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Gabriel Byrne

Acting
Known For

75 Years Old

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.

Born

Dublin, Ireland on 12th May 1950

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