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Byrne was the first of six children, born in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a cooper and his mother a hospital worker. He was raised Catholic and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. He spent five years of his childhood in a seminary training to be a Catholic priest. He later said, "I spent five years in the seminary and I suppose it was assumed that you had a vocation... See full bio »

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Gabriel James Byrne
in Dublin, Ireland
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???? Louder Than Bombs (pre-production)
 
2014 Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters (filming)
Victor Dashkov
 
2013 Just a Sigh
Doug
 
2013 Vikings (TV series)
Earl Haraldson
– Burial of the Dead (2013) … Earl Haraldson
– Raid (2013) … Earl Haraldson
– Trial (2013) … Earl Haraldson
– Dispossessed (2013) … Earl Haraldson
– Wrath of Northmen (2013) … Earl Haraldson
See all 6 episodes »
 
2013 All Things to All Men
Joseph Corso
 
2013 Quirke (TV mini-series)
Quirke
– Christine Falls (2013) … Quirke
– Elegy for April (2013) … Quirke
– The Silver Swan (2013) … Quirke
 
2012 Secret State (TV series)
Tom Dawkins
– Episode #1.4 (2012) … Tom Dawkins
– Episode #1.3 (2012) … Tom Dawkins
– Episode #1.2 (2012) … Tom Dawkins
– Episode #1.1 (2012) … Tom Dawkins
 
2012 Capital
Dittmar Rigule
 
2012 I, Anna
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
 
2008-2010 In Treatment (TV series)
Dr. Paul Weston
– Adele: Week Seven (2010) … Dr. Paul Weston
– Jesse: Week Seven (2010) … Dr. Paul Weston
– Frances: Week Seven (2010) … Dr. Paul Weston
– Sunil: Week Seven (2010) … Dr. Paul Weston
– Adele: Week Six (2010) … Dr. Paul Weston
See all 106 episodes »
 
2009 Attack on Leningrad
Phillip Parker
 
2009 Perrier's Bounty
Voice of The Reaper (voice)
 
2008 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
King Arthur
– Camelot (2008) … King Arthur
 
2008 Still Birth Chicken (short)
 
2007 Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
 
2006 Jindabyne
Stewart Kane
 
2006 Played
Eddie
 
2005 Wah-Wah
Harry Compton
 
2005 Assault on Precinct 13
Capt. Marcus Duvall
 
2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
 
2004 P.S.
Peter Harrington
 
2004 Vanity Fair
The Marquess of Steyne
 
2004 Patrick (TV documentary)
Patrick (voice)
 
2003 Shade
Charlie Miller
 
2002 Ghost Ship
Murphy
 
2002 Emmett's Mark
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
 
2002 Spider
Bill Cleg
 
2002 Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
 
2000 Madigan Men (TV series)
Benjamin Madigan
– Meet the Wolfes (2000) … Benjamin Madigan
– The Kid's Alright (2000) … Benjamin Madigan
– Three Guys, a Girl, and a Conversation Nook (2000) … Benjamin Madigan
– Like Father, Like Son (2000) … Benjamin Madigan
– Love's Labor Lost (2000) … Benjamin Madigan
See all 12 episodes »
 
2000 When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
 
2000 Canone inverso
The Violinist
 
1999 End of Days
The Man / Satan
 
1999 Stigmata
Father Andrew Kiernan
 
1998 Enemy of the State
Brill
 
1998 Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
 
1998 The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
 
1998/I The Man in the Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
 
1998 Polish Wedding
Bolek
 
1998 Pirates
Narrator
 
1997 This Is the Sea
Rohan
 
1997 Weapons of Mass Distraction (TV movie)
Lionel Powers
 
1997 The End of Violence
Ray Bering
 
1997 Glenroe (TV series)
Pat Barry
– Miley's New Bullock (1997) … Pat Barry
 
1997 Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Mechanic
 
1996 Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
 
1996 The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
 
1996 Mad Dog Time
Ben London
 
1996 Draiocht (TV movie)
Father
 
1996 Dr Hagard's Disease
 
1995 Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
 
1995 Dead Man
Charlie Dickinson
 
1995 Buffalo Girls (TV movie)
Teddy Blue
 
1995 Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
 
1995 The Usual Suspects
Dean Keaton
 
1994 Little Women
Friedrich Bhaer
 
1994 Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
 
1994 A Simple Twist of Fate
John Newland
 
1994 Screen Two (TV series)
The Good Thief
– All Things Bright and Beautiful (1994) … The Good Thief
 
1994 Royal Deceit
Fenge
 
1993 A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
 
1993 Point of No Return
Bob
 
1992 Into the West
Papa Reilly
 
1992 Cool World
Jack Deebs
 
1990 Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
 
1990 Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan
 
1989 Dark Obsession
Lord Hugo Bruckton
 
1989 A Soldier's Tale
Saul
 
1988 The Courier
Val
 
1987 Siesta
Augustine
 
1987 Hello Again
Kevin Scanlon
 
1987 Julia and Julia
Paolo Vinci
 
1987 Lionheart
Black Prince
 
1986 Gothic
Byron
 
1986 Defense of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
 
1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV mini-series)
Vittorio Mussolini
 
