Gabriel Byrne: movies and TV shows
Gabriel Byrne has 154 credits in the archive: 127 films and 27 TV series, from 1956 to 2025. Highest rated: Live from Lincoln Center (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2025 · busiest year: 2018 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ballerina | The Chancellor | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2025 | Four Letters of Love | Muiris Gore | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2025 | Richard Burton: Wild Genius | Self | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2025 | A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2025 | A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 2025 | Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story | Self | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2023 | Dance First | Samuel Beckett | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2022 | Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend | Enzo Ferrari | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2022 | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | The Horse (voice) | Film | 8.2 | 72 |
| 2022 | Murder at Yellowstone City | Sheriff Ambrose | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2022 | Walking with Ghosts | Himself | Film | — | 72 |
| 2021 | Death of a Ladies' Man | Samuel O'Shea | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 2020 | ZeroZeroZero | Edward Lynwood | TV | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2020 | Lost Girls | Richard Dormer | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 2020 | Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? | Self | Film | 2.0 | 70 |
| 2019 | War of the Worlds | Bill Ward | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2019 | Land Without God | Film | 7.0 | 69 | |
| 2018 | Hereditary | Steve Graham | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2018 | Hereditary | Film | 7.3 | 68 | |
| 2018 | Maniac | Porter Milgrim | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2018 | Lies We Tell | Donald | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 2018 | In the Cloud | Doc Wolff | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2018 | An L.A. Minute | Ted Gold | Film | 2.0 | 68 |
| 2018 | Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2018 | Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary | Self - Steve | Film | 8.8 | 68 |
| 2018 | My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2017 | Carrie Pilby | Mr. Pilby | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 2017 | Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death | Self | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2017 | Mad to Be Normal | Jim | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2016 | No Pay, Nudity | Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose | Film | 4.0 | 66 |
| 2016 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Actor | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2015 | Endless Night | Bram | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2015 | Vikings: Athelstan's Journal | Earl Haraldson (archive footage) | TV | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2015 | Louder Than Bombs | Gene Reed | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2015 | The 33 | Andre Sougarret | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2014 | Vampire Academy | Victor Dashkov | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2014 | Quirke | Quirke | TV | 5.9 | 64 |
| 2013 | Vikings | Earl Haraldson | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 2013 | All Things To All Men | Joseph Corso | Film | 4.3 | 63 |
| 2013 | Just a Sigh | Man | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2013 | Excalibur: Behind the Movie | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2012 | I, Anna | D.C.I. Bernie Reid | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 2012 | Capital | Dittmar Rigule | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2012 | Secret State | Tom Dawkins | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2012 | John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man | Narrator | Film | 7.8 | 62 |
| 2012 | Tent City, U.S.A | Film | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 2011 | A Man's Story | Self | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL | Priest (archive footage) | Film | 5.2 | 60 |
| 2010 | Perrier's Bounty | Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2009 | The Meaning of Life | Self | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2009 | Leningrad | Philip Parker | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 2008 | In Treatment | Dr. Paul Weston | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2008 | Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2008 | Emotional Arithmetic | Christopher Lewis | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2008 | 2:22 | Detective Swain (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 2008 | Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center | King Arthur | Film | 2.0 | 58 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2007 | Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2007 | Attack on Leningrad | Phillip Parker | TV | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2007 | Leningrad | TV | — | 57 | |
| 2006 | Jindabyne | Stewart | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2006 | Played | Eddie | Film | 3.9 | 56 |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Captain Marcus Duvall | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2005 | Wah-Wah | Harry Compton | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 2004 | P.S. | Peter Harrington | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | The Marquess of Steyne | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Brother Juniper | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 2004 | Patrick | Patrick | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2003 | Shade | Charlie Miller | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 2003 | Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality | Narrator | Film | 7.7 | 53 |
| 2002 | Ghost Ship | Captain Sean Murphy | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | Pursuing the Suspects | Himself | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 2002 | Spider | Bill Cleg | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 2002 | Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette | Self | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | Horses: The Story of Equus | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | Killing Emmett Young | Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 2002 | Virginia's Run | Ford Lofton | Film | 7.4 | 52 |
| 2000 | Madigan Men | Benjamin Madigan | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2000 | Madigan Men | TV | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 2000 | When Brendan Met Trudy | Special Appearance | Film | 4.4 | 50 |
| 2000 | Making Love | Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Film | 5.2 | 50 | |
| 1999 | End of Days | The Man | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1999 | Stigmata | Father Andrew Kiernan | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | 'Brill' | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | D'Artagnan | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Lionel (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1998 | Pirates | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1998 | Polish Wedding | Bolek | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 1998 | Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 47 |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | The Mechanic | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Rohan | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Ray | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Lionel Powers | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1996 | Somebody Is Waiting | Roger Ellis | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1996 | Somebody Is Waiting | Film | 5.5 | 46 | |
| 1996 | Mad Dog Time | Ben London | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Last of the High Kings | Jack Griffin | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Last of the High Kings | Film | 5.6 | 46 | |
| 1996 | The Last of the High Kings | Film | 5.6 | 46 | |
| 1996 | The Brylcreem Boys | Commandant O'Brien | Film | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Brylcreem Boys | Film | 4.4 | 46 | |
| 1995 | The Usual Suspects | Keaton | Film | 8.2 | 45 |
| 1995 | Dead Man | Charlie Dickinson | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1995 | Buffalo Girls | Teddy Blue | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1995 | Out of Ireland | Richard O'Gorman (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1995 | Frankie Starlight | Jack Kelly | Film | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1995 | Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1994 | Little Women | Friedrich Bhaer | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1994 | A Simple Twist of Fate | John Newland | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1994 | Prince of Jutland | Fenge | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury | Daniel Graham | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1994 | All Things Bright and Beautiful | The Good Thief | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Film | 7.9 | 43 | |
| 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | Mackey | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1993 | Point of No Return | Bob | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1992 | Cool World | Jack Deebs | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1992 | Into the West | Papa Reilly | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1992 | Into the West | Film | 6.4 | 42 | |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing | Tom Reagan | Film | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1990 | Diamond Skulls | Hugo | Film | 3.4 | 40 |
| 1990 | Shipwrecked | Lt. John Merrick | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1988 | Julia and Julia | Paolo | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 1988 | A Soldier's Tale | Saul | Film | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1988 | The Courier | Val | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1987 | Hello Again | Kevin Scanlon | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1987 | Lionheart | Black Prince | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1987 | Gothic | Lord Byron | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1987 | Siesta | Augustine | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1986 | Defence of the Realm | Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1985 | Christopher Columbus | Christopher Columbus | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Vittorio Mussolini | TV | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1984 | Reflections | William Masters | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1984 | The Treatment | Father Michael | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1983 | Hanna K. | Joshué Herzog | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1983 | The Keep | Major Kaempffer | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1982 | Joyce in June | Keogh / Blazes Boylan | Film | — | 32 |
| 1982 | The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1981 | Excalibur | Uther | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1981 | The Search for Alexander the Great | Ptolemy | TV | — | 31 |
| 1980 | Bracken | Pat Barry | TV | — | 30 |
| 1979 | The Outsider | Man in Street | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1978 | Strangers | Johnny Maguire | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1978 | The Last of Summer | Bishop's secretary | TV | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1978 | On a Paving Stone Mounted | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1976 | Live from Lincoln Center | King Arthur | TV | 8.7 | 26 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 21 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 6 |
| Sauver Mozart | Film | — | — |