Michael Byrne: movies and TV shows
Michael Byrne has 143 credits in the archive: 85 films and 58 TV series, from 1960 to 2023. Highest rated: Yes, Prime Minister (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1960 – 2023 · busiest year: 1997 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bodies | Old Mullins | TV | 7.1 | 79 |
| 2022 | The Gold Machine | Andrew Norton | Film | 5.0 | 78 |
| 2019 | Intrigo: Samaria | Commissioner Keller | Film | 5.5 | 75 |
| 2018 | Alien Overlords | Michael | Film | 4.0 | 74 |
| 2018 | The Last Witness | Coroner | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 2018 | Intrigo: Death of an Author | Keller | Film | 5.3 | 74 |
| 2017 | Strike | Roy Phipps | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2016 | Agatha Raisin | Bishop Parsons | TV | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2016 | The Living and the Dead | Ebenezer Alsop | TV | 6.7 | 72 |
| 2015 | Mortdecai | The Duke | Film | 5.5 | 71 |
| 2015 | Cuffs | Leslie Kane | TV | 6.6 | 71 |
| 2015 | Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2015 | Harry Price: Ghost Hunter | Sir Charles Harwood | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2014 | The First Line | Richard | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 2013 | Crossing Lines | Edward Baxendale | TV | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2013 | Diana | Christiaan Barnard | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 2012 | Quartet | Frank White | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2012 | Outpost: Black Sun | Neurath | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2011 | The Body Farm | Harold Penton | TV | 5.6 | 67 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Gellert Grindelwald | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Elder | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 2007 | The Mark of Cain | Lieut General Strathairn | Film | 5.2 | 63 |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Film | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 2005 | Empire | Cicero | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Dr. Andretti | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2004 | Double the Fist | TV | 8.3 | 60 | |
| 2004 | The Return of the Dancing Master | Emil Wetterstedt | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 2003 | The Crooked Man | Archie Saunders | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Anatoli Grushkov | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Horace Greeley | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force | TV | 6.5 | 58 | |
| 2002 | Sunday | Lord Widgery | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Joe Brackley | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon | Merlin | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2001 | The Musketeer | Treville, Head of the Musketeers | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Lord Luthan | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Parson Staffer | Film | 3.3 | 56 |
| 1999 | The Vice | Solicitor | TV | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1999 | Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei | Mr. Carruthers | Film | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Captain Keene | TV | 7.8 | 54 |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Ben Kramer | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1998 | Gunshy | Lange | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1998 | Hornblower: The Even Chance | Captain Keene | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1998 | Imogen's Face | Patrick | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1998 | Heat of the Sun | TV | 6.2 | 54 | |
| 1998 | 30 Years to Life | Oliver Mather | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Keith Grundy | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Officer (uncredited) | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1997 | The Saint | Vereshagin | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1997 | The Island on Bird Street | Bolek | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend | Nairn | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1997 | Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Venables | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1997 | The Fix | Sam Campbell | Film | 3.8 | 53 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | TV | 7.6 | 52 | |
| 1996 | No Bananas | Edward Grant | TV | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Smythe | Film | 7.9 | 51 |
| 1995 | Hamish Macbeth | Duncan Scott | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 1995 | The Infiltrator | Dieter Creutz | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels | Moody | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels | TV | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Enemy | Major Nairn | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1994 | Hildegard | Volmar | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Company | Major Nairn | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1994 | Nostradamus | Inquisitor | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Honour | Major Nairn | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1994 | A Few Short Journeys of the Heart | Blank/German/Old Geezer | Film | 4.7 | 50 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Major Nairn | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Alex Ormrod | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | TV | 5.5 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Running Late | Clitheroe | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1991 | Murderous Decisions | Octave | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | The Chief | Sir Robert Eaton | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Friedrich Olbricht | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Vogel | Film | 7.9 | 45 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Clitheroe | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1989 | Saracen | Col. Patrick Ansell | TV | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1988 | Buster | Poyser | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | DCC Charles Griswold | TV | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1987 | The Happy Valley | John Carberry | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1986 | Yes, Prime Minister | TV | 8.4 | 42 | |
| 1986 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | George Abell | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1986 | A Sort of Innocence | TV | 10.0 | 42 | |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: Oedipus the King | Chorus | Film | 4.5 | 42 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Guy Preger | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1985 | The Good Father | Leonard Scruby | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1985 | In the Secret State | Guy Preger | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 40 | |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Dr. Carl Travers | TV | 5.1 | 40 |
| 1984 | Champions | Richard Hussey | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black | Reinhard Beck | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 1 | Duke of Alencon | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 2 | John Hume / Lieutenant | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 3 | Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1983 | The Tragedy of Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1983 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Antonio | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | Peter Guillam | TV | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1982 | Man and Superman | Henry Straker | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1981 | The Search for Alexander the Great | Demosthenes | TV | — | 37 |
| 1980 | Lady Killers | Edward Marshall-Hall KC | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1980 | Lady Killers | Edward Marshall-Hall | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1980 | The Enigma Files | David Stanley | TV | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1980 | The Silence of the Sea | Werner Von Ebrennac | Film | — | 36 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Patrick Marney | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter | Ratrick Marney | Film | — | 35 |
| 1979 | Coming Out | Gunnar Wedelman | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1978 | Strangers | Sgt Briscoe | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Schroeder | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Antonio | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1978 | Accident | Ian Shaw | TV | — | 34 |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | Duff | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown | Richard Lionheart | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Werner Dreisinger | TV | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1977 | Secret Army | Paul Vercors | TV | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1977 | Premiere | Werner Von Ebrennac | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1976 | The Omen | Monk (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Karl | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1976 | Rogue Male | Interrogator | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh | Fritz | TV | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1975 | Wednesday Love | Bruce | Film | — | 31 |
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming | 2nd Lt. Toby Strang | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1975 | If It's a Man – Hang Up! | Richard Lovell | Film | 8.3 | 31 |
| 1975 | Break In | Clarke | Film | — | 31 |
| 1974 | Vampyres | Playboy | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1974 | Ms or Jill and Jack | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1974 | Butley | Reg Nuttall | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1974 | Headmaster | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1973 | Thriller | Richard Lovell | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 28 | |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | DS Patten | TV | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Edward Seymour | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 26 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Russell | TV | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Bruce | TV | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Jason | TV | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1969 | The Image | The Artist | Film | 5.0 | 25 |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Viskovsky | TV | 5.3 | 21 |
| 1963 | The Scarlet Blade | Lt. Hawke | Film | 5.7 | 19 |
| 1963 | The Silent Playground | Roger | Film | 5.3 | 19 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Ted Page | TV | 5.3 | 16 |
| Bjorn of the Dead | Derek | Film | — | — |