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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 12, 1950
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- Gabriel James Byrne
- Гэбриэл Бирн
- Гэбриел Бирн
- Гэбриел Бёрн
- Гебріел Бірн
- گابریل بایرن
Gabriel Byrne
2.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Self
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
0.0
Himself (archive footage)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
0.0
Himself
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
6.2
Muiris Gore
Four Letters of Love
2025
7.3
The Chancellor
Ballerina
2025
7.5
Self
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025
6.9
Samuel Beckett
Dance First
2023
8.2
The Horse (voice)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
6.4
Enzo Ferrari
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
2022
5.4
Sheriff Ambrose
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022
Credits
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
2025
8.0
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Himself (archive footage)
2025
0.0
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Himself
2025
0.0
Four Letters of Love
as Muiris Gore
2025
6.2
Ballerina
as The Chancellor
2025
7.3
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
as Self
2025
7.5
Dance First
as Samuel Beckett
2023
6.9
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Horse (voice)
2022
8.2
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
as Enzo Ferrari
2022
6.4
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Sheriff Ambrose
2022
5.4
Walking with Ghosts
as Himself
2022
0.0
Death of a Ladies' Man
as Samuel O'Shea
2021
5.6
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
as Self
2020
2.0
ZeroZeroZero
as Edward Lynwood
2020
7.7
Lost Girls
as Richard Dormer
2020
6.1
War of the Worlds
as Bill Ward
2019
7.3
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
as Self - Steve
2018
9.0
Maniac
as Porter Milgrim
2018
7.4
An L.A. Minute
as Ted Gold
2018
2.0
Hereditary
as Steve Graham
2018
7.3
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
as Narrator
2018
6.0
In the Cloud
as Doc Wolff
2018
5.0
Lies We Tell
as Donald
2018
5.3
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
as Narrator
2018
8.0
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
as Self
2017
8.0
Mad to Be Normal
as Jim
2017
5.9
Carrie Pilby
as Mr. Pilby
2017
6.8
No Pay, Nudity
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
2016
4.0
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
2016
6.6
Endless Night
as Bram
2015
6.1
Louder Than Bombs
as Gene Reed
2015
6.4
The 33
as Andre Sougarret
2015
6.4
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
2015
7.0
Quirke
as Quirke
2014
5.9
Vampire Academy
as Victor Dashkov
2014
6.3
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
2013
0.0
Just a Sigh
as Man
2013
6.2
All Things To All Men
as Joseph Corso
2013
4.3
Vikings
as Earl Haraldson
2013
8.1
Capital
as Dittmar Rigule
2012
6.1
Secret State
as Tom Dawkins
2012
7.1
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as Narrator
2012
7.8
I, Anna
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
2012
5.3
A Man's Story
as Self
2011
6.9
The Women of SNL
as Priest (archive footage)
2010
6.0
Perrier's Bounty
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
2009
5.8
Leningrad
as Philip Parker
2009
5.4
2:22
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
2008
5.2
🎬
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
0.0
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur
2008
2.0
Emotional Arithmetic
as Christopher Lewis
2008
5.4
In Treatment
as Dr. Paul Weston
2008
7.6
🎬
Attack on Leningrad
as Phillip Parker
2007
5.5
Leningrad
2007
0.0
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Jindabyne
as Stewart
2006
5.5
Played
as Eddie
2006
3.6
Wah-Wah
as Harry Compton
2005
5.8
Assault on Precinct 13
as Captain Marcus Duvall
2005
6.2
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Brother Juniper
2004
5.1
P.S.
as Peter Harrington
2004
5.6
Vanity Fair
as The Marquess of Steyne
2004
5.8
Patrick
as Patrick
2004
5.5
Shade
as Charlie Miller
2003
6.2
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
as Narrator
2003
7.0
Spider
as Bill Cleg
2002
6.6
Ghost Ship
as Captain Sean Murphy
2002
6.0
Horses: The Story of Equus
as Narrator
2002
0.0
🎬
Pursuing the Suspects
as Himself
2002
6.7
Killing Emmett Young
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
2002
5.3
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
as Self
2002
6.5
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
2002
7.0
Virginia's Run
as Ford Lofton
2002
7.2
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Special Appearance
2000
4.0
Madigan Men
as Benjamin Madigan
2000
6.0
Making Love
as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
2000
6.8
End of Days
as The Man
1999
6.1
Stigmata
as Father Andrew Kiernan
1999
6.3
Enemy of the State
as 'Brill'
1998
7.1
Quest for Camelot
as Lionel (voice)
1998
6.8
Pirates
as Narrator (voice)
1998
6.0
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
1998
6.6
Polish Wedding
as Bolek
1998
5.0
This Is the Sea
as Rohan
1997
5.7
The End of Violence
as Ray
1997
5.3
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Lionel Powers
1997
4.9
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as The Mechanic
1997
6.3
Somebody Is Waiting
as Roger Ellis
1996
2.0
The Last of the High Kings
as Jack Griffin
1996
5.6
The Brylcreem Boys
as Commandant O'Brien
1996
4.0
Mad Dog Time
as Ben London
1996
5.2
Dead Man
as Charlie Dickinson
1995
7.3
Frankie Starlight
as Jack Kelly
1995
5.0
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
as Narrator (voice)
1995
5.0
The Usual Suspects
as Keaton
1995
8.2
Out of Ireland
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
1995
6.0
Buffalo Girls
as Teddy Blue
1995
6.4
Little Women
as Friedrich Bhaer
1994
7.3
Trial by Jury
as Daniel Graham
1994
5.3
A Simple Twist of Fate
as John Newland
1994
6.1
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as The Good Thief
1994
8.0
Prince of Jutland
as Fenge
1994
5.4
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
A Dangerous Woman
as Mackey
1993
5.5
Point of No Return
as Bob
1993
6.2
Into the West
as Papa Reilly
1992
6.4
Cool World
as Jack Deebs
1992
5.6
Shipwrecked
as Lt. John Merrick
1990
6.7
Miller's Crossing
as Tom Reagan
1990
7.5
Diamond Skulls
as Hugo
1990
3.1
A Soldier's Tale
as Saul
1988
3.8
The Courier
as Val
1988
0.0
Julia and Julia
as Paolo
1988
4.9
Siesta
as Augustine
1987
5.1
Hello Again
as Kevin Scanlon
1987
5.7
Lionheart
as Black Prince
1987
5.4
Gothic
as Lord Byron
1987
5.7
Defence of the Realm
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
1986
6.4
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Vittorio Mussolini
1985
4.8
Christopher Columbus
as Christopher Columbus
1985
6.5
🎬
Reflections
as William Masters
1984
4.0
🎬
The Treatment
as Father Michael
1984
0.0
The Keep
as Major Kaempffer
1983
5.6
Hanna K.
as Joshué Herzog
1983
6.1
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
1982
0.0
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Ptolemy
1981
5.0
Excalibur
as Uther
1981
7.0
🎬
Bracken
as Pat Barry
1980
0.0
The Outsider
as Man in Street
1979
5.2
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
0.0
The Last of Summer
as Bishop's secretary
1978
0.0
Strangers
as Johnny Maguire
1978
7.0
Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur
1976
8.6
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
🎬
Sauver Mozart
N/A
0.0
Diary of a Mad Old Man
N/A
0.0
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
N/A
0.0