Michael Byrne
Byrne was born in London, England. He has sometimes been cast in Nazimilitary roles such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Major Schroeder in Force 10 from Navarone, Reinhard Beck in The Scarlet and the Black, General Olbricht in The Plot to Kill Hitler and Obergruppenführer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris. Also seen as the aged but fanatical SS General Neurath in "Outpost 2 - Black Sun", former concentration camp commandant and involved in the Nazis's sinister reality-shifting experiments. Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Ian McKellen) in the film Apt Pupil. He is also familiar to audiences as Smythe, a soldier who attempts to rape William Wallace's wife and first inspires Wallace to seek independence from England in the film Braveheart. His other film credits include The Eagle Has Landed, A Bridge Too Far, The Medusa Touch, The Saint, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears, Gangs of New York and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. On television, he has appeared in Z-Cars, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, The Devil's Crown,Smiley's People, Yes, Prime Minister, Lord Mountbatten - the Last Viceroy, Between The Lines, Sharpe, The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead, The Body Farm, Honest, Hamish Macbeth, and Casualty. From April 2008 to January 2010, Michael starred in Coronation Street, as Ted Page, Gail Platt's long lost father and the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts. It is not known whether he will return to the show. Byrne appeared in State of Play at the Edinburgh Festival written by Zia Trench. He played Romeo to Siân Phillips' Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic. Father of actress Allie Byrne.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Bodies as Old Mullins
- 2022 · The Gold Machine as Andrew Norton
- 2018 · Alien Overlords as Michael
- 2018 · Intrigo: Death of an Author as Keller
- 2018 · The Last Witness as Coroner
- 2016 · The Living and the Dead as Ebenezer Alsop
- 2016 · Agatha Raisin as Bishop Parsons
- 2015 · Harry Price: Ghost Hunter as Sir Charles Harwood
- 2015 · Mortdecai as The Duke
- 2014 · The First Line as Richard
- 2013 · Diana as Christiaan Barnard
- 2013 · Crossing Lines as Edward Baxendale
- 2012 · Quartet as Frank White
- 2012 · Outpost: Black Sun as Neurath
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Gellert Grindelwald
- 2009 · Blood: The Last Vampire as Elder
- 2007 · The Mark of Cain as Lieut General Strathairn
- 2005 · Empire as Cicero
- 2004 · Beyond the Sea as Dr. Andretti
- 2004 · Double the Fist as
- 2004 · The Return of the Dancing Master as Emil Wetterstedt
- 2003 · The Crooked Man as Archie Saunders
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as Horace Greeley
- 2002 · Ultimate Force as
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as Anatoli Grushkov
- 2002 · Sunday as Lord Widgery
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
- 2001 · Hornblower as
- 2001 · The Mists of Avalon as Merlin
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Joe Brackley
- 2000 · Proof of Life as Lord Luthan
- 2000 · Battlefield Earth as Parson Staffer
- 1999 · Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei as Mr. Carruthers
- 1999 · The Vice as
- 1998 · Apt Pupil as Ben Kramer
- 1998 · 30 Years to Life as Oliver Mather
- 1998 · Hornblower as Captain Keene
- 1998 · Hornblower: The Even Chance as Captain Keene
- 1998 · Imogen's Face as Patrick
- 1998 · Gunshy as Lange
- 1998 · Heat of the Sun as
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Admiral Kelly - HMS Bedford
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Nairn
- 1997 · Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Venables
- 1997 · The Island on Bird Street as Bolek
- 1997 · The Saint as Vereshagin
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Keith Grundy
- 1997 · The Practice as Officer (uncredited)
- 1997 · The Fix as Sam Campbell
- 1996 · No Bananas as Edward Grant
- 1996 · Silent Witness as
- 1995 · The Infiltrator as Dieter Creutz
- 1995 · Oliver's Travels as Moody
- 1995 · Oliver's Travels as
- 1995 · Braveheart as Smythe
- 1995 · The Absence of War as Bryden Thomas
- 1995 · Hamish Macbeth as Duncan Scott
- 1994 · Nostradamus as Inquisitor
- 1994 · A Few Short Journeys of the Heart as Blank/German/Old Geezer
- 1994 · Sharpe's Honour as Major Nairn
- 1994 · Sharpe's Enemy as Major Nairn
- 1994 · Sharpe's Company as Major Nairn
- 1994 · Hildegard as Volmar
- 1993 · Sharpe as Major Nairn
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Alex Ormrod
- 1992 · Running Late as Clitheroe
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1991 · Murderous Decisions as Octave
- 1990 · The Plot to Kill Hitler as Friedrich Olbricht
- 1989 · Saracen as Col. Patrick Ansell
- 1989 · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Vogel
- 1988 · Buster as Poyser
- 1987 · The Happy Valley as John Carberry
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as DCC Charles Griswold
- 1986 · A Sort of Innocence as
- 1986 · Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Chorus
- 1986 · Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy as George Abell
- 1986 · Yes, Prime Minister as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Leonard Scruby
- 1985 · In the Secret State as Guy Preger
- 1984 · Ellis Island as Dr. Carl Travers
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Champions as Richard Hussey
- 1983 · The Two Gentlemen of Verona as Antonio
- 1983 · The Scarlet and the Black as Reinhard Beck
- 1983 · The Tragedy of Richard III as Duke of Buckingham
- 1983 · Henry VI Part 3 as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
- 1983 · Henry VI Part 2 as John Hume / Lieutenant
- 1983 · Henry VI Part 1 as Duke of Alencon
- 1982 · Man and Superman as Henry Straker
- 1982 · Smiley's People as Peter Guillam
- 1981 · The Search for Alexander the Great as Demosthenes
- 1980 · The Silence of the Sea as Werner Von Ebrennac
- 1980 · Lady Killers as Edward Marshall-Hall KC
- 1980 · Lady Killers as Edward Marshall-Hall
- 1980 · The Enigma Files as David Stanley
- 1979 · Coming Out as Gunnar Wedelman
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Patrick Marney
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Force 10 from Navarone as Schroeder
- 1978 · The Medusa Touch as Duff
- 1977 · The Professionals as Werner Dreisinger
- 1977 · Secret Army as Paul Vercors
- 1977 · A Bridge Too Far as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
- 1976 · The Eagle Has Landed as Karl
- 1976 · Rogue Male as Interrogator
- 1976 · The Omen as Monk (uncredited)
- 1975 · Break In as Clarke
- 1975 · Shades of Greene as Trevor's Father
- 1975 · Wednesday Love as Bruce
- 1975 · If It's a Man – Hang Up! as Richard Lovell
- 1975 · Conduct Unbecoming as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
- 1974 · Vampyres as Playboy
- 1974 · Headmaster as
- 1974 · Butley as Reg Nuttall
- 1974 · Within These Walls as
- 1974 · Ms or Jill and Jack as
- 1973 · Thriller as Richard Lovell
- 1972 · Crown Court as
- 1972 · Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Edward Seymour
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Russell
- 1970 · Play for Today as Bruce
- 1969 · The Image as The Artist
- 1967 · Much Ado About Nothing as Claudio
- 1963 · The Silent Playground as Roger
- 1963 · The Scarlet Blade as Lt. Hawke
- 1960 · Coronation Street as Ted Page