Acting • AGE 76
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 ...


Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
2025

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Self (archive footage)
2025

Four Letters of Love
Muiris Gore
2025

Ballerina
The Chancellor
2025

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
2025

Dance First
Samuel Beckett
2023

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Horse (voice)
2022

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Enzo Ferrari
2022

Murder at Yellowstone City
Sheriff Ambrose
2022

Walking with Ghosts
Himself
2022

Death of a Ladies' Man
Samuel O'Shea
2021

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Self
2020

ZeroZeroZero
Edward Lynwood
2020

Lost Girls
Richard Dormer
2020

War of the Worlds
Bill Ward
2019

Land Without God
Executive Producer
2019

Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Self - Steve
2018

Maniac
Porter Milgrim
2018

An L.A. Minute
Ted Gold
2018

Hereditary
Steve Graham
2018

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Narrator
2018

In the Cloud
Doc Wolff
2018

Lies We Tell
Donald
2018

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
Narrator
2018

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
Self
2017

Mad to Be Normal
Jim
2017

Carrie Pilby
Mr. Pilby
2017

No Pay, Nudity
Lester Rosenthal aka Lawrence Rose
2016

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
2016

Endless Night
Bram
2015

Louder Than Bombs
Gene Reed
2015

The 33
Andre Sougarret
2015

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
2015

Quirke
Quirke
2014

Vampire Academy
Victor Dashkov
2014

Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
2013

Just a Sigh
Man
2013

All Things To All Men
Joseph Corso
2013

Vikings
Earl Haraldson
2013

Capital
Dittmar Rigule
2012

Secret State
Tom Dawkins
2012

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Narrator
2012

Tent City, U.S.A
Executive Producer
2012

I, Anna
D.C.I. Bernie Reid
2012

A Man's Story
Self
2011

The Women of SNL
Priest (archive footage)
2010

Perrier's Bounty
Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
2009

The Meaning of Life
Self
2009

Leningrad
Philip Parker
2009

2:22
Detective Swain (uncredited)
2008

Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
2008

Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Lewis
2008

In Treatment
Dr. Paul Weston
2008

Leningrad
2007

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

Jindabyne
Stewart
2006

Played
Eddie
2006

Wah-Wah
Harry Compton
2005

Assault on Precinct 13
Captain Marcus Duvall
2005

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
2004

P.S.
Peter Harrington
2004

Vanity Fair
The Marquess of Steyne
2004

Patrick
Patrick
2004

Shade
Charlie Miller
2003

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Narrator
2003

Spider
Bill Cleg
2002

Ghost Ship
Captain Sean Murphy
2002

Horses: The Story of Equus
Narrator
2002

Killing Emmett Young
Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
2002

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
2002

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
Self
2002

Virginia's Run
Ford Lofton
2002

When Brendan Met Trudy
Special Appearance
2000

Madigan Men
Benjamin Madigan
2000

Mad About Mambo
Executive Producer
2000

Making Love
Violinista / Jeno Varga Adulto
2000

End of Days
The Man
1999

Stigmata
Father Andrew Kiernan
1999

Enemy of the State
'Brill'
1998

Quest for Camelot
Lionel (voice)
1998

Pirates
Narrator (voice)
1998

The Man in the Iron Mask
D'Artagnan
1998

Polish Wedding
Bolek
1998

Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
Self
1998

This Is the Sea
Rohan
1997

The End of Violence
Ray
1997

The View
Self
1997

Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lionel Powers
1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Mechanic
1997

Somebody Is Waiting
Roger Ellis
1996

The Last of the High Kings
Jack Griffin
1996

The Brylcreem Boys
Commandant O'Brien
1996

Mad Dog Time
Ben London
1996

Dead Man
Charlie Dickinson
1995

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
Narrator (voice)
1995

Frankie Starlight
Jack Kelly
1995

The Usual Suspects
Keaton
1995

Out of Ireland
Richard O'Gorman (voice)
1995

Buffalo Girls
Teddy Blue
1995

Little Women
Friedrich Bhaer
1994

Trial by Jury
Daniel Graham
1994

A Simple Twist of Fate
John Newland
1994

Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994

All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Good Thief
1994

Prince of Jutland
Fenge
1994

In the Name of the Father
Executive Producer
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993

A Dangerous Woman
Mackey
1993

Point of No Return
Bob
1993

Into the West
Papa Reilly
1992

Cool World
Jack Deebs
1992

Shipwrecked
Lt. John Merrick
1990

Miller's Crossing
Tom Reagan
1990

Diamond Skulls
Hugo
1990

A Soldier's Tale
Saul
1988

The Courier
Val
1988

Julia and Julia
Paolo
1988

Siesta
Augustine
1987

Hello Again
Kevin Scanlon
1987

Lionheart
Black Prince
1987

Gothic
Lord Byron
1987

Defence of the Realm
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
1986

Mussolini: The Untold Story
Vittorio Mussolini
1985

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
1985

The Keep
Major Kaempffer
1983

Hanna K.
Joshué Herzog
1983

The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
1982

The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy
1981

The Search for Alexander the Great
Ptolemy
1981

Excalibur
Uther
1981

The Outsider
Man in Street
1979

On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978

The Last of Summer
Bishop's secretary
1978

Strangers
Johnny Maguire
1978

Live from Lincoln Center
King Arthur
1976

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956