Gabriel Byrne

May 12, 1950(76 years old)
Dublin, Ireland|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.

Movies (113)

Richard Burton: Wild Genius
7.5

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

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

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

Four Letters of Love
6.1

Four Letters of Love

2025

Ballerina
7.2

Ballerina

2025

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
7.5

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

2025

Dance First
6.9

Dance First

2023

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
8.2

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

2022

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
6.4

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

2022

Murder at Yellowstone City
5.5

Murder at Yellowstone City

2022

Walking with Ghosts

Walking with Ghosts

2022

Death of a Ladies' Man
5.6

Death of a Ladies' Man

2021

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2.0

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

2020

Lost Girls
6.1

Lost Girls

2020

Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
9.0

Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

2018

An L.A. Minute
2.0

An L.A. Minute

2018

Hereditary
7.3

Hereditary

2018

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
6.0

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

2018

In the Cloud
5.0

In the Cloud

2018

Lies We Tell
5.3

Lies We Tell

2018

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
8.0

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

2018

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
8.0

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

2017

Mad to Be Normal
5.9

Mad to Be Normal

2017

Carrie Pilby
6.8

Carrie Pilby

2017

No Pay, Nudity
4.0

No Pay, Nudity

2016

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
6.6

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2016

Endless Night
6.1

Endless Night

2015

Louder Than Bombs
6.5

Louder Than Bombs

2015

The 33
6.4

The 33

2015

Vampire Academy
6.3

Vampire Academy

2014

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

2013

Just a Sigh
6.2

Just a Sigh

2013

All Things To All Men
4.3

All Things To All Men

2013

Capital
6.1

Capital

2012

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
7.8

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

2012

I, Anna
5.3

I, Anna

2012

A Man's Story
6.9

A Man's Story

2011

The Women of SNL
6.0

The Women of SNL

2010

Perrier's Bounty
5.7

Perrier's Bounty

2009

Leningrad
5.5

Leningrad

2009

2:22
5.2

2:22

2008

Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2.0

Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

2008

Emotional Arithmetic
5.5

Emotional Arithmetic

2008

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

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

2007

Jindabyne
5.5

Jindabyne

2006

Played
3.9

Played

2006

Wah-Wah
5.9

Wah-Wah

2005

Assault on Precinct 13
6.2

Assault on Precinct 13

2005

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
5.2

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004

P.S.
5.6

P.S.

2004

Vanity Fair
5.8

Vanity Fair

2004

Patrick
6.0

Patrick

2004

Shade
6.2

Shade

2003

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
7.7

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

2003

Spider
6.6

Spider

2002

Ghost Ship
6.0

Ghost Ship

2002

Horses: The Story of Equus
9.0

Horses: The Story of Equus

2002

Killing Emmett Young
5.4

Killing Emmett Young

2002

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
7.0

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

2002

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
8.0

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

2002

Virginia's Run
7.4

Virginia's Run

2002

When Brendan Met Trudy
4.4

When Brendan Met Trudy

2000

Making Love
6.8

Making Love

2000

End of Days
6.1

End of Days

1999

Stigmata
6.3

Stigmata

1999

Enemy of the State
7.1

Enemy of the State

1998

Quest for Camelot
6.8

Quest for Camelot

1998

Pirates
8.0

Pirates

1998

The Man in the Iron Mask
6.6

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

Polish Wedding
5.1

Polish Wedding

1998

Nothing Is What It Seems:  The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
7.0

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

1998

This Is the Sea
6.0

This Is the Sea

1997

The End of Violence
5.4

The End of Violence

1997

Weapons of Mass Distraction
5.2

Weapons of Mass Distraction

1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow
6.3

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

Somebody Is Waiting
5.5

Somebody Is Waiting

1996

The Last of the High Kings
5.6

The Last of the High Kings

1996

The Brylcreem Boys
4.4

The Brylcreem Boys

1996

Mad Dog Time
5.3

Mad Dog Time

1996

Dead Man
7.3

Dead Man

1995

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
6.3

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

1995

Frankie Starlight
5.2

Frankie Starlight

1995

The Usual Suspects
8.2

The Usual Suspects

1995

Out of Ireland
7.0

Out of Ireland

1995

Buffalo Girls
6.5

Buffalo Girls

1995

Little Women
7.3

Little Women

1994

Trial by Jury
5.4

Trial by Jury

1994

A Simple Twist of Fate
6.1

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994

All Things Bright and Beautiful
8.0

All Things Bright and Beautiful

1994

Prince of Jutland
5.4

Prince of Jutland

1994

A Dangerous Woman
5.5

A Dangerous Woman

1993

Point of No Return
6.2

Point of No Return

1993

Into the West
6.4

Into the West

1992

Cool World
5.7

Cool World

1992

Shipwrecked
6.7

Shipwrecked

1990

Miller's Crossing
7.4

Miller's Crossing

1990

Diamond Skulls
3.4

Diamond Skulls

1990

A Soldier's Tale
4.2

A Soldier's Tale

1988

The Courier
7.5

The Courier

1988

Julia and Julia
5.1

Julia and Julia

1988

Siesta
5.3

Siesta

1987

Hello Again
5.7

Hello Again

1987

Lionheart
5.6

Lionheart

1987

Gothic
5.7

Gothic

1987

Defence of the Realm
6.5

Defence of the Realm

1986

The Keep
5.6

The Keep

1983

Hanna K.
6.2

Hanna K.

1983

The Rocking Horse Winner
9.0

The Rocking Horse Winner

1982

The Search for Alexander the Great
7.0

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

Excalibur
7.0

Excalibur

1981

The Outsider
5.8

The Outsider

1979

On a Paving Stone Mounted
9.0

On a Paving Stone Mounted

1978

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Diary of a Mad Old Man

TV Shows (22)