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Gabriel Byrne
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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…
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriel Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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BODY OF WORK
Gabriel Byrne's Filmography
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Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self (archive footage)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self
Ballerina
as The Chancellor
Four Letters of Love
as Muiris Gore
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
as Self
Dance First
as Samuel Beckett
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Horse (voice)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
as Enzo Ferrari
Murder at Yellowstone City
as Sheriff Ambrose
Walking with Ghosts
as Himself
Death of a Ladies' Man
as Samuel O'Shea
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
as Self
Lost Girls
as Richard Dormer
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
as Self - Steve
An L.A. Minute
as Ted Gold
Hereditary
as Steve Graham
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
as Narrator
In the Cloud
as Doc Wolff
Lies We Tell
as Donald
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
as Narrator
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
as Self
Mad to Be Normal
as Jim
Carrie Pilby
as Mr. Pilby
No Pay, Nudity
as Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
Endless Night
as Bram
Louder Than Bombs
as Gene Reed
The 33
as Andre Sougarret
Vampire Academy
as Victor Dashkov
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
Just a Sigh
as Man
All Things To All Men
as Joseph Corso
Capital
as Dittmar Rigule
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as Narrator
I, Anna
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
A Man's Story
as Self
The Women of SNL
as Priest (archive footage)
Perrier's Bounty
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Leningrad
as Philip Parker
2:22
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
No Poster
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as King Arthur
Emotional Arithmetic
as Christopher Lewis
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
Jindabyne
as Stewart
Played
as Eddie
Wah-Wah
as Harry Compton
Assault on Precinct 13
as Captain Marcus Duvall
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Brother Juniper
P.S.
as Peter Harrington
Vanity Fair
as The Marquess of Steyne
Patrick
as Patrick
Shade
as Charlie Miller
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
as Narrator
Spider
as Bill Cleg
Ghost Ship
as Captain Sean Murphy
Horses: The Story of Equus
as Narrator
No Poster
Pursuing the Suspects
as Himself
Killing Emmett Young
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
as Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
Virginia's Run
as Ford Lofton
When Brendan Met Trudy
as Special Appearance
Making Love
as Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
End of Days
as The Man
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as (archive footage)
Stigmata
as Father Andrew Kiernan
Enemy of the State
as 'Brill'
Quest for Camelot
as Lionel (voice)
Pirates
as Narrator (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
Polish Wedding
as Bolek
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
as Self
This Is the Sea
as Rohan
The End of Violence
as Ray
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Lionel Powers
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as The Mechanic
Somebody Is Waiting
as Roger Ellis
The Last of the High Kings
as Jack Griffin
The Brylcreem Boys
as Commandant O'Brien
Mad Dog Time
as Ben London
No Poster
Draíocht
as Father
Dead Man
as Charlie Dickinson
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
as Narrator (voice)
Frankie Starlight
as Jack Kelly
The Usual Suspects
as Keaton
Out of Ireland
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Buffalo Girls
as Teddy Blue
Little Women
as Friedrich Bhaer
Trial by Jury
as Daniel Graham
A Simple Twist of Fate
as John Newland
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as The Good Thief
Prince of Jutland
as Fenge
A Dangerous Woman
as Mackey
Point of No Return
as Bob
Into the West
as Papa Reilly
Cool World
as Jack Deebs
Shipwrecked
as Lt. John Merrick
Miller's Crossing
as Tom Reagan
Diamond Skulls
as Hugo
A Soldier's Tale
as Saul
The Courier
as Val
Julia and Julia
as Paolo
Siesta
as Augustine
Hello Again
as Kevin Scanlon
Lionheart
as Black Prince
Gothic
as Lord Byron
Defence of the Realm
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
No Poster
Reflections
as William Masters
No Poster
The Treatment
as Father Michael
The Keep
as Major Kaempffer
Hanna K.
as Joshué Herzog
No Poster
Joyce in June
as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
Excalibur
as Uther
The Outsider
as Man in Street
On a Paving Stone Mounted
No Poster