Gabriel Byrne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-05-12 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Gabriel Byrne
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).
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Known For
Acting
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Himself (Archive Footage)
(2025)
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
as The Chancellor
(2025)
Four Letters of Love
as Muiris Gore
(2025)
(2023)
Dance First
as Samuel Beckett
(2022)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
as Enzo Ferrari
(2022)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Horse (voice)
(2022)
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Sheriff Ambrose
(2022)
Walking with Ghosts
as Himself
(2021)
Death of a Ladies' Man
as Samuel O'Shea
(2020)
Lost Girls
as Richard Dormer
(2020)
(2018)
Hereditary
as Steve Graham
(2018)
An L.A. Minute
as Ted Gold
(2018)
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
as Self - Steve
(2018)
Lies We Tell
as Donald
(2018)
In the Cloud
as Doc Wolff
(2018)
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
as Narrator
(2018)
(2017)
Carrie Pilby
as Mr. Pilby
(2017)
Mad to Be Normal
as Jim
(2017)
(2016)
No Pay, Nudity
as Lawrence Rose
(2016)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
(2015)
The 33
as Andre Sougarret
(2015)
Louder Than Bombs
as Gene Reed
(2015)
Endless Night
as Bram
(2014)
Vampire Academy
as Victor Dashkov
(2013)
All Things To All Men
as Joseph Corso
(2013)
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
(2013)
Just a Sigh
as Man
(2012)
Capital
as Dittmar Rigule
(2012)
I, Anna
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
(2012)
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as Narrator
(2011)
A Man's Story
as Self
(2010)
The Women of SNL
as Priest (archive footage)
(2009)
Leningrad
as Philip Parker
(2009)
Perrier's Bounty
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
(2008)
2:22
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
(2008)
Emotional Arithmetic
as Christopher Lewis
(2008)
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur
(2008)
(2006)
Jindabyne
as Stewart
(2006)
Played
as Eddie
(2005)
Assault on Precinct 13
as Captain Marcus Duvall
(2005)
Wah-Wah
as Harry Compton
(2004)
Vanity Fair
as The Marquess of Steyne
(2004)
P.S.
as Peter Harrington
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Brother Juniper
(2004)
Patrick
as Patrick
(2003)
Shade
as Charlie Miller
(2003)
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
as Narrator
(2002)
Ghost Ship
as Captain Sean Murphy
(2002)
Spider
as Bill Cleg
(2002)
Killing Emmett Young
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
(2002)
(2002)
Virginia's Run
as Ford Lofton
(2002)
(2002)
Pursuing the Suspects
as Himself
(2002)
Horses: The Story of Equus
as Narrator
(2000)
Making Love
as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
(2000)
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Special Appearance
(1999)
End of Days
as The Man
(1999)
Stigmata
as Father Andrew Kiernan
(1998)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
(1998)
Enemy of the State
as 'Brill'
(1998)
Quest for Camelot
as Lionel (voice)
(1998)
Polish Wedding
as Bolek
(1998)
Pirates
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as The Mechanic
(1997)
The End of Violence
as Ray
(1997)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Lionel Powers
(1997)
This Is the Sea
as Rohan
(1996)
Mad Dog Time
as Ben London
(1996)
The Last of the High Kings
as Jack Griffin
(1996)
The Brylcreem Boys
as Commandant O'Brien
(1996)
Somebody Is Waiting
as Roger Ellis
(1995)
The Usual Suspects
as Keaton
(1995)
Dead Man
as Charlie Dickinson
(1995)
Buffalo Girls
as Teddy Blue
(1995)
Frankie Starlight
as Jack Kelly
(1995)
Out of Ireland
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
(1995)
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
Little Women
as Friedrich Bhaer
(1994)
A Simple Twist of Fate
as John Newland
(1994)
Prince of Jutland
as Fenge
(1994)
Trial by Jury
as Daniel Graham
(1994)
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
(1994)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as The Good Thief
(1993)
Point of No Return
as Bob
(1993)
A Dangerous Woman
as Mackey
(1992)
Cool World
as Jack Deebs
(1992)
Into the West
as Papa Reilly
(1990)
Miller's Crossing
as Tom Reagan
(1990)
Dark Obsession
as Hugo
(1990)
Shipwrecked
as Lt. John Merrick
(1988)
Julia and Julia
as Paolo
(1988)
A Soldier's Tale
as Saul
(1988)
The Courier
as Val
(1987)
Gothic
as Lord Byron
(1987)
Hello Again
as Kevin Scanlon
(1987)
Siesta
as Augustine
(1987)
Lionheart
as Black Prince
(1986)
Defence of the Realm
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
(1984)
Reflections
as William Masters
(1984)
The Treatment
as Father Michael
(1983)
The Keep
as Major Kaempffer
(1983)
Hanna K.
as Joshué Herzog
(1982)
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
(1981)
Excalibur
as Uther
(1981)
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Ptolemy
(1979)
The Outsider
as Man in Street
(1978)
Crew
(2019)
Land Without God
Executive Producer
(2018)
Hereditary
Executive Producer
(2012)
Tent City, U.S.A
Executive Producer
(2000)
Mad About Mambo
Executive Producer
(1996)
The Brylcreem Boys
Producer
(1996)
Somebody Is Waiting
Co-Producer
(1996)
The Last of the High Kings
Co-Executive Producer, Screenplay
(1993)
In the Name of the Father
Executive Producer
(1992)
Into the West
Associate Producer