Gabriel Byrne

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

141

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-05-12 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

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

    Vikings

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Ballerina

    Ballerina

  • Played

    Played

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • In Treatment

    In Treatment

  • The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects

  • Hereditary

    Hereditary

  • War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds

  • 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'

  • 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'

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • Ghost Ship

    Ghost Ship

  • Maniac

    Maniac

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • ZeroZeroZero

    ZeroZeroZero

  • Cool World

    Cool World

  • Dance First

    Dance First

  • Capital

    Capital

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

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

  • Gothic

    Gothic

  • Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

    Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

  • Leningrad

    Leningrad

  • End of Days

    End of Days

  • Carrie Pilby

    Carrie Pilby

  • Quest for Camelot

    Quest for Camelot

  • Enemy of the State

    Enemy of the State

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • Hello Again

    Hello Again

  • Shade

    Shade

  • Reflections

    Reflections

  • Excalibur

    Excalibur

  • Jindabyne

    Jindabyne

  • Patrick

    Patrick

  • P.S.

    P.S.

  • Miller's Crossing

    Miller's Crossing

  • Stigmata

    Stigmata

  • Emotional Arithmetic

    Emotional Arithmetic

  • Diamond Skulls

    Diamond Skulls

  • Polish Wedding

    Polish Wedding

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Lost Girls

    Lost Girls

  • Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

    Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

  • Spider

    Spider

  • Lionheart

    Lionheart

  • The Treatment

    The Treatment

  • The Courier

    The Courier

  • Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

    Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

  • Point of No Return

    Point of No Return

  • I, Anna

    I, Anna

  • The 33

    The 33

  • Live from Lincoln Center

    Live from Lincoln Center

  • Buffalo Girls

    Buffalo Girls

  • Smilla's Sense of Snow

    Smilla's Sense of Snow

  • Murder at Yellowstone City

    Murder at Yellowstone City

  • Frankie Starlight

    Frankie Starlight

  • Quirke

    Quirke

  • Strangers

    Strangers

  • Death of a Ladies' Man

    Death of a Ladies' Man

  • Hanna K.

    Hanna K.

  • The Keep

    The Keep

  • Vampire Academy

    Vampire Academy

  • Making Love

    Making Love

  • Prince of Jutland

    Prince of Jutland

  • A Man's Story

    A Man's Story

  • The Last of the High Kings

    The Last of the High Kings

  • Just a Sigh

    Just a Sigh

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

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

  • A Simple Twist of Fate

    A Simple Twist of Fate

  • An L.A. Minute

    An L.A. Minute

  • Madigan Men

    Madigan Men

  • In the Cloud

    In the Cloud

  • All Things To All Men

    All Things To All Men

  • Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

  • Trial by Jury

    Trial by Jury

  • Julia and Julia

    Julia and Julia

  • Secret State

    Secret State

  • Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

    Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

  • Into the West

    Into the West

  • The Women of SNL

    The Women of SNL

  • Perrier's Bounty

    Perrier's Bounty

  • Mad Dog Time

    Mad Dog Time

  • Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

    Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

  • Mussolini: The Untold Story

    Mussolini: The Untold Story

  • Richard Burton: Wild Genius

    Richard Burton: Wild Genius

  • Lies We Tell

    Lies We Tell

  • Defence of the Realm

    Defence of the Realm

  • All Things Bright and Beautiful

    All Things Bright and Beautiful

  • Dead Man

    Dead Man

  • A Dangerous Woman

    A Dangerous Woman

  • John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

    John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

  • Diary of a Mad Old Man

    Diary of a Mad Old Man

  • On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

  • A Soldier's Tale

    A Soldier's Tale

  • 2:22

    2:22

  • The Brylcreem Boys

    The Brylcreem Boys

  • Somebody Is Waiting

    Somebody Is Waiting

  • This Is the Sea

    This Is the Sea

  • When Brendan Met Trudy

    When Brendan Met Trudy

  • Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

    Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

  • Sauver Mozart

    Sauver Mozart

  • Pirates

    Pirates

  • Horses: The Story of Equus

    Horses: The Story of Equus

  • Wah-Wah

    Wah-Wah

  • Virginia's Run

    Virginia's Run

  • Mad to Be Normal

    Mad to Be Normal

  • Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

  • Out of Ireland

    Out of Ireland

  • Walking with Ghosts

    Walking with Ghosts

  • Endless Night

    Endless Night

  • No Pay, Nudity

    No Pay, Nudity

  • The Rocking Horse Winner

    The Rocking Horse Winner

  • Four Letters of Love

    Four Letters of Love

  • Shipwrecked

    Shipwrecked

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

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

  • Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

    Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

  • The End of Violence

    The End of Violence

  • Siesta

    Siesta

  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

  • Attack on Leningrad

    Attack on Leningrad

  • Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

    Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

  • Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

  • Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

    Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

  • Louder Than Bombs

    Louder Than Bombs

  • Killing Emmett Young

    Killing Emmett Young

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

    Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

  • Bracken

    Bracken

  • Pursuing the Suspects

    Pursuing the Suspects

  • My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

  • Leningrad

    Leningrad

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

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

  • Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

    Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

  • The Search for Alexander the Great

    The Search for Alexander the Great

  • The Last of Summer

    The Last of Summer

  • Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

    Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

  • Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

    Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home