
Gabriel Byrne
May 12, 1950 (74 years old) in Dublin, Ireland
Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen début came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. The actor has now starred in over 35 feature films, such as The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing and Stigmata, in addition to writing two. Byrne's producing credits include the Academy Award-nominated In the Name of the Father. Currently, he is receiving much critical acclaim for his role as Dr. Paul Weston in the HBO drama In Treatment.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · From the World of John Wick: Ballerina as The Chancellor
- 2025 · Four Letters of Love as Muiris Gore
- 2025 · Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story as Self
- 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 · Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary as Self - Steve
- 2018 · Maniac as Porter Milgrim
- 2018 · An L.A. Minute as Ted Gold
- 2018 · Hereditary as Steve Graham
- 2018 · In the Cloud as Doc Wolff
- 2018 · Lies We Tell as Donald
- 2017 · Mad to Be Normal as Jim
- 2016 · No Pay, Nudity as Lawrence Rose
- 2016 · Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · Just a Sigh as Man
- 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)
- 2008 · 2:22 as Detective Swain (uncredited)
- 2008 · Emotional Arithmetic as Christopher Lewis
- 2006 · Played as Eddie
- 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Brother Juniper
- 2002 · Killing Emmett Young as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
- 2000 · Madigan Men as Benjamin Madigan
- 1998 · Pirates as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Weapons of Mass Distraction as Lionel Powers
- 1996 · The Brylcreem Boys as Commandant O'Brien
- 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Teddy Blue
- 1994 · Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
- 1990 · Dark Obsession as Hugo
- 1988 · A Soldier's Tale as Saul
- 1988 · Julia and Julia as Paolo
- 1987 · Siesta as Augustine
- 1987 · Lionheart as Black Prince
- 1986 · Defence of the Realm as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
- 1983 · Hanna K. as Joshué Herzog
- Future · Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' as Self
- 2022 · Walking with Ghosts as Himself
- 1990 · Shipwrecked as Lt. John Merrick
- 1980 · Bracken as Pat Barry
- Future · A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' as Himself (Archive Footage)
- 2020 · Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? as Self
- 2018 · My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Narrator
- 2018 · Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea as Narrator
- 2017 · Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death as Self
- 2017 · Carrie Pilby as Mr. Pilby
- 2015 · Endless Night as Bram
- 2015 · Louder Than Bombs as Gene Reed
- 2015 · The 33 as Andre Sougarret
- 2015 · Vikings: Athelstan's Journal as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
- 2014 · Quirke as Quirke
- 2014 · Vampire Academy as Victor Dashkov
- 2013 · All Things To All Men as Joseph Corso
- 2013 · Vikings as Earl Haraldson
- 2012 · Capital as Dittmar Rigule
- 2012 · Secret State as Tom Dawkins
- 2012 · John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man as Narrator
- 2009 · Perrier's Bounty as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
- 2009 · Leningrad as Philip Parker
- 2008 · Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home as
- 2008 · Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur
- 2008 · In Treatment as Dr. Paul Weston
- 2007 · Attack on Leningrad as Phillip Parker
- 2007 · Leningrad as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Jindabyne as Stewart
- 2005 · Wah-Wah as Harry Compton
- 2005 · Assault on Precinct 13 as Captain Marcus Duvall
- 2004 · P.S. as Peter Harrington
- 2004 · Vanity Fair as The Marquess of Steyne
- 2004 · Patrick as Patrick
- 2003 · Shade as Charlie Miller
- 2003 · Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality as Narrator
- 2002 · Spider as Bill Cleg
- 2002 · Ghost Ship as Captain Sean Murphy
- 2002 · Horses: The Story of Equus as Narrator
- 2002 · Pursuing the Suspects as Himself
- 2002 · Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' as Self
- 2002 · Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette as Self
- 2002 · Virginia's Run as Ford Lofton
- 2000 · When Brendan Met Trudy as Special Appearance
- 2000 · Making Love as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
- 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 · This Is the Sea as Rohan
- 1997 · The End of Violence as Ray
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Smilla's Sense of Snow as The Mechanic
- 1996 · Somebody Is Waiting as Roger Ellis
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Jack Griffin
- 1996 · Mad Dog Time as Ben London
- 1995 · Dead Man as Charlie Dickinson
- 1995 · Frankie Starlight as Jack Kelly
- 1995 · Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · The Usual Suspects as Keaton
- 1994 · Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer
- 1994 · Trial by Jury as Daniel Graham
- 1994 · A Simple Twist of Fate as John Newland
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · All Things Bright and Beautiful as The Good Thief
- 1994 · Prince of Jutland as Fenge
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · A Dangerous Woman as Mackey
- 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 · The Courier as Val
- 1987 · Hello Again as Kevin Scanlon
- 1986 · Gothic as Lord Byron
- 1985 · Mussolini: The Untold Story as Vittorio Mussolini
- 1985 · Christopher Columbus as Christopher Columbus
- 1984 · Reflections as William Masters
- 1984 · The Treatment as Father Michael
- 1983 · The Keep as Major Kaempffer
- 1982 · The Rocking Horse Winner as Bassett
- 1981 · The Search for Alexander the Great as Ptolemy
- 1981 · Excalibur as Uther
- 1980 · The Outsider as Man in Street
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- 1978 · The Last of Summer as Bishop's secretary
- 1978 · Strangers as Johnny Maguire
- 1976 · Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Sauver Mozart as