Gabriel Byrne
Born
May 12, 1950 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
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
Dance First
Samuel Beckett
2023
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Enzo Ferrari
2022
Murder at Yellowstone City
Sheriff Ambrose
2022
Walking with Ghosts
Himself
2022
Vampire Academy
Victor Dashkov
2014
Just a Sigh
Man
2013
All Things To All Men
Joseph Corso
2013
Capital
Dittmar Rigule
2012
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Narrator
2012
I, Anna
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
2012
A Man's Story
Self
2011
Perrier's Bounty
Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
2009
Leningrad
Philip Parker
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
2008
Jindabyne
Stewart
2006
Played
Eddie
2006
Wah-Wah
Harry Compton
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Captain Marcus Duvall
2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
2004
P.S.
Peter Harrington
2004
Vanity Fair
The Marquess of Steyne
2004
Patrick
Patrick
2004
Shade
Charlie Miller
2003
Spider
Bill Cleg
2002
Ghost Ship
Captain Sean Murphy
2002
Horses: The Story of Equus
Narrator
2002
Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
2002
Making Love
il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
2000
End of Days
The Man
1999
Stigmata
Father Andrew Kiernan
1999
Enemy of the State
'Brill'
1998
Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
1998
Polish Wedding
Bolek
1998
This Is the Sea
Rohan
1997
The End of Violence
Ray
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Mechanic
1997
The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
1996
The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
1996
Mad Dog Time
Ben London
1996
Dead Man
Charlie Dickinson
1995
Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
1995
The Usual Suspects
Keaton
1995
Buffalo Girls
Teddy Blue
1995
Little Women
Friedrich Bhaer
1994
Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
1994
A Simple Twist of Fate
John Newland
1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Good Thief
1994
Prince of Jutland
Fenge
1994
A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
1993
Point of No Return
Bob
1993
Into the West
Papa Reilly
1992
Cool World
Jack Deebs
1992
Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
1990
Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan
1990
Dark Obsession
Hugo
1990
A Soldier's Tale
Saul
1988
The Courier
Val
1988
Julia and Julia
Paolo
1988
Siesta
Augustine
1987
Hello Again
Kevin Scanlon
1987
Lionheart
Black Prince
1987
Gothic
Lord Byron
1987
Defence of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
1986
Reflections
William Masters
1984
The Keep
Major Kaempffer
1983
Hanna K.
Joshué Herzog
1983
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
1982
The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy
1981
Excalibur
Uther
1981
Sauver Mozart
Four Letters of Love
Muiris Gore
2025
Ballerina
The Chancellor
2025
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Horse (voice)
2022
Lost Girls
Richard Dormer
2020
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Self - Steve
2018
An L.A. Minute
Ted Gold
2018
Hereditary
Steve Graham
2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Narrator
2018
In the Cloud
Doc Wolff
2018
Lies We Tell
Donald
2018
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Narrator
2018
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Self
2017
Mad to Be Normal
Jim
2017
Carrie Pilby
Mr. Pilby
2017
No Pay, Nudity
Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
2016
Endless Night
Bram
2015
Louder Than Bombs
Gene Reed
2015
The 33
Andre Sougarret
2015
The Women of SNL
Priest (archive footage)
2010
2:22
Detective Swain (uncredited)
2008
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
2008
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Narrator
2003
Pursuing the Suspects
Himself
2002
Killing Emmett Young
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
2002
When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
2000
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lionel Powers
1997
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self (archive footage)
2025
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
2025
Death of a Ladies' Man
Samuel O'Shea
2021
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
2020
ZeroZeroZero
Edward Lynwood · (2 episodes)
2020
War of the Worlds
Bill Ward · (24 episodes)
2019
Maniac
Porter Milgrim · (5 episodes)
2018
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Earl Haraldson (archive footage) · (3 episodes)
2015
Quirke
Quirke · (3 episodes)
2014
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
2013
Vikings
Earl Haraldson · (9 episodes)
2013
Secret State
Tom Dawkins · (4 episodes)
2012
In Treatment
Dr. Paul Weston · (106 episodes)
2008
Attack on Leningrad
Phillip Parker · (4 episodes)
2007
Leningrad
(4 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
2002
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
2002
Madigan Men
Benjamin Madigan · (12 episodes)
2000
Pirates
Narrator (voice)
1998
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
1996
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
1995
Diary Of A Mad Old Man
Out of Ireland
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Vittorio Mussolini · (4 episodes)
1985
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus · (4 episodes)
1985
The Treatment
Father Michael
1984
Bracken
Pat Barry · (12 episodes)
1980
The Outsider
Man in Street
1979
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
The Last of Summer
Bishop's secretary · (4 episodes)
1978
Strangers
Johnny Maguire · (32 episodes)
1978
Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur · (31 episodes)
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956