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Gabriel Byrne

Acting Born May 12, 1950 Dublin, Ireland 154 credits

Biography

Gabriel Byrne is an Irish actor born on May 12, 1950, in Dublin, Ireland. He began his acting career at the Focus Theatre in Dublin before joining London's Royal Court Theatre in 1974. His screen debut came in the Irish drama serial The Riordans and its spin-off show Bracken. Byrne has appeared in numerous projects throughout his career, with a total of 146 known credits. He has received recognition for his work, including a Golden Globe Award and nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. Byrne has also been awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was listed as one of Ireland's greatest film actors in 2020 by The Irish Times.

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Career

Career overview

Gabriel Byrne began his acting career at the Focus Theatre in Dublin. He later 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.

Byrne's acting career progressed with various roles, though specific titles are not mentioned. He has been involved in numerous projects, with a total of 146 known credits. His acting work spans multiple mediums, including television and film.

Byrne has received recognition for his performances, including a Golden Globe Award. He has also been nominated for other prestigious awards, such as a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. Additionally, he was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was listed as one of Ireland's greatest film actors in 2020 by The Irish Times.

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Career timeline

BallerinaFour Letters of LoveRichard Burton: Wild GeniusA World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Dance First
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the LegendThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseMurder at Yellowstone CityWalking with Ghosts
Death of a Ladies' Man
ZeroZeroZeroLost GirlsMichael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
War of the WorldsLand Without God · Executive Producer
HereditaryHereditary · Executive ProducerManiacLies We TellIn the Cloud
Carrie PilbyInto the Night: Portraits of Life and DeathMad to Be Normal
No Pay, NudityVersus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Endless NightVikings: Athelstan's JournalLouder Than BombsThe 33
Vampire AcademyQuirke
VikingsAll Things To All MenJust a SighExcalibur: Behind the Movie
I, AnnaCapitalSecret StateJohn Ford: Dreaming the Quiet ManTent City, U.S.A · Executive Producer
A Man's Story
The Women of SNLPerrier's Bounty
The Meaning of LifeLeningrad
In TreatmentGabriel Byrne: Stories from HomeEmotional Arithmetic2:22Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
The Graham Norton ShowSaturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationAttack on LeningradLeningrad
JindabynePlayed
Assault on Precinct 13Wah-Wah
P.S.Vanity FairThe Bridge of San Luis ReyPatrick
ShadeFlight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Ghost ShipPursuing the SuspectsSpiderRound Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Madigan MenMadigan Men · ProducerWhen Brendan Met TrudyMaking LoveMad About Mambo · Executive Producer
End of DaysStigmata
Enemy of the StateThe Man in the Iron MaskQuest for CamelotPiratesPolish Wedding
The ViewSmilla's Sense of SnowThis Is the SeaThe End of ViolenceWeapons of Mass Distraction
Somebody Is WaitingSomebody Is Waiting · Co-ProducerMad Dog TimeThe Last of the High KingsThe Last of the High Kings · Co-Executive Producer
The Usual SuspectsDead ManBuffalo GirlsOut of IrelandFrankie Starlight
Little WomenA Simple Twist of FatePrince of JutlandTrial by JuryInside the Actors Studio

