Gabriel Byrne
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

Vikings

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

The View

Tony Awards

In Treatment

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Ballerina
All Movies (118)
- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach2026 · as Self - Actor
- Richard Burton: Wild Genius2025 · 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
- Four Letters of Love2025 · as Muiris Gore
- Ballerina2025 · as The Chancellor
- Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story2025 · as Self
- Dance First2023 · as Samuel Beckett
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse2022 · as The Horse (voice)
- Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend2022 · as Enzo Ferrari
- Murder at Yellowstone City2022 · as Sheriff Ambrose
- Walking with Ghosts2022 · as Himself
- Death of a Ladies' Man2021 · as Samuel O'Shea
- Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?2020 · as Self
- Lost Girls2020 · as Richard Dormer
- Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary2018 · as Self - Steve
- An L.A. Minute2018 · as Ted Gold
- Hereditary2018 · as Steve Graham
- My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw2018 · as Narrator
- In the Cloud2018 · as Doc Wolff
- Lies We Tell2018 · as Donald
- Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea2018 · as Narrator
- Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death2017 · as Self
- Mad to Be Normal2017 · as Jim
- Carrie Pilby2017 · as Mr. Pilby
- No Pay, Nudity2016 · as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
- Endless Night2015 · as Bram
- Louder Than Bombs2015 · as Gene Reed
- The 332015 · as Andre Sougarret
- Vampire Academy2014 · as Victor Dashkov
- Excalibur: Behind the Movie2013 · as Self
- Just a Sigh2013 · as Man
- All Things To All Men2013 · as Joseph Corso
- Capital2012 · as Dittmar Rigule
- John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man2012 · as Narrator
- I, Anna2012 · as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
- A Man's Story2011 · as Self
- The Women of SNL2010 · as Priest (archive footage)
- Perrier's Bounty2009 · as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
- Leningrad2009 · as Philip Parker
- 2:222008 · as Detective Swain (uncredited)
- Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home2008
- Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center2008 · as King Arthur
- Emotional Arithmetic2008 · as Christopher Lewis
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007 · as Self
- Jindabyne2006 · as Stewart
- Played2006 · as Eddie
- Wah-Wah2005 · as Harry Compton
- Assault on Precinct 132005 · as Captain Marcus Duvall
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey2004 · as Brother Juniper
- P.S.2004 · as Peter Harrington
- Vanity Fair2004 · as The Marquess of Steyne
- Patrick2004 · as Patrick
- Shade2003 · as Charlie Miller
- Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality2003 · as Narrator
- Spider2002 · as Bill Cleg
- Ghost Ship2002 · as Captain Sean Murphy
- Horses: The Story of Equus2002 · as Narrator
- Pursuing the Suspects2002 · as Himself
- Killing Emmett Young2002 · as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
- Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette2002 · as Self
- Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'2002 · as Self
- Virginia's Run2002 · as Ford Lofton
- When Brendan Met Trudy2000 · as Special Appearance
- Making Love2000 · as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
- End of Days1999 · as The Man
- Stigmata1999 · as Father Andrew Kiernan
- Enemy of the State1998 · as 'Brill'
- Quest for Camelot1998 · as Lionel (voice)
- Pirates1998 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Man in the Iron Mask1998 · as D'Artagnan
- Polish Wedding1998 · as Bolek
- Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'1998 · as Self
- This Is the Sea1997 · as Rohan
- The End of Violence1997 · as Ray
- Weapons of Mass Distraction1997 · as Lionel Powers
- Smilla's Sense of Snow1997 · as The Mechanic
- Somebody Is Waiting1996 · as Roger Ellis
- The Last of the High Kings1996 · as Jack Griffin
- The Brylcreem Boys1996 · as Commandant O'Brien
- Mad Dog Time1996 · as Ben London
- Dead Man1995 · as Charlie Dickinson
- Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?1995 · as Narrator (voice)
- Frankie Starlight1995 · as Jack Kelly
- The Usual Suspects1995 · as Keaton
- Out of Ireland1995 · as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
- Buffalo Girls1995 · as Teddy Blue
- Little Women1994 · as Friedrich Bhaer
- Trial by Jury1994 · as Daniel Graham
- A Simple Twist of Fate1994 · as John Newland
- All Things Bright and Beautiful1994 · as The Good Thief
- Prince of Jutland1994 · as Fenge
- A Dangerous Woman1993 · as Mackey
- Point of No Return1993 · as Bob
- Into the West1992 · as Papa Reilly
- Cool World1992 · as Jack Deebs
- Shipwrecked1990 · as Lt. John Merrick
- Miller's Crossing1990 · as Tom Reagan
- Diamond Skulls1990 · as Hugo
- A Soldier's Tale1988 · as Saul
- The Courier1988 · as Val
- Julia and Julia1988 · as Paolo
- Siesta1987 · as Augustine
- Hello Again1987 · as Kevin Scanlon
- Lionheart1987 · as Black Prince
- Gothic1987 · as Lord Byron
- Defence of the Realm1986 · as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
- Reflections1984 · as William Masters
- The Treatment1984 · as Father Michael
- The Keep1983 · as Major Kaempffer
- Hanna K.1983 · as Joshué Herzog
- Joyce in June1982 · as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
- The Rocking Horse Winner1982 · as Bassett
- The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Ptolemy
- Excalibur1981 · as Uther
- The Outsider1979 · as Man in Street
- On a Paving Stone Mounted1978
- Sauver Mozart—
All TV Shows (25)
- ZeroZeroZero2020 · as Edward Lynwood
- War of the Worlds2019 · as Bill Ward
- Maniac2018 · as Porter Milgrim
- Vikings: Athelstan's Journal2015 · as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
- Quirke2014 · as Quirke
- Vikings2013 · as Earl Haraldson
- Secret State2012 · as Tom Dawkins
- The Meaning of Life2009 · as Self
- In Treatment2008 · as Dr. Paul Weston
- Attack on Leningrad2007 · as Phillip Parker
- Leningrad2007
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- Madigan Men2000 · as Benjamin Madigan
- The View1997 · as Self
- Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- Mussolini: The Untold Story1985 · as Vittorio Mussolini
- Christopher Columbus1985 · as Christopher Columbus
- The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Ptolemy
- Bracken1980 · as Pat Barry
- The Last of Summer1978 · as Bishop's secretary
- Strangers1978 · as Johnny Maguire
- Live from Lincoln Center1976 · as King Arthur
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter