
Gabriel Byrne
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Ballerina as The Chancellor
- 2023 · Dance First as Samuel Beckett
- 2022 · The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Horse (voice)
- 2022 · Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend as Enzo Ferrari
- 2022 · Murder at Yellowstone City as Sheriff Ambrose
- 2021 · Death of a Ladies' Man as Samuel O'Shea
- 2020 · ZeroZeroZero as Edward Lynwood
- 2020 · Lost Girls as Richard Dormer
- 2019 · War of the Worlds as Bill Ward
- 2018 · Maniac as Porter Milgrim
- 2018 · An L.A. Minute as Ted Gold
- 2018 · Hereditary as Steve Graham
- 2018 · Lies We Tell as Donald
- 2017 · Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death as Self
- 2015 · Louder Than Bombs as Gene Reed
- 2015 · The 33 as Andre Sougarret
- 2015 · Vikings: Athelstan's Journal as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
- 2014 · Vampire Academy as Victor Dashkov
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · Vikings as Earl Haraldson
- 2012 · Capital as Dittmar Rigule
- 2012 · I, Anna as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
- 2011 · A Man's Story as Self
- 2010 · The Women of SNL as Priest (archive footage)
- 2009 · Perrier's Bounty as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
- 2009 · Leningrad as Philip Parker
- 2008 · 2:22 as Detective Swain (uncredited)
- 2008 · Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur
- 2008 · In Treatment as Dr. Paul Weston
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · Assault on Precinct 13 as Captain Marcus Duvall
- 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Brother Juniper
- 2004 · Vanity Fair as The Marquess of Steyne
- 2003 · Shade as Charlie Miller
- 2002 · Spider as Bill Cleg
- 2002 · Ghost Ship as Captain Sean Murphy
- 2002 · Virginia's Run as Ford Lofton
- 2000 · When Brendan Met Trudy as Special Appearance
- 2000 · Madigan Men as Benjamin Madigan
- 1999 · End of Days as The Man
- 1999 · Stigmata as Father Andrew Kiernan
- 1998 · Enemy of the State as 'Brill'
- 1998 · Quest for Camelot as Lionel (voice)
- 1998 · The Man in the Iron Mask as D'Artagnan
- 1998 · Polish Wedding as Bolek
- 1997 · The End of Violence as Ray
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Smilla's Sense of Snow as The Mechanic
- 1996 · Mad Dog Time as Ben London
- 1995 · Dead Man as Charlie Dickinson
- 1995 · The Usual Suspects as Keaton
- 1994 · Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer
- 1994 · A Simple Twist of Fate as John Newland
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Point of No Return as Bob
- 1992 · Into the West as Papa Reilly
- 1992 · Cool World as Jack Deebs
- 1990 · Miller's Crossing as Tom Reagan
- 1988 · A Soldier's Tale as Saul
- 1988 · The Courier as Val
- 1987 · Gothic as Lord Byron
- 1986 · Defence of the Realm as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
- 1985 · Mussolini: The Untold Story as Vittorio Mussolini
- 1983 · The Keep as Major Kaempffer
- 1981 · Excalibur as Uther
- 1979 · The Outsider as Man in Street
- 1976 · Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Vikings as
- 2025 · A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 · Four Letters of Love as Muiris Gore
- 2025 · Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story as Self
- 2022 · Walking with Ghosts as Himself
- 2020 · Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? as Self
- 2018 · Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary as Self - Steve
- 2018 · My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Narrator
- 2018 · In the Cloud as Doc Wolff
- 2018 · Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea as Narrator
- 2017 · Mad to Be Normal as Jim
- 2017 · Carrie Pilby as Mr. Pilby
- 2016 · No Pay, Nudity as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
- 2016 · Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor
- 2015 · Endless Night as Bram
- 2014 · Quirke as Quirke
- 2013 · Just a Sigh as Man
- 2013 · All Things To All Men as Joseph Corso
- 2012 · Secret State as Tom Dawkins
- 2012 · John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man as Narrator
- 2008 · Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home as
- 2008 · Emotional Arithmetic as Christopher Lewis
- 2007 · Leningrad as
- 2007 · Attack on Leningrad as Phillip Parker
- 2006 · Jindabyne as Stewart
- 2006 · Played as Eddie
- 2005 · Wah-Wah as Harry Compton
- 2004 · P.S. as Peter Harrington
- 2004 · Patrick as Patrick
- 2003 · Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality as Narrator
- 2002 · Horses: The Story of Equus as Narrator
- 2002 · Pursuing the Suspects as Himself
- 2002 · Killing Emmett Young as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
- 2002 · Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' as Self
- 2002 · Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette as Self
- 2000 · Making Love as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
- 1998 · Pirates as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · This Is the Sea as Rohan
- 1997 · Weapons of Mass Distraction as Lionel Powers
- 1996 · Somebody Is Waiting as Roger Ellis
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Jack Griffin
- 1996 · The Brylcreem Boys as Commandant O'Brien
- 1995 · Frankie Starlight as Jack Kelly
- 1995 · Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
- 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Teddy Blue
- 1994 · Trial by Jury as Daniel Graham
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Prince of Jutland as Fenge
- 1994 · Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
- 1993 · A Dangerous Woman as Mackey
- 1990 · Shipwrecked as Lt. John Merrick
- 1990 · Dark Obsession as Hugo
- 1987 · Siesta as Augustine
- 1987 · Hello Again as Kevin Scanlon
- 1987 · Lionheart as Black Prince
- 1985 · Christopher Columbus as Christopher Columbus
- 1984 · Reflections as William Masters
- 1983 · Hanna K. as Joshué Herzog
- 1982 · The Rocking Horse Winner as Bassett
- 1980 · Bracken as Pat Barry
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- 1978 · The Last of Summer as Bishop's secretary
- 1978 · Strangers as Johnny Maguire
- Future · Diary Of A Mad Old Man as
- 1994 · All Things Bright and Beautiful as The Good Thief
- 1988 · Julia and Julia as Paolo
- 1984 · The Treatment as Father Michael
- Future · Sauver Mozart as
- Future · Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' as Self
- 1981 · The Search for Alexander the Great as Ptolemy