Gabriel Byrne
Known for Acting · 142 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 (26)
Vikings
2013
as Earl Haraldson
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
In Treatment
2008
as Dr. Paul Weston
Film '72
1971
as Self
War of the Worlds
2019
as Bill Ward
Strangers
1978
as Johnny Maguire
Maniac
2018
as Porter Milgrim
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
as King Arthur
ZeroZeroZero
2020
as Edward Lynwood
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015
as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Christopher Columbus
Quirke
2014
as Quirke
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Vittorio Mussolini
Madigan Men
2000
as Benjamin Madigan
Secret State
2012
as Tom Dawkins
The Meaning of Life
2009
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Ptolemy
Bracken
1980
as Pat Barry
Attack on Leningrad
2007
as Phillip Parker
The Last of Summer
1978
as Bishop's secretary
Leningrad
2007
Movies (116)
Hereditary
2018
as Steve Graham
Ballerina
2025
as The Chancellor
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Keaton
Enemy of the State
1998
as 'Brill'
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as D'Artagnan
Ghost Ship
2002
as Captain Sean Murphy
End of Days
1999
as The Man
Excalibur
1981
as Uther
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Horse (voice)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
2022
as Enzo Ferrari
Endless Night
2015
as Bram
Vampire Academy
2014
as Victor Dashkov
Little Women
1994
as Friedrich Bhaer
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Captain Marcus Duvall
Miller's Crossing
1990
as Tom Reagan
Shade
2003
as Charlie Miller
Hello Again
1987
as Kevin Scanlon
Cool World
1992
as Jack Deebs
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Lionel (voice)
Dead Man
1995
as Charlie Dickinson
The 33
2015
as Andre Sougarret
Point of No Return
1993
as Bob
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022
as Sheriff Ambrose
I, Anna
2012
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
Stigmata
1999
as Father Andrew Kiernan
Spider
2002
as Bill Cleg
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as John Newland
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Gene Reed
Four Letters of Love
2025
as Muiris Gore
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as The Mechanic
Leningrad
2009
as Philip Parker
P.S.
2004
as Peter Harrington
Lost Girls
2020
as Richard Dormer
Into the West
1992
as Papa Reilly
The Keep
1983
as Major Kaempffer
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
as Self
Vanity Fair
2004
as The Marquess of Steyne
The Women of SNL
2010
as Priest (archive footage)
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Mackey
Jindabyne
2006
as Stewart
All Things To All Men
2013
as Joseph Corso
Lies We Tell
2018
as Donald
The End of Violence
1997
as Ray
Pursuing the Suspects
2002
as Himself
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Played
2006
as Eddie
Pirates
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Fenge
This Is the Sea
1997
as Rohan
Perrier's Bounty
2010
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Carrie Pilby
2017
as Mr. Pilby
Gothic
1987
as Lord Byron
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Roger Ellis
Julia and Julia
1988
as Paolo
Defence of the Realm
1986
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Jack Griffin
Mad Dog Time
1996
as Ben London
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021
as Samuel O'Shea
Wah-Wah
2005
as Harry Compton
Capital
2012
as Dittmar Rigule
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Hugo
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Lionheart
1987
as Black Prince
Out of Ireland
1995
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
The Brylcreem Boys
1996
as Commandant O'Brien
In the Cloud
2018
as Doc Wolff
Just a Sigh
2013
as Man
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Teddy Blue
Joyce in June
1982
as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000
as Special Appearance
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Brother Juniper
Hanna K.
1983
as Joshué Herzog
Trial by Jury
1994
as Daniel Graham
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Polish Wedding
1998
as Bolek
Frankie Starlight
1995
as Jack Kelly
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Lionel Powers
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Christopher Lewis
An L.A. Minute
2018
as Ted Gold
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
2002
as Self
Dance First
2023
as Samuel Beckett
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
Mad to Be Normal
2017
as Jim
Siesta
1987
as Augustine
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Making Love
2000
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
The Outsider
1979
as Man in Street
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002
as Self
2:22
2008
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025
as Self
Reflections
1984
as William Masters
Killing Emmett Young
2002
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actor
A Soldier's Tale
1988
as Saul
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018
as Self - Steve
Virginia's Run
2002
as Ford Lofton
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018
as Narrator
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012
as Narrator
Shipwrecked
1990
as Lt. John Merrick
The Courier
1988
as Val
Walking with Ghosts
2022
as Himself
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
2017
as Self
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
2003
as Narrator
Horses: The Story of Equus
2002
as Narrator
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
as The Good Thief
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
1998
as Self
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2020
as Self
Patrick
2004
as Patrick
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
2018
as Narrator
The Treatment
1984
as Father Michael
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982
as Bassett
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
as King Arthur
Sauver Mozart
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 142 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Gabriel Byrne has appeared in 116 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Hereditary (2018) — as Steve Graham
- Ballerina (2025) — as The Chancellor
- The Usual Suspects (1995) — as Keaton
- Enemy of the State (1998) — as 'Brill'
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) — as D'Artagnan
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