Full filmography

  • Ballerina (2025) as The Chancellor
  • Four Letters of Love (2025) as Muiris Gore
  • Richard Burton: Wild Genius (2025) as Self
  • A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (2025) as Self (archive footage)
  • A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (2025) as Self
  • Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (2025) as Self
  • Dance First (2023) as Samuel Beckett
  • Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022) as Enzo Ferrari
  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022) as The Horse (voice)
  • Murder at Yellowstone City (2022) as Sheriff Ambrose
  • Walking with Ghosts (2022) as Himself
  • Death of a Ladies' Man (2021) as Samuel O'Shea
  • ZeroZeroZero (2020) as Edward Lynwood
  • Lost Girls (2020) as Richard Dormer
  • Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? (2020) as Self
  • War of the Worlds (2019) as Bill Ward
  • Land Without God (2019) Executive Producer
  • Hereditary (2018) as Steve Graham
  • Hereditary (2018) Executive Producer
  • Maniac (2018) as Porter Milgrim
  • Lies We Tell (2018) as Donald
  • In the Cloud (2018) as Doc Wolff
  • An L.A. Minute (2018) as Ted Gold
  • Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea (2018) as Narrator
  • Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary (2018) as Self - Steve
  • My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw (2018) as Narrator
  • Carrie Pilby (2017) as Mr. Pilby
  • Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death (2017) as Self
  • Mad to Be Normal (2017) as Jim
  • No Pay, Nudity (2016) as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
  • Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016) as Self - Actor
  • Endless Night (2015) as Bram
  • Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (2015) as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
  • Louder Than Bombs (2015) as Gene Reed
  • The 33 (2015) as Andre Sougarret
  • Vampire Academy (2014) as Victor Dashkov
  • Quirke (2014) as Quirke
  • Vikings (2013) as Earl Haraldson
  • All Things To All Men (2013) as Joseph Corso
  • Just a Sigh (2013) as Man
  • Excalibur: Behind the Movie (2013) as Self
  • I, Anna (2012) as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
  • Capital (2012) as Dittmar Rigule
  • Secret State (2012) as Tom Dawkins
  • John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man (2012) as Narrator
  • Tent City, U.S.A (2012) Executive Producer
  • A Man's Story (2011) as Self
  • The Women of SNL (2010) as Priest (archive footage)
  • Perrier's Bounty (2010) as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
  • The Meaning of Life (2009) as Self
  • Leningrad (2009) as Philip Parker
  • In Treatment (2008) as Dr. Paul Weston
  • Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home (2008)
  • Emotional Arithmetic (2008) as Christopher Lewis
  • 2:22 (2008) as Detective Swain (uncredited)
  • Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center (2008) as King Arthur
  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
  • Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007) as Self
  • Attack on Leningrad (2007) as Phillip Parker
  • Leningrad (2007)
  • Jindabyne (2006) as Stewart
  • Played (2006) as Eddie
  • Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) as Captain Marcus Duvall
  • Wah-Wah (2005) as Harry Compton
  • P.S. (2004) as Peter Harrington
  • Vanity Fair (2004) as The Marquess of Steyne
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) as Brother Juniper
  • Patrick (2004) as Patrick
  • Shade (2003) as Charlie Miller
  • Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality (2003) as Narrator
  • Ghost Ship (2002) as Captain Sean Murphy
  • Pursuing the Suspects (2002) as Himself
  • Spider (2002) as Bill Cleg
  • Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' (2002) as Self
  • Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette (2002) as Self
  • Horses: The Story of Equus (2002) as Narrator
  • Killing Emmett Young (2002) as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
  • Virginia's Run (2002) as Ford Lofton
  • Madigan Men (2000) as Benjamin Madigan
  • Madigan Men (2000) Producer
  • When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) as Special Appearance
  • Making Love (2000) as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
  • Mad About Mambo (2000) Executive Producer
  • End of Days (1999) as The Man
  • Stigmata (1999) as Father Andrew Kiernan
  • Enemy of the State (1998) as 'Brill'
  • The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) as D'Artagnan
  • Quest for Camelot (1998) as Lionel (voice)
  • Pirates (1998) as Narrator (voice)
  • Polish Wedding (1998) as Bolek
  • Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' (1998) as Self
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) as The Mechanic
  • This Is the Sea (1997) as Rohan
  • The End of Violence (1997) as Ray
  • Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) as Lionel Powers
  • Somebody Is Waiting (1996) as Roger Ellis
  • Somebody Is Waiting (1996) Co-Producer
  • Mad Dog Time (1996) as Ben London
  • The Last of the High Kings (1996) as Jack Griffin
  • The Last of the High Kings (1996) Co-Executive Producer
  • The Last of the High Kings (1996) Screenplay
  • The Brylcreem Boys (1996) as Commandant O'Brien
  • The Brylcreem Boys (1996) Producer
  • The Usual Suspects (1995) as Keaton
  • Dead Man (1995) as Charlie Dickinson
  • Buffalo Girls (1995) as Teddy Blue
  • Out of Ireland (1995) as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
  • Frankie Starlight (1995) as Jack Kelly
  • Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? (1995) as Narrator (voice)
  • Little Women (1994) as Friedrich Bhaer
  • A Simple Twist of Fate (1994) as John Newland
  • Prince of Jutland (1994) as Fenge
  • Trial by Jury (1994) as Daniel Graham
  • Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
  • All Things Bright and Beautiful (1994) as The Good Thief
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
  • In the Name of the Father (1993) Executive Producer
  • A Dangerous Woman (1993) as Mackey
  • Point of No Return (1993) as Bob
  • Cool World (1992) as Jack Deebs
  • Into the West (1992) as Papa Reilly
  • Into the West (1992) Associate Producer
  • Miller's Crossing (1990) as Tom Reagan
  • Diamond Skulls (1990) as Hugo
  • Shipwrecked (1990) as Lt. John Merrick
  • Julia and Julia (1988) as Paolo
  • A Soldier's Tale (1988) as Saul
  • The Courier (1988) as Val
  • Hello Again (1987) as Kevin Scanlon
  • Lionheart (1987) as Black Prince
  • Gothic (1987) as Lord Byron
  • Siesta (1987) as Augustine
  • Defence of the Realm (1986) as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
  • Christopher Columbus (1985) as Christopher Columbus
  • Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985) as Vittorio Mussolini
  • Reflections (1984) as William Masters
  • The Treatment (1984) as Father Michael
  • Hanna K. (1983) as Joshué Herzog
  • The Keep (1983) as Major Kaempffer
  • Joyce in June (1982) as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
  • The Rocking Horse Winner (1982) as Bassett
  • Excalibur (1981) as Uther
  • The Search for Alexander the Great (1981) as Ptolemy
  • Bracken (1980) as Pat Barry
  • The Outsider (1979) as Man in Street
  • Strangers (1978) as Johnny Maguire
  • The Last of Summer (1978) as Bishop's secretary
  • On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)
  • Live from Lincoln Center (1976) as King Arthur
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • Sauver Mozart