Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Born 1950-05-12 (age 76) Dublin, Ireland
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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).

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Known For

Ballerina
Ballerina

2025

as The Chancellor

Hereditary
Hereditary

2018

as Steve Graham

The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects

1995

as Keaton

End of Days
End of Days

1999

as The Man

Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State

1998

as 'Brill'

The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

as D'Artagnan

Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship

2002

as Captain Sean Murphy

Little Women
Little Women

1994

as Friedrich Bhaer

Excalibur
Excalibur

1981

as Uther

Shade
Shade

2003

as Charlie Miller

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy

2014

as Victor Dashkov

Dead Man
Dead Man

1995

as Charlie Dickinson

Cool World
Cool World

1992

as Jack Deebs

The 33
The 33

2015

as Andre Sougarret

Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot

1998

as Lionel (voice)

Spider
Spider

2002

as Bill Cleg

Stigmata
Stigmata

1999

as Father Andrew Kiernan

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing

1990

as Tom Reagan