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).
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| 2 | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022) | The Horse (voice) | 7.2 | |
| 3 | Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022) | Enzo Ferrari | 6 | |
| 4 | Murder at Yellowstone City (2022) | Sheriff Ambrose | 4.3 | |
| 5 | Death of a Ladies' Man (2021) | Samuel O'Shea | 6 | |
| 6 | Lost Girls (2020) | Richard Dormer | 6.7 | |
| 7 | In the Cloud (2018) | Doc Wolff | - | - |
| 8 | Lies We Tell (2018) | Donald | - | - |
| 9 | Hereditary (2018) | Steve Graham | 7.3 | |
| 10 | Carrie Pilby (2017) | Mr. Pilby | 8 | |
| 11 | Mad to Be Normal (2017) | Jim | - | - |
| 12 | Louder Than Bombs (2015) | Gene Reed | 6.7 | |
| 13 | The 33 (2015) | Andre Sougarret | 6.9 | |
| 14 | Endless Night (2015) | Bram | - | - |
| 15 | Vampire Academy (2014) | Victor Dashkov | 5.7 | |
| 16 | All Things To All Men (2013) | Joseph Corso | 4 | |
| 17 | I, Anna (2012) | D.C.I. Bernie Reid | - | - |
| 18 | A Man's Story (2011) | Self | - | - |
| 19 | The Women of SNL (2010) | Priest (archive footage) | - | - |
| 20 | Perrier's Bounty (2009) | Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice) | 5.8 | |
| 21 | Jindabyne (2006) | Stewart | 6 | |
| 22 | Wah-Wah (2005) | Harry Compton | - | - |
| 23 | Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) | Captain Marcus Duvall | 6.9 | |
| 24 | P.S. (2004) | Peter Harrington | - | - |
| 25 | Vanity Fair (2004) | The Marquess of Steyne | 4.8 | |
| 26 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) | Brother Juniper | 6 | |
| 27 | Shade (2003) | Charlie Miller | 7 | |
| 28 | Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' (2002) | Self | - | - |
| 29 | Killing Emmett Young (2002) | Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken | - | - |
| 30 | Spider (2002) | Bill Cleg | 7 | |
| 31 | Ghost Ship (2002) | Captain Sean Murphy | 5.9 | |
| 32 | Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette (2002) | Self | - | - |
| 33 | End of Days (1999) | The Man | 6.2 | |
| 34 | Stigmata (1999) | Father Andrew Kiernan | 6.7 | |
| 35 | The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) | D'Artagnan | 6.5 | |
| 36 | Quest for Camelot (1998) Oscars 1999 | Lionel (voice) | 7 | |
| 37 | Enemy of the State (1998) | 'Brill' | 7.7 | |
| 38 | Polish Wedding (1998) | Bolek | - | - |
| 39 | The End of Violence (1997) | Ray | 6 | |
| 40 | Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) | The Mechanic | 6.3 | |
| 41 | This Is the Sea (1997) | Rohan | - | - |
| 42 | Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) | Lionel Powers | 2 | |
| 43 | Somebody Is Waiting (1996) | Roger Ellis | - | - |
| 44 | The Last of the High Kings (1996) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 45 | Mad Dog Time (1996) | Ben London | - | - |
| 46 | Dead Man (1995) | Charlie Dickinson | 7.2 | |
| 47 | Frankie Starlight (1995) | Jack Kelly | - | - |
| 48 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | Keaton | 8.4 | |
| 49 | Prince of Jutland (1994) | Fenge | 4 | |
| 50 | Little Women (1994) | Friedrich Bhaer | 7.4 | |
| 51 | Trial by Jury (1994) | Daniel Graham | - | - |
| 52 | A Simple Twist of Fate (1994) | John Newland | - | - |
| 53 | Point of No Return (1993) | Bob | 6.8 | |
| 54 | A Dangerous Woman (1993) | Mackey | 7 | |
| 55 | Cool World (1992) | Jack Deebs | 5.4 | |
| 56 | Shipwrecked (1990) | Lt. John Merrick | - | - |
| 57 | Dark Obsession (1990) | Hugo | - | - |
| 58 | Miller's Crossing (1990) | Tom Reagan | 7.7 | |
| 59 | Siesta (1987) | Augustine | - | - |
| 60 | Hello Again (1987) | Kevin Scanlon | 5 | |
| 61 | Gothic (1987) | Lord Byron | 9 | |
| 62 | The Keep (1983) | Major Kaempffer | 5.4 | |
| 63 | Hanna K. (1983) | Joshué Herzog | - | - |
| 64 | Excalibur (1981) | Uther | 7.3 | |
| 65 | The Outsider (1979) | Man in Street | - | - |
