Gabriel Byrne
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Vikings
Earl Haraldson
2013
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
In Treatment
Dr. Paul Weston
2008
Film
The Usual Suspects
Keaton
1995
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
Ballerina
The Chancellor
2025
Film
Hereditary
Steve Graham
2018
Series
War of the Worlds
Bill Ward
2019
Series
Maniac
Porter Milgrim
2018
Film
Enemy of the State
'Brill'
1998
Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Horse (voice)
2022
Film
Little Women
Friedrich Bhaer
1994
Series
ZeroZeroZero
Edward Lynwood
2020
Film
Excalibur
Uther
1981
Film
End of Days
The Man
1999
Film
Ghost Ship
Captain Sean Murphy
2002
Film
The Man in the Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
1998
Series
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009
Series
Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
1976
Series
Strangers
Johnny Maguire
1978
Film
Vampire Academy
Victor Dashkov
2014
Film
Assault on Precinct 13
Captain Marcus Duvall
2005
Film
Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan
1990
Film
Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
1998
Series
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
1985
Film
Dead Man
Charlie Dickinson
1995
Film
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Enzo Ferrari
2022
Film
The 33
Andre Sougarret
2015
Film
Cool World
Jack Deebs
1992
Film
Stigmata
Father Andrew Kiernan
1999
Film
Spider
Bill Cleg
2002
Film
Point of No Return
Bob
1993
Series
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
2015
Film
Vanity Fair
The Marquess of Steyne
2004
Film
Louder Than Bombs
Gene Reed
2015
Film
The Keep
Major Kaempffer
1983
Film
Shade
Charlie Miller
2003
Series
Quirke
Quirke
2014
Series
Secret State
Tom Dawkins
2012
Film
Capital
Dittmar Rigule
2012
Film
Murder at Yellowstone City
Sheriff Ambrose
2022
Film
Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Mechanic
1997
Film
Perrier's Bounty
Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
2010
Film
Hello Again
Kevin Scanlon
1987
Film
Dance First
Samuel Beckett
2023
Series
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Vittorio Mussolini
1985
Film
Jindabyne
Stewart
2006
Film
Mad Dog Time
Ben London
1996
Film
P.S.
Peter Harrington
2004
Film
The End of Violence
Ray
1997
Series
Madigan Men
Benjamin Madigan
2000
Film
Carrie Pilby
Mr. Pilby
2017
Film
Four Letters of Love
Muiris Gore
2025
Film
Lost Girls
Richard Dormer
2020
Film
Gothic
Lord Byron
1987
Film
Prince of Jutland
Fenge
1994
Film
Into the West
Papa Reilly
1992
Film
Endless Night
Bram
2015
Film
A Simple Twist of Fate
John Newland
1994
Film
Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
1994
Film
Buffalo Girls
Teddy Blue
1995
Film
Lies We Tell
Donald
2018
Film
All Things To All Men
Joseph Corso
2013
Film
Leningrad
Philip Parker
2009
Film
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
Film
The Women of SNL
Priest (archive footage)
2010
Film
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
2004
Film
I, Anna
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
2012
Film
A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
1993
Film
Wah-Wah
Harry Compton
2005
Film
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
2002
Film
Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
1995
Film
Mad to Be Normal
Jim
2017
Film
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
2025
Film
Killing Emmett Young
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
2002
Film
Lionheart
Black Prince
1987
Film
Making Love
Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
2000
Film
The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
1996
Film
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lionel Powers
1997
Film
Played
Eddie
2006
Film
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
2016
Film
Just a Sigh
Man
2013
Film
Siesta
Augustine
1987
Film
Polish Wedding
Bolek
1998
Film
Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
2008
Film
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
2002
Film
Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
2002
Attack on Leningrad
Phillip Parker
2007
Film
Defence of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
1986
Film
This Is the Sea
Rohan
1997
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Julia and Julia
Paolo
1988
Film
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
2013
Series
The Last of Summer
Bishop's secretary
1978
Film
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Self - Steve
2018
Film
Out of Ireland
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
1995
Film
No Pay, Nudity
Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
2016
Film
2:22
Detective Swain (uncredited)
2008
Film
A Man's Story
Self
2011
Film
Death of a Ladies' Man
Samuel O'Shea
2021
Series
The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy
1981
Film
In the Cloud
Doc Wolff
2018
Film
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
2025
Film
Diamond Skulls
Hugo
1990
Film
Pirates
Narrator (voice)
1998
Film
Hanna K.
Joshué Herzog
1983
Bracken
Pat Barry
1980
Pursuing the Suspects
Himself
2002
Film
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self
2025
Film
An L.A. Minute
Ted Gold
2018
Film
Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
1996
Series
Leningrad
2007
Film
The Outsider
Man in Street
1979
Film
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Narrator
2012
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
Film
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
1998
Film
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
1982
Film
All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Good Thief
1994
Film
The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
1996
Film
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
Film
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
2008
Film
When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
2000
Film
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Self
2017
Film
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
2020
Film
Patrick
Patrick
2004
Film
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
1995
Reflections
William Masters
1984
Joyce in June
Keogh / Blazes Boylan
1982
Film
Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
1990
Film
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Narrator
2018
The Treatment
Father Michael
1984
Film
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Narrator
2018
Film
The Courier
Val
1988
Film
A Soldier's Tale
Saul
1988
Film
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Narrator
2003
Film
Horses: The Story of Equus
Narrator
2002
Film
Walking with Ghosts
Himself
2022
Sauver Mozart