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 | Sauver Mozart | 2025 | |
Movie | John Wick Presents: Ballerina | 2025-06-06 | |
Movie | Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' | self | 2025 |
Movie | Hamlet Revenant | 2025 | |
Movie | Dance First | Samuel Beckett | 2023-11-03 |
Movie | Walking with Ghosts | Himself | 2022-02-26 |
Movie | Murder at Yellowstone City | Sheriff Ambrose | 2022-06-24 |
Movie | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | The Horse (voice) | 2022-12-25 |
Movie | Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend | Enzo Ferrari | 2022-11-18 |
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 | Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be? | Self | 2020-07-10 |
Movie | Lost Girls | Richard Dormer | 2020-01-28 |
Series | ZeroZeroZero | Edward Lynwood | 2020-02-14 |
Series | War of the Worlds | Bill Ward | 2019-10-28 |
Movie | Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea | Narrator | 2018-02-01 |
Movie | Lies We Tell | Donald | 2018-02-02 |
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 |
Series | Maniac | Porter Milgrim | 2018-09-21 |
Movie | In the Cloud | Doc Wolff | 2018-02-08 |
Movie | Carrie Pilby | Mr. Pilby | 2017-03-31 |
Movie | Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death | Self | 2017-10-27 |
Movie | Mad to Be Normal | Jim | 2017-04-06 |
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 | Endless Night | Bram | 2015-11-27 |
Movie | Louder Than Bombs | Gene Reed | 2015-10-01 |
Movie | The 33 | Andre Sougarret | 2015-08-06 |
Series | Quirke | Quirke | 2014-02-16 |
Movie | Vampire Academy | Victor Dashkov | 2014-02-07 |
Series | Vikings | Earl Haraldson | 2013-03-03 |
Movie | Excalibur: Behind the Movie | Himself | 2013-12-20 |
Movie | Just a Sigh | L'homme | 2013-04-10 |
Movie | All Things To All Men | Joseph Corso | 2013-04-05 |
Movie | Capital | Dittmar Rigule | 2012-11-14 |
Movie | I, Anna | D.C.I. Bernie Reid | 2012-03-03 |
Series | Secret State | Tom Dawkins | 2012-11-07 |
Movie | John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man | Narrator | 2012-06-15 |
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 | 2:22 | Detective Swain (uncredited) | 2008-09-24 |
Series | In Treatment | Dr. Paul Weston | 2008-01-28 |
Movie | Emotional Arithmetic | Christopher Lewis | 2008-04-18 |
Movie | Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center | King Arthur | 2008-05-08 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Series | Attack on Leningrad | Phillip Parker | 2007-10-19 |
Movie | Jindabyne | Stewart | 2006-07-20 |
Movie | Played | Eddie | 2006-10-20 |
Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Captain Marcus Duvall | 2005-01-19 |
Movie | Wah-Wah | Harry Compton | 2005-08-17 |
Movie | Patrick | Patrick | 2004-03-14 |
Movie | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Brother Juniper | 2004-12-22 |
Movie | Vanity Fair | The Marquess of Steyne | 2004-09-01 |
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 | 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 | Killing Emmett Young | Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken | 2002-04-13 |
Movie | Spider | Bill Cleg | 2002-11-06 |
Movie | Horses: The Story of Equus | Narrator | 2002-06-12 |
Movie | Pursuing the Suspects | Himself | 2002-04-29 |
Movie | Ghost Ship | Captain Sean Murphy | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | When Brendan Met Trudy | Special Appearance | 2000-12-14 |
Series | Madigan Men | Benjamin Madigan | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Making Love | il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto | 2000-02-11 |
Movie | Stigmata | Father Andrew Kiernan | 1999-09-02 |
Movie | End of Days | The Man | 1999-11-24 |
Movie | Enemy of the State | 'Brill' | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | Quest for Camelot | Lionel (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
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 | The End of Violence | Ray | 1997-05-11 |
Movie | Smilla's Sense of Snow | The Mechanic | 1997-02-28 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Lionel Powers | 1997-11-10 |
Movie | This Is the Sea | Rohan | 1997-09-15 |
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 | Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? | Narrator | 1995-10-20 |
Movie | Frankie Starlight | Jack Kelly | 1995-11-22 |
Movie | Dead Man | Charlie Dickinson | 1995-12-23 |
Movie | Royal Deceit | Fenge | 1994-02-23 |
Movie | All Things Bright and Beautiful | The Good Thief | 1994-03-16 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Little Women | Friedrich Bhaer | 1994-12-21 |
Movie | Trial by Jury | Daniel Graham | 1994-09-09 |
Movie | A Simple Twist of Fate | John Newland | 1994-09-02 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Point of No Return | Bob | 1993-03-19 |
Movie | A Dangerous Woman | Mackey | 1993-09-10 |
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 | Julia and Julia | Paolo | 1988-02-05 |
Movie | The Courier | Val | 1988-02-10 |
Movie | A Soldier's Tale | Saul | 1988-06-16 |
Movie | Siesta | Augustine | 1987-11-11 |
Movie | Lionheart | Black Prince | 1987-08-14 |
Movie | Hello Again | Kevin Scanlon | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Defence of the Realm | Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen | 1986-09-06 |
Movie | Gothic | Lord Byron | 1986-11-30 |
Series | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Vittorio Mussolini | 1985-11-24 |
Series | Christopher Columbus | Christopher Columbus | 1985-03-07 |
Movie | Reflections | William Masters | 1984-04-01 |
Movie | The Treatment | Father Michael | 1984-03-16 |
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 |
Movie | The Outsider | Man in Street | 1980-06-02 |
Series | Bracken | Pat Barry | 1980-01-06 |
Movie | On a Paving Stone Mounted | 1978-12-12 | |
Series | Strangers | Johnny Maguire | 1978-06-05 |
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 |