Acting
Gabriel Byrne
FR, EN, GA, NO cinema · 122 credits
Born
12 May 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Also known as Gabriel James 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
Filmography
Ballerina
as The Chancellor
Four Letters of Love
as Muiris Gore
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self (archive footage), as Self
Dance First
as Samuel Beckett
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
as Enzo Ferrari
Walking with Ghosts
as Himself
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Sheriff Ambrose
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Horse (voice)
Death of a Ladies' Man
as Samuel O'Shea
Lost Girls
as Richard Dormer
Land Without God
Executive Producer
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
as Self - Steve
An L.A. Minute
as Ted Gold
Lies We Tell
as Donald
Hereditary
as Steve Graham, Executive Producer
In the Cloud
as Doc Wolff
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
as Narrator
Carrie Pilby
as Mr. Pilby
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
No Pay, Nudity
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Louder Than Bombs
as Gene Reed
Endless Night
as Bram
The 33
as Andre Sougarret
Vampire Academy
as Victor Dashkov
All Things To All Men
as Joseph Corso
Just a Sigh
as Man
Capital
as Dittmar Rigule
I, Anna
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
Tent City, U.S.A
Executive Producer
A Man's Story
as Self
Perrier's Bounty
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
The Women of SNL
as Priest (archive footage)
Leningrad
as Philip Parker
Emotional Arithmetic
as Christopher Lewis
2:22
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur
Jindabyne
as Stewart
Played
as Eddie
Assault on Precinct 13
as Captain Marcus Duvall
Wah-Wah
as Harry Compton
Vanity Fair
as The Marquess of Steyne
P.S.
as Peter Harrington
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Brother Juniper
Patrick
as Patrick
Shade
as Charlie Miller
Spider
as Bill Cleg
Ghost Ship
as Captain Sean Murphy
Virginia's Run
as Ford Lofton
Horses: The Story of Equus
as Narrator
Killing Emmett Young
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Making Love
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Special Appearance
Mad About Mambo
Executive Producer
Stigmata
as Father Andrew Kiernan
End of Days
as The Man
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as (archive footage)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
Enemy of the State
as 'Brill'
Polish Wedding
as Bolek
Quest for Camelot
as Lionel (voice)
Pirates
as Narrator (voice)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as The Mechanic
This Is the Sea
as Rohan
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Lionel Powers
The Last of the High Kings
as Jack Griffin, Co-Executive Producer, Screenplay
Mad Dog Time
as Ben London
The Brylcreem Boys
as Commandant O'Brien, Producer
Somebody Is Waiting
as Roger Ellis, Co-Producer
Draíocht
1996
Draíocht
as Father, Writer
Dead Man
as Charlie Dickinson
The Usual Suspects
as Keaton
Buffalo Girls
as Teddy Blue
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
as Narrator (voice)
Out of Ireland
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Frankie Starlight
as Jack Kelly
Little Women
as Friedrich Bhaer
Trial by Jury
as Daniel Graham
A Simple Twist of Fate
as John Newland
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as The Good Thief
Prince of Jutland
as Fenge
A Dangerous Woman
as Mackey
In the Name of the Father
Executive Producer
Into the West
as Papa Reilly, Associate Producer
Cool World
as Jack Deebs
Miller's Crossing
as Tom Reagan
Shipwrecked
as Lt. John Merrick
Diamond Skulls
as Hugo
The Courier
as Val
Julia and Julia
as Paolo
A Soldier's Tale
as Saul
Gothic
as Lord Byron
Hello Again
as Kevin Scanlon
Siesta
as Augustine
Lionheart
as Black Prince
Defence of the Realm
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Reflections
1984
Reflections
as William Masters
The Treatment
1984
The Treatment
as Father Michael
The Keep
as Major Kaempffer
Hanna K.
as Joshué Herzog
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
Joyce in June
1982
Joyce in June
as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
Excalibur
as Uther
The Outsider
as Man in Street