Gabriel Byrne
Biography
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.
Known For
Tom Reagan
Miller's Crossing
Charlie Dickinson
Dead Man
Keaton
The Usual Suspects
Philip Parker
Leningrad
Father Andrew Kiernan
Stigmata
Enzo Ferrari
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Bob
Point of No Return
Stewart
Jindabyne
Ptolemy
The Search for Alexander the Great
Uther
Excalibur
The Marquess of Steyne
Vanity Fair
Eddie
Played
Peter Harrington
P.S.
Captain Marcus Duvall
Assault on Precinct 13
Lord Byron
Gothic
Papa Reilly
Into the West
The Mechanic
Smilla's Sense of Snow
D'Artagnan
The Man in the Iron Mask
Friedrich Bhaer
Little Women
The Man
End of Days
'Brill'
Enemy of the State
Bill Cleg
Spider
Captain Sean Murphy
Ghost Ship
Major Kaempffer
The Keep
Christopher Lewis
Emotional Arithmetic
Kevin Scanlon
Hello Again
Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Perrier's Bounty
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Defence of the Realm
Daniel Graham
Trial by Jury
Jack Deebs
Cool World
il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
Canone inverso
Charlie Miller
Shade
Augustine
Siesta
Harry Compton
Wah-Wah
John Newland
A Simple Twist of Fate
Ford Lofton
Virginia's Run
The Good Thief
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Jack Griffin
The Last of the High Kings
Joshué Herzog
Hanna K.
Bolek
Polish Wedding
Brother Juniper
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Rohan
This Is the Sea
Ben London
Mad Dog Time
Ray
The End of Violence
Val
The Courier
Fenge
Prince of Jutland
Lionel (voice)
Quest for Camelot
Lt. John Merrick
Håkon Håkonsen
Jack Kelly
Frankie Starlight
Paolo
Giulia e Giulia
Self
A Man's Story
Black Prince
Lionheart
Commandant O'Brien
The Brylcreem Boys
Himself
Walking with Ghosts
Dittmar Rigule
Le Capital
Teddy Blue
Buffalo Girls
Mackey
A Dangerous Woman
Patrick
Patrick
Bassett
The Rocking Horse Winner
Hugo
Diamond Skulls
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
I, Anna
Narrator
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Joseph Corso
All Things To All Men
Victor Dashkov
Vampire Academy
Man
Le Temps de l'aventure
Sheriff Ambrose
Murder at Yellowstone City
Samuel Beckett
Dance First
Saul
A Soldier's Tale
Narrator
Horses: The Story of Equus
William Masters
Reflections
Sauver Mozart
Special Appearance
When Brendan Met Trudy
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Emmett's Mark
Narrator
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Lionel Powers
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Gene Reed
Louder Than Bombs
The Horse (voice)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Bram
Nadie quiere la noche
Self
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Father Michael
The Treatment
Detective Swain (uncredited)
2:22
Andre Sougarret
The 33
The Chancellor
Ballerina
Jim
Mad to Be Normal
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
Muiris Gore
Four Letters of Love
Self - Steve
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Mr. Pilby
Carrie Pilby
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
Self - Actor
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Roger Ellis
Somebody Is Waiting
Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
No Pay, Nudity
Himself
Pursuing the Suspects
Ted Gold
An L.A. Minute
Self
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Donald
Lies We Tell
Steve Graham
Hereditary
Doc Wolff
In the Cloud
King Arthur
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Narrator
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Richard Dormer
Lost Girls
Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Man in Street
The Outsider
Priest (archive footage)
The Women of SNL
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Samuel O'Shea
Death of a Ladies' Man
Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Narrator (voice)
Pirates
Narrator (voice)
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Self
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Diary Of A Mad Old Man
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Out of Ireland
Self (archive footage)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
116
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-05-12
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
Gabriel James Byrne