Gabriel Byrne

Personal Info

Birthday

May 12, 1950

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

Gabriel James Byrne

Гэбриэл Бирн

Гэбриел Бирн

Гэбриел Бёрн

Гебріел Бірн

گابریل بایرن

Gabriel 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.

Known For

Ballerina

Vikings

In Treatment

War of the Worlds

ZeroZeroZero

Live from Lincoln Center

Hereditary

Maniac

Filmography

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