of a notion at that time, so you just kind of think, ‘how cool this would be to make’.

I don’t want people poking around in my private stuff. They’ve no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that’s my job, and that’s where it stops.

For me, it’s just about keeping the standards up. We’re a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I’m not a great man for doing something just because it’s Irish, and you never know what’s going to work. But as long as…