Gabriel Byrne

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

139

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

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Ballerina

    Ballerina

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • In Treatment

    In Treatment

  • Hereditary

    Hereditary

  • Live from Lincoln Center

    Live from Lincoln Center

  • The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects

  • Ghost Ship

    Ghost Ship

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

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

  • End of Days

    End of Days

  • 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'

  • War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds

  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

  • Maniac

    Maniac

  • Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

    Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • When Brendan Met Trudy

    When Brendan Met Trudy

  • Quest for Camelot

    Quest for Camelot

  • ZeroZeroZero

    ZeroZeroZero

  • Defence of the Realm

    Defence of the Realm

  • Enemy of the State

    Enemy of the State

  • Stigmata

    Stigmata

  • A Simple Twist of Fate

    A Simple Twist of Fate

  • The Keep

    The Keep

  • Just a Sigh

    Just a Sigh

  • Cool World

    Cool World

  • The 33

    The 33

  • Gothic

    Gothic

  • Excalibur

    Excalibur

  • Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

    Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • A Man's Story

    A Man's Story

  • Death of a Ladies' Man

    Death of a Ladies' Man

  • Sauver Mozart

    Sauver Mozart

  • Point of No Return

    Point of No Return

  • Carrie Pilby

    Carrie Pilby

  • On a Paving Stone Mounted

    On a Paving Stone Mounted

  • Leningrad

    Leningrad

  • The Last of the High Kings

    The Last of the High Kings

  • Horses: The Story of Equus

    Horses: The Story of Equus

  • Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

    Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

  • Miller's Crossing

    Miller's Crossing

  • Capital

    Capital

  • Polish Wedding

    Polish Wedding

  • Into the West

    Into the West

  • A Soldier's Tale

    A Soldier's Tale

  • Spider

    Spider

  • An L.A. Minute

    An L.A. Minute

  • Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

  • Jindabyne

    Jindabyne

  • Shade

    Shade

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Perrier's Bounty

    Perrier's Bounty

  • The Rocking Horse Winner

    The Rocking Horse Winner

  • Lionheart

    Lionheart

  • My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

  • Reflections

    Reflections

  • Julia and Julia

    Julia and Julia

  • Patrick

    Patrick

  • Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

    Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

  • 2:22

    2:22

  • Murder at Yellowstone City

    Murder at Yellowstone City

  • Strangers

    Strangers

  • The Women of SNL

    The Women of SNL

  • Lies We Tell

    Lies We Tell

  • Secret State

    Secret State

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • Dead Man

    Dead Man

  • Mussolini: The Untold Story

    Mussolini: The Untold Story

  • The Treatment

    The Treatment

  • A Dangerous Woman

    A Dangerous Woman

  • Smilla's Sense of Snow

    Smilla's Sense of Snow

  • Quirke

    Quirke

  • Vampire Academy

    Vampire Academy

  • Trial by Jury

    Trial by Jury

  • Mad Dog Time

    Mad Dog Time

  • Prince of Jutland

    Prince of Jutland

  • This Is the Sea

    This Is the Sea

  • The Brylcreem Boys

    The Brylcreem Boys

  • Madigan Men

    Madigan Men

  • Played

    Played

  • Emotional Arithmetic

    Emotional Arithmetic

  • Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

  • Siesta

    Siesta

  • In the Cloud

    In the Cloud

  • Dance First

    Dance First

  • Four Letters of Love

    Four Letters of Love

  • I, Anna

    I, Anna

  • Virginia's Run

    Virginia's Run

  • All Things To All Men

    All Things To All Men

  • Frankie Starlight

    Frankie Starlight

  • John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

    John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

  • P.S.

    P.S.

  • Lost Girls

    Lost Girls

  • The Courier

    The Courier

  • Dark Obsession

    Dark Obsession

  • Walking with Ghosts

    Walking with Ghosts

  • Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

    Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

  • Diary Of A Mad Old Man

    Diary Of A Mad Old Man

  • Louder Than Bombs

    Louder Than Bombs

  • Buffalo Girls

    Buffalo Girls

  • Hanna K.

    Hanna K.

  • Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

    Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

  • Wah-Wah

    Wah-Wah

  • Attack on Leningrad

    Attack on Leningrad

  • Making Love

    Making Love

  • Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

  • All Things Bright and Beautiful

    All Things Bright and Beautiful

  • The End of Violence

    The End of Violence

  • Hello Again

    Hello Again

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • No Pay, Nudity

    No Pay, Nudity

  • Shipwrecked

    Shipwrecked

  • Bracken

    Bracken

  • Out of Ireland

    Out of Ireland

  • Endless Night

    Endless Night

  • The Last of Summer

    The Last of Summer

  • Pirates

    Pirates

  • Leningrad

    Leningrad

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

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

  • Mad to Be Normal

    Mad to Be Normal

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

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

  • Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

    Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

  • Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

    Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

  • Somebody Is Waiting

    Somebody Is Waiting

  • Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

    Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

  • Pursuing the Suspects

    Pursuing the Suspects

  • The Search for Alexander the Great

    The Search for Alexander the Great

  • Killing Emmett Young

    Killing Emmett Young

  • Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

    Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

  • Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

    Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

  • Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

    Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

  • Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

    Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea