Brían F. O'Byrne
Brían Francis O'Byrne (born 16 May 1967) is an Irish actor who works mostly in the United States. He was born in Mullagh, County Cavan. O'Byrne first attracted notice for his performances in the Martin McDonagh plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996) as Pato Dooley (for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play) and The Lonesome West (1997). He is known for taking on serious and dramatic roles, such as a serial killer in Frozen (1998) (for which he won a Tony Award) and a priest accused of child molestation in Doubt (2004), for which he received a Tony nomination. O'Byrne also appeared as a priest in the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby. In May 2007, O'Byrne was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Alexander Herzen in Tom Stoppard's 2002 trilogy The Coast of Utopia. In 2011, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance in Mildred Pierce as Bert Pierce.
Million Dollar Baby
as Father HorvakDespondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared...
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No Reservations
as SeanMaster chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a...
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The Wonder
as John FlynnHaunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to...
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Bandits
as Darill MillerAfter escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and...
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An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks...
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Brooklyn's Finest
as Det. Ronny RosarioEnforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially...
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The New World
as LewesA drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in...
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My Salinger Year
as HughA college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive...
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Intermission
as MickA raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops,...
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Bobby LasordaWhen two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly...
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Bug
as Dr. SweetIn Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel,...
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Queen & Country
as RSM DigbyAn Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the...
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The Grey Zone
as InterrogatorThe story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special...
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Sergio
as Gil LoescherA sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top...
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Disco Pigs
as GerryPig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by...
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Conclave
as uncreditedThe pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen...
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Jimmy's Hall
as Commander O'KeefeJimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet...
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Easy
as Mick McCabeQuirky Jamie Harris is a magnet for less-than-kind men as she hops beds. But things start to...
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Medeas
as EnnisAn intimate portrait of a rural family's inner lives and their relationship to a harsh and...
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The Blackwater Lightship
as LarryA man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
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An Everlasting Piece
as GeorgeColin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they...
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Twig
as LeonTwig dreams of escape from a divided Dublin. Her brother's gangland feud traps the people in a...
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The Last Bus Home
as JessopThough it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form...
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Alexander Hamilton
as Alexander HamiltonOne of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought...
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Mapmaker
as Richie MarkeyHired to draw a map of tourist sites in a small Northern Ireland town, cartographer Richie...
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The Fifth Province
as TimmyTimmy Sugrue is a persecuted guesthouse keeper and writer who lives with his mad mother in a...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Liam ConnorsIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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The Magicians
as MayakovskyBrakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox...
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Oz
as Padraic ConnellyThe daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...
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FlashForward
as Aaron StarkWhen the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of...
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Aquarius
as Ken KarnIn the late 1960s, a Los Angeles police sergeant with a complicated personal life starts...
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Manhunt
as Frank McAlpineInspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark,...
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Brotherhood
as uncreditedA working-class Irish family rules a city built on loyalty and corruption. The Caffee brothers,...
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Love/Hate
as Inpector Mick MoynihanModern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug...
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Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
as The Bone CollectorFormer NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a...
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Nightflyers
as AuggieIn the year 2093, a team of scientists aboard the Nightflyer, the most advanced ship ever built,...
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The Bastard Executioner
as Baron VentrisA blood-soaked, medieval epic that tells the story of Wilkin Brattle, a 14th century warrior,...
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Hatton Garden
as BasilThe story of the audacious jewellery, gold and cash burglary at the heart of London's diamond...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as LarryHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Mildred Pierce
as Bert PierceMildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression...
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Little Boy Blue
as Steve JonesBased on a true story, this four-part drama tells the story of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys...
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Prime Suspect
as Reg DuffyDetective Jane Timoney finds that being a homicide detective in New York City is tough enough...
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Saints & Strangers
as John BillingtonThe trials and tribulations of the Mayflower Pilgrims in the New World; men, women and children...
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Amongst Women
as LukeBased on the novel by John McGahern and set in Ireland in the 1950s, the series tells the story...
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