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.
Movie | John Wick Presents: Ballerina | Unknown | 2025-06-06 |
Movie | Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' | self | 2025 |
Movie | Sauver Mozart | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Hamlet Revenant | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Dance First | Samuel Beckett | 2023-11-03 |
Movie | Murder at Yellowstone City | Sheriff Ambrose | 2022-06-24 |
Movie | Walking with Ghosts | Himself | 2022-02-26 |
Movie | Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend | Enzo Ferrari | 2022-11-18 |
Movie | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | The Horse (voice) | 2022-12-25 |
Movie | Death of a Ladies' Man | Samuel O'Shea | 2021-03-12 |
Movie | A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2020-01-01 |
Movie | Lost Girls | Richard Dormer | 2020-01-28 |
Movie | Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? | Self | 2020-07-10 |
Series | ZeroZeroZero | Edward Lynwood | 2020-02-14 |
Series | War of the Worlds | Bill Ward | 2019-10-28 |
Movie | Lies We Tell | Donald | 2018-02-02 |
Movie | Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea | Narrator | 2018-02-01 |
Movie | In the Cloud | Doc Wolff | 2018-02-08 |
Series | Maniac | Porter Milgrim | 2018-09-21 |
Movie | My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw | Narrator | 2018-03-25 |
Movie | An L.A. Minute | Ted Gold | 2018-08-24 |
Movie | Hereditary | Steve Graham | 2018-06-07 |
Movie | Mad to Be Normal | Jim | 2017-04-06 |
Movie | Carrie Pilby | Mr. Pilby | 2017-03-31 |
Movie | Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death | Self | 2017-10-27 |
Movie | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Himself | 2016-06-30 |
Movie | No Pay, Nudity | Lawrence Rose | 2016-11-04 |
Series | Vikings: Athelstan's Journal | Earl Haraldson (archive footage) | 2015-01-30 |
Movie | The 33 | Andre Sougarret | 2015-08-06 |
Movie | Endless Night | Bram | 2015-11-27 |
Movie | Louder Than Bombs | Gene Reed | 2015-10-01 |
Movie | Vampire Academy | Victor Dashkov | 2014-02-07 |
Series | Quirke | Quirke | 2014-02-16 |
Series | Vikings | Earl Haraldson | 2013-03-03 |
Movie | All Things To All Men | Joseph Corso | 2013-04-05 |
Movie | Excalibur: Behind the Movie | Himself | 2013-12-20 |
Movie | Just a Sigh | L'homme | 2013-04-10 |
Movie | I, Anna | D.C.I. Bernie Reid | 2012-03-03 |
Movie | John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man | Narrator | 2012-06-15 |
Series | Secret State | Tom Dawkins | 2012-11-07 |
Movie | Capital | Dittmar Rigule | 2012-11-14 |
Movie | A Man's Story | Self | 2011-10-08 |
Movie | The Women of SNL | Priest (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
Movie | Perrier's Bounty | Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice) | 2009-09-11 |
Movie | Leningrad | Philip Parker | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Emotional arithmetic | Christopher Lewis | 2008-04-18 |
Series | In Treatment | Dr. Paul Weston | 2008-01-28 |
Movie | Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center | King Arthur | 2008-05-08 |
Movie | 2:22 | Detective Swain (uncredited) | 2008-09-24 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Series | Attack on Leningrad | Phillip Parker | 2007-10-19 |
Series | Leningrad | Unknown | 2007-10-19 |
Movie | Jindabyne | Stewart | 2006-07-20 |
Movie | Played | Eddie | 2006-10-20 |
Movie | Wah-Wah | Harry Compton | 2005-08-17 |
Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Captain Marcus Duvall | 2005-01-19 |
Movie | Patrick | Patrick | 2004-03-14 |
Movie | Vanity Fair | The Marquess of Steyne | 2004-09-01 |
Movie | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Brother Juniper | 2004-12-22 |
Movie | P.S. | Peter Harrington | 2004-10-15 |
Movie | Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality | Narrator | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Shade | Charlie Miller | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Killing Emmett Young | Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken | 2002-04-13 |
