Michael Byrne

Biography

Byrne was born in London, England. He has sometimes been cast in Nazimilitary roles such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Major Schroeder in Force 10 from Navarone, Reinhard Beck in The Scarlet and the Black, General Olbricht in The Plot to Kill Hitler and Obergruppenführer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris. Also seen as the aged but fanatical SS General Neurath in "Outpost 2 - Black Sun", former concentration camp commandant and involved in the Nazis's sinister reality-shifting experiments. Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Ian McKellen) in the film Apt Pupil. He is also familiar to audiences as Smythe, a soldier who attempts to rape William Wallace's wife and first inspires Wallace to seek independence from England in the film Braveheart. His other film credits include The Eagle Has Landed, A Bridge Too Far, The Medusa Touch, The Saint, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears, Gangs of New York and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. On television, he has appeared in Z-Cars, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, The Devil's Crown,Smiley's People, Yes, Prime Minister, Lord Mountbatten - the Last Viceroy, Between The Lines, Sharpe, The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead, The Body Farm, Honest, Hamish Macbeth, and Casualty. From April 2008 to January 2010, Michael starred in Coronation Street, as Ted Page, Gail Platt's long lost father and the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts. It is not known whether he will return to the show. Byrne appeared in State of Play at the Edinburgh Festival written by Zia Trench. He played Romeo to Siân Phillips' Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic. Father of actress Allie Byrne.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Coronation Street

Silent Witness

The Practice

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

Crown Court

All Movies (85)

• The Gold Machine2022 · as Andrew Norton
• Intrigo: Samaria2019 · as Commissioner Keller
• Alien Overlords2018 · as Michael
• Intrigo: Death of an Author2018 · as Keller
• The Last Witness2018 · as Coroner
• Harry Price: Ghost Hunter2015 · as Sir Charles Harwood
• Mortdecai2015 · as The Duke
• Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren2015
• The First Line2014 · as Richard
• Diana2013 · as Christiaan Barnard
• Quartet2012 · as Frank White
• Outpost: Black Sun2012 · as Neurath
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010 · as Gellert Grindelwald
• Blood: The Last Vampire2009 · as Elder
• The Mark of Cain2007 · as Lieut General Strathairn
• Beyond the Sea2004 · as Dr. Andretti
• The Return of the Dancing Master2004 · as Emil Wetterstedt
• The Crooked Man2003 · as Archie Saunders
• Gangs of New York2002 · as Horace Greeley
• The Sum of All Fears2002 · as Anatoli Grushkov
• Sunday2002 · as Lord Widgery
• The Musketeer2001 · as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
• Proof of Life2000 · as Lord Luthan
• Battlefield Earth2000 · as Parson Staffer
• Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei1999 · as Mr. Carruthers
• Apt Pupil1998 · as Ben Kramer
• 30 Years to Life1998 · as Oliver Mather
• Hornblower: The Even Chance1998 · as Captain Keene
• Imogen's Face1998 · as Patrick
• Gunshy1998 · as Lange
• Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · as HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
• Sharpe: The Legend1997 · as Nairn
• Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse1997 · as Venables
• The Island on Bird Street1997 · as Bolek
• The Saint1997 · as Vereshagin
• The Fix1997 · as Sam Campbell
• The Infiltrator1995 · as Dieter Creutz
• Braveheart1995 · as Smythe
• Nostradamus1994 · as Inquisitor
• A Few Short Journeys of the Heart1994 · as Blank/German/Old Geezer
• Sharpe's Honour1994 · as Major Nairn
• Sharpe's Enemy1994 · as Major Nairn
• Sharpe's Company1994 · as Major Nairn
• Hildegard1994 · as Volmar
• Running Late1992 · as Clitheroe
• Murderous Decisions1991 · as Octave
• The Plot to Kill Hitler1990 · as Friedrich Olbricht
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1989 · as Vogel
• Buster1988 · as Poyser
• The Happy Valley1987 · as John Carberry
• Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986 · as Chorus
• The Good Father1985 · as Leonard Scruby
• In the Secret State1985 · as Guy Preger
• Champions1984 · as Richard Hussey
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona1983 · as Antonio
• The Scarlet and the Black1983 · as Reinhard Beck
• The Tragedy of Richard III1983 · as Duke of Buckingham
• Henry VI Part 31983 · as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
• Henry VI Part 21983 · as John Hume / Lieutenant
• Henry VI Part 11983 · as Duke of Alencon
• Man and Superman1982 · as Henry Straker
• The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Demosthenes
• The Silence of the Sea1980 · as Werner Von Ebrennac
• Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter1979 · as Ratrick Marney
• Coming Out1979 · as Gunnar Wedelman
• Force 10 from Navarone1978 · as Schroeder
• The Medusa Touch1978 · as Duff
• A Bridge Too Far1977 · as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
• The Eagle Has Landed1976 · as Karl
• Rogue Male1976 · as Interrogator
• The Omen1976 · as Monk (uncredited)
• Break In1975 · as Clarke
• Conduct Unbecoming1975 · as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
• Wednesday Love1975 · as Bruce
• If It's a Man – Hang Up!1975 · as Richard Lovell
• Vampyres1974 · as Playboy
• Headmaster1974
• Butley1974 · as Reg Nuttall
• Ms or Jill and Jack1974
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives1972 · as Edward Seymour
• The Image1969 · as The Artist
• Much Ado About Nothing1967 · as Claudio
• The Silent Playground1963 · as Roger
• The Scarlet Blade1963 · as Lt. Hawke
• Bjorn of the Dead— · as Derek

