Background
Gleeson grew up in The Rock, a small country town in New South Wales with his parents and sister, Sara Gleeson (who is an actress).
Gleeson grew up in The Rock, a small country town in New South Wales with his parents and sister, Sara Gleeson (who is an actress).
He completed his secondary education at Xavier College where he was named School Vice Captain and House President.
In the United Kingdom he has performed in plays at The Royal National Theatre and in the West End of London. He has appeared in the popular British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders, playing Statens Järnvägar Fletcher"s boyfriend Sid Clarke. In 2007 Gleeson appeared in "Kombat Opera Presents" for British Broadcasting Corporation television
He appeared with Richard Dreyfuss and Nia Vardalos in 2009"s My Life In Ruins.
Gleeson trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Gleeson has performed in many musicals in Australia and in London"s West End including Mamma Mia!, Eureka, The Far Pavilions and Imagine This.
He has performed in plays for Sydney Theatre Company and Royal National Theatre in the United Kingdom. In 2013/2014 he was in the original company of Rupert for Melbourne Theatre Company and toured the play to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He portrayed Raoul in the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber"s musical Love Never Dies, the sequel to Lloyd Webber"s highly successful The Phantom of the Opera.
From 2014 Gleeson played Jean Valjean in the Australian tour of Cameron Macintosh"s Les Miserables.
He would remain with the cast throughout 2015 and has been cast in the role for its Manila run. Gleeson released his debut album, titled Elements in 2015. TRACK LIST A Bit of Earth Anthem She’s Got A Way/ Something End of The World Being Alive Bring Him Home And the Rain Keeps Falling Down Stay With Maine Sorry Seems To be the Hardest word – featuring Natalie O’Donnell If I Loved You The Day You Went Away.
Gleeson has been nominated for two Helpmann Awards for Sky in Mamma Mia!, and Raoul in Love Never Dies and was nominated for a Green Room Award (Actor in a Leading Role) for his portrayal of Anatoly Sergievsky in The Production Company"s 2012 Chess directed by Gale Edwards. In London he was nominated for a Whatsonstage.com Award for The Far Pavilions. Gleeson has also been nominated for a Glug Award and Green Room Award, and won a Helpmann Award for his role as Jean Valjean in the 2014 Australian tour of Les Miserables.
Gleeson has appeared in numerous television series in Australia and the United Kingdom, most notably as Statens Järnvägar in EastEnders and as a principal cast member of "Kombat Opera Presents" for British Broadcasting Corporation television