Movie | Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette | Self | 2002-04-02 |
Movie | Virginia's Run | Ford Lofton | 2002-03-03 |
Movie | Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' | Self | 2002-04-02 |
Movie | Pursuing the Suspects | Himself | 2002-04-29 |
Movie | Horses: The Story of Equus | Narrator | 2002-06-12 |
Movie | Spider | Bill Cleg | 2002-11-06 |
Movie | Ghost Ship | Captain Sean Murphy | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Making Love | il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto | 2000-02-11 |
Movie | When Brendan Met Trudy | Special Appearance | 2000-12-14 |
Series | Madigan Men | Benjamin Madigan | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Stigmata | Father Andrew Kiernan | 1999-09-02 |
Movie | End of Days | The Man | 1999-11-24 |
Movie | Polish Wedding | Bolek | 1998-01-16 |
Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | D'Artagnan | 1998-03-12 |
Movie | Pirates | Narrator (voice) | 1998-04-06 |
Movie | Enemy of the State | 'Brill' | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | Quest for Camelot | Lionel (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | Smilla's Sense of Snow | The Mechanic | 1997-02-28 |
Movie | The End of Violence | Ray | 1997-05-11 |
Movie | This Is the Sea | Rohan | 1997-09-15 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Lionel Powers | 1997-11-10 |
Movie | Mad Dog Time | Ben London | 1996-11-08 |
Movie | The Brylcreem Boys | Commandant O'Brien | 1996-11-14 |
Movie | The Last of the High Kings | Jack Griffin | 1996-12-06 |
Movie | Somebody Is Waiting | Roger Ellis | 1996-12-19 |
Movie | Buffalo Girls | Teddy Blue | 1995-04-30 |
Movie | The Usual Suspects | Dean Keaton | 1995-07-19 |
Movie | Dead Man | Charlie Dickinson | 1995-12-23 |
Movie | Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? | Narrator | 1995-10-20 |
Movie | Frankie Starlight | Jack Kelly | 1995-11-22 |
Movie | All Things Bright and Beautiful | The Good Thief | 1994-03-16 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Royal Deceit | Fenge | 1994-02-23 |
Movie | A Simple Twist of Fate | John Newland | 1994-09-02 |
Movie | Little Women | Friedrich Bhaer | 1994-12-21 |
Movie | Trial by Jury | Daniel Graham | 1994-09-09 |
Movie | Point of No Return | Bob | 1993-03-19 |
Movie | A Dangerous Woman | Mackey | 1993-09-10 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Cool World | Jack Deebs | 1992-07-10 |
Movie | Into the West | Papa Reilly | 1992-10-23 |
Movie | Dark Obsession | Hugo | 1990-06-08 |
Movie | Shipwrecked | Lt. John Merrick | 1990-10-03 |
Movie | Miller's Crossing | Tom Reagan | 1990-09-21 |
Movie | The Courier | Val | 1988-02-10 |
Movie | Julia and Julia | Paolo | 1988-02-05 |
Movie | A Soldier's Tale | Saul | 1988-06-16 |
Movie | Lionheart | Black Prince | 1987-08-14 |
Movie | Hello Again | Kevin Scanlon | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Siesta | Augustine | 1987-11-11 |
Movie | Defence of the Realm | Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen | 1986-09-06 |
Movie | Gothic | Lord Byron | 1986-11-30 |
Series | Christopher Columbus | Christopher Columbus | 1985-03-07 |
Series | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Vittorio Mussolini | 1985-11-24 |
Movie | The Treatment | Father Michael | 1984-03-16 |
Movie | Reflections | William Masters | 1984-04-01 |
Movie | Hanna K. | Joshué Herzog | 1983-09-07 |
Movie | The Keep | Major Kaempffer | 1983-12-16 |
Movie | The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett | 1982-11-25 |
Movie | Excalibur | Uther Pendragon | 1981-04-10 |
Movie | The Search for Alexander the Great | Ptolemy | 1981-05-06 |
Series | Bracken | Pat Barry | 1980-01-06 |
Movie | The Outsider | Man in Street | 1980-06-02 |
Series | Strangers | Johnny Maguire | 1978-06-05 |
Movie | On a Paving Stone Mounted | Unknown | 1978-12-12 |
Series | Live from Lincoln Center | King Arthur | 1976-01-30 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1956-04-01 |