Which actor plays Knuckles McGinty in Paddington 2?

Brendan Gleeson plays Knuckles McGinty in Paddington 2.

Knuckles McGinty is a prisoner Paddington meets after being wrongly sent to prison. Although he initially appears intimidating, he becomes one of Paddington’s allies and helps him cope with prison life.

Gleeson’s performance gives Knuckles a tough exterior while preserving the warm, comic tone expected from a Paddington story. The character joins Paddington’s prison kitchen and becomes part of the bear’s effort to prove his innocence.

Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor whose other major film roles include Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter series and Walter “Hoot” in Gangs of New York. He is not the actor who plays Phoenix Buchanan; that role belongs to Hugh Grant.