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Gabriel Byrne
Born · May 12, 1950 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Bio
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.
Dance First
Samuel Beckett
7.1
2023
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Enzo Ferrari
6.4
2022
Murder at Yellowstone City
Sheriff Ambrose
5.4
2022
Walking with Ghosts
Himself
0.0
2022
Vampire Academy
Victor Dashkov
6.3
2014
Just a Sigh
Man
6.1
2013
All Things To All Men
Joseph Corso
4.3
2013
Capital
Dittmar Rigule
6.1
2012
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Narrator
7.8
2012
I, Anna
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
5.3
2012
A Man's Story
Self
6.9
2011
Perrier's Bounty
Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
5.8
2009
Leningrad
Philip Parker
5.5
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
5.4
2008
Jindabyne
Stewart
5.4
2006
Played
Eddie
3.8
2006
Wah-Wah
Harry Compton
6.0
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Captain Marcus Duvall
6.2
2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
5.1
2004
P.S.
Peter Harrington
5.6
2004
Vanity Fair
The Marquess of Steyne
5.8
2004
Patrick
Patrick
0.0
2004
Shade
Charlie Miller
6.2
2003
Spider
Bill Cleg
6.7
2002
Ghost Ship
Captain Sean Murphy
6.0
2002
Horses: The Story of Equus
Narrator
0.0
2002
Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
7.2
2002
Making Love
il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
6.8
2000
End of Days
The Man
6.1
1999
Stigmata
Father Andrew Kiernan
6.3
1999
Enemy of the State
'Brill'
7.1
1998
Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
6.8
1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
6.6
1998
Polish Wedding
Bolek
5.1
1998
This Is the Sea
Rohan
5.7
1997
The End of Violence
Ray
5.3
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Mechanic
6.3
1997
The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
5.8
1996
The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
3.9
1996
Mad Dog Time
Ben London
5.4
1996
Dead Man
Charlie Dickinson
7.3
1995
Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
5.3
1995
The Usual Suspects
Keaton
8.2
1995
Buffalo Girls
Teddy Blue
6.6
1995
Little Women
Friedrich Bhaer
7.3
1994
Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
5.4
1994
A Simple Twist of Fate
John Newland
6.1
1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Good Thief
8.0
1994
Prince of Jutland
Fenge
5.6
1994
A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
5.3
1993
Point of No Return
Bob
6.2
1993
Into the West
Papa Reilly
6.6
1992
Cool World
Jack Deebs
5.6
1992
Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
6.6
1990
Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan
7.5
1990
Dark Obsession
Hugo
3.1
1990
A Soldier's Tale
Saul
4.0
1988
The Courier
Val
0.0
1988
Julia and Julia
Paolo
5.2
1988
Siesta
Augustine
5.1
1987
Hello Again
Kevin Scanlon
5.8
1987
Lionheart
Black Prince
5.2
1987
Gothic
Lord Byron
5.7
1986
Defence of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
6.5
1986
Reflections
William Masters
4.5
1984
The Keep
Major Kaempffer
5.7
1983
Hanna K.
Joshué Herzog
6.1
1983
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
0.0
1982
The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy
0.0
1981
Excalibur
Uther
7.0
1981
Sauver Mozart
0.0
Four Letters of Love
Muiris Gore
0.0
2025
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
The Chancellor
0.0
2025
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Horse (voice)
8.2
2022
Lost Girls
Richard Dormer
6.1
2020
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Self - Steve
8.7
2018
An L.A. Minute
Ted Gold
2.0
2018
Hereditary
Steve Graham
7.3
2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Narrator
6.0
2018
In the Cloud
Doc Wolff
5.0
2018
Lies We Tell
Donald
5.5
2018
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Narrator
8.0
2018
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Self
8.0
2017
Mad to Be Normal
Jim
5.8
2017
Carrie Pilby
Mr. Pilby
6.9
2017
No Pay, Nudity
Lawrence Rose
4.0
2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
6.6
2016
Endless Night
Bram
6.0
2015
Louder Than Bombs
Gene Reed
6.4
2015
The 33
Andre Sougarret
6.4
2015
The Women of SNL
Priest (archive footage)
7.3
2010
2:22
Detective Swain (uncredited)
5.2
2008
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
0.0
2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
0.0
2008
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Narrator
7.0
2003
Pursuing the Suspects
Himself
6.7
2002
Killing Emmett Young
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
5.5
2002
When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
4.0
2000
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lionel Powers
5.1
1997
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
0.0
Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
2.0
1996
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
0.0
1994
The Treatment
Father Michael
0.0
1984
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Himself (Archive Footage)
10.0
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
0.0
2025
Death of a Ladies' Man
Samuel O'Shea
5.5
2021
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
2.0
2020
ZeroZeroZero
Edward Lynwood · (2 episodes)
7.8
2020
War of the Worlds
Bill Ward · (24 episodes)
7.3
2019
Maniac
Porter Milgrim · (5 episodes)
7.4
2018
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Earl Haraldson (archive footage) · (3 episodes)
7.0
2015
Quirke
Quirke · (3 episodes)
5.8
2014
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
0.0
2013
Vikings
Earl Haraldson · (9 episodes)
8.1
2013
Secret State
Tom Dawkins · (4 episodes)
7.0
2012
In Treatment
Dr. Paul Weston · (106 episodes)
7.6
2008
Attack on Leningrad
Phillip Parker · (4 episodes)
5.5
2007
Leningrad
(4 episodes)
0.0
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
6.5
2002
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
7.0
2002
Madigan Men
Benjamin Madigan · (12 episodes)
0.0
2000
Pirates
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1998
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
5.0
1995
Out of Ireland
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
6.0
1995
On a Paving Stone Mounted
0.0
1978
Diary Of A Mad Old Man
0.0
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1997
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Vittorio Mussolini · (4 episodes)
5.2
1985
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus · (4 episodes)
6.5
1985
Bracken
Pat Barry · (12 episodes)
0.0
1980
The Outsider
Man in Street
5.6
1979
The Last of Summer
Bishop's secretary · (4 episodes)
0.0
1978
Strangers
Johnny Maguire · (32 episodes)
7.0
1978
Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur · (31 episodes)
8.5
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
4.6
1956