Michael Byrne
Known for Acting · 138 credits
- Born
- 1943-11-07
- Died
- 2026-06-20
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Майкл Бирн
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.
Known For
TV Shows (54)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Keith Grundy
Coronation Street
1960
as Ted Page
Play for Today
1970
as Russell / Bruce
Silent Witness
1996
The Practice
1997
as Officer (uncredited)
Crown Court
1972
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Viskovsky
Screen Two
1985
as Guy Preger
The Bill
1984
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Alex Ormrod
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Patrick Marney
The Professionals
1977
as Werner Dreisinger
Waking the Dead
2001
as Joe Brackley
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as DCC Charles Griswold
Strike
2017
as Roy Phipps
Crossing Lines
2013
as Edward Baxendale
Strangers
1978
as Sgt Briscoe
Sharpe
1993
as Major Nairn
Thriller
1973
as Richard Lovell
Agatha Raisin
2016
as Bishop Parsons
The Chief
1990
as Sir Robert Eaton
Between the Lines
1992
Bodies
2023
as Old Mullins
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jason
Hornblower
1998
as Captain Keene
Secret Army
1977
as Paul Vercors
The Vice
1999
as Solicitor
Screen One
1989
as Clitheroe
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Duncan Scott
Ultimate Force
2002
Empire
2005
as Cicero
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Lady Killers
1980
as Edward Marshall-Hall KC
New Scotland Yard
1972
as DS Patten
Premiere
1977
as Werner Von Ebrennac
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Antonio
The Living and the Dead
2016
as Ebenezer Alsop
Cuffs
2015
as Leslie Kane
Smiley's People
1982
as Peter Guillam
The Mists of Avalon
2001
as Merlin
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Fritz
The Body Farm
2011
as Harold Penton
The Enigma Files
1980
as David Stanley
Ellis Island
1984
as Dr. Carl Travers
Double the Fist
2004
Accident
1978
as Ian Shaw
No Bananas
1996
as Edward Grant
Saracen
1989
as Col. Patrick Ansell
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Demosthenes
Oliver's Travels
1995
as Moody
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
as George Abell
Heat of the Sun
1998
The Devil's Crown
1978
as Richard Lionheart
A Sort of Innocence
1986
Movies (84)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Gellert Grindelwald
Braveheart
1995
as Smythe
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Vogel
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Anatoli Grushkov
Gangs of New York
2002
as Horace Greeley
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
The Omen
1976
as Monk (uncredited)
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
Mortdecai
2015
as The Duke
The Saint
1997
as Vereshagin
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Karl
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
as Elder
Battlefield Earth
2000
as Parson Staffer
Apt Pupil
1998
as Ben Kramer
Intrigo: Samaria
2019
as Commissioner Keller
The First Line
2014
as Richard
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Schroeder
Quartet
2012
as Frank White
Proof of Life
2000
as Lord Luthan
The Musketeer
2001
as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
Outpost: Black Sun
2012
as Neurath
Vampyres
1974
as Playboy
Wednesday Love
1975
as Bruce
Gunshy
1998
as Lange
The Infiltrator
1995
as Dieter Creutz
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Reinhard Beck
Alien Overlords
2018
as Michael
Sharpe's Company
1994
as Major Nairn
Murderous Decisions
1991
as Octave
Diana
2013
as Christiaan Barnard
The Island on Bird Street
1997
as Bolek
The Image
1969
as The Artist
Beyond the Sea
2004
as Dr. Andretti
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
as Friedrich Olbricht
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Nairn
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Edward Seymour
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Major Nairn
The Gold Machine
2022
as Andrew Norton
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Claudio
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Duff
Henry VI Part 1
1983
as Duke of Alencon
Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018
as Keller
Buster
1988
as Poyser
Sharpe's Honour
1994
as Major Nairn
The Happy Valley
1987
as John Carberry
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997
as Venables
The Last Witness
2018
as Coroner
The Scarlet Blade
1963
as Lt. Hawke
Champions
1984
as Richard Hussey
Hildegard
1994
as Volmar
Henry VI Part 3
1983
as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2015
Henry VI Part 2
1983
as John Hume / Lieutenant
Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998
as Captain Keene
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015
as Sir Charles Harwood
Nostradamus
1994
as Inquisitor
The Fix
1997
as Sam Campbell
Imogen's Face
1998
as Patrick
Rogue Male
1976
as Interrogator
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
1975
as Richard Lovell
The Good Father
1985
as Leonard Scruby
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
as Duke of Buckingham
Ms or Jill and Jack
1974
Break In
1975
as Clarke
The Mark of Cain
2007
as Lieut General Strathairn
Man and Superman
1982
as Henry Straker
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004
as Emil Wetterstedt
Butley
1974
as Reg Nuttall
In the Secret State
1985
as Guy Preger
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1983
as Antonio
The Crooked Man
2003
as Archie Saunders
Running Late
1992
as Clitheroe
Sunday
2002
as Lord Widgery
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Chorus
30 Years to Life
1998
as Oliver Mather
Coming Out
1979
as Gunnar Wedelman
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
1979
as Ratrick Marney
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999
as Mr. Carruthers
Bjorn of the Dead
as Derek
The Silence of the Sea
1980
as Werner Von Ebrennac
The Silent Playground
1963
as Roger
Headmaster
1974
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
1994
as Blank/German/Old Geezer
About Michael Byrne
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. B… With 138 credits spanning from 1960 to 2023, Michael Byrne has appeared in 84 films and 54 TV shows.
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- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Gellert Grindelwald
- Braveheart (1995) — as Smythe
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) — as Vogel
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) — as Anatoli Grushkov
- Gangs of New York (2002) — as Horace Greeley
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