Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1418
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Domhnall Gleeson works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Domhnall Gleeson appears in 31 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Domhnall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the clearest case: a film rated 8.3 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, drama, romance. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Werner Herzog, Guy Ritchie, Will Gluck and others, Domhnall Gleeson helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) as Bill Weasley · About Time (2013) as Tim Lake · The Revenant (2015) as Captain Andrew Henry
Career snapshot
Ranked #1418 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
31
2010–2026
Career length
16 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Average Nutevio score
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Most frequent director
Will Gluck
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Will Gluck
Most common genre
Drama
16 titles
Average runtime
1h 48m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.3
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
7.0 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Kitchen, Peter Rabbit — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
7.0
Across 23 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.9
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Kitchen, Peter Rabbit.
Most productive era
2010s
23 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.114 films | 3.32 films |
| Action | 6.85 films | — |
| Thriller | 6.11 film | 6.51 film |
| Comedy | 6.54 films | 4.53 films |
| Crime | 6.62 films | — |
| Romance | 7.23 films | 6.31 film |
| Horror | 6.52 films | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2010True Grit
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Moon (The Kid).
Highest rated performance
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
8.3 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2013About Time
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
The current state of the argument, as Harry O'Hay (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
31 of 31 films
as Tim Lake
Directed by Richard Curtis
as Caleb
Directed by Alex Garland
as Captain Andrew Henry
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
as Bill Weasley
Directed by David Yates
as Russel Allen 'Phil' Phillips
Directed by Angelina Jolie
From the library
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The defining work
#1
Tim Lake
About Time (2013)
Performance score8.5
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Tim Lake gives Domhnall Gleeson a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Caleb
Ex Machina (2015)
Performance score8.3
Ex Machina asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Caleb is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Captain Andrew Henry
The Revenant (2015)
Performance score8.1
The Revenant asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Captain Andrew Henry is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Bill Weasley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Performance score8.0
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Bill Weasley is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Tim Lake
Start here. About Time is the clearest statement of what Domhnall Gleeson does — accessible, 123 minutes, and rated 8.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Domhnall at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Keeps the fantasy register of About Time but asks for a colder reading of it.
Unbroken (2014)
A deliberate change of key after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Ex Machina (2015)
Keeps the drama register of Unbroken but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Revenant (2015)
Keeps the drama register of Ex Machina but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Lenny Abrahamson
Director
2 films together
Notably Frank
J.J. Abrams
Director
2 films together
Notably Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Will Gluck
Director
2 films together
Notably Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Mark Romanek
Director
1 film together
Notably Never Let Me Go
Joel Coen
Director
1 film together
Notably True Grit
David Yates
Director
1 film together
Notably Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pete Travis
Director
1 film together
Notably Dredd
Joe Wright
Director
1 film together
Notably Anna Karenina
James Marsh
Director
1 film together
Notably Shadow Dancer
Richard Curtis
Director
1 film together
Notably About Time
Angelina Jolie
Director
1 film together
Notably Unbroken
Alex Garland
Director
1 film together
Notably Ex Machina
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director
1 film together
Notably The Revenant
Simon Curtis
Director
1 film together
Notably Goodbye Christopher Robin
Darren Aronofsky
Director
1 film together
Notably mother!
Doug Liman
Director
1 film together
Notably American Made
Kevin Tent
Director
1 film together
Notably Crash Pad
Rian Johnson
Director
1 film together
Notably Star Wars: The Last Jedi
David Wain
Director
1 film together
Notably A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Debs Paterson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Skywalker Legacy
Guy Ritchie
Director
1 film together
Notably Fountain of Youth
Werner Herzog
Director
1 film together
Notably Bucking Fastard
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
J.J. Abrams
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Star Wars: The Force AwakensWill Gluck
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Peter Rabbit 2: The RunawayLenny Abrahamson
Director
2 films together · 6.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
FrankDavid Yates
Director
1 film together · 8.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Richard Curtis
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
About TimeAlejandro G. Iñárritu
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The RevenantAlex Garland
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ex MachinaAngelina Jolie
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UnbrokenJoel Coen
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
True GritDarren Aronofsky
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
mother!Rian Johnson
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Star Wars: The Last JediDoug Liman
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
American MadePete Travis
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DreddDebs Paterson
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Skywalker LegacySimon Curtis
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Goodbye Christopher RobinMark Romanek
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Never Let Me GoJoe Wright
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Anna KareninaGuy Ritchie
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Fountain of YouthDavid Wain
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Futile and Stupid GestureJames Marsh
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Shadow DancerKevin Tent
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Crash PadWerner Herzog
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bucking FastardSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Bill Weasley
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
About Time
as Tim Lake
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Bill Weasley
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Bill Weasley
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
About Time
as Tim Lake
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Domhnall Gleeson has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
16 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Bill Weasley
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
mother!
as Oldest Son
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Scarecrows' Wedding
as Harry O'Hay (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Fountain of Youth
as Owen Carver
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Revenant
as Captain Andrew Henry
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as General Hux
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
American Made
as Monty 'Schafer'
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Crash Pad
as Stensland
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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