Brendan Gleeson
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"Brendan Gleeson" is an Irish actor. His best-known performances include supporting roles in films such as Braveheart, Gangs of New York, 28 Days Later, Troy (film)/Troy, and the Harry Potter (film series)/Harry Potter films and leading roles in films such as In Bruges, The Guard (2011 film)/The Guard, and Calvary (film)/Calvary. He won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie/Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the film Into the Storm (2009 film)/Into the Storm.

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He has no time for book learning or pussy-footing about. He wants to show these young men and women what they're up against - evil exists and they better know what they're getting themselves into. He's a one-man initiation ceremony, a walking rite-of-passage. He doesn't believe in treading lightly with Harry or the other students because that won't prepare them for the real world.

He never patronizes them. He can be quite idiosyncratic.