Ballerina
2025 · Movie
as The Chancellor
Gabriel Byrne
1950-05-12
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Dublin, Ireland
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.
Filmography
Four Letters of Love
2025 · Movie
as Muiris Gore
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025 · Movie
as Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage), Self
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025 · Movie
as Self
Dance First
2023 · Movie
as Samuel Beckett
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
2022 · Movie
as Enzo Ferrari
Walking with Ghosts
2022 · Movie
as Himself
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022 · Movie
as Sheriff Ambrose
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 · Movie
as The Horse (voice)
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021 · Movie
as Samuel O'Shea
Lost Girls
2020 · Movie
as Richard Dormer
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2020 · Movie
as Self
ZeroZeroZero
2020 · TV Show
as Edward Lynwood
War of the Worlds
2019 · TV Show
as Bill Ward
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018 · Movie
as Self - Steve
An L.A. Minute
2018 · Movie
as Ted Gold
Lies We Tell
2018 · Movie
as Donald
Hereditary
2018 · Movie
as Steve Graham
In the Cloud
2018 · Movie
as Doc Wolff
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018 · Movie
as Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
2018 · Movie
as Narrator
Maniac
2018 · TV Show
as Porter Milgrim
Mad to Be Normal
2017 · Movie
as Jim
Carrie Pilby
2017 · Movie
as Mr. Pilby
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
2017 · Movie
as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016 · Movie
as Self - Actor
No Pay, Nudity
2016 · Movie
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Movie
as Gene Reed
Endless Night
2015 · Movie
as Bram
The 33
2015 · Movie
as Andre Sougarret
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015 · TV Show
as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
Vampire Academy
2014 · Movie
as Victor Dashkov
Quirke
2014 · TV Show
as Quirke
All Things To All Men
2013 · Movie
as Joseph Corso
Just a Sigh
2013 · Movie
as Man
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013 · Movie
as Self
Vikings
2013 · TV Show
as Earl Haraldson
Capital
2012 · Movie
as Dittmar Rigule
I, Anna
2012 · Movie
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012 · Movie
as Narrator
Secret State
2012 · TV Show
as Tom Dawkins
A Man's Story
2011 · Movie
as Self
Perrier's Bounty
2010 · Movie
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
The Women of SNL
2010 · Movie
as Priest (archive footage)
Leningrad
2009 · Movie
as Philip Parker
The Meaning of Life
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Emotional Arithmetic
2008 · Movie
as Christopher Lewis
2:22
2008 · Movie
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
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Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008 · Movie
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008 · Movie
as King Arthur
In Treatment
2008 · TV Show
as Dr. Paul Weston
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007 · Movie
as Self
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Attack on Leningrad
2007 · TV Show
as Phillip Parker
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
Leningrad
2007 · TV Show
Jindabyne
2006 · Movie
as Stewart
Played
2006 · Movie
as Eddie
Assault on Precinct 13
2005 · Movie
as Captain Marcus Duvall
Wah-Wah
2005 · Movie
as Harry Compton
Vanity Fair
2004 · Movie
as The Marquess of Steyne
P.S.
2004 · Movie
as Peter Harrington
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 · Movie
as Brother Juniper
Patrick
2004 · Movie
as Patrick
Shade
2003 · Movie
as Charlie Miller
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
2003 · Movie
as Narrator
Spider
2002 · Movie
as Bill Cleg
Ghost Ship
2002 · Movie
as Captain Sean Murphy
Virginia's Run
2002 · Movie
as Ford Lofton
Horses: The Story of Equus
2002 · Movie
as Narrator
Killing Emmett Young
2002 · Movie
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
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Pursuing the Suspects
2002 · Movie
as Himself
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002 · Movie
as Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
2002 · Movie
as Self
Making Love
2000 · Movie
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000 · Movie
as Special Appearance
Madigan Men
2000 · TV Show
as Benjamin Madigan
Stigmata
1999 · Movie
as Father Andrew Kiernan
End of Days
1999 · Movie
as The Man
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · Movie
as D'Artagnan
Enemy of the State
1998 · Movie
as 'Brill'
Polish Wedding
1998 · Movie
as Bolek
Quest for Camelot
1998 · Movie
as Lionel (voice)
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
1998 · Movie
as Self
Pirates
1998 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Movie
as The Mechanic
This Is the Sea
1997 · Movie
as Rohan
The End of Violence
1997 · Movie
as Ray
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997 · Movie
as Lionel Powers
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
The Last of the High Kings
1996 · Movie
as Jack Griffin
Mad Dog Time
1996 · Movie
as Ben London
The Brylcreem Boys
1996 · Movie
as Commandant O'Brien
Somebody Is Waiting
1996 · Movie
as Roger Ellis
Dead Man
1995 · Movie
as Charlie Dickinson
The Usual Suspects
1995 · Movie
as Keaton
Frankie Starlight
1995 · Movie
as Jack Kelly
Buffalo Girls
1995 · Movie
as Teddy Blue
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Out of Ireland
1995 · Movie
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Little Women
1994 · Movie
as Friedrich Bhaer
Trial by Jury
1994 · Movie
as Daniel Graham
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994 · Movie
as John Newland
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994 · Movie
as The Good Thief
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Movie
as Fenge
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Point of No Return
1993 · Movie
as Bob
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Movie
as Mackey
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Into the West
1992 · Movie
as Papa Reilly
Cool World
1992 · Movie
as Jack Deebs
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Movie
as Tom Reagan
Shipwrecked
1990 · Movie
as Lt. John Merrick
Diamond Skulls
1990 · Movie
as Hugo
The Courier
1988 · Movie
as Val
Julia and Julia
1988 · Movie
as Paolo
A Soldier's Tale
1988 · Movie
as Saul
Gothic
1987 · Movie
as Lord Byron
Hello Again
1987 · Movie
as Kevin Scanlon
Siesta
1987 · Movie
as Augustine
Lionheart
1987 · Movie
as Black Prince
Defence of the Realm
1986 · Movie
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Christopher Columbus
1985 · TV Show
as Christopher Columbus
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985 · TV Show
as Vittorio Mussolini
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Reflections
1984 · Movie
as William Masters
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The Treatment
1984 · Movie
as Father Michael
The Keep
1983 · Movie
as Major Kaempffer
Hanna K.
1983 · Movie
as Joshué Herzog
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982 · Movie
as Bassett
No image
Joyce in June
1982 · Movie
as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
Excalibur
1981 · Movie
as Uther
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981 · TV Show
as Ptolemy
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Bracken
1980 · TV Show
as Pat Barry
The Outsider
1979 · Movie
as Man in Street
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978 · Movie
The Last of Summer
1978 · TV Show
as Bishop's secretary
Strangers
1978 · TV Show
as Johnny Maguire
Live from Lincoln Center
1976 · TV Show
as King Arthur
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
No image
Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter
No image
Sauver Mozart
· Movie
Crew Credits
Land Without God
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
Hereditary
2018 · Movie
Executive Producer
Tent City, U.S.A
2012 · Movie
Executive Producer
Mad About Mambo
2000 · Movie
Executive Producer
Madigan Men
2000 · TV Show
Producer
The Brylcreem Boys
1996 · Movie
Producer
Somebody Is Waiting
1996 · Movie
Co-Producer
The Last of the High Kings
1996 · Movie
Co-Executive Producer, Screenplay
In the Name of the Father
1993 · Movie
Executive Producer
Into the West
1992 · Movie
Associate Producer
