Brendan Gleeson

Farrell was desperate for his 'Banshee of Inisherin' costar's validation on the NBC show.

[See Also](https://www.tvinsider.com/1063317/saturday-night-live-snl-season-48-cast-poll/) ['SNL': What Do You Think of the New Cast? [Saturday Night Live](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/saturday-night-live/) host breaks out a mandolin mid-monologue. And yes, Murphy and Farrell are both 46 — they’re actually just six days apart in age.) That’s when Farrell emerged from the wings of Studio 8H — with a ridiculous mustache that, mercifully, turned out to be fake. After telling charming stories from his “weird and wonderful” life in Ireland, Gleeson told the SNLaudience that Farrell also falls into the weird-and-wonderful category. But no, [Brendan Gleeson](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brendan-gleeson/) knows his way around the mandolin strings, as he demonstrated while hosting SNL on Saturday, October 8.

Television: He's one of Ireland's great actors. But, even when he's joined by Colin Farrell, it's fair to say a future in light entertainment doesn't ...

It is thuddingly unfunny, and you sense that the guest star is desperate for it to end. It is thuddingly unfunny, and you sense the guest star is desperate for it to end And if it pushes him along the road towards an Oscar nomination, good for him. Brendan Gleeson should be applauded for having the chutzpah to try something new. Worst of all is a piece that tries to lampoon the dreadful Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde. “If you don’t recognise the face, I’m the fella you’ve seen in that thing you can’t remember.” Oh, God, make it stop.

Frequent co-stars Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell teamed up for a sketch on last night's Saturday Night Live.

The sketch is mostly an excuse for Gleeson to make silly faces — until Colin Farrell enters the room playing himself, and then it’s an excuse for the In Bruge co-stars to make silly faces together. Andrew Dismukes also deserves a shout-out here for his committed take on a weirdo photographer named, as is later revealed, “Marvin Tiger Beat Magazine.” Watch the full sketch above.

In the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, Brendan Gleeson plays a high schooler with a secret in a sketch with Please Don't Destroy.

However, through this sketch’s comedy, it oddly reminds us that our true friends will accept every part of us and that bond can’t be broken. However, Please Don’t Destroy taps into some classic coming-of-age genre tropes that make this one of the best sketches of the season so far. In the end, their friendship was real and, after some more laugh-out-loud moments where Tommy reveals he slept with Ben’s mom, they ride off into the “sunset” as friends.

The Irish actors appeared on the award-winning comedy sketch show to promote their new film, The Banshees of Inisherin. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

"We worked together on In Bruges, and we just got back together for a new film, The Banshees of Inisherin. The Irish actors appeared on the award-winning comedy sketch show to promote their new film, The Banshees of Inisherin. Throughout in the show, Gleeson appeared in a number of sketches in roles as an Irish journalist for CNN, a warrior chief, and a high school student, among others.

The Dubliner, 67, played tunes on a mandolin and told jokes before mentioning fellow actor Colin Farrell - joking that he was "too needy"

And if you don't recognise the face, I'm that fella that you've seen in that thing you can't remember but you think you kind of liked." Another said: "One of our best! People watching at home were delighted by the surprise appearance, with one person writing: "Wasn't expecting Colin! "Do you know who else is weird and wonderful?" great actors." We worked together on In Bruges, and we just got back together for a new film, The Banshees of Inisherin.