9.0
9.0
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018
as Self - Steve
Gabriel Byrne
Also known as: Gabriel James Byrne
Acting
Born:May 12, 1950(age 76)
Birthplace:Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Ireland
Education:University College Dublin, Ardscoil Éanna
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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.
Filmography (117 movies)
8.2
8.2
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Horse (voice)
8.2
8.2
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Keaton
8.0
8.0
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
as The Good Thief
8.0
8.0
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
2017
as Self
8.0
8.0
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
2018
as Narrator
7.9
7.9
In the Name of the Father
1993
Executive Producer
7.8
7.8
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012
as Narrator
7.5
7.5
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025
as Self
7.4
7.4
Miller's Crossing
1990
as Tom Reagan
7.3
7.3
Tent City, U.S.A
2012
Executive Producer
7.3
7.3
Dead Man
1995
as Charlie Dickinson
7.3
7.3
Hereditary
2018
Executive Producer
7.3
7.3
Little Women
1994
as Friedrich Bhaer
7.3
7.3
Ballerina
2025
as The Chancellor
7.2
7.2
Virginia's Run
2002
as Ford Lofton
7.1
7.1
Enemy of the State
1998
as 'Brill'
7.0
7.0
Dance First
2023
as Samuel Beckett
7.0
7.0
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
2003
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
2002
as Self
7.0
7.0
Land Without God
2019
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Excalibur
1981
as Uther
6.9
6.9
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
6.8
6.8
Carrie Pilby
2017
as Mr. Pilby
6.8
6.8
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Lionel (voice)
6.8
6.8
Making Love
2000
as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
6.7
6.7
Shipwrecked
1990
as Lt. John Merrick
6.7
6.7
Pursuing the Suspects
2002
as Himself
6.6
6.6
Spider
2002
as Bill Cleg
6.6
6.6
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as D'Artagnan
6.6
6.6
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actor
6.5
6.5
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002
as Self
6.4
6.4
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Gene Reed
6.4
6.4
Into the West
1992
as Papa Reilly
6.4
6.4
Defence of the Realm
1986
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
6.4
6.4
The 33
2015
as Andre Sougarret
6.4
6.4
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Teddy Blue
6.4
6.4
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
2022
as Enzo Ferrari
6.3
6.3
Vampire Academy
2014
as Victor Dashkov
6.3
6.3
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as The Mechanic
6.3
6.3
Stigmata
1999
as Father Andrew Kiernan
6.2
6.2
Point of No Return
1993
as Bob
6.2
6.2
Just a Sigh
2013
as Man
6.2
6.2
Shade
2003
as Charlie Miller
6.2
6.2
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Captain Marcus Duvall
6.1
6.1
End of Days
1999
as The Man
6.1
6.1
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as John Newland
6.1
6.1
Hanna K.
1983
as Joshué Herzog
6.1
6.1
Endless Night
2015
as Bram
6.1
6.1
Capital
2012
as Dittmar Rigule
6.1
6.1
Lost Girls
2020
as Richard Dormer
6.0
6.0
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Out of Ireland
1995
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
6.0
6.0
Pirates
1998
as Narrator (voice)
6.0
6.0
Ghost Ship
2002
as Captain Sean Murphy
5.9
5.9
Mad to Be Normal
2017
as Jim
5.8
5.8
Wah-Wah
2005
as Harry Compton
5.8
5.8
Four Letters of Love
2025
as Muiris Gore
5.8
5.8
Vanity Fair
2004
as The Marquess of Steyne
5.8
5.8
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
5.7
5.7
Hello Again
1987
as Kevin Scanlon
5.7
5.7
This Is the Sea
1997
as Rohan
5.7
5.7
Gothic
1987
as Lord Byron
5.6
5.6
The Last of the High Kings
1996
Screenplay
5.6
5.6
Cool World
1992
as Jack Deebs
5.6
5.6
The Keep
1983
as Major Kaempffer
5.6
5.6
P.S.
2004
as Peter Harrington
5.5
5.5
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021
as Samuel O'Shea
5.5
5.5
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Mackey
5.5
5.5
Patrick
2004
as Patrick
5.5
5.5
Jindabyne
2006
as Stewart
5.4
5.4
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022
as Sheriff Ambrose
5.4
5.4
Leningrad
2009
as Philip Parker
5.4
5.4
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Christopher Lewis
5.4
5.4
Lionheart
1987
as Black Prince
5.4
5.4
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Fenge
5.3
5.3
Trial by Jury
1994
as Daniel Graham
5.3
5.3
Lies We Tell
2018
as Donald
5.3
5.3
I, Anna
2012
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
5.3
5.3
Killing Emmett Young
2002
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
5.3
5.3
The End of Violence
1997
as Ray
5.2
5.2
Mad Dog Time
1996
as Ben London
5.2
5.2
2:22
2008
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
Siesta
1987
as Augustine
5.1
5.1
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Brother Juniper
5.0
5.0
Frankie Starlight
1995
as Jack Kelly
5.0
5.0
Polish Wedding
1998
as Bolek
5.0
5.0
In the Cloud
2018
as Doc Wolff
5.0
5.0
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
5.0
5.0
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Ptolemy
5.0
5.0
Mad About Mambo
2000
Executive Producer
4.9
4.9
Julia and Julia
1988
as Paolo
4.9
4.9
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Lionel Powers
4.3
4.3
All Things To All Men
2013
as Joseph Corso
4.0
4.0
The Brylcreem Boys
1996
Producer
4.0
4.0
Reflections
1984
as William Masters
4.0
4.0
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
3.8
3.8
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000
as Special Appearance
3.8
3.8
A Soldier's Tale
1988
as Saul
3.6
3.6
Played
2006
as Eddie
3.1
3.1
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Hugo
2.0
2.0
An L.A. Minute
2018
as Ted Gold
2.0
2.0
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
as King Arthur
2.0
2.0
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Roger Ellis
2.0
2.0
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2020
as Self
The Treatment
1984
as Father Michael
Sauver Mozart
TBA
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
TBA
as Self
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
Horses: The Story of Equus
2002
as Narrator
Walking with Ghosts
2022
as Himself
Diary of a Mad Old Man
TBA
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
The Courier
1988
as Val
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Himself (archive footage)
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982
as Bassett
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