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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.
Acted in 106
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
An L.A. Minute
Ted Gold
In the Cloud
Doc Wolff
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Earl Haraldson (archive footage) · 3 episodes
- 2014
Quirke
Quirke · 3 episodes
- 2013
Just a Sigh
Man
- 2012
Capital
Dittmar Rigule
- 2010
The Women of SNL
Priest (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Leningrad
Philip Parker
- 2008
2:22
Detective Swain (uncredited)
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
- 2007
Leningrad
TV
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
Patrick
Patrick
- 2003
- 2002
Killing Emmett Young
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
- 2000
When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
Madigan Men
Benjamin Madigan · 12 episodes
1990s
- 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
- 1998
Polish Wedding
Bolek
- 1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lionel Powers
- 1996
Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
- 1995
Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
Buffalo Girls
Teddy Blue
- 1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Good Thief
- 1993
A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
- 1992
Into the West
Papa Reilly
- 1990
Diamond Skulls
Hugo
1980s
- 1988
A Soldier's Tale
Saul
The Courier
Val
- 1987
Siesta
Augustine
- 1986
- 1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Vittorio Mussolini · 4 episodes
- 1983
Hanna K.
Joshué Herzog
- 1982
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
- 1981
The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy · 4 episodes
1970s
- 1979
The Outsider
Man in Street
- 1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Movie
The Last of Summer
Bishop's secretary · 4 episodes
- 1976
Produced 10
2010s
- 2019
Land Without God
Executive Producer
- 2018
- 2012
Tent City, U.S.A
Executive Producer
2000s
- 2000
Madigan Men
Producer
Mad About Mambo
Executive Producer
1990s
- 1996
Somebody Is Waiting
Co-Producer
The Last of the High Kings
Co-Executive Producer
The Brylcreem Boys
Producer
- 1993
- 1992
Into the West
Associate Producer
Wrote 1
1990s
- 1996
The Last of the High Kings
Screenplay
Appearances28
2020s
- 2025
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self (archive footage), Self
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
- 2022
Walking with Ghosts
Himself
- 2020
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
2010s
- 2018
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Self - Steve
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Narrator
- 2017
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Self
- 2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
- 2013
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
- 2012
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Narrator
- 2011
A Man's Story
Self
2000s
- 2009
The Meaning of Life
Self · 1 episode
- 2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
- 2003
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Narrator
- 2002
Horses: The Story of Equus
Narrator
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
1990s
- 1998
Pirates
Narrator (voice)
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
- 1997
- 1995
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
- 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 episode
- 1993
1970s
- 1975
