8.0
8.0
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
1975
as Richard Lovell
Michael Byrne
Acting
Born:November 7, 1943(age 82)
Birthplace:London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (76 movies)
7.8
7.8
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Vogel
7.6
7.6
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999
as Mr. Carruthers
7.5
7.5
Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998
as Captain Keene
7.5
7.5
Henry VI Part 1
1983
as Duke of Alencon
7.1
7.1
The Island on Bird Street
1997
as Bolek
7.0
7.0
Henry VI Part 3
1983
as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
7.0
7.0
Henry VI Part 2
1983
as John Hume / Lieutenant
7.0
7.0
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Reinhard Beck
6.8
6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Duff
6.8
6.8
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Major Nairn
6.7
6.7
Sharpe's Company
1994
as Major Nairn
6.6
6.6
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Karl
6.6
6.6
Champions
1984
as Richard Hussey
6.6
6.6
Sharpe's Honour
1994
as Major Nairn
6.5
6.5
Apt Pupil
1998
as Ben Kramer
6.5
6.5
Rogue Male
1976
as Interrogator
6.5
6.5
Quartet
2012
as Frank White
6.4
6.4
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Anatoli Grushkov
6.3
6.3
Beyond the Sea
2004
as Dr. Andretti
6.3
6.3
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1983
as Antonio
6.2
6.2
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015
as Sir Charles Harwood
6.2
6.2
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Schroeder
6.1
6.1
The Saint
1997
as Vereshagin
6.0
6.0
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
as Duke of Buckingham
6.0
6.0
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
as Friedrich Olbricht
6.0
6.0
The First Line
2014
as Richard
6.0
6.0
Butley
1974
as Reg Nuttall
5.9
5.9
Vampyres
1974
as Playboy
5.9
5.9
The Last Witness
2018
as Coroner
5.9
5.9
The Infiltrator
1995
as Dieter Creutz
5.9
5.9
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
as Elder
5.8
5.8
The Happy Valley
1987
as John Carberry
5.8
5.8
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997
as Venables
5.7
5.7
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
5.7
5.7
Nostradamus
1994
as Inquisitor
5.6
5.6
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Edward Seymour
5.6
5.6
Diana
2013
as Christiaan Barnard
5.6
5.6
Buster
1988
as Poyser
5.5
5.5
Mortdecai
2015
as The Duke
5.5
5.5
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Claudio
5.5
5.5
Intrigo: Samaria
2019
as Commissioner Keller
5.4
5.4
Gunshy
1998
as Lange
5.4
5.4
The Good Father
1985
as Leonard Scruby
5.4
5.4
The Scarlet Blade
1963
as Lt. Hawke
5.3
5.3
Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018
as Keller
5.2
5.2
The Musketeer
2001
as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
5.2
5.2
The Mark of Cain
2007
as Lieut General Strathairn
5.0
5.0
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Demosthenes
5.0
5.0
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Nairn
5.0
5.0
The Gold Machine
2022
as Andrew Norton
5.0
5.0
30 Years to Life
1998
as Oliver Mather
5.0
5.0
Outpost: Black Sun
2012
as Neurath
4.8
4.8
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004
as Emil Wetterstedt
4.7
4.7
The Silent Playground
1963
as Roger
4.7
4.7
The Image
1969
as The Artist
4.5
4.5
Coming Out
1979
as Gunnar Wedelman
4.0
4.0
Alien Overlords
2018
as Michael
3.3
3.3
Battlefield Earth
2000
as Parson Staffer
2.8
2.8
The Fix
1997
as Sam Campbell
2.0
2.0
Imogen's Face
1998
as Patrick
2.0
2.0
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
1994
as Blank/German/Old Geezer
2.0
2.0
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Chorus
Murderous Decisions
1991
as Octave
Ms or Jill and Jack
1974
Hildegard
1994
as Volmar
Break In
1975
as Clarke
The Silence of the Sea
1980
as Werner Von Ebrennac
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
1979
as Ratrick Marney
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2015
Man and Superman
1982
as Henry Straker
Wednesday Love
1975
as Bruce
The Crooked Man
2003
as Archie Saunders
Headmaster
1974
Running Late
1992
as Clitheroe
In the Secret State
1985
as Guy Preger
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