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.
★7.3
MOVIE2018
Hereditary
as Steve Graham
★7.3
MOVIE2025
Ballerina
as The Chancellor
★8.2
MOVIE1995
The Usual Suspects
as Keaton
★7.1
MOVIE1998
Enemy of the State
as 'Brill'
★6.7
MOVIE1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Ghost Ship
as Captain Sean Murphy
★6.1
MOVIE1999
End of Days
as The Man
★7.0
MOVIE1981
Excalibur
as Uther
★8.2
MOVIE2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Horse (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2022
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
as Enzo Ferrari
★6.1
MOVIE2015
Endless Night
as Bram
★6.3
MOVIE2014
Vampire Academy
as Victor Dashkov
★7.3
MOVIE1994
Little Women
as Friedrich Bhaer
★6.2
MOVIE2005
Assault on Precinct 13
as Captain Marcus Duvall
★7.4
MOVIE1990
Miller's Crossing
as Tom Reagan
★6.2
MOVIE2003
Shade
as Charlie Miller
★5.7
MOVIE1987
Hello Again
as Kevin Scanlon
★5.7
MOVIE1992
Cool World
as Jack Deebs
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Quest for Camelot
as Lionel (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE1995
Dead Man
as Charlie Dickinson
★6.4
MOVIE2015
The 33
as Andre Sougarret
★6.2
MOVIE1993
Point of No Return
as Bob
★5.5
MOVIE2022
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Sheriff Ambrose
★5.3
MOVIE2012
I, Anna
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
★6.3
MOVIE1999
Stigmata
as Father Andrew Kiernan
★6.7
MOVIE2002
Spider
as Bill Cleg
★6.1
MOVIE1994
A Simple Twist of Fate
as John Newland
★6.5
MOVIE2015
Louder Than Bombs
as Gene Reed
★6.0
MOVIE2025
Four Letters of Love
as Muiris Gore
★6.3
MOVIE1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as The Mechanic
★5.5
MOVIE2009
Leningrad
as Philip Parker
★5.6
MOVIE2004
P.S.
as Peter Harrington
★6.1
MOVIE2020
Lost Girls
as Richard Dormer
★6.4
MOVIE1992
Into the West
as Papa Reilly
★5.6
MOVIE1983
The Keep
as Major Kaempffer
★7.5
MOVIE2025
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Vanity Fair
as The Marquess of Steyne
★5.2
MOVIE2010
The Women of SNL
as Priest (archive footage)
★5.5
MOVIE1993
A Dangerous Woman
as Mackey
★5.5
MOVIE2006
Jindabyne
as Stewart
★4.3
MOVIE2013
All Things To All Men
as Joseph Corso
★5.3
MOVIE2018
Lies We Tell
as Donald
★5.4
MOVIE1997
The End of Violence
as Ray
★6.7
MOVIE2002
Pursuing the Suspects
as Himself
★6.9
MOVIE2011
A Man's Story
as Self
★3.9
MOVIE2006
Played
as Eddie
★8.0
MOVIE1998
Pirates
as Narrator (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Prince of Jutland
as Fenge
★6.0
MOVIE1997
This Is the Sea
as Rohan
★5.8
MOVIE2010
Perrier's Bounty
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2017
Carrie Pilby
as Mr. Pilby
★5.7
MOVIE1987
Gothic
as Lord Byron
★5.5
MOVIE1996
Somebody Is Waiting
as Roger Ellis
★5.1
MOVIE1988
Julia and Julia
as Paolo
★6.5
MOVIE1986
Defence of the Realm
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
★5.6
MOVIE1996
The Last of the High Kings
as Jack Griffin
★5.3
MOVIE1996
Mad Dog Time
as Ben London
★5.6
MOVIE2021
Death of a Ladies' Man
as Samuel O'Shea
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Wah-Wah
as Harry Compton
★6.2
MOVIE2012
Capital
as Dittmar Rigule
★3.4
MOVIE1990
Diamond Skulls
as Hugo
★4.0
MOVIE2016
No Pay, Nudity
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
★5.6
MOVIE1987
Lionheart
as Black Prince
★7.0
MOVIE1995
Out of Ireland
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
★4.4
MOVIE1996
The Brylcreem Boys
as Commandant O'Brien
★5.0
MOVIE2018
In the Cloud
as Doc Wolff
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Just a Sigh
as Man
MOVIE2008
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Buffalo Girls
as Teddy Blue
MOVIE1982
Joyce in June
as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
★4.4
MOVIE2000
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Special Appearance
★5.2
MOVIE2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Brother Juniper
★6.3
MOVIE1983
Hanna K.
as Joshué Herzog
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Trial by Jury
as Daniel Graham
MOVIE2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1998
Polish Wedding
as Bolek
★5.2
MOVIE1995
Frankie Starlight
as Jack Kelly
★5.2
MOVIE1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Lionel Powers
★5.5
MOVIE2008
Emotional Arithmetic
as Christopher Lewis
★2.0
MOVIE2018
An L.A. Minute
as Ted Gold
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2023
Dance First
as Samuel Beckett
MOVIE2013
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2017
Mad to Be Normal
as Jim
★5.3
MOVIE1987
Siesta
as Augustine
MOVIE2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2000
Making Love
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
★5.8
MOVIE1979
The Outsider
as Man in Street
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2008
2:22
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE2025
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1984
Reflections
as William Masters
★5.4
MOVIE2002
Killing Emmett Young
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
★6.6
MOVIE2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
★4.2
MOVIE1988
A Soldier's Tale
as Saul
★8.8
MOVIE2018
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
as Self - Steve
★7.4
MOVIE2002
Virginia's Run
as Ford Lofton
★6.0
MOVIE2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
as Narrator
★7.8
MOVIE2012
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as Narrator
★6.7
MOVIE1990
Shipwrecked
as Lt. John Merrick
★7.5
MOVIE1988
The Courier
as Val
MOVIE2022
Walking with Ghosts
as Himself
★8.0
MOVIE2017
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2003
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE2002
Horses: The Story of Equus
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as The Good Thief
★7.0
MOVIE1998
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
★2.0
MOVIE2020
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Patrick
as Patrick
★9.0
MOVIE1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2018
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
as Narrator
★10.0
MOVIE1984
The Treatment
as Father Michael
★9.0
MOVIE1982
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
★2.0
MOVIE2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur
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