Gabriel Byrne

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

131

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-05-12 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

  • Gabriel James Byrne
  • Гэбриэл Бирн
  • Гэбриел Бирн
  • Гэбриел Бёрн

Gabriel Byrne

Biography

Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen début came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. The actor has now starred in over 35 feature films, such as The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing and Stigmata, in addition to writing two. Byrne's producing credits include the Academy Award-nominated In the Name of the Father. Currently, he is receiving much critical acclaim for his role as Dr. Paul Weston in the HBO drama In Treatment.

Known For

The Usual Suspects
8.2%

The Usual Suspects

Jul 19, 1995

Hereditary
7.3%

Hereditary

Jun 7, 2018

Vikings
8.1%

Vikings

Mar 3, 2013

The Man in the Iron Mask
6.6%

The Man in the Iron Mask

Mar 12, 1998

Enemy of the State
7.0%

Enemy of the State

Nov 20, 1998

Ghost Ship
5.9%

Ghost Ship

Oct 25, 2002

End of Days
6.1%

End of Days

Nov 24, 1999

Vampire Academy
6.3%

Vampire Academy

Feb 7, 2014

Miller's Crossing
7.5%

Miller's Crossing

Sep 21, 1990

Dead Man
7.3%

Dead Man

Dec 23, 1995

Little Women
7.3%

Little Women

Dec 21, 1994

Assault on Precinct 13
6.2%

Assault on Precinct 13

Jan 19, 2005

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Acting

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

Production

2019
Land Without God as Executive Producer
2018
Hereditary as Executive Producer
2012
Tent City, U.S.A as Executive Producer
2000
Madigan Men as Producer
2000
Mad About Mambo as Executive Producer
1996
The Last of the High Kings as Co-Executive Producer
1996
The Brylcreem Boys as Producer
1993
In the Name of the Father as Executive Producer
1992
Into the West as Associate Producer

Writing

1996
The Last of the High Kings as Screenplay
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