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Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Department: Acting

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. 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.

Known For

Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing

1990

Dead Man

Dead Man

1995

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995

Leningrad

Leningrad

2009

Stigmata

Stigmata

1999

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

2022

Point of No Return

Point of No Return

1993

Jindabyne

Jindabyne

2006

The Search for Alexander the Great

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

Excalibur

Excalibur

1981

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

2004

Played

Played

2006

P.S.

P.S.

2004

Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

2005

Gothic

Gothic

1987

Into the West

Into the West

1992

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

Little Women

Little Women

1994

End of Days

End of Days

1999

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

1998

Spider

Spider

2002

Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship

2002

The Keep

The Keep

1983

Emotional Arithmetic

Emotional Arithmetic

2008

Perrier's Bounty

Perrier's Bounty

2009

Hello Again

Hello Again

1987

Defence of the Realm

Defence of the Realm

1986

Trial by Jury

Trial by Jury

1994

Cool World

Cool World

1992

Making Love

Making Love

2000

Shade

Shade

2003

Siesta

Siesta

1987

Wah-Wah

Wah-Wah

2005

A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994

Virginia's Run

Virginia's Run

2002

All Things Bright and Beautiful

All Things Bright and Beautiful

1994

The Last of the High Kings

The Last of the High Kings

1996

Hanna K.

Hanna K.

1983

Polish Wedding

Polish Wedding

1998

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004

This Is the Sea

This Is the Sea

1997

Mad Dog Time

Mad Dog Time

1996

The End of Violence

The End of Violence

1997

The Courier

The Courier

1988

Prince of Jutland

Prince of Jutland

1994

Quest for Camelot

Quest for Camelot

1998

Shipwrecked

Shipwrecked

1990

Frankie Starlight

Frankie Starlight

1995

Julia and Julia

Julia and Julia

1988

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

2011

Lionheart

Lionheart

1987

The Brylcreem Boys

The Brylcreem Boys

1996

Walking with Ghosts

Walking with Ghosts

2022

Capital

Capital

2012

Buffalo Girls

Buffalo Girls

1995

A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

1993

Patrick

Patrick

2004

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

1982

Diamond Skulls

Diamond Skulls

1990

I, Anna

I, Anna

2012

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

2012

All Things To All Men

All Things To All Men

2013

Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy

2014

Just a Sigh

Just a Sigh

2013

Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City

2022

Dance First

Dance First

2023

A Soldier's Tale

A Soldier's Tale

1988

Horses: The Story of Equus

Horses: The Story of Equus

2002

Reflections

Reflections

1984

Sauver Mozart

Sauver Mozart

When Brendan Met Trudy

When Brendan Met Trudy

2000

Killing Emmett Young

Killing Emmett Young

2002

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

2003

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Weapons of Mass Distraction

1997

Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs

2015

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

2022

Endless Night

Endless Night

2015

Nothing Is What It Seems:  The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'

Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'

1998

The Treatment

The Treatment

1984

2:22

2:22

2008

The 33

The 33

2015

Ballerina

Ballerina

2025

Mad to Be Normal

Mad to Be Normal

2017

Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

2008

Four Letters of Love

Four Letters of Love

2025

Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

2018

Carrie Pilby

Carrie Pilby

2017

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2016

Somebody Is Waiting

Somebody Is Waiting

1996

No Pay, Nudity

No Pay, Nudity

2016

Pursuing the Suspects

Pursuing the Suspects

2002

An L.A. Minute

An L.A. Minute

2018

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

2017

Lies We Tell

Lies We Tell

2018

Hereditary

Hereditary

2018

In the Cloud

In the Cloud

2018

Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

2008

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

2018

Lost Girls

Lost Girls

2020

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

2018

The Outsider

The Outsider

1979

The Women of SNL

The Women of SNL

2010

On a Paving Stone Mounted

On a Paving Stone Mounted

1978

Death of a Ladies' Man

Death of a Ladies' Man

2021

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

2002

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

2002

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?

2020

Pirates

Pirates

1998

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

1995

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

2013

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

2025

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Out of Ireland

Out of Ireland

1995

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

2025

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

2025

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

2025

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

The View

The View

1997

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Madigan Men

Madigan Men

2000

Live from Lincoln Center

Live from Lincoln Center

1976

Bracken

Bracken

1980

In Treatment

In Treatment

2008

Attack on Leningrad

Attack on Leningrad

2007

Vikings

Vikings

2013

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Secret State

Secret State

2012

Quirke

Quirke

2014

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

2015

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

1985

Mussolini: The Untold Story

Mussolini: The Untold Story

1985

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

2019

Leningrad

Leningrad

2007

The Last of Summer

The Last of Summer

1978

ZeroZeroZero

ZeroZeroZero

2020

Maniac

Maniac

2018

Strangers

Strangers

1978

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956