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Gabriel Byrne

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'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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriel Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Birthday: 1950-05-12

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

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Also known as: Gabriel James Byrne, Гэбриэл Бирн, Гэбриел Бирн, Гэбриел Бёрн, Гебріел Бірн, گابریل بایرن

Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing

1990-09-21

Tom Reagan

Dead Man
Dead Man

1995-12-23

Charlie Dickinson

The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects

1995-07-19

Keaton

Leningrad
Leningrad

2009-01-01

Philip Parker

Stigmata
Stigmata

1999-09-02

Father Andrew Kiernan

Point of No Return
Point of No Return

1993-03-19

Bob

Jindabyne
Jindabyne

2006-07-20

Stewart

Excalibur
Excalibur

1981-04-10

Uther

Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair

2004-09-01

The Marquess of Steyne

Played
Played

2006-05-19

Eddie

P.S.
P.S.

2004-10-15

Peter Harrington

Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13

2005-01-19

Captain Marcus Duvall

Gothic
Gothic

1987-02-27

Lord Byron

Into the West
Into the West

1992-10-23

Papa Reilly

Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997-02-28

The Mechanic

The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask

1998-03-12

D'Artagnan

Little Women
Little Women

1994-12-21

Friedrich Bhaer

End of Days
End of Days

1999-11-24

The Man

Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State

1998-11-20

'Brill'

Spider
Spider

2002-11-06

Bill Cleg

Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship

2002-10-25

Captain Sean Murphy

The Keep
The Keep

1983-12-16

Major Kaempffer

Emotional Arithmetic
Emotional Arithmetic

2008-04-18

Christopher Lewis

Perrier's Bounty
Perrier's Bounty

2009-09-11

Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)

Hello Again
Hello Again

1987-11-06

Kevin Scanlon

Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm

1986-05-09

Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury

1994-09-09

Daniel Graham

Cool World
Cool World

1992-07-10

Jack Deebs

Making Love
Making Love

2000-02-11

il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto

Shade
Shade

2003-05-18

Charlie Miller

Siesta
Siesta

1987-11-11

Augustine

Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah

2005-08-17

Harry Compton

A Simple Twist of Fate
A Simple Twist of Fate

1994-09-02

John Newland

Virginia's Run
Virginia's Run

2002-03-03

Ford Lofton

All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful

1994-03-16

The Good Thief

The Last of the High Kings
The Last of the High Kings

1996-12-06

Jack Griffin

Hanna K.
Hanna K.

1983-09-07

Joshué Herzog

Polish Wedding
Polish Wedding

1998-01-16

Bolek

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004-12-22

Brother Juniper

This Is the Sea
This Is the Sea

1997-09-15

Rohan

Mad Dog Time
Mad Dog Time

1996-11-08

Ben London

The End of Violence
The End of Violence

1997-09-12

Ray

The Courier
The Courier

1988-02-10

Val

Prince of Jutland
Prince of Jutland

1994-02-23

Fenge

Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot

1998-05-15

Lionel (voice)

Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked

1990-10-03

Lt. John Merrick

Frankie Starlight
Frankie Starlight

1995-11-22

Jack Kelly

Julia and Julia
Julia and Julia

1988-02-05

Paolo

A Man's Story
A Man's Story

2011-10-08

Self

Lionheart
Lionheart

1987-08-14

Black Prince

The Brylcreem Boys
The Brylcreem Boys

1996-11-14

Commandant O'Brien

Walking with Ghosts
Walking with Ghosts

2022-02-26

Himself

Capital
Capital

2012-11-14

Dittmar Rigule

Buffalo Girls
Buffalo Girls

1995-04-30

Teddy Blue

A Dangerous Woman
A Dangerous Woman

1993-09-10

Mackey

Patrick
Patrick

2004-03-14

Patrick

The Rocking Horse Winner
The Rocking Horse Winner

1982-11-25

Bassett

Dark Obsession
Dark Obsession

1990-02-01

Hugo

I, Anna
I, Anna

2012-03-03

D.C.I. Bernie Reid

All Things To All Men
All Things To All Men

2013-04-05

Joseph Corso

Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy

2014-02-07

Victor Dashkov

Just a Sigh
Just a Sigh

2013-04-10

Man

Murder at Yellowstone City
Murder at Yellowstone City

2022-06-24

Sheriff Ambrose

Dance First
Dance First

2023-11-03

Samuel Beckett

A Soldier's Tale
A Soldier's Tale

1988-06-16

Saul

Horses: The Story of Equus
Horses: The Story of Equus

2002-06-12

Narrator

Reflections
Reflections

1984-04-01

William Masters

When Brendan Met Trudy
When Brendan Met Trudy

2000-12-14

Special Appearance

Killing Emmett Young
Killing Emmett Young

2002-04-13

Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken

Weapons of Mass Distraction
Weapons of Mass Distraction

1997-05-17

Lionel Powers

Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs

2015-10-01

Gene Reed

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

2022-12-25

The Horse (voice)

Endless Night
Endless Night

2015-11-27

Bram

The Treatment
The Treatment

1984-03-16

Father Michael

2:22
2:22

2008-09-24

Detective Swain (uncredited)

The 33
The 33

2015-08-06

Andre Sougarret

Ballerina
Ballerina

2025-06-04

The Chancellor

Mad to Be Normal
Mad to Be Normal

2017-04-06

Jim

Four Letters of Love
Four Letters of Love

2025-07-18

Muiris Gore

Carrie Pilby
Carrie Pilby

2017-03-31

Mr. Pilby

Somebody Is Waiting
Somebody Is Waiting

1996-12-19

Roger Ellis

No Pay, Nudity
No Pay, Nudity

2016-11-04

Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose

Pursuing the Suspects
Pursuing the Suspects

2002-04-29

Himself

An L.A. Minute
An L.A. Minute

2018-08-24

Ted Gold

Lies We Tell
Lies We Tell

2018-02-02

Donald

Hereditary
Hereditary

2018-06-07

Steve Graham

In the Cloud
In the Cloud

2018-02-08

Doc Wolff

Lost Girls
Lost Girls

2020-01-28

Richard Dormer

The Outsider
The Outsider

1979-11-26

Man in Street

The Women of SNL
The Women of SNL

2010-11-01

Priest (archive footage)

Death of a Ladies' Man
Death of a Ladies' Man

2021-03-12

Samuel O'Shea

Pirates
Pirates

1998-04-06

Narrator (voice)

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

1995-10-20

Narrator (voice)

Out of Ireland
Out of Ireland

1995-06-09

Richard O'Gorman (voice)