Gabriel Byrne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
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.
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Filmography
Sauver Mozart
Movie
Ballerina
Movie · as The Chancellor
Four Letters of Love
Movie · as Muiris Gore
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Movie · as Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Movie · as Self
Dance First
Movie · as Samuel Beckett
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Movie · as Enzo Ferrari
Walking with Ghosts
Movie · as Himself
Murder at Yellowstone City
Movie · as Sheriff Ambrose
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Movie · as The Horse (voice)
Death of a Ladies' Man
Movie · as Samuel O'Shea
Lost Girls
Movie · as Richard Dormer
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Movie · as Self
ZeroZeroZero
TV · as Edward Lynwood · 2 eps
War of the Worlds
TV · as Bill Ward · 24 eps
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Movie · as Self - Steve
An L.A. Minute
Movie · as Ted Gold
Lies We Tell
Movie · as Donald
Hereditary
Movie · as Steve Graham
In the Cloud
Movie · as Doc Wolff
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Movie · as Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Movie · as Narrator
Maniac
TV · as Porter Milgrim · 5 eps
Mad to Be Normal
Movie · as Jim
Carrie Pilby
Movie · as Mr. Pilby
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Movie · as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Movie · as Self - Actor
No Pay, Nudity
Movie · as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Louder Than Bombs
Movie · as Gene Reed
Endless Night
Movie · as Bram
The 33
Movie · as Andre Sougarret
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
TV · as Earl Haraldson (archive footage) · 3 eps
Vampire Academy
Movie · as Victor Dashkov
Quirke
TV · as Quirke · 3 eps
All Things To All Men
Movie · as Joseph Corso
Just a Sigh
Movie · as Man
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Movie · as Self
Vikings
TV · as Earl Haraldson · 9 eps
Capital
Movie · as Dittmar Rigule
I, Anna
Movie · as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Movie · as Narrator
Secret State
TV · as Tom Dawkins · 4 eps
A Man's Story
Movie · as Self
Perrier's Bounty
Movie · as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
The Women of SNL
Movie · as Priest (archive footage)
Leningrad
Movie · as Philip Parker
The Meaning of Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Emotional Arithmetic
Movie · as Christopher Lewis
2:22
Movie · as Detective Swain (uncredited)
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
Movie
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Movie · as King Arthur
In Treatment
TV · as Dr. Paul Weston · 106 eps
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self
Attack on Leningrad
TV · as Phillip Parker · 4 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Leningrad
TV · 4 eps
Jindabyne
Movie · as Stewart
Played
Movie · as Eddie
Assault on Precinct 13
Movie · as Captain Marcus Duvall
Wah-Wah
Movie · as Harry Compton
Vanity Fair
Movie · as The Marquess of Steyne
P.S.
Movie · as Peter Harrington
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie · as Brother Juniper
Patrick
Movie · as Patrick
Shade
Movie · as Charlie Miller
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Movie · as Narrator
Spider
Movie · as Bill Cleg
Ghost Ship
Movie · as Captain Sean Murphy
Virginia's Run
Movie · as Ford Lofton
Horses: The Story of Equus
Movie · as Narrator
Killing Emmett Young
Movie · as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Pursuing the Suspects
Movie · as Himself
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Movie · as Self
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Movie · as Self
Making Love
Movie · as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
When Brendan Met Trudy
Movie · as Special Appearance
Madigan Men
TV · as Benjamin Madigan · 12 eps
Stigmata
Movie · as Father Andrew Kiernan
End of Days
Movie · as The Man
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as D'Artagnan
Enemy of the State
Movie · as 'Brill'
Polish Wedding
Movie · as Bolek
Quest for Camelot
Movie · as Lionel (voice)
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Movie · as Self
Pirates
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Movie · as The Mechanic
This Is the Sea
Movie · as Rohan
The End of Violence
Movie · as Ray
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Movie · as Lionel Powers
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Last of the High Kings
Movie · as Jack Griffin
Mad Dog Time
Movie · as Ben London
The Brylcreem Boys
Movie · as Commandant O'Brien
Somebody Is Waiting
Movie · as Roger Ellis
Draíocht
Movie · as Father
Dead Man
Movie · as Charlie Dickinson
The Usual Suspects
Movie · as Keaton
Buffalo Girls
Movie · as Teddy Blue
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Out of Ireland
Movie · as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Frankie Starlight
Movie · as Jack Kelly
Little Women
Movie · as Friedrich Bhaer
Trial by Jury
Movie · as Daniel Graham
A Simple Twist of Fate
Movie · as John Newland
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Movie · as The Good Thief
Prince of Jutland
Movie · as Fenge
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Point of No Return
Movie · as Bob
A Dangerous Woman
Movie · as Mackey
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Into the West
Movie · as Papa Reilly
Cool World
Movie · as Jack Deebs
Miller's Crossing
Movie · as Tom Reagan
Shipwrecked
Movie · as Lt. John Merrick
Diamond Skulls
Movie · as Hugo
The Courier
Movie · as Val
Julia and Julia
Movie · as Paolo
A Soldier's Tale
Movie · as Saul
Gothic
Movie · as Lord Byron
Hello Again
Movie · as Kevin Scanlon
Siesta
Movie · as Augustine
Lionheart
Movie · as Black Prince
Defence of the Realm
Movie · as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Christopher Columbus
TV · as Christopher Columbus · 4 eps
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV · as Vittorio Mussolini · 4 eps
Reflections
Movie · as William Masters
The Treatment
Movie · as Father Michael
The Keep
Movie · as Major Kaempffer
Hanna K.
Movie · as Joshué Herzog
The Rocking Horse Winner
Movie · as Bassett
Joyce in June
Movie · as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
Excalibur
Movie · as Uther
The Search for Alexander the Great
TV · as Ptolemy · 4 eps
Bracken
TV · as Pat Barry · 12 eps
The Outsider
Movie · as Man in Street
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Movie
The Last of Summer
TV · as Bishop's secretary · 4 eps
Strangers
TV · as Johnny Maguire · 1 ep
Live from Lincoln Center
TV · as King Arthur · 31 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep