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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Character:Self
Release Date:10/11/2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/09/2025
Four Letters of Love
Character:Muiris Gore
Release Date:18/07/2025
Ballerina
Character:The Chancellor
Release Date:04/06/2025
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Character:Self
Release Date:31/01/2025
Dance First
Character:Samuel Beckett
Release Date:03/11/2023
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Character:The Horse (voice)
Release Date:25/12/2022
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Character:Enzo Ferrari
Release Date:17/11/2022
Murder at Yellowstone City
Character:Sheriff Ambrose
Release Date:24/06/2022
Walking with Ghosts
Character:Himself
Release Date:26/02/2022
Death of a Ladies' Man
Character:Samuel O'Shea
Release Date:12/03/2021
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Character:Self
Release Date:10/07/2020
Lost Girls
Character:Richard Dormer
Release Date:28/01/2020
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Character:Self - Steve
Release Date:08/10/2018
An L.A. Minute
Character:Ted Gold
Release Date:24/08/2018
Hereditary
Character:Steve Graham
Release Date:07/06/2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/03/2018
In the Cloud
Character:Doc Wolff
Release Date:08/02/2018
Lies We Tell
Character:Donald
Release Date:02/02/2018
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/02/2018
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/2017
Mad to Be Normal
Character:Jim
Release Date:06/04/2017
Carrie Pilby
Character:Mr. Pilby
Release Date:31/03/2017
No Pay, Nudity
Character:Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Release Date:04/11/2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:30/06/2016
Endless Night
Character:Bram
Release Date:27/11/2015
Louder Than Bombs
Character:Gene Reed
Release Date:01/10/2015
The 33
Character:Andre Sougarret
Release Date:06/08/2015
Vampire Academy
Character:Victor Dashkov
Release Date:07/02/2014
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2013
Just a Sigh
Character:Man
Release Date:10/04/2013
All Things To All Men
Character:Joseph Corso
Release Date:05/04/2013
Capital
Character:Dittmar Rigule
Release Date:14/11/2012
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/06/2012
I, Anna
Character:D.C.I. Bernie Reid
Release Date:03/03/2012
A Man's Story
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2011
The Women of SNL
Character:Priest (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2010
Perrier's Bounty
Character:Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Release Date:11/09/2009
Leningrad
Character:Philip Parker
Release Date:01/01/2009
2:22
Character:Detective Swain (uncredited)
Release Date:24/09/2008
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
Character:
Release Date:12/07/2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Character:King Arthur
Release Date:08/05/2008
Emotional Arithmetic
Character:Christopher Lewis
Release Date:18/04/2008
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/2007
Jindabyne
Character:Stewart
Release Date:20/07/2006
Played
Character:Eddie
Release Date:19/05/2006
Wah-Wah
Character:Harry Compton
Release Date:17/08/2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Character:Captain Marcus Duvall
Release Date:19/01/2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Character:Brother Juniper
Release Date:22/12/2004
P.S.
Character:Peter Harrington
Release Date:15/10/2004
Vanity Fair
Character:The Marquess of Steyne
Release Date:01/09/2004
Patrick
Character:Patrick
Release Date:14/03/2004
Shade
Character:Charlie Miller
Release Date:18/05/2003
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2003
Spider
Character:Bill Cleg
Release Date:06/11/2002
Ghost Ship
Character:Captain Sean Murphy
Release Date:25/10/2002
Horses: The Story of Equus
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/06/2002
Pursuing the Suspects
Character:Himself
Release Date:29/04/2002
Killing Emmett Young
Character:Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Release Date:13/04/2002
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Character:Self
Release Date:02/04/2002
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Character:Self
Release Date:02/04/2002
Virginia's Run
Character:Ford Lofton
Release Date:03/03/2002
When Brendan Met Trudy
Character:Special Appearance
Release Date:14/12/2000
Making Love
Character:Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
Release Date:11/02/2000
End of Days
Character:The Man
Release Date:24/11/1999
Stigmata
Character:Father Andrew Kiernan
Release Date:02/09/1999
Enemy of the State
Character:'Brill'
Release Date:20/11/1998
Quest for Camelot
Character:Lionel (voice)
Release Date:15/05/1998
Pirates
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/04/1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
Character:D'Artagnan
Release Date:12/03/1998
Polish Wedding
Character:Bolek
Release Date:16/01/1998
This Is the Sea
Character:Rohan
Release Date:15/09/1997
The End of Violence
Character:Ray
Release Date:12/09/1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Character:Lionel Powers
Release Date:17/05/1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Character:The Mechanic
Release Date:28/02/1997
Somebody Is Waiting
Character:Roger Ellis
Release Date:19/12/1996
The Last of the High Kings
Character:Jack Griffin
Release Date:06/12/1996
The Brylcreem Boys
Character:Commandant O'Brien
Release Date:14/11/1996
Mad Dog Time
Character:Ben London
Release Date:08/11/1996
Dead Man
Character:Charlie Dickinson
Release Date:23/12/1995
Frankie Starlight
Character:Jack Kelly
Release Date:22/11/1995
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/10/1995
The Usual Suspects
Character:Keaton
Release Date:19/07/1995
Out of Ireland
Character:Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Release Date:09/06/1995
Buffalo Girls
Character:Teddy Blue
Release Date:30/04/1995
Little Women
Character:Friedrich Bhaer
Release Date:21/12/1994
Trial by Jury
Character:Daniel Graham
Release Date:09/09/1994
A Simple Twist of Fate
Character:John Newland
Release Date:02/09/1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Character:The Good Thief
Release Date:16/03/1994
Prince of Jutland
Character:Fenge
Release Date:23/02/1994
A Dangerous Woman
Character:Mackey
Release Date:10/09/1993
Point of No Return
Character:Bob
Release Date:19/03/1993
Into the West
Character:Papa Reilly
Release Date:23/10/1992
Cool World
Character:Jack Deebs
Release Date:10/07/1992
Shipwrecked
Character:Lt. John Merrick
Release Date:03/10/1990
Miller's Crossing
Character:Tom Reagan
Release Date:21/09/1990
Diamond Skulls
Character:Hugo
Release Date:08/06/1990
A Soldier's Tale
Character:Saul
Release Date:16/06/1988
The Courier
Character:Val
Release Date:10/02/1988
Julia and Julia
Character:Paolo
Release Date:05/02/1988
Siesta
Character:Augustine
Release Date:11/11/1987
Hello Again
Character:Kevin Scanlon
Release Date:06/11/1987
Lionheart
Character:Black Prince
Release Date:14/08/1987
Gothic
Character:Lord Byron
Release Date:27/02/1987
Defence of the Realm
Character:Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Release Date:09/05/1986
Reflections
Character:William Masters
Release Date:01/04/1984
The Treatment
Character:Father Michael
Release Date:16/03/1984
The Keep
Character:Major Kaempffer
Release Date:16/12/1983
Hanna K.
Character:Joshué Herzog
Release Date:07/09/1983
The Rocking Horse Winner
Character:Bassett
Release Date:25/11/1982
The Search for Alexander the Great
Character:Ptolemy
Release Date:06/05/1981
Excalibur
Character:Uther
Release Date:10/04/1981
The Outsider
Character:Man in Street
Release Date:26/11/1979
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1978
Television Appearances
ZeroZeroZero
Character:Edward Lynwood
War of the Worlds
Character:Bill Ward
Maniac
Character:Porter Milgrim
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Character:Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
Quirke
Character:Quirke
Vikings
Character:Earl Haraldson
Secret State
Character:Tom Dawkins
In Treatment
Character:Dr. Paul Weston
Attack on Leningrad
Character:Phillip Parker
Leningrad
Character:
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Madigan Men
Character:Benjamin Madigan
The View
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Character:Vittorio Mussolini
Christopher Columbus
Character:Christopher Columbus
Bracken
Character:Pat Barry
The Last of Summer
Character:Bishop's secretary
Strangers
Character:Johnny Maguire
Live from Lincoln Center
Character:King Arthur
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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