All TV Shows (57)

• Bodies2023 · as Old Mullins
• Strike2017 · as Roy Phipps
• The Living and the Dead2016 · as Ebenezer Alsop
• Agatha Raisin2016 · as Bishop Parsons
• Cuffs2015 · as Leslie Kane
• Crossing Lines2013 · as Edward Baxendale
• The Body Farm2011 · as Harold Penton
• Empire2005 · as Cicero
• Double the Fist2004
• Ultimate Force2002
• The Mists of Avalon2001 · as Merlin
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Joe Brackley
• The Vice1999 · as Solicitor
• Hornblower1998 · as Captain Keene
• Heat of the Sun1998
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Keith Grundy
• The Practice1997 · as Officer (uncredited)
• No Bananas1996 · as Edward Grant
• Silent Witness1996
• Oliver's Travels1995 · as Moody
• Oliver's Travels1995
• Hamish Macbeth1995 · as Duncan Scott
• Sharpe1993 · as Major Nairn
• A Touch of Frost1992 · as Alex Ormrod
• Between the Lines1992
• The Chief1990 · as Sir Robert Eaton
• Screen One1989 · as Clitheroe
• Saracen1989 · as Col. Patrick Ansell
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as DCC Charles Griswold
• A Sort of Innocence1986
• Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy1986 · as George Abell
• Yes, Prime Minister1986
• Screen Two1985 · as Guy Preger
• Ellis Island1984 · as Dr. Carl Travers
• The Bill1984
• Smiley's People1982 · as Peter Guillam
• The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Demosthenes
• Lady Killers1980 · as Edward Marshall-Hall
• Lady Killers1980 · as Edward Marshall-Hall KC
• The Enigma Files1980 · as David Stanley
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Patrick Marney
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Antonio
• Accident1978 · as Ian Shaw
• Strangers1978 · as Sgt Briscoe
• The Devil's Crown1978 · as Richard Lionheart
• The Professionals1977 · as Werner Dreisinger
• Secret Army1977 · as Paul Vercors
• Edward the Seventh1975 · as Fritz
• Thriller1973 · as Richard Lovell
• Crown Court1972
• New Scotland Yard1972 · as DS Patten
• Play for Today1970
• Play for Today1970 · as Russell
• Play for Today1970 · as Bruce
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Jason
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Viskovsky
• Coronation Street1960 · as Ted Page