Michael Byrne
Known for: Acting
Michael Byrne was a British actor sometimes cast as Nazis 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 was 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, heappeared 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. 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. He was the father of actress Allie Byrne.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Keith Grundy
1997
Series
Coronation Street
Ted Page
1960
Series
Play for Today
1970
Series
Play for Today
Russell
1970
Series
Play for Today
Bruce
1970
Series
Silent Witness
1996
Series
The Practice
Officer (uncredited)
1997
Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Gellert Grindelwald
2010
Series
A Touch of Frost
Alex Ormrod
1992
Series
Crown Court
1972
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Patrick Marney
1979
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Viskovsky
1965
Series
The Professionals
Werner Dreisinger
1977
Series
Screen Two
Guy Preger
1985
Series
Waking the Dead
Joe Brackley
2001
Film
Braveheart
Smythe
1995
Series
The Bill
1984
Film
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Vogel
1989
Series
Strike
Roy Phipps
2017
Series
Crossing Lines
Edward Baxendale
2013
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Jason
1969
Series
Between the Lines
1992
Series
Sharpe
Major Nairn
1993
Series
Bodies
Old Mullins
2023
Series
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
DCC Charles Griswold
1987
Series
Thriller
Richard Lovell
1973
Series
Agatha Raisin
Bishop Parsons
2016
Film
The Sum of All Fears
Anatoli Grushkov
2002
Film
Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
1997
Series
Secret Army
Paul Vercors
1977
Film
The Omen
Monk (uncredited)
1976
Film
Gangs of New York
Horace Greeley
2002
Series
The Chief
Sir Robert Eaton
1990
Film
A Bridge Too Far
Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
1977
Series
Screen One
Clitheroe
1989
Series
Hornblower
Captain Keene
1998
Series
Strangers
Sgt Briscoe
1978
Series
New Scotland Yard
DS Patten
1972
Series
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Scott
1995
Series
The Vice
Solicitor
1999
Film
The Saint
Vereshagin
1997
Series
Ultimate Force
2002
Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Antonio
1978
Series
Empire
Cicero
2005
Series
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Film
Mortdecai
The Duke
2015
Series
Lady Killers
Edward Marshall-Hall
1980
Series
Lady Killers
Edward Marshall-Hall KC
1980
Film
Apt Pupil
Ben Kramer
1998
Film
Battlefield Earth
Parson Staffer
2000
Film
Proof of Life
Lord Luthan
2000
Series
Edward the Seventh
Fritz
1975
Series
Smiley's People
Peter Guillam
1982
Series
The Mists of Avalon
Merlin
2001
Series
Cuffs
Leslie Kane
2015
Series
The Body Farm
Harold Penton
2011
Film
Force 10 from Navarone
Schroeder
1978
Film
The Musketeer
Treville, Head of the Musketeers
2001
Film
The Eagle Has Landed
Karl
1976
Premiere
Werner Von Ebrennac
1977
Series
The Living and the Dead
Ebenezer Alsop
2016
Film
Vampyres
Playboy
1974
Film
Blood: The Last Vampire
Elder
2009
Series
The Enigma Files
David Stanley
1980
Series
Ellis Island
Dr. Carl Travers
1984
Film
The First Line
Richard
2014
Film
The Scarlet and the Black
Reinhard Beck
1983
Film
The Medusa Touch
Duff
1978
Film
Quartet
Frank White
2012
Film
Diana
Christiaan Barnard
2013
Film
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Venables
1997
Series
Oliver's Travels
Moody
1995
Series
Oliver's Travels
1995
Film
Beyond the Sea
Dr. Andretti
2004
Film
Outpost: Black Sun
Neurath
2012
Film
Sharpe: The Legend
Nairn
1997
Film
Intrigo: Samaria
Commissioner Keller
2019
Series
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
George Abell
1986
Accident
Ian Shaw
1978
Series
No Bananas
Edward Grant
1996
Series
Saracen
Col. Patrick Ansell
1989
Film
The Island on Bird Street
Bolek
1997
Film
The Infiltrator
Dieter Creutz
1995
Film
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Edward Seymour
1972
Film
Nostradamus
Inquisitor
1994
Film
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Keller
2018
Film
Gunshy
Lange
1998
Film
The Last Witness
Coroner
2018
Film
Sharpe's Company
Major Nairn
1994
Double the Fist
2004
Film
Alien Overlords
Michael
2018
Film
Sharpe's Enemy
Major Nairn
1994
Series
Heat of the Sun
1998
Film
Buster
Poyser
1988
Film
The Scarlet Blade
Lt. Hawke
1963
Series
The Search for Alexander the Great
Demosthenes
1981
Film
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Captain Keene
1998
Film
The Tragedy of Richard III
Duke of Buckingham
1983
Film
The Image
The Artist
1969
Film
The Happy Valley
John Carberry
1987
A Sort of Innocence
1986
Film
Rogue Male
Interrogator
1976
Film
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Friedrich Olbricht
1990
Film
Wednesday Love
Bruce
1975
Film
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Chorus
1986
Film
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
Sir Charles Harwood
2015
Film
The Mark of Cain
Lieut General Strathairn
2007
Film
Champions
Richard Hussey
1984
Film
Break In
Clarke
1975
Film
Conduct Unbecoming
2nd Lt. Toby Strang
1975
Film
The Fix
Sam Campbell
1997
Film
30 Years to Life
Oliver Mather
1998
Film
Sharpe's Honour
Major Nairn
1994
Series
The Devil's Crown
Richard Lionheart
1978
Film
The Good Father
Leonard Scruby
1985
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Claudio
1967
Film
Hildegard
Volmar
1994
Film
Henry VI Part 2
John Hume / Lieutenant
1983
Film
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Antonio
1983
Film
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Mr. Carruthers
1999
Film
In the Secret State
Guy Preger
1985
Film
The Gold Machine
Andrew Norton
2022
Film
The Return of the Dancing Master
Emil Wetterstedt
2004
Film
Imogen's Face
Patrick
1998
Murderous Decisions
Octave
1991
Film
Sunday
Lord Widgery
2002
Film
Man and Superman
Henry Straker
1982
Ms or Jill and Jack
1974
Film
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of Alencon
1983
Film
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
Blank/German/Old Geezer
1994
Film
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2015
Film
Henry VI Part 3
Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
1983
Film
The Crooked Man
Archie Saunders
2003
Film
The Silent Playground
Roger
1963
Film
Coming Out
Gunnar Wedelman
1979
Film
Butley
Reg Nuttall
1974
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
Richard Lovell
1975
Film
Running Late
Clitheroe
1992
Bjorn of the Dead
Derek
Film
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Ratrick Marney
1979
Film
Headmaster
1974
Film
The Silence of the Sea
Werner Von Ebrennac
1980
Film
The Holocaust on Trial
Richard Rampton QC
2000