Gabriel Byrne
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 t...
Known For
Filmography
Ballerina
2025
as The Chancellor
Four Letters of Love
2025
as Muiris Gore
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025
as Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self (archive footage)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
as Self
Dance First
2023
as Samuel Beckett
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
2022
as Enzo Ferrari
Walking with Ghosts
2022
as Himself
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022
as Sheriff Ambrose
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Horse (voice)
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021
as Samuel O'Shea
Lost Girls
2020
as Richard Dormer
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2020
as Self
ZeroZeroZero
2020
as Edward Lynwood
War of the Worlds
2019
as Bill Ward
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018
as Self - Steve
An L.A. Minute
2018
as Ted Gold
Lies We Tell
2018
as Donald
Hereditary
2018
as Steve Graham
In the Cloud
2018
as Doc Wolff
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018
as Narrator
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
2018
as Narrator
Maniac
2018
as Porter Milgrim
Mad to Be Normal
2017
as Jim
Carrie Pilby
2017
as Mr. Pilby
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
2017
as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actor
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Gene Reed
Endless Night
2015
as Bram
The 33
2015
as Andre Sougarret
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015
as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
Vampire Academy
2014
as Victor Dashkov
Quirke
2014
as Quirke
All Things To All Men
2013
as Joseph Corso
Just a Sigh
2013
as Man
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
Vikings
2013
as Earl Haraldson
Capital
2012
as Dittmar Rigule
I, Anna
2012
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012
as Narrator
Secret State
2012
as Tom Dawkins
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Perrier's Bounty
2010
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
The Women of SNL
2010
as Priest (archive footage)
Leningrad
2009
as Philip Parker
The Meaning of Life
2009
as Self
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Christopher Lewis
2:22
2008
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
as King Arthur
In Treatment
2008
as Dr. Paul Weston
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Attack on Leningrad
2007
as Phillip Parker
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Leningrad
2007
Jindabyne
2006
as Stewart
Played
2006
as Eddie
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Captain Marcus Duvall
Wah-Wah
2005
as Harry Compton
Vanity Fair
2004
as The Marquess of Steyne
P.S.
2004
as Peter Harrington
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Brother Juniper
Patrick
2004
as Patrick
Shade
2003
as Charlie Miller
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
2003
as Narrator
Spider
2002
as Bill Cleg
Ghost Ship
2002
as Captain Sean Murphy
Virginia's Run
2002
as Ford Lofton
Horses: The Story of Equus
2002
as Narrator
Killing Emmett Young
2002
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Pursuing the Suspects
2002
as Himself
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002
as Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
2002
as Self
Making Love
2000
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000
as Special Appearance
Madigan Men
2000
as Benjamin Madigan
Stigmata
1999
as Father Andrew Kiernan
End of Days
1999
as The Man
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as (archive footage)
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as D'Artagnan
Enemy of the State
1998
as 'Brill'
Polish Wedding
1998
as Bolek
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Lionel (voice)
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
1998
as Self
Pirates
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as The Mechanic
This Is the Sea
1997
as Rohan
The End of Violence
1997
as Ray
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Lionel Powers
The View
1997
as Self
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Jack Griffin
Mad Dog Time
1996
as Ben London
The Brylcreem Boys
1996
as Commandant O'Brien
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Roger Ellis
Draíocht
1996
as Father
Dead Man
1995
as Charlie Dickinson
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Keaton
Frankie Starlight
1995
as Jack Kelly
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Teddy Blue
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Out of Ireland
1995
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Little Women
1994
as Friedrich Bhaer
Trial by Jury
1994
as Daniel Graham
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as John Newland
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
as The Good Thief
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Fenge
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Point of No Return
1993
as Bob
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Mackey
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Into the West
1992
as Papa Reilly
Cool World
1992
as Jack Deebs
Miller's Crossing
1990
as Tom Reagan
Shipwrecked
1990
as Lt. John Merrick
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Hugo
The Courier
1988
as Val
Julia and Julia
1988
as Paolo
A Soldier's Tale
1988
as Saul
Gothic
1987
as Lord Byron
Hello Again
1987
as Kevin Scanlon
Siesta
1987
as Augustine
Lionheart
1987
as Black Prince
Defence of the Realm
1986
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Christopher Columbus
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Vittorio Mussolini
Reflections
1984
as William Masters
The Treatment
1984
as Father Michael
The Keep
1983
as Major Kaempffer
Hanna K.
1983
as Joshué Herzog
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982
as Bassett
Joyce in June
1982
as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
Excalibur
1981
as Uther
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Ptolemy
Bracken
1980
as Pat Barry
The Outsider
1979
as Man in Street
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
The Last of Summer
1978
as Bishop's secretary
Strangers
1978
as Johnny Maguire
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
as King Arthur
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Film '72
1971
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter