Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Acting
Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Known for
Acting
Born
1950-05-12
From
Dublin, Ireland
Also known as Gabriel James 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriel Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ballerina
as The Chancellor
Hereditary
as Steve Graham
The Usual Suspects
as Keaton
End of Days
as The Man
Enemy of the State
as 'Brill'
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
Ghost Ship
as Captain Sean Murphy
Little Women
as Friedrich Bhaer
Shade
as Charlie Miller
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Horse (voice)
Excalibur
as Uther
Dead Man
as Charlie Dickinson
Cool World
as Jack Deebs
Vampire Academy
as Victor Dashkov
Stigmata
as Father Andrew Kiernan
Spider
as Bill Cleg
The 33
as Andre Sougarret
Miller's Crossing
as Tom Reagan
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
as Enzo Ferrari
Assault on Precinct 13
as Captain Marcus Duvall
Quest for Camelot
as Lionel (voice)
P.S.
as Peter Harrington
Vanity Fair
as The Marquess of Steyne
Point of No Return
as Bob
Shipwrecked
as Lt. John Merrick
Wah-Wah
as Harry Compton
A Dangerous Woman
as Mackey
Hanna K.
as Joshué Herzog
Leningrad
as Philip Parker
Lost Girls
as Richard Dormer
Lionheart
as Black Prince
The Keep
as Major Kaempffer
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Sheriff Ambrose
Jindabyne
as Stewart
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as The Mechanic
Played
as Eddie
Into the West
as Papa Reilly
Gothic
as Lord Byron
Prince of Jutland
as Fenge
Four Letters of Love
as Muiris Gore
Louder Than Bombs
as Gene Reed
Hello Again
as Kevin Scanlon
Capital
as Dittmar Rigule
Endless Night
as Bram
Mad Dog Time
as Ben London
A Simple Twist of Fate
as John Newland
Carrie Pilby
as Mr. Pilby
Polish Wedding
as Bolek
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Lionel Powers
The Women of SNL
as Priest (archive footage)
The End of Violence
as Ray
Buffalo Girls
as Teddy Blue
Dance First
as Samuel Beckett
Emotional Arithmetic
as Christopher Lewis
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
2:22
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Brother Juniper
A Man's Story
as Self
I, Anna
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
Defence of the Realm
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Somebody Is Waiting
as Roger Ellis
Perrier's Bounty
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Siesta
as Augustine
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self (archive footage)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self
Pursuing the Suspects
as Himself
The Last of the High Kings
as Jack Griffin
All Things To All Men
as Joseph Corso
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
No Pay, Nudity
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Lies We Tell
as Donald
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Special Appearance
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
This Is the Sea
as Rohan
In the Cloud
as Doc Wolff
Julia and Julia
as Paolo
Trial by Jury
as Daniel Graham
Killing Emmett Young
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
Mad to Be Normal
as Jim
Diamond Skulls
as Hugo
Making Love
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
Out of Ireland
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
The Outsider
as Man in Street
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
Frankie Starlight
as Jack Kelly
Reflections
as William Masters
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Just a Sigh
as Man
Patrick
as Patrick
The Courier
as Val
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as The Good Thief
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
as Self - Steve
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
as Self
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
as Self
Virginia's Run
as Ford Lofton
The Brylcreem Boys
as Commandant O'Brien
Death of a Ladies' Man
as Samuel O'Shea
The Treatment
as Father Michael
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as Narrator
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Ptolemy
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
as Self
A Soldier's Tale
as Saul
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
as Self
Horses: The Story of Equus
as Narrator
An L.A. Minute
as Ted Gold
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
as Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
as Narrator
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
as Narrator (voice)
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
as Narrator
Pirates
as Narrator (voice)
Sauver Mozart
Walking with Ghosts
as Himself