1985 Christopher Columbus (TV mini-series)
Cristoforo Colombo
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Cristoforo Colombo
– Episode #1.3 (1985) … Cristoforo Colombo
– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Cristoforo Colombo
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Cristoforo Colombo
 
1984 Reflections
William Masters
 
1984 Treatment (TV movie)
 
1983 Wagner (TV series)
Karl Ritter
– Episode #1.2 (1983) … Karl Ritter
– Episode #1.3 (1983) … Karl Ritter
– Episode #1.4 … Karl Ritter
 
1983 The Keep
Major Kaempffer
 
1983 Hanna K.
Joshua Herzog
 
1983 The Rocking Horse Winner (short)
Bassett
 
1980-1982 Bracken (TV series)
Pat Barry
– December (1982) … Pat Barry
– All Saints Day (1980) … Pat Barry
– October (1980) … Pat Barry
– September (1980) … Pat Barry
– August (1980) … Pat Barry
See all 7 episodes »
 
1982 Joyce in June (TV movie)
Keogh / Blazes Boylan
 
1981 The Search for Alexander the Great (TV mini-series)
Ptolemy (1981)
 
1981 Strangers (TV series)
Johnny Maguire
– The Flowers of Edinburgh (1981) … Johnny Maguire
 
1981 Excalibur
Uther Pendragon
 
1980 The Outsider
 
1978-1979 The Riordans (TV series)
Pat Barry
– Episode dated 28 May 1979 (1979) … Pat Barry
– Journey's End (1979) … Pat Barry
– The Homesteaders (1979) … Pat Barry
– Dirty Spit and Luck-Penny (1978) … Pat Barry
 
1978 The Burke Enigma (TV series)
– Broken Heroes (1978)
 
1978 Last of Summer (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1978)
 
1978 Wings of Ash: Pilot for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud (short)
 
1978 On a Paving Stone Mounted
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
2012 Tent City, U.S.A. (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2000 Madigan Men (TV series) (co-executive producer)
 
2000 Mad About Mambo (executive producer)
 
1998 The Brylcreem Boys (co-producer)
 
1996 Somebody Is Waiting (co-producer)
 
1996 The Last of the High Kings (co-executive producer)
 
1996 Dr Hagard's Disease (executive producer)
 
1993 In the Name of the Father (executive producer)
 
1992 Into the West (associate producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1996 The Last of the High Kings
 
1996 Draiocht (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Prodigal Sons (documentary) (many thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (50 titles)
2013 Behind the Sword in the Stone (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2010 A Man's Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Dreaming the Quiet Man (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Himself / Narrator
– Butte, America (2009) … Himself/Narrator
 
2009 The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
2009 Xposé (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.219 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2008 The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
2008 Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1995-2008 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 March 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 24 May 2000 (2000) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 25 November 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 December 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 October 1995 (1995) … Himself - Guest
 
2007 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 4th Irish Film and Television Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2006 At the Movies (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.22 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Tubridy Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.22 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.13 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Riverdance: The Ten Years (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Assault on Precinct 13: Caught in the Crosshairs (2005) … Himself
 
2004 2nd Irish Film and Television Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2004 The Late Late Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 NY Graham Norton (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.10 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Tinseltown TV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 August 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 RIP 2002 (TV documentary)
Himself/interviewee
 
2002 The View (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 November 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Horses: The Story of Equus (documentary short)
Narrator
 
2002 Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Keyser Söze: Lie or Legend? (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.5 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2000 (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 End of Days: The Beginning (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1993-2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 March 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 December 1994 (1994) … Himself
– Gabriel Byrne/Gaby Hoffmann/The Breeders (1993) … Himself
 
2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 March 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
1999 WWE Smackdown! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Divine Rites: The Story of Stigmata (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1993-1997 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
– Episode #4.256 (1996) … Himself
– Episode #4.5 (1995) … Himself
– Episode #2.163 (1993) … Himself
 
1996 The 18th Annual CableACE Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1996 1996 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Past Into Present
Himself
 
1995 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / Keith Richards / Robin Walker
– Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette (1995) … Himself - Host / Keith Richards / Robin Walker
 
1995 Lauren Hutton and... (TV series)
Himself
– Gabriel Byrne (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Out of Ireland (TV documentary) (voice)
 
1994 The Little Picture Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 October 1994 (1994) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Kim Cattrall … Narrator
 
1992 The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1990 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 September 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 The Women of SNL (TV movie)
Priest
 
2008 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
 
2007 Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (TV documentary)
Father (uncredited)
 
2003 Heroes of Comedy: Women on Top
 
2001 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon (video short)
Father (uncredited)
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 In Flags or Flitters: Pictures of Dublin (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Appeared as the abusive husband in 1986 music video for David & David's single "Ain't So Easy" with Joanne Whaley-Kilmer. See more »

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Height:

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I've always felt that acting is about exposure. You expose yourself in the choices you make. It's when you present yourself as truthfully as you can, in a given situation, that you are being that character. Even though you're being yourself. See more »

Trivia:

Son of Dan Byrne and Eileen Gannon. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus