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.
Acted in 133
2020s
- 2023
- 2022
The Gold Machine
Andrew Norton
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Keller
- 2017
- 2016
The Living and the Dead
Ebenezer Alsop · 6 episodes
- 2015
- 2014
The First Line
Richard
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2007
- 2005
- 2004
Double the Fist
TV
- 2003
The Crooked Man
Archie Saunders
- 2002
Sunday
Lord Widgery
- 2001
The Mists of Avalon
Merlin · 2 episodes
- 2000
The Holocaust on Trial
Richard Rampton QC
1990s
- 1999
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Mr. Carruthers
- 1998
30 Years to Life
Oliver Mather
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Captain Keene
Imogen's Face
Patrick
Heat of the Sun
TV
- 1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Nairn
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Venables
The Fix
Sam Campbell
- 1996
Deadly Voyage
Commissioner
No Bananas
Edward Grant · 10 episodes
- 1995
The Infiltrator
Dieter Creutz
Oliver's Travels
Moody
- 1994
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
Blank/German/Old Geezer
Sharpe's Honour
Major Nairn
Sharpe's Enemy
Major Nairn
Sharpe's Company
Major Nairn
Hildegard
Volmar
- 1993
- 1992
Running Late
Clitheroe
- 1991
Murderous Decisions
Octave
- 1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Friedrich Olbricht
1980s
- 1989
Saracen
Col. Patrick Ansell · 14 episodes
- 1988
Buster
Poyser
- 1987
- 1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Chorus
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
George Abell · 6 episodes
- 1985
The Good Father
Leonard Scruby
In the Secret State
Guy Preger
- 1984
Ellis Island
Dr. Carl Travers · 3 episodes
Champions
Richard Hussey
- 1983
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Antonio
Henry VI Part 3
Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Henry VI Part 2
John Hume / Lieutenant
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of Alencon
- 1982
Man and Superman
Henry Straker
- 1981
The Search for Alexander the Great
Demosthenes · 4 episodes
- 1980
The Silence of the Sea
Werner Von Ebrennac
The Enigma Files
David Stanley · 1 episode
1970s
- 1979
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Ratrick Marney
Coming Out
Gunnar Wedelman
- 1978
The Devil's Crown
Richard Lionheart · 5 episodes
- 1977
- 1976
Rogue Male
Interrogator
- 1975
Break In
Clarke
Conduct Unbecoming
2nd Lt. Toby Strang
Wednesday Love
Bruce
Edward the Seventh
Fritz · 5 episodes
- 1974
Headmaster
Movie
Butley
Reg Nuttall
- 1973
- 1972
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
The Image
The Artist
- 1967
Much Ado About Nothing
Claudio
- 1965
- 1963
The Silent Playground
Roger
The Scarlet Blade
Lt. Hawke
- 1960
