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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 c

Born

May 12, 1950

Dublin, Ireland

Known For

Acting

Movies

119 acting

11 crew

Popularity

2.8

Known For

Hereditary
Hereditary
2018 • as Steve Graham
★ 7.3
Ballerina
Ballerina
2025 • as The Chancellor
★ 7.3
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
1995 • as Keaton
★ 8.2
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 • as D'Artagnan
★ 6.7
Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State
1998 • as 'Brill'
★ 7.1
Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship
2002 • as Captain Sean Murphy
★ 6.0
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 • as The Horse (voice)
★ 8.2
Excalibur
Excalibur
1981 • as Uther
★ 7.0
End of Days
End of Days
1999 • as The Man
★ 6.1
Little Women
Little Women
1994 • as Friedrich Bhaer
★ 7.3
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
★ 6.4
The 33
The 33
2015 • as Andre Sougarret
★ 6.4
Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing
1990 • as Tom Reagan
★ 7.4
Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13
2005 • as Captain Marcus Duvall
★ 6.2
Dead Man
Dead Man
1995 • as Charlie Dickinson
★ 7.3
Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot
1998 • as Lionel (voice)
★ 6.8
Point of No Return
Point of No Return
1993 • as Bob
★ 6.2
Stigmata
Stigmata
1999 • as Father Andrew Kiernan
★ 6.3
Shade
Shade
2003 • as Charlie Miller
★ 6.2
Cool World
Cool World
1992 • as Jack Deebs
★ 5.7
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy
2014 • as Victor Dashkov
★ 6.3
The Keep
The Keep
1983 • as Major Kaempffer
★ 5.6
Murder at Yellowstone City
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022 • as Sheriff Ambrose
★ 5.5
Endless Night
Endless Night
2015 • as Bram
★ 6.1
Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs
2015 • as Gene Reed
★ 6.5
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 • as The Mechanic
★ 6.3
Hello Again
Hello Again
1987 • as Kevin Scanlon
★ 5.7
Four Letters of Love
Four Letters of Love
2025 • as Muiris Gore
★ 6.2
Spider
Spider
2002 • as Bill Cleg
★ 6.6
The End of Violence
The End of Violence
1997 • as Ray
★ 5.4
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
★ 7.5
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
2004 • as The Marquess of Steyne
★ 5.8
A Simple Twist of Fate
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994 • as John Newland
★ 6.2
Into the West
Into the West
1992 • as Papa Reilly
★ 6.4
Gothic
Gothic
1987 • as Lord Byron
★ 5.7
Lost Girls
Lost Girls
2020 • as Richard Dormer
★ 6.1
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 • as Brother Juniper
★ 5.2
Played
Played
2006 • as Eddie
★ 3.9
I, Anna
I, Anna
2012 • as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
★ 5.3
P.S.
P.S.
2004 • as Peter Harrington
★ 5.6
Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury
1994 • as Daniel Graham
★ 5.4
All Things To All Men
All Things To All Men
2013 • as Joseph Corso
★ 4.3
Jindabyne
Jindabyne
2006 • as Stewart
★ 5.4
This Is the Sea
This Is the Sea
1997 • as Rohan
★ 6.0
Perrier's Bounty
Perrier's Bounty
2010 • as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
★ 5.8
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
★ 6.9
Carrie Pilby
Carrie Pilby
2017 • as Mr. Pilby
★ 6.8
The Women of SNL
The Women of SNL
2010 • as Priest (archive footage)
★ 5.3
Mad to Be Normal
Mad to Be Normal
2017 • as Jim
★ 5.7
Capital
Capital
2012 • as Dittmar Rigule
★ 6.1
A Dangerous Woman
A Dangerous Woman
1993 • as Mackey
★ 5.5
Prince of Jutland
Prince of Jutland
1994 • as Fenge
★ 5.4
Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah
2005 • as Harry Compton
★ 5.8
Julia and Julia
Julia and Julia
1988 • as Paolo
★ 5.1
Leningrad
Leningrad
2009 • as Philip Parker
★ 5.5
Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm
1986 • as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
★ 6.3
Lionheart
Lionheart
1987 • as Black Prince
★ 5.6
Death of a Ladies' Man
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021 • as Samuel O'Shea
★ 5.7
The Last of the High Kings
The Last of the High Kings
1996 • as Jack Griffin
★ 5.6
Lies We Tell
Lies We Tell
2018 • as Donald
★ 5.3
A Man's Story
A Man's Story
2011 • as Self
★ 6.9
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
★ 6.6
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997 • as Lionel Powers
★ 5.2
Pirates
Pirates
1998 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
Mad Dog Time
Mad Dog Time
1996 • as Ben London
★ 5.2
Siesta
Siesta
1987 • as Augustine
★ 5.2
2:22
2:22
2008 • as Detective Swain (uncredited)
★ 5.1
Polish Wedding
Polish Wedding
1998 • as Bolek
★ 5.1
Just a Sigh
Just a Sigh
2013 • as Man
★ 6.2
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
★ 7.8
Buffalo Girls
Buffalo Girls
1995 • as Teddy Blue
★ 6.5
Dance First
Dance First
2023 • as Samuel Beckett
★ 6.6
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
★ 8.8
Emotional Arithmetic
Emotional Arithmetic
2008 • as Christopher Lewis
★ 5.5
Hanna K.
Hanna K.
1983 • as Joshué Herzog
★ 6.2
Diamond Skulls
Diamond Skulls
1990 • as Hugo
★ 3.4
Making Love
Making Love
2000 • as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
★ 6.8
Somebody Is Waiting
Somebody Is Waiting
1996 • as Roger Ellis
★ 5.5
An L.A. Minute
An L.A. Minute
2018 • as Ted Gold
★ 2.0
A Soldier's Tale
A Soldier's Tale
1988 • as Saul
★ 4.2
Virginia's Run
Virginia's Run
2002 • as Ford Lofton
★ 7.4
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
★ 5.7
Out of Ireland
Out of Ireland
1995 • as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
★ 7.0
No Pay, Nudity
No Pay, Nudity
2016 • as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
★ 4.0
Frankie Starlight
Frankie Starlight
1995 • as Jack Kelly
★ 5.3
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994 • as The Good Thief
★ 8.0
In the Cloud
In the Cloud
2018 • as Doc Wolff
★ 5.0
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008 • as King Arthur
★ 2.0
When Brendan Met Trudy
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000 • as Special Appearance
★ 4.4
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.3
Killing Emmett Young
Killing Emmett Young
2002 • as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
★ 5.4
movie
Pursuing the Suspects
2002 • as Himself
★ 6.7
The Brylcreem Boys
The Brylcreem Boys
1996 • as Commandant O'Brien
★ 4.2
The Rocking Horse Winner
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982 • as Bassett
★ 9.0
Patrick
Patrick
2004 • as Patrick
★ 6.0
Horses: The Story of Equus
Horses: The Story of Equus
2002 • as Narrator
★ 9.0
The Outsider
The Outsider
1979 • as Man in Street
★ 5.8
movie
Joyce in June
1982 • as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
movie
Reflections
1984 • as William Masters
★ 5.2
The Courier
The Courier
1988 • as Val
★ 6.7
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
2018 • as Narrator
★ 8.0
movie
Draíocht
1996 • as Father
Walking with Ghosts
Walking with Ghosts
2022 • as Himself
Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked
1990 • as Lt. John Merrick
★ 6.7
movie
The Treatment
1984 • as Father Michael
★ 10.0