Acting credits
134
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Gabriel Byrne
Acting
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Movies: 115Series: 23Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 5168
IMDb ID: nm0000321
Known for: Acting
Born: May 12, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2025
Years active: 70
Average TMDB rating: 6.21
Wikidata: Q296616
Also known as
Gabriel James Byrne
Other jobs
Executive Producer (5)Producer (2)Associate Producer (1)Co-Executive Producer (1)Co-Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Gabriel Byrne.
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
2025 Movie
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Four Letters of Love
as Muiris Gore
2025 Movie
Ballerina
as The Chancellor
2025 Movie
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
as Self
2025 Movie
Dance First
as Samuel Beckett
2023 Movie
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Horse (voice)
2022 Movie
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
as Enzo Ferrari
2022 Movie
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Sheriff Ambrose
2022 Movie
Walking with Ghosts
as Himself
2022 Movie
Death of a Ladies' Man
as Samuel O'Shea
2021 Movie
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
as Self
2020 Movie
Lost Girls
as Richard Dormer
2020 Movie
Land Without God
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
as Self - Steve
2018 Movie
An L.A. Minute
as Ted Gold
2018 Movie
Hereditary
as Steve Graham
2018 Movie
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
as Narrator
2018 Movie
In the Cloud
as Doc Wolff
2018 Movie
Lies We Tell
as Donald
2018 Movie
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
as Narrator
2018 Movie
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
as Self
2017 Movie
Mad to Be Normal
as Jim
2017 Movie
Carrie Pilby
as Mr. Pilby
2017 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Gabriel Byrne.
ZeroZeroZero
as Edward Lynwood • 2 eps
2020 Series
War of the Worlds
as Bill Ward • 24 eps
2019 Series
Maniac
as Porter Milgrim • 5 eps
2018 Series
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
as Earl Haraldson (archive footage) • 3 eps
2015 Series
Quirke
as Quirke • 3 eps
2014 Series
Vikings
as Earl Haraldson • 9 eps
2013 Series
Secret State
as Tom Dawkins • 4 eps
2012 Series
The Meaning of Life
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
In Treatment
as Dr. Paul Weston • 106 eps
2008 Series
Leningrad
4 eps
2007 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Madigan Men
as Benjamin Madigan • 12 eps
2000 Series
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1993 Series
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Vittorio Mussolini • 4 eps
1985 Series
Christopher Columbus
as Christopher Columbus • 4 eps
1985 Series
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Ptolemy • 4 eps
1981 Series
The Last of Summer
as Bishop's secretary • 4 eps
1978 Series
Strangers
as Johnny Maguire • 1 eps
1978 Series
Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur • 31 eps
1976 Series
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1956 Series