Michael Byrne
Acting
Born: November 7, 1943 · London, England, UK
Died: June 20, 2026 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
Biography
Michael Byrne was a British actor sometimes cast as Nazis such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Major Schroeder in Force 10 from Navarone, Reinhard Beck in The Scarlet and the Black, General Olbricht in The Plot to Kill Hitler and Obergruppenführer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris. Also seen as the aged but fanatical SS General Neurath in "Outpost 2 - Black Sun", former concentration camp commandant and involved in the Nazis's sinister reality-shifting experiments. Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Ian McKellen) in the film Apt Pupil. He was also familiar to audiences as Smythe, a soldier who attempts to rape William Wallace's wife and first inspires Wallace to seek independence from England in the film Braveheart. His other film credits include The Eagle Has Landed, A Bridge Too Far, The Medusa Touch, The Saint, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears, Gangs of New York and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. On television, heappeared in Z-Cars, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, The Devil's Crown,Smiley's People, Yes, Prime Minister, Lord Mountbatten - the Last Viceroy, Between The Lines, Sharpe, The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead, The Body Farm, Honest, Hamish Macbeth, and Casualty. From April 2008 to January 2010, Michael starred in Coronation Street, as Ted Page, Gail Platt's long lost father and the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts. Byrne appeared in State of Play at the Edinburgh Festival written by Zia Trench. He played Romeo to Siân Phillips' Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic. He was the father of actress Allie Byrne.
Known for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Braveheart
1995
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
Gangs of New York
2002
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Mortdecai
2015
The Omen
1976
The Sum of All Fears
2002
The Saint
1997
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Battlefield Earth
2000
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Movies (80)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Gellert Grindelwald
Braveheart
Smythe
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Vogel
Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
Gangs of New York
Horace Greeley
The Sum of All Fears
Anatoli Grushkov
The Omen
Monk (uncredited)
The Saint
Vereshagin
Mortdecai
The Duke
A Bridge Too Far
Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
Proof of Life
Lord Luthan
Apt Pupil
Ben Kramer
The Eagle Has Landed
Karl
Battlefield Earth
Parson Staffer
Force 10 from Navarone
Schroeder
The Musketeer
Treville, Head of the Musketeers
Blood: The Last Vampire
Elder
The Medusa Touch
Duff
The Scarlet and the Black
Reinhard Beck
Quartet
Frank White
Outpost: Black Sun
Neurath
Beyond the Sea
Dr. Andretti
The First Line
Richard
The Island on Bird Street
Bolek
Diana
Christiaan Barnard
Vampyres
Playboy
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Mr. Carruthers
Intrigo: Samaria
Commissioner Keller
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Edward Seymour
Nostradamus
Inquisitor
Sharpe: The Legend
Nairn
Sharpe's Enemy
Major Nairn
Sharpe's Company
Major Nairn
Wednesday Love
Bruce
The Last Witness
Coroner
The Infiltrator
Dieter Creutz
Buster
Poyser
Gunshy
Lange
Conduct Unbecoming
2nd Lt. Toby Strang
The Scarlet Blade
Lt. Hawke
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Keller
The Happy Valley
John Carberry
Much Ado About Nothing
Claudio
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Chorus
The Image
The Artist
Rogue Male
Interrogator
The Mark of Cain
Lieut General Strathairn
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
Sir Charles Harwood
Alien Overlords
Michael
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Venables
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of Alencon
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Captain Keene
Champions
Richard Hussey
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Friedrich Olbricht
Hildegard
Volmar
Sharpe's Honour
Major Nairn
30 Years to Life
Oliver Mather
Imogen's Face
Patrick
The Tragedy of Richard III
Duke of Buckingham
Henry VI Part 2
John Hume / Lieutenant
The Good Father
Leonard Scruby
In the Secret State
Guy Preger
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Ratrick Marney
The Fix
Sam Campbell
The Holocaust on Trial
Richard Rampton QC
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Antonio
Break In
Clarke
Butley
Reg Nuttall
Running Late
Clitheroe
The Gold Machine
Andrew Norton
The Silent Playground
Roger
Sunday
Lord Widgery
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
Blank/German/Old Geezer
Man and Superman
Henry Straker
The Crooked Man
Archie Saunders
The Return of the Dancing Master
Emil Wetterstedt
Coming Out
Gunnar Wedelman
Henry VI Part 3
Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Headmaster
1974
The Silence of the Sea
Werner Von Ebrennac
TV Shows (54)
Midsomer Murders
Keith Grundy · 1 eps
Coronation Street
Ted Page · 5 eps
Play for Today
1 eps
Play for Today
Russell · 1 eps
Play for Today
Bruce · 1 eps
Silent Witness
2 eps
The Practice
Officer (uncredited) · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Viskovsky · 1 eps
A Touch of Frost
Alex Ormrod · 1 eps
Crown Court
1 eps
Screen Two
Guy Preger · 1 eps
The Professionals
Werner Dreisinger · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Joe Brackley · 2 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Jason · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Patrick Marney · 1 eps
The Bill
1 eps
Strike
Roy Phipps · 2 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Antonio · 1 eps
The Vice
Solicitor · 2 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
DCC Charles Griswold · 3 eps
Crossing Lines
Edward Baxendale · 1 eps
Between the Lines
2 eps
Bodies
Old Mullins · 3 eps
Sharpe
Major Nairn · 6 eps
Agatha Raisin
Bishop Parsons · 1 eps
Hornblower
Captain Keene · 1 eps
Screen One
Clitheroe · 1 eps
Thriller
Richard Lovell · 1 eps
Secret Army
Paul Vercors · 1 eps
New Scotland Yard
DS Patten · 1 eps
The Chief
Sir Robert Eaton · 1 eps
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Scott · 1 eps
Yes, Prime Minister
1 eps
Ultimate Force
1 eps
Empire
Cicero · 6 eps
Strangers
Sgt Briscoe · 2 eps
The Mists of Avalon
Merlin · 2 eps
Lady Killers
Edward Marshall-Hall · 1 eps
Lady Killers
Edward Marshall-Hall KC · 1 eps
Edward the Seventh
Fritz · 5 eps
Cuffs
Leslie Kane · 4 eps
Smiley's People
Peter Guillam · 3 eps
The Living and the Dead
Ebenezer Alsop · 6 eps
The Body Farm
Harold Penton · 1 eps
Oliver's Travels
Moody · 5 eps
Oliver's Travels
1 eps
Ellis Island
Dr. Carl Travers · 3 eps
Saracen
Col. Patrick Ansell · 14 eps
The Enigma Files
David Stanley · 1 eps
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
George Abell · 6 eps
No Bananas
Edward Grant · 10 eps
Heat of the Sun
3 eps
The Search for Alexander the Great
Demosthenes · 4 eps
The Devil's Crown
Richard Lionheart · 5 eps