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Gabriel Byrne


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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Filmography

Hide HideActor (87 titles)
2013 Le capital (filming)
 
2012 All Things to All Men (filming)
Joseph Corso (rumored)
 
2012 I, Anna (post-production)
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
 
2008-2010 In Treatment (TV series)
Dr. Paul Weston
 
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)
 
2006 Played
Eddie
 
2004 Patrick (TV documentary)
Patrick (voice)
 
2003/I Shade
Charlie Miller
 
2002 Spider
Bill Cleg
 
2000 When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
 
1998 Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
 
1998 The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
 
1998 Pirates
Narrator
 
1997 Glenroe (TV series)
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 Draiocht (TV movie)
Father
 
1995 Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
 
1995 Buffalo Girls (TV movie)
Teddy Blue
 
1995 Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
 
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
 
1990 Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
 
1989 Dark Obsession
Lord Hugo Bruckton
 
1988 The Courier
Val
 
1987 Siesta
Augustine
 
1987 Julia and Julia
Paolo Vinci
 
1987 Lionheart: The Children's Crusade
Black Prince
 
1986 Gothic
Byron
 
1986 Defense of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
 
1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV mini-series)
Vittorio Mussolini
 
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
 
1983 Hanna K.
Joshua Herzog
 
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
 
1982 Joyce in June (TV movie)
Keogh / Blazes Boylan
 
1981 Strangers (TV series)
Johnny Maguire
The Flowers of Edinburgh (1981) … Johnny Maguire
 
1980 The Outsider
 
1978-1979 The Riordans (TV series)
Pat Barry
Journey's End (1979) … Pat Barry
The Homesteaders (1979) … Pat Barry
 
1978 The Burke Enigma (TV series)
Broken Heroes (1978)
 
1978 Last of Summer (TV series)
Episode #1.4 (1978)
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
2011 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 The Lark in the Clear Air (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 (3 titles)
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Prodigal Sons (documentary) (many thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (46 titles)
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 The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
2008 TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2008 Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home (documentary)
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
 
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 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
 
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
 
1996 The 18th Annual CableACE Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1996 Past Into Present
Himself
 
1995 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host
Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette (1995) … Himself - Host
 
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 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 September 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Kim Cattrall … Narrator
 
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)
 
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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Personal Details

Other Works:

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

Publicity Listings:

9 Interviews  | 10 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on dealing with depression] - A single negative thought begins in your head. That single negative thought interacts with another negative thought and becomes a reality. And the world seems like the darkest, bleakest, blackest place that you can possibly be. And it has nothing to do with logic, it has nothing to do with reality... See more »

Trivia:

Autobiography titled "Pictures in My Head" See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus