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Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne’s screen credits include Keaton in The Usual Suspects, Steve Graham in Hereditary, and 'Brill' in Enemy of the State.
Born May 12, 1950 Dublin, Ireland3 movies on MoviHero
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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). …
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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).
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- 2025Richard Burton: Wild GeniusSelf
- 2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'Self (archive footage), Self
- 2025BallerinaThe Chancellor
- 2025Four Letters of LoveMuiris Gore
- 2025Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien StorySelf
- 2023Dance FirstSamuel Beckett
- 2022The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseThe Horse (voice)
- 2022Lamborghini: The Man Behind the LegendEnzo Ferrari
- 2022Murder at Yellowstone CitySheriff Ambrose
- 2022Walking with GhostsHimself
- 2021Death of a Ladies' ManSamuel O'Shea
- 2020Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?Self
- 2020Lost GirlsRichard Dormer
- 2019Land Without GodProducer
- 2018Cursed: The True Nature of HereditarySelf - Steve
- 2018An L.A. MinuteTed Gold
- 2018My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard ShawNarrator
- 2018In the CloudDoc Wolff
- 2018Lies We TellDonald
- 2018Atlantic Salmon: Lost at SeaNarrator
- 2017Into the Night: Portraits of Life and DeathSelf
- 2017Mad to Be NormalJim
- 2017Carrie PilbyMr. Pilby
- 2016No Pay, NudityLester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
- 2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken LoachSelf - Actor
- 2015Endless NightBram
- 2015Louder Than BombsGene Reed
- 2015The 33Andre Sougarret
- 2014Vampire AcademyVictor Dashkov
- 2013Excalibur: Behind the MovieSelf
- 2013Just a SighMan
- 2013All Things To All MenJoseph Corso
- 2012CapitalDittmar Rigule
- 2012John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet ManNarrator
- 2012Tent City, U.S.AProducer
- 2012I, AnnaD.C.I. Bernie Reid
- 2011A Man's StorySelf
- 2010The Women of SNLPriest (archive footage)
- 2010Perrier's BountyVoice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
- 2009LeningradPhilip Parker
- 20082:22Detective Swain (uncredited)
- 2008Gabriel Byrne: Stories from HomeActor
- 2008Camelot: Live from Lincoln CenterKing Arthur
- 2008Emotional ArithmeticChristopher Lewis
- 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf
- 2006JindabyneStewart
- 2006PlayedEddie
- 2005Wah-WahHarry Compton
- 2005Assault on Precinct 13Captain Marcus Duvall
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyBrother Juniper
- 2004P.S.Peter Harrington
- 2004Vanity FairThe Marquess of Steyne
- 2004PatrickPatrick
- 2003ShadeCharlie Miller
- 2003Flight from Death: The Quest for ImmortalityNarrator
- 2002SpiderBill Cleg
- 2002Ghost ShipCaptain Sean Murphy
- 2002Horses: The Story of EquusNarrator
- 2002Pursuing the SuspectsHimself
- 2002Killing Emmett YoungJack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
- 2002Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - FeaturetteSelf
- 2002Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'Self
- 2002Virginia's RunFord Lofton
- 2000When Brendan Met TrudySpecial Appearance
- 2000Mad About MamboProducer
- 2000Making LoveViolinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
- 1999End of DaysThe Man
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special(archive footage)
- 1999StigmataFather Andrew Kiernan
- 1998Quest for CamelotLionel (voice)
- 1998PiratesNarrator (voice)
- 1998The Man in the Iron MaskD'Artagnan
- 1998Polish WeddingBolek
- 1998Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'Self
- 1997This Is the SeaRohan
- 1997The End of ViolenceRay
- 1997Weapons of Mass DistractionLionel Powers
- 1997Smilla's Sense of SnowThe Mechanic
- 1996Somebody Is WaitingProducer · Roger Ellis
- 1996The Last of the High KingsProducer · Writer · Jack Griffin
- 1996The Brylcreem BoysProducer · Commandant O'Brien
- 1996Mad Dog TimeBen London
- 1996DraíochtWriter · Father
- 1995Dead ManCharlie Dickinson
- 1995Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?Narrator (voice)
- 1995Frankie StarlightJack Kelly
- 1995Out of IrelandRichard O'Gorman (voice)
- 1995Buffalo GirlsTeddy Blue
- 1994Little WomenFriedrich Bhaer
- 1994Trial by JuryDaniel Graham
- 1994A Simple Twist of FateJohn Newland
- 1994All Things Bright and BeautifulThe Good Thief
- 1994Prince of JutlandFenge
- 1993In the Name of the FatherProducer
- 1993A Dangerous WomanMackey
- 1993Point of No ReturnBob
- 1992Into the WestProducer · Papa Reilly
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