After outgrowing the local dance school on his Watford council estate, aged ten, Ricci's mother decided to send him to weekend classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre school. It was here that Ricci took his first steps as a professional actor, landing the role of a murder victim on BBC's Crimewatch.By the time he was sixteen he'd racked up a considerable number of credits, including a lead role in the Channel 4 comedy series Teenage Health Freak and his first film role, playing alongside John Malkovich in The Object of Beauty.

It was at this point that Ricci made his stage debut, with the Evening Standard's Michael Arditti describing his portrayal of Ton in The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals at the Diorama Theatre as one of the most powerful portrayals he'd ever seen ever seen on the fringe. This led to a string of theatrical performances, including lead roles in Swingers at the Latchmere Theatre (Time Out's Critic's Choice) Babies at the Royal Court and The Day I Stood Still at the National Theatre.

Further onscreen credits include working alongside Tom Courtney in Walt Disney's The Old Curiosity Shop and lead roles in several BBC comedies, written by John Sullivan, Ben Elton and Lawrence Marks and Maurice Gran. His varied career continued, in roles such as Neil Acourt in Channel 4's BAFTA-winning drama The Murder of Steven Lawrence (directed by Paul Greengrass) and Corporal Mitchell in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later...

Ricci played the lead role in cult British gangster film, Rise Of The Footsoldier, which was sold in over thirty-eight countries. He later went on to write, direct and star in the sequel, Rise of the Footsoldier: Part 2, which won Best British Film at the National Film Awards in 2016.

Other awards include Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 British Independent Film Festival Awards for his Role in Universal Pictures' Top Dog.

Now aged forty-one, with over thirty years of stage and screen experience under his belt, Ricci enjoys working with emerging directors and has appeared in a number of short films, including Seven Months, directed by Shady El Hamus at the NFTS and Stained, directed by Lewis Arnold.

Ricci has recently formed the writing partnership Harnett and Turner and is in the process of developing several film projects, including feature film Truancy, which he's set to direct in early 2017.

　　你也许想不到《哈利·波特》的疯眼汉穆迪是个内心丰富、神经敏感的文学大叔。魁伟的身材和一张饱经风霜的脸，布莱丹·格里森是好莱坞影片中爱尔兰角色最常见的黄金配角。他于1955年出生在爱尔兰都柏林，自小爱好文学，34岁才进入表演这行，被伦敦的皇家莎士比亚剧院录取，此前他曾在中学教授英文和戏剧。1991年他在电视片《协约》中扮演名族英雄迈克尔·柯林斯，摘得爱尔兰电视最高奖项。1994年他出演过汤姆·克鲁斯和妮可·基德曼主演的《大地雄心》，次年又出现在梅尔·吉布森的《勇敢的心》。

　　布莱丹·格里森更为看重的表演机会则是和爱尔兰本土导演合作，他在约翰·保曼的《将军》中担任主角，扮演外号“将军”的爱尔兰黑帮大佬Martin Cahill。影片在戛纳电影节上摘得了最佳导演奖。

　　此后一段时期是格里森在好莱坞疯狂赶场的时期，他加盟过吴宇森的《碟中谍2》、斯皮尔伯格的《人工智能》、斯科塞斯的《纽约黑帮》、明格拉的《冷山》、斯科特的《天国王朝》、彼得森的《特洛伊》等好莱坞大片，加盟《哈利·波特与火焰杯》更让他人气大增。此外，他还出演了不少惊悚题材的影片，包括M·奈特·沙马兰的《神秘村》和丹尼·鲍尔的《惊变28天》。 　 　 2005年，布莱丹·格里森与爱尔兰导演尼尔·乔丹合作了《冥王星早餐》。他再次合作老牌导演约翰·保曼的《老虎的尾巴》（2007）得到的差评令他耿耿于怀。不过凭借着和柯林·法瑞尔一起出演的爱尔兰影片《杀手没有假期》（2008），格里森得到了金球奖的提名。

　　2009年，格里森在爱尔兰导演萨丢斯·奥沙利文执导的电视传记片《不惧风暴》中饰演了英国首相丘吉尔，凭借该片夺得艾美奖电视电影部门的最佳男主角。这也是他演绎生涯获得的第一个大奖项。09年格里森还为爱尔兰动画片《凯尔经的秘密》配音，出演的《皮雷的慷慨》在多伦多电影节首映。好莱坞方面，他加盟了英国导演保罗·格林格拉斯的战争片新作《绿色地带》。 　　 格里森是四个孩子的父亲，其中的老大和老三也是演员。他筹备了许久的导演处女作《在两只鸟游泳的河》希望在09年开拍。影片改编自爱尔兰作家弗兰·奥布瑞恩的名作，爱尔兰演员加布里埃尔·伯恩、柯林·法瑞尔、希里安·墨菲有望加盟，他与这三人此前在表演上都有过合作。特别是希里安·墨菲，他们曾一起出演过《冷山》、《惊变28天》、《冥王星早餐》以及《皮雷的慷慨》四部影片。