Gabriel Byrne
Acting
Born: May 12, 1950 (age 76) · Dublin, Ireland
Highest Rated
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
The Usual Suspects
1995
Hereditary
2018
Vikings
2013
Enemy of the State
1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
Ballerina
2025
Ghost Ship
2002
End of Days
1999
In the Name of the Father
1993
Miller's Crossing
1990
Vampire Academy
2014
Dead Man
1995
Photos (2)
Movies (97)
Ballerina
The Chancellor
Hereditary
Steve Graham
The Usual Suspects
Keaton
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Horse (voice)
Little Women
Friedrich Bhaer
The Man in the Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
Ghost Ship
Captain Sean Murphy
End of Days
The Man
Enemy of the State
'Brill'
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Enzo Ferrari
Excalibur
Uther
Assault on Precinct 13
Captain Marcus Duvall
Dead Man
Charlie Dickinson
Stigmata
Father Andrew Kiernan
Shade
Charlie Miller
Cool World
Jack Deebs
Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan
Point of No Return
Bob
Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
Spider
Bill Cleg
The 33
Andre Sougarret
Vampire Academy
Victor Dashkov
Murder at Yellowstone City
Sheriff Ambrose
Vanity Fair
The Marquess of Steyne
Louder Than Bombs
Gene Reed
The Keep
Major Kaempffer
Endless Night
Bram
Four Letters of Love
Muiris Gore
A Simple Twist of Fate
John Newland
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Mechanic
All Things To All Men
Joseph Corso
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
Hello Again
Kevin Scanlon
Carrie Pilby
Mr. Pilby
Perrier's Bounty
Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Mad Dog Time
Ben London
I, Anna
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
The End of Violence
Ray
Lies We Tell
Donald
Lost Girls
Richard Dormer
Into the West
Papa Reilly
Dance First
Samuel Beckett
Jindabyne
Stewart
Leningrad
Philip Parker
Wah-Wah
Harry Compton
Capital
Dittmar Rigule
Gothic
Lord Byron
A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
Played
Eddie
Lionheart
Black Prince
P.S.
Peter Harrington
Buffalo Girls
Teddy Blue
Prince of Jutland
Fenge
Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
The Women of SNL
Priest (archive footage)
Julia and Julia
Paolo
The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
Polish Wedding
Bolek
Out of Ireland
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lionel Powers
Death of a Ladies' Man
Samuel O'Shea
Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
This Is the Sea
Rohan
No Pay, Nudity
Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Just a Sigh
Man
Siesta
Augustine
Killing Emmett Young
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Mad to Be Normal
Jim
In the Cloud
Doc Wolff
Making Love
Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
Pirates
Narrator (voice)
When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
2:22
Detective Swain (uncredited)
Diamond Skulls
Hugo
A Soldier's Tale
Saul
Defence of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
The Outsider
Man in Street
Hanna K.
Joshué Herzog
The Courier
Val
An L.A. Minute
Ted Gold
Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
Patrick
Patrick
The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Narrator
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Narrator
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Narrator
All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Good Thief
Horses: The Story of Equus
Narrator
Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
TV Shows (16)
Vikings
Earl Haraldson · 9 eps
In Treatment
Dr. Paul Weston · 106 eps
War of the Worlds
Bill Ward · 24 eps
Maniac
Porter Milgrim · 5 eps
ZeroZeroZero
Edward Lynwood · 2 eps
Secret State
Tom Dawkins · 4 eps
Strangers
Johnny Maguire · 1 eps
Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur · 31 eps
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus · 4 eps
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Earl Haraldson (archive footage) · 3 eps
Quirke
Quirke · 3 eps
Madigan Men
Benjamin Madigan · 12 eps
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Vittorio Mussolini · 4 eps
The Last of Summer
Bishop's secretary · 4 eps
Leningrad
4 eps
The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (22)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Meaning of Life
Self · 1 eps
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
A Man's Story
Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Self - Steve
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Self
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self (archive footage)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
Walking with Ghosts
Himself
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
Writing (1)
Producing (10)
Hereditary
Executive Producer
In the Name of the Father
Executive Producer
Madigan Men
Producer
Into the West
Associate Producer
The Last of the High Kings
Co-Executive Producer
Somebody Is Waiting
Co-Producer
Mad About Mambo
Executive Producer
The Brylcreem Boys
Producer
Land Without God
Executive Producer
Tent City, U.S.A
Executive Producer