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Gabriel Byrne
Also known as: Gabriel James Byrne
Biography
Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award and nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. Byrne was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was listed at number 17 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors in 2020. In 2009, The Guardian named him one of the best actors who never received an Academy Award nomination. Byrne's acting career began at the Focus Theatre in Dublin before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1974. His screen debut came in the Irish drama serial The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. He went on to star in such films as Defence of the Realm (1986), Lionheart (1987), Miller's Crossing (1990), Little Women (1994), Dead Man (1995), The Usual Suspects (1995), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Enemy of the State (1998), Vanity Fair (2004), The 33 (2015), and Hereditary (2018). He co-wrote The Last of the High Kings (1996) and produced In the Name of the Father (1993). For his Broadway work, Byrne has received two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his roles in the Eugene O'Neill plays A Moon for the Misbegotten (2000) and Long Day's Journey into Night (2016). For his television work, Byrne has received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Paul Weston in the HBO drama series In Treatment (2008–2010). He also received a Golden Globe Award. His other notable television roles include Vikings (2013), Maniac (2018), and War of the Worlds (2019–2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriel Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 12, 1950
Age
76 years old
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Popularity Score
3.2
Filmography
Ballerina
The Chancellor
2025Movie
Four Letters of Love
Muiris Gore
2025Movie
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
2025Movie
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self (archive footage)
2025Movie
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
2025Movie
Dance First
Samuel Beckett
2023Movie
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Enzo Ferrari
2022Movie
Walking with Ghosts
Himself
2022Movie
Murder at Yellowstone City
Sheriff Ambrose
2022Movie
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Horse (voice)
2022Movie
Death of a Ladies' Man
Samuel O'Shea
2021Movie
Lost Girls
Richard Dormer
2020Movie
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
2020Movie
ZeroZeroZero
Edward Lynwood
2020TV
War of the Worlds
Bill Ward
2019TV
Land Without God
Executive Producer
2019Movie
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Self - Steve
2018Movie
An L.A. Minute
Ted Gold
2018Movie
Lies We Tell
Donald
2018Movie
Hereditary
Steve Graham
2018Movie
In the Cloud
Doc Wolff
2018Movie
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Narrator
2018Movie
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Narrator
2018Movie
Maniac
Porter Milgrim
2018TV
Hereditary
Executive Producer
2018Movie
Mad to Be Normal
Jim
2017Movie
Carrie Pilby
Mr. Pilby
2017Movie
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Self
2017Movie
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
2016Movie
No Pay, Nudity
Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
2016Movie
Louder Than Bombs
Gene Reed
2015Movie
Endless Night
Bram
2015Movie
The 33
Andre Sougarret
2015Movie
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
2015TV
Vampire Academy
Victor Dashkov
2014Movie
Quirke
Quirke
2014TV
All Things To All Men
Joseph Corso
2013Movie
Just a Sigh
Man
2013Movie
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
2013Movie
Vikings
Earl Haraldson
2013TV
Capital
Dittmar Rigule
2012Movie
I, Anna
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
2012Movie
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Narrator
2012Movie
Secret State
Tom Dawkins
2012TV
Tent City, U.S.A
Executive Producer
2012Movie
A Man's Story
Self
2011Movie
Perrier's Bounty
Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
2010Movie
The Women of SNL
Priest (archive footage)
2010Movie
Leningrad
Philip Parker
2009Movie
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009TV
Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
2008Movie
2:22
Detective Swain (uncredited)
2008Movie
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008Movie
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
2008Movie
In Treatment
Dr. Paul Weston
2008TV
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007Movie
Attack on Leningrad
Phillip Parker
2007TV
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007TV
Leningrad
2007TV
Jindabyne
Stewart
2006Movie
Played
Eddie
2006Movie
Assault on Precinct 13
Captain Marcus Duvall
2005Movie
Wah-Wah
Harry Compton
2005Movie
Vanity Fair
The Marquess of Steyne
2004Movie
P.S.
Peter Harrington
2004Movie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
2004Movie
Patrick
Patrick
2004Movie
Shade
Charlie Miller
2003Movie
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Narrator
2003Movie
Spider
Bill Cleg
2002Movie
Ghost Ship
Captain Sean Murphy
2002Movie
Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
2002Movie
Horses: The Story of Equus
Narrator
2002Movie
Killing Emmett Young
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
2002Movie
Pursuing the Suspects
Himself
2002Movie
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
2002Movie
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
2002Movie
Making Love
Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
2000Movie
When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
2000Movie
Madigan Men
Benjamin Madigan
2000TV
Mad About Mambo
Executive Producer
2000Movie
Madigan Men
Producer
2000TV
Stigmata
Father Andrew Kiernan
1999Movie
End of Days
The Man
1999Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
1998Movie
Enemy of the State
'Brill'
1998Movie
Polish Wedding
Bolek
1998Movie
Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
1998Movie
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
1998Movie
Pirates
Narrator (voice)
1998Movie
Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Mechanic
1997Movie
This Is the Sea
Rohan
1997Movie
The End of Violence
Ray
1997Movie
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lionel Powers
1997Movie
The View
Self
1997TV
The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
1996Movie
Mad Dog Time
Ben London
1996Movie
The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
1996Movie
Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
1996Movie
The Brylcreem Boys
Producer
1996Movie
Somebody Is Waiting
Co-Producer
1996Movie
The Last of the High Kings
Co-Executive Producer
1996Movie
The Last of the High Kings
Screenplay
1996Movie
Dead Man
Charlie Dickinson
1995Movie
The Usual Suspects
Keaton
1995Movie
Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
1995Movie
Buffalo Girls
Teddy Blue
1995Movie
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
1995Movie
Out of Ireland
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
1995Movie
Little Women
Friedrich Bhaer
1994Movie
Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
1994Movie
A Simple Twist of Fate
John Newland
1994Movie
All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Good Thief
1994Movie
Prince of Jutland
Fenge
1994Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994TV
Point of No Return
Bob
1993Movie
A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
1993Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993TV
In the Name of the Father
Executive Producer
1993Movie
Into the West
Papa Reilly
1992Movie
Cool World
Jack Deebs
1992Movie
Into the West
Associate Producer
1992Movie
Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan
1990Movie
Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
1990Movie
Diamond Skulls
Hugo
1990Movie
The Courier
Val
1988Movie
Julia and Julia
Paolo
1988Movie
A Soldier's Tale
Saul
1988Movie
Gothic
Lord Byron
1987Movie
Hello Again
Kevin Scanlon
1987Movie
Siesta
Augustine
1987Movie
Lionheart
Black Prince
1987Movie
Defence of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
1986Movie
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
1985TV
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Vittorio Mussolini
1985TV
Reflections
William Masters
1984Movie
The Treatment
Father Michael
1984Movie
The Keep
Major Kaempffer
1983Movie
Hanna K.
Joshué Herzog
1983Movie
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
1982Movie
Joyce in June
Keogh / Blazes Boylan
1982Movie
Excalibur
Uther
1981Movie
The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy
1981TV
Bracken
Pat Barry
1980TV
The Outsider
Man in Street
1979Movie
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978Movie
The Last of Summer
Bishop's secretary
1978TV
Strangers
Johnny Maguire
1978TV
Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
1976TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975TV
Film '72
Self
1971TV
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956TV
Sauver Mozart
—Movie