Gabriel Byrne

73 · Born: May 12, 1950

Personal Details

Born May 12, 1950 Dublin, Ireland

Spouse

Hannah Beth King
( Aug 4, 2014 to Apr 26, 2024 )
Ellen Barkin
( Sep 18, 1988 to May 26, 1999 )

Parents

Eileen Gannon
Dan Byrne

Biography

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.

Career

acting

2025

2023

Dance First as Samuel Beckett

2022

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Horse (voice)

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend as Enzo Ferrari

Murder at Yellowstone City

Murder at Yellowstone City as Sheriff Ambrose

2020

Death of a Ladies' Man

Death of a Ladies' Man as Samuel O'Shea

Lost Girls as Richard Dormer

2019

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds as Bill Ward

2018

In the Cloud as Doc Wolff

Lies We Tell as Donald

Hereditary as Steve Graham

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea as Narrator

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Narrator

An L.A. Minute as Ted Gold

Maniac as Porter Milgrim

2017

Carrie Pilby as Mr. Pilby

Mad to Be Normal

Mad to Be Normal as Jim

2016

No Pay, Nudity as Lawrence Rose

2015

Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs as Gene Reed

Endless Night as Bram

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)

2014

Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy as Victor Dashkov

Quirke as Quirke

2013

All Things to All Men

All Things to All Men as Joseph Corso

Just a Sigh as L'homme

Vikings as Earl Haraldson

2012

Capital as Dittmar Rigule

I, Anna as D.C.I. Bernie Reid

Secret State as Tom Dawkins

2009

Leningrad as Philip Parker

Perrier's Bounty

Perrier's Bounty as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)

2008

Emotional Arithmetic

Emotional Arithmetic as Christopher Lewis

In Treatment as Dr. Paul Weston

2006

Played as Eddie

Jindabyne as Stewart

2005

Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13 as Captain Marcus Duvall

Wah-Wah as Harry Compton

2004

Patrick as Patrick

P.S. as Peter Harrington

Vanity Fair as The Marquess of Steyne

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Brother Juniper

2003

Shade as Charlie Miller

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality as Narrator

2002

Emmett's Mark as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken

Ghost Ship as Captain Sean Murphy

Virginia's Run as Ford Lofton

Spider as Bill Cleg

Horses: The Story of Equus

Horses: The Story of Equus as Narrator

2000

Canone inverso - Making Love

Canone inverso - Making Love as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto

Madigan Men as Benjamin Madigan

1999

End of Days as The Man

Stigmata as Father Andrew Kiernan

1998

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask as D'Artagnan

Polish Wedding as Bolek

1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow as The Mechanic

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Weapons of Mass Distraction as Lionel Powers

This Is the Sea

This Is the Sea as Rohan

The End of Violence

The End of Violence as Ray

1996

Somebody Is Waiting

Somebody Is Waiting as Roger Ellis

The Last of the High Kings

The Last of the High Kings as Jack Griffin

The Brylcreem Boys

The Brylcreem Boys as Commandant O'Brien

Mad Dog Time as Ben London

1995

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects as Dean Keaton

Dead Man as Charlie Dickinson

Frankie Starlight

Frankie Starlight as Jack Kelly

Century of Cinema

Century of Cinema as Narrator

Buffalo Girls as Teddy Blue

1994

Trial by Jury as Daniel Graham

Screen Two as The Good Thief

A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate as John Newland

Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer

Royal Deceit as Fenge

1993

A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman as Mackey

Point of No Return

Point of No Return as Bob

1992

Into the West as Papa Reilly

Cool World as Jack Deebs

1990

Shipwrecked as Lt. John Merrick

Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing as Tom Reagan

Diamond Skulls as Hugo

Live from Lincoln Center

Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur

1988

The Courier as Val

A Soldier's Tale

A Soldier's Tale as Saul

1987

Lionheart as Black Prince

Hello Again as Kevin Scanlon

Siesta as Augustine

1986

Defense of the Realm

Defense of the Realm as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

Gothic as Byron

1985

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus as Christopher Columbus

Mussolini: The Untold Story

Mussolini: The Untold Story as Vittorio Mussolini

1984

Reflections as William Masters

1983

The Keep as Major Kaempffer

1981

Excalibur as Uther Pendragon

1978

Strangers as Johnny Maguire

appearances

2020

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be?

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be?

A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

2017

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

2016

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2013

Behind the Sword in the Stone

Behind the Sword in the Stone

2011

2007

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2002

Round Up: Deposing 'the Usual Suspects'

Round Up: Deposing 'the Usual Suspects'

writing

1996

The Last of the High Kings

The Last of the High Kings as Screenplay