Gabriel Byrne
Known for Acting · 141 credits
- Born
- 1950-05-12 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- Gabriel James Byrne
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (24)
Vikings
2013
as Earl Haraldson
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The View
1997
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
In Treatment
2008
as Dr. Paul Weston
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
War of the Worlds
2019
as Bill Ward
Maniac
2018
as Porter Milgrim
ZeroZeroZero
2020
as Edward Lynwood
Strangers
1978
as Johnny Maguire
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
as King Arthur
Madigan Men
2000
as Benjamin Madigan
Quirke
2014
as Quirke
The Meaning of Life
2009
as Self
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015
as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
Secret State
2012
as Tom Dawkins
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Vittorio Mussolini
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Christopher Columbus
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Bracken
1980
as Pat Barry
The Last of Summer
1978
as Bishop's secretary
Attack on Leningrad
2007
as Phillip Parker
Leningrad
2007
Movies (117)
Ballerina
2025
as The Chancellor
Hereditary
2018
as Steve Graham
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Keaton
Enemy of the State
1998
as 'Brill'
Little Women
1994
as Friedrich Bhaer
End of Days
1999
as The Man
Ghost Ship
2002
as Captain Sean Murphy
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as D'Artagnan
Excalibur
1981
as Uther
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Horse (voice)
Shade
2003
as Charlie Miller
Spider
2002
as Bill Cleg
Miller's Crossing
1990
as Tom Reagan
Cool World
1992
as Jack Deebs
Dead Man
1995
as Charlie Dickinson
Stigmata
1999
as Father Andrew Kiernan
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
2022
as Enzo Ferrari
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Captain Marcus Duvall
Vampire Academy
2014
as Victor Dashkov
The 33
2015
as Andre Sougarret
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Lionel (voice)
P.S.
2004
as Peter Harrington
Point of No Return
1993
as Bob
Vanity Fair
2004
as The Marquess of Steyne
Leningrad
2009
as Philip Parker
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as John Newland
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022
as Sheriff Ambrose
The Keep
1983
as Major Kaempffer
Four Letters of Love
2025
as Muiris Gore
Gothic
1987
as Lord Byron
Hanna K.
1983
as Joshué Herzog
Lost Girls
2020
as Richard Dormer
Mad Dog Time
1996
as Ben London
Carrie Pilby
2017
as Mr. Pilby
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Gene Reed
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as The Mechanic
Capital
2012
as Dittmar Rigule
Hello Again
1987
as Kevin Scanlon
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Fenge
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Mackey
Played
2006
as Eddie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Brother Juniper
The End of Violence
1997
as Ray
Into the West
1992
as Papa Reilly
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Wah-Wah
2005
as Harry Compton
Endless Night
2015
as Bram
Polish Wedding
1998
as Bolek
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Mad to Be Normal
2017
as Jim
Dance First
2023
as Samuel Beckett
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
2002
as Self
Lionheart
1987
as Black Prince
Siesta
1987
as Augustine
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Teddy Blue
Jindabyne
2006
as Stewart
In the Cloud
2018
as Doc Wolff
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Lionel Powers
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actor
The Women of SNL
2010
as Priest (archive footage)
Making Love
2000
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Christopher Lewis
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Jack Griffin
Killing Emmett Young
2002
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
Diary of a Mad Old Man
I, Anna
2012
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Hugo
2:22
2008
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
All Things To All Men
2013
as Joseph Corso
Defence of the Realm
1986
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Trial by Jury
1994
as Daniel Graham
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Shipwrecked
1990
as Lt. John Merrick
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000
as Special Appearance
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
as Self
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Roger Ellis
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Patrick
2004
as Patrick
The Outsider
1979
as Man in Street
The Brylcreem Boys
1996
as Commandant O'Brien
Out of Ireland
1995
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
This Is the Sea
1997
as Rohan
Lies We Tell
2018
as Donald
Reflections
1984
as William Masters
Frankie Starlight
1995
as Jack Kelly
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
2017
as Self
Just a Sigh
2013
as Man
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025
as Self
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021
as Samuel O'Shea
Julia and Julia
1988
as Paolo
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2020
as Self
Virginia's Run
2002
as Ford Lofton
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018
as Self - Steve
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Ptolemy
The Courier
1988
as Val
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002
as Self
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
as The Good Thief
The Treatment
1984
as Father Michael
Pursuing the Suspects
2002
as Himself
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
as King Arthur
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018
as Narrator
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
2003
as Narrator
An L.A. Minute
2018
as Ted Gold
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012
as Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
2018
as Narrator
Horses: The Story of Equus
2002
as Narrator
Pirates
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
A Soldier's Tale
1988
as Saul
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982
as Bassett
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
1998
as Self
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
Sauver Mozart
Walking with Ghosts
2022
as Himself
About Gabriel Byrne
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… With 141 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Gabriel Byrne has appeared in 117 films and 24 TV shows.
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- Ballerina (2025) — as The Chancellor
- Hereditary (2018) — as Steve Graham
- The Usual Suspects (1995) — as Keaton
- Enemy of the State (1998) — as 'Brill'
- Little Women (1994) — as Friedrich Bhaer
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