Michael Byrne
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1943-11-07 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Майкл Бирн
Biography
Byrne was born in London, England. He has sometimes been cast in Nazimilitary roles 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 is 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, he has appeared 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. It is not known whether he will return to the show. 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. Father of actress Allie Byrne.
Known For
TV Shows (52)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Keith Grundy
Coronation Street
1960
as Ted Page
The Practice
1997
as Officer (uncredited)
Silent Witness
1996
Play for Today
1970
as Russell / Bruce
Crown Court
1972
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Viskovsky
Waking the Dead
2001
as Joe Brackley
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Patrick Marney
The Bill
1984
The Professionals
1977
as Werner Dreisinger
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Alex Ormrod
Screen Two
1985
as Guy Preger
Secret Army
1977
as Paul Vercors
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as DCC Charles Griswold
Strike
2017
as Roy Phipps
Crossing Lines
2013
as Edward Baxendale
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jason
Thriller
1973
as Richard Lovell
Sharpe
1993
as Major Nairn / Maj. Nairn
The Chief
1990
as Sir Robert Eaton
Agatha Raisin
2016
as Bishop Parsons
Bodies
2023
as Old Mullins
Between the Lines
1992
Hornblower
1998
as Captain Keene
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Duncan Scott
Screen One
1989
as Clitheroe
The Vice
1999
as Solicitor
Strangers
1978
as Sgt Briscoe
Ultimate Force
2002
New Scotland Yard
1972
as DS Patten
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Lady Killers
1980
as Edward Marshall-Hall KC
Smiley's People
1982
as Peter Guillam
Empire
2005
as Cicero
Ellis Island
1984
as Dr. Carl Travers
The Mists of Avalon
2001
as Merlin
Cuffs
2015
as Leslie Kane
The Living and the Dead
2016
as Ebenezer Alsop
The Enigma Files
1980
as David Stanley
The Body Farm
2011
as Harold Penton
Oliver's Travels
1995
as Moody
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Fritz
Saracen
1989
as Col. Patrick Ansell
No Bananas
1996
as Edward Grant
Heat of the Sun
1998
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
as George Abell
Accident
1978
as Ian Shaw
A Sort of Innocence
1986
Double the Fist
2004
The Devil's Crown
1978
as Richard Lionheart
Shades of Greene
1975
as Trevor's Father
Movies (85)
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 Omen
1976
as Monk (uncredited)
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
Gangs of New York
2002
as Horace Greeley
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Anatoli Grushkov
Mortdecai
2015
as The Duke
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
Proof of Life
2000
as Lord Luthan
The Saint
1997
as Vereshagin
Apt Pupil
1998
as Ben Kramer
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Karl
Battlefield Earth
2000
as Parson Staffer
Quartet
2012
as Frank White
Vampyres
1974
as Playboy
Diana
2013
as Christiaan Barnard
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Duff
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
as Elder
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Schroeder
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Major Nairn
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Edward Seymour
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Nairn
Beyond the Sea
2004
as Dr. Andretti
Rogue Male
1976
as Interrogator
The Musketeer
2001
as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
Nostradamus
1994
as Inquisitor
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Reinhard Beck
The Fix
1997
as Sam Campbell
Gunshy
1998
as Lange
Outpost: Black Sun
2012
as Neurath
The Last Witness
2018
as Coroner
The Island on Bird Street
1997
as Bolek
Champions
1984
as Richard Hussey
Intrigo: Samaria
2019
as Commissioner Keller
Butley
1974
as Reg Nuttall
Buster
1988
as Poyser
Sharpe's Honour
1994
as Major Nairn
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2015
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997
as Venables
The Mark of Cain
2007
as Lieut General Strathairn
Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018
as Keller
Sharpe's Company
1994
as Major Nairn
Running Late
1992
as Clitheroe
The Good Father
1985
as Leonard Scruby
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998
as Captain Keene
The Crooked Man
2003
as Archie Saunders
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
as Friedrich Olbricht
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004
as Emil Wetterstedt
The Infiltrator
1995
as Dieter Creutz
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
as Duke of Buckingham
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1983
as Antonio
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Claudio
Imogen's Face
1998
as Patrick
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015
as Sir Charles Harwood
The Happy Valley
1987
as John Carberry
Wednesday Love
1975
as Bruce
Henry VI Part 3
1983
as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Alien Overlords
2018
as Michael
Sunday
2002
as Lord Widgery
Murderous Decisions
1991
as Octave
Henry VI Part 1
1983
as Duke of Alencon
The Silent Playground
1963
as Roger
Hildegard
1994
as Volmar
The Scarlet Blade
1963
as Lt. Hawke
Henry VI Part 2
1983
as John Hume / Lieutenant
Coming Out
1979
as Gunnar Wedelman
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
1994
as Blank/German/Old Geezer
In the Secret State
1985
as Guy Preger
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999
as Mr. Carruthers
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Chorus
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Demosthenes
The Gold Machine
2022
as Andrew Norton
The First Line
2014
as Richard
Man and Superman
1982
as Henry Straker
30 Years to Life
1998
as Oliver Mather
Headmaster
1974
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
1979
as Ratrick Marney
The Image
1969
as The Artist
Break In
1975
as Clarke
The Silence of the Sea
1980
as Werner Von Ebrennac
Bjorn of the Dead
as Derek
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
1975
as Richard Lovell
Ms or Jill and Jack
1974
About Michael Byrne
Byrne was born in London, England. He has sometimes been cast in Nazimilitary roles 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 reali… With 137 credits spanning from 1960 to 2023, Michael Byrne has appeared in 85 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Byrne Movies
- 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 Omen (1976) — as Monk (uncredited)
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) — as HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
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