
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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