Cast
Michael Byrne
Acting
Cast
Michael Byrne
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-11-07
From
London, England, UK
Also known as ĐаКкН ĐиŃĐ˝
Biography
Byrne was born in London, England. He has sometimes been cast in Nazimilitary roles such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Major Schroeder in Force 10 from Navarone, Reinhard Beck in The Scarlet and the Black, General Olbricht in The Plot to Kill Hitler and Obergruppenfßhrer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris. Also seen as the aged but fanatical SS General Neurath in "Outpost 2 - Black Sun", former concentration camp commandant and involved in the Nazis's sinister reality-shifting experiments. Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Ian McKellen) in the film Apt Pupil. He is also familiar to audiences as Smythe, a soldier who attempts to rape William Wallace's wife and first inspires Wallace to seek independence from England in the film Braveheart. His other film credits include The Eagle Has Landed, A Bridge Too Far, The Medusa Touch, The Saint, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears, Gangs of New York and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. On television, he has appeared in Z-Cars, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, The Devil's Crown,Smiley's People, Yes, Prime Minister, Lord Mountbatten - the Last Viceroy, Between The Lines, Sharpe, The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead, The Body Farm, Honest, Hamish Macbeth, and Casualty. From April 2008 to January 2010, Michael starred in Coronation Street, as Ted Page, Gail Platt's long lost father and the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts. It is not known whether he will return to the show. Byrne appeared in State of Play at the Edinburgh Festival written by Zia Trench. He played Romeo to Siân Phillips' Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic. Father of actress Allie Byrne.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Gellert Grindelwald
Braveheart
as Smythe
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Vogel
The Omen
as Monk (uncredited)
Tomorrow Never Dies
as HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
Gangs of New York
as Horace Greeley
The Sum of All Fears
as Anatoli Grushkov
Mortdecai
as The Duke
A Bridge Too Far
as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
Proof of Life
as Lord Luthan
The Saint
as Vereshagin
Apt Pupil
as Ben Kramer
The Eagle Has Landed
as Karl
Battlefield Earth
as Parson Staffer
Quartet
as Frank White
Vampyres
as Playboy
Diana
as Christiaan Barnard
The Medusa Touch
as Duff
Blood: The Last Vampire
as Elder
Force 10 from Navarone
as Schroeder
Sharpe's Enemy
as Major Nairn
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Edward Seymour
Sharpe: The Legend
as Nairn
Beyond the Sea
as Dr. Andretti
Rogue Male
as Interrogator
The Musketeer
as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
Nostradamus
as Inquisitor
The Scarlet and the Black
as Reinhard Beck
The Fix
as Sam Campbell
Gunshy
as Lange
Outpost: Black Sun
as Neurath
The Last Witness
as Coroner
The Island on Bird Street
as Bolek
Champions
as Richard Hussey
Intrigo: Samaria
as Commissioner Keller
Butley
as Reg Nuttall
Buster
as Poyser
Sharpe's Honour
as Major Nairn
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
as Venables
The Mark of Cain
as Lieut General Strathairn
Intrigo: Death of an Author
as Keller
Sharpe's Company
as Major Nairn
Running Late
as Clitheroe
The Good Father
as Leonard Scruby
Conduct Unbecoming
as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
Hornblower: The Even Chance
as Captain Keene
The Crooked Man
as Archie Saunders
The Plot to Kill Hitler
as Friedrich Olbricht
The Return of the Dancing Master
as Emil Wetterstedt
The Infiltrator
as Dieter Creutz
The Tragedy of Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
as Antonio
Much Ado About Nothing
as Claudio
Imogen's Face
as Patrick
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
as Sir Charles Harwood
The Happy Valley
as John Carberry
Wednesday Love
as Bruce
Henry VI Part 3
as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Alien Overlords
as Michael
Sunday
as Lord Widgery
Murderous Decisions
as Octave
Henry VI Part 1
as Duke of Alencon
The Silent Playground
as Roger
Hildegard
as Volmar
The Scarlet Blade
as Lt. Hawke
Henry VI Part 2
as John Hume / Lieutenant
Coming Out
as Gunnar Wedelman
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
as Blank/German/Old Geezer
In the Secret State
as Guy Preger
MauĂĄ - O Imperador e o Rei
as Mr. Carruthers
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Chorus
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Demosthenes
The Gold Machine
as Andrew Norton
The First Line
as Richard
Man and Superman
as Henry Straker
30 Years to Life
as Oliver Mather
Headmaster
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
as Ratrick Marney
The Image
as The Artist
Break In
as Clarke
The Silence of the Sea
as Werner Von Ebrennac
Bjorn of the Dead
as Derek
If It's a Man â Hang Up!
as Richard Lovell