Actor / Actress
Actor / Actress
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.
Gabriel Byrne is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 30 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes Four Letters of Love (2025), Ballerina (2025), Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (2025), Dance First (2023), The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022), Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022), Murder at Yellowstone City (2022), Death of a Ladies' Man (2021). The recorded credits span 2005 to 2025, including 23 movies and 7 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.
MovieFour Letters of Love
MovieBallerina
MovieBlue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
MovieDance First
MovieThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
MovieLamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
MovieMurder at Yellowstone City
MovieDeath of a Ladies' Man
TV ShowZeroZeroZero
MovieLost Girls
TV ShowWar of the Worlds
TV ShowManiac
MovieHereditary
MovieMy Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
MovieVersus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
MovieEndless Night
MovieLouder Than Bombs
MovieThe 33
TV ShowVikings: Athelstan's Journal
TV ShowQuirke
MovieVampire Academy
MovieExcalibur: Behind the Movie
MovieJohn Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
MovieA Man's Story
MoviePerrier's Bounty
TV ShowThe Meaning of Life
MovieLeningrad
TV ShowIn Treatment
MovieJindabyne
MovieWah-Wah