Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

12 May 1950 (74 years old) in Dublin, Ireland

Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen début came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. The actor has now starred in over 35 feature films, such as The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing and Stigmata, in addition to writing two. Byrne's producing credits include the Academy Award-nominated In the Name of the Father. Currently, he is receiving much critical acclaim for his role as Dr. Paul Weston in the HBO drama In Treatment.

Known For

Credits

  • 2025 · From the World of John Wick: Ballerina as
  • 2025 · Four Letters of Love as Muiris Gore
  • 2024 · Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story as Self
  • 2024 · A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' as Himself (Archive Footage)
  • 2023 · Dance First as Samuel Beckett
  • 2022 · The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Horse (voice)
  • 2022 · Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend as Enzo Ferrari
  • 2022 · Murder at Yellowstone City as Sheriff Ambrose
  • 2022 · Walking with Ghosts as Himself
  • 2021 · Death of a Ladies' Man as Samuel O'Shea
  • 2020 · Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? as Self
  • 2020 · ZeroZeroZero as Edward Lynwood
  • 2020 · Lost Girls as Richard Dormer
  • 2019 · War of the Worlds as Bill Ward
  • 2018 · Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary as Self - Steve
  • 2018 · Maniac as Porter Milgrim
  • 2018 · An L.A. Minute as Ted Gold
  • 2018 · Hereditary as Steve Graham
  • 2018 · My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Narrator
  • 2018 · In the Cloud as Doc Wolff
  • 2018 · Lies We Tell as Donald
  • 2018 · Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea as Narrator
  • 2017 · Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death as Self
  • 2017 · Mad to Be Normal as Jim
  • 2017 · Carrie Pilby as Mr. Pilby
  • 2016 · No Pay, Nudity as Lawrence Rose
  • 2016 · Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor
  • 2015 · Endless Night as Bram
  • 2015 · Louder Than Bombs as Gene Reed
  • 2015 · The 33 as Andre Sougarret
  • 2015 · Vikings: Athelstan's Journal as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
  • 2014 · Quirke as Quirke
  • 2014 · Vampire Academy as Victor Dashkov
  • 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
  • 2013 · Just a Sigh as L'homme
  • 2013 · All Things To All Men as Joseph Corso
  • 2013 · Vikings as Earl Haraldson
  • 2012 · Capital as Dittmar Rigule
  • 2012 · Secret State as Tom Dawkins
  • 2012 · John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man as Narrator
  • 2012 · I, Anna as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
  • 2011 · A Man's Story as Self
  • 2010 · The Women of SNL as Priest (archive footage)
  • 2009 · Perrier's Bounty as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
  • 2009 · Leningrad as Philip Parker
  • 2008 · 2:22 as Detective Swain (uncredited)
  • 2008 · Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home as
  • 2008 · Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur
  • 2008 · Emotional Arithmetic as Christopher Lewis
  • 2008 · In Treatment as Dr. Paul Weston
  • 2007 · Attack on Leningrad as Phillip Parker
  • 2007 · Leningrad as
  • 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
  • 2006 · Jindabyne as Stewart
  • 2006 · Played as Eddie
  • 2005 · Wah-Wah as Harry Compton
  • 2005 · Assault on Precinct 13 as Captain Marcus Duvall
  • 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Brother Juniper
  • 2004 · P.S. as Peter Harrington
  • 2004 · Vanity Fair as The Marquess of Steyne
  • 2004 · Patrick as Patrick
  • 2003 · Shade as Charlie Miller
  • 2003 · Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality as Narrator
  • 2002 · Spider as Bill Cleg
  • 2002 · Ghost Ship as Captain Sean Murphy
  • 2002 · Horses: The Story of Equus as Narrator
  • 2002 · Pursuing the Suspects as Himself
  • 2002 · Killing Emmett Young as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
  • 2002 · Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' as Self
  • 2002 · Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette as Self
  • 2002 · Virginia's Run as Ford Lofton
  • 2000 · When Brendan Met Trudy as Special Appearance
  • 2000 · Madigan Men as Benjamin Madigan
  • 2000 · Making Love as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
  • 1999 · End of Days as The Man
  • 1999 · Stigmata as Father Andrew Kiernan
  • 1998 · Enemy of the State as 'Brill'
  • 1998 · Quest for Camelot as Lionel (voice)
  • 1998 · Pirates as Narrator (voice)
  • 1998 · The Man in the Iron Mask as D'Artagnan
  • 1998 · Polish Wedding as Bolek
  • 1997 · This Is the Sea as Rohan
  • 1997 · The End of Violence as Ray
  • 1997 · The View as Self
  • 1997 · Weapons of Mass Distraction as Lionel Powers
  • 1997 · Smilla's Sense of Snow as The Mechanic
  • 1996 · Somebody Is Waiting as Roger Ellis
  • 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Jack Griffin
  • 1996 · The Brylcreem Boys as Commandant O'Brien
  • 1996 · Mad Dog Time as Ben London
  • 1995 · Dead Man as Charlie Dickinson
  • 1995 · Frankie Starlight as Jack Kelly
  • 1995 · Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? as Narrator
  • 1995 · The Usual Suspects as Dean Keaton
  • 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Teddy Blue
  • 1994 · Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer
  • 1994 · Trial by Jury as Daniel Graham
  • 1994 · A Simple Twist of Fate as John Newland
  • 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
  • 1994 · All Things Bright and Beautiful as The Good Thief
  • 1994 · Royal Deceit as Fenge
  • 1994 · Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
  • 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
  • 1993 · A Dangerous Woman as Mackey
  • 1993 · Point of No Return as Bob
  • 1992 · Into the West as Papa Reilly
  • 1992 · Cool World as Jack Deebs
  • 1990 · Shipwrecked as Lt. John Merrick
  • 1990 · Miller's Crossing as Tom Reagan
  • 1990 · Dark Obsession as Hugo
  • 1988 · A Soldier's Tale as Saul
  • 1988 · The Courier as Val
  • 1988 · Julia and Julia as Paolo
  • 1987 · Siesta as Augustine
  • 1987 · Hello Again as Kevin Scanlon
  • 1987 · Lionheart as Black Prince
  • 1986 · Gothic as Lord Byron
  • 1986 · Defence of the Realm as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
  • 1985 · Mussolini: The Untold Story as Vittorio Mussolini
  • 1985 · Christopher Columbus as Christopher Columbus
  • 1984 · Reflections as William Masters
  • 1984 · The Treatment as Father Michael
  • 1983 · The Keep as Major Kaempffer
  • 1983 · Hanna K. as Joshué Herzog
  • 1982 · The Rocking Horse Winner as Bassett
  • 1981 · The Search for Alexander the Great as Ptolemy
  • 1981 · Excalibur as Uther
  • 1980 · The Outsider as Man in Street
  • 1980 · Bracken as Pat Barry
  • 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
  • 1978 · The Last of Summer as Bishop's secretary
  • 1978 · Strangers as Johnny Maguire
  • 1976 · Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur
  • 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
  • 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
  • 2024 · Sauver Mozart as
  • 2024 · Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' as self
  • 2024 · Hamlet Revenant as