Gabriel Byrne

Born: 1950-05-12

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.


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Hereditary

as Steve Graham
Released: 2018-06-07

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing...

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as Keaton
Released: 1995-07-19

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic...

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The Man in the Iron Mask

as D'Artagnan
Released: 1998-03-12

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together...

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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

as The Horse (voice)
Released: 2022-12-25

The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's...

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Ghost Ship

as Captain Sean Murphy
Released: 2002-10-25

After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea,...

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From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

as The Chancellor
Released: 2025-06-04

Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her...

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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend

as Enzo Ferrari
Released: 2022-11-17

Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military...

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Murder at Yellowstone City

as Sheriff Ambrose
Released: 2022-06-24

A former slave who arrives in Yellowstone City, Montana, a desolate former boomtown now on the...

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Quest for Camelot

as Lionel (voice)
Released: 1998-05-15

During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father...

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The 33

as Andre Sougarret
Released: 2015-08-06

Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners...

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as 'Brill'
Released: 1998-11-20

When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor...

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See!
as The Man
Released: 1999-11-24

On 28 December 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the...

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Stigmata

as Father Andrew Kiernan
Released: 1999-09-02

A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent...

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Cool World

as Jack Deebs
Released: 1992-07-10

A bizarre accident lands Frank Harris in Cool World, a realm of cartoons. Years later,...

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Miller's Crossing

as Tom Reagan
Released: 1990-09-21

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for...

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The Keep

as Major Kaempffer
Released: 1983-12-16

Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and...

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Little Women

as Friedrich Bhaer
Released: 1994-12-21

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their...

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Excalibur

as Uther
Released: 1981-04-10

A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's...

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Lost Girls

as Richard Dormer
Released: 2020-01-28

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the...

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Vampire Academy

as Victor Dashkov
Released: 2014-02-07

Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a...

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Point of No Return

as Bob
Released: 1993-03-19

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the...

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Dead Man

as Charlie Dickinson
Released: 1995-12-23

William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a...

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Assault on Precinct 13

as Captain Marcus Duvall
Released: 2005-01-19

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake...

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Vanity Fair

as The Marquess of Steyne
Released: 2004-09-01

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving...

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Louder Than Bombs

as Gene Reed
Released: 2015-10-01

Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene...

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Gothic

as Lord Byron
Released: 1986-11-30

Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary...

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Spider

as Bill Cleg
Released: 2002-11-06

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into...

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Smilla's Sense of Snow

as The Mechanic
Released: 1997-02-28

Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy...

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Carrie Pilby

as Mr. Pilby
Released: 2017-03-31

Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old...

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Shade

as Charlie Miller
Released: 2003-05-18

Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams....

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A Simple Twist of Fate

as John Newland
Released: 1994-09-02

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope...

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Hello Again

as Kevin Scanlon
Released: 1987-11-06

A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky...

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Siesta

as Augustine
Released: 1987-11-11

American Claire wakes up blood-soaked and bruised at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries...

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Into the West

as Papa Reilly
Released: 1992-10-23

Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the...

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P.S.

as Peter Harrington
Released: 2004-10-15

Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she...

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Perrier's Bounty

as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Released: 2009-09-11

A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the...

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Dance First

as Samuel Beckett
Released: 2023-11-03

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright,...

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The End of Violence

as Ray
Released: 1997-09-12

Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action...

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Leningrad

as Philip Parker
Released: 2009-01-01

When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad....

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Mad Dog Time

as Ben London
Released: 1996-11-08

With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as...

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Endless Night

as Bram
Released: 2015-11-27

Ellesmere Island, northern Canada, 1908. Josephine, a brave but naive woman, embarks on a...

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Capital

as Dittmar Rigule
Released: 2012-11-14

The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge...

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All Things To All Men

as Joseph Corso
Released: 2013-04-05

A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.

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Defence of the Realm

as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Released: 1986-05-09

A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a...

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Trial by Jury

as Daniel Graham
Released: 1994-09-09

Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has...

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Jindabyne

as Stewart
Released: 2006-07-20

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with...

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A Dangerous Woman

as Mackey
Released: 1993-09-10

Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of...

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I, Anna

as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
Released: 2012-03-03

A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale, who falls for the detective in...

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2:22

as Detective Swain (uncredited)
Released: 2008-09-24

The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull...

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Royal Deceit

as Fenge
Released: 1994-02-23

A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.

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Making Love

as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
Released: 2000-02-11

Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters...

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Mad to Be Normal

as Jim
Released: 2017-04-06

The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East...

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Brother Juniper
Released: 2004-12-22

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in...

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The Last of the High Kings

as Jack Griffin
Released: 1996-12-06

It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of...

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Emotional Arithmetic

as Christopher Lewis
Released: 2008-04-18

An emotionally scarred fifty-something female, a high-profile but haunted British novelist, and...

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A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

as Himself (Archive Footage)
Released: 2025-01-01

Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.

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Polish Wedding

as Bolek
Released: 1998-01-16

The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak...

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Frankie Starlight

as Jack Kelly
Released: 1995-11-22

The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and...

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Lies We Tell

as Donald
Released: 2018-02-02

A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss's Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into...

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Lionheart

as Black Prince
Released: 1987-08-14

A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black...

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Buffalo Girls

as Teddy Blue
Released: 1995-04-30

The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the...

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A Man's Story

as Self
Released: 2011-10-08

Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

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Killing Emmett Young

as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Released: 2002-04-13

In the Philadelphia police department, Emmett Young is a hotshot, a workaholic newly promoted to...

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Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

as Self - Steve
Released: 2018-10-08

A featurette that sheds light on the filmmaker’s approach, and how he turned a character-driven...

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In the Cloud

as Doc Wolff
Released: 2018-02-08

To stop a terrorist bomber, two estranged tech geniuses (Justin Chatwin, Tomiwa Edun) reunite...

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No Pay, Nudity

as Lawrence Rose
Released: 2016-11-04

Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne), who has lost his way with his career, with his...

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Julia and Julia

as Paolo
Released: 1988-02-05

Giulia, an American woman living in Italy, becomes depressed and traumatized after her husband...

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Weapons of Mass Distraction

as Lionel Powers
Released: 1997-05-17

As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they...

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Virginia's Run

as Ford Lofton
Released: 2002-03-03

A teenage girl, trying to come to terms with the death of her mother in a horse-riding accident,...

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The Women of SNL

as Priest (archive footage)
Released: 2010-11-01

A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

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Dark Obsession

as Hugo
Released: 1990-02-01

Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting...

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The Outsider

as Man in Street
Released: 1980-06-02

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to...

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This Is the Sea

as Rohan
Released: 1997-09-15

The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and...

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Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
Released: 1994-01-01

Originally broadcast to critical acclaim on PBS, this documentary traces the story of flight...

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Just a Sigh

as Man
Released: 2013-04-10

In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to...

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Death of a Ladies' Man

as Samuel O'Shea
Released: 2021-03-12

A carousing college professor's life takes a series of unimaginable turns, and all the old...

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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

as Self - Actor
Released: 2016-06-30

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s...

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Wah-Wah

as Harry Compton
Released: 2005-08-17

Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom,...

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John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

as Narrator
Released: 2012-06-15

Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese,...

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Played

as Eddie
Released: 2006-05-19

An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground....

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Hanna K.

as Joshué Herzog
Released: 1983-09-07

Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense...

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Shipwrecked

as Lt. John Merrick
Released: 1990-10-03

A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his...

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Four Letters of Love

as Muiris Gore
Released: 2025-04-25

Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and...

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Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

as Self
Released: 2025-01-31

Emerging from rural Ireland, Edna O’Brien broke multiple taboos with her sexually provocative...

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The Brylcreem Boys

as Commandant O'Brien
Released: 1996-11-14

In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with...

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The Search for Alexander the Great

as Ptolemy
Released: 1981-05-06

Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his...

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An L.A. Minute

as Ted Gold
Released: 2018-08-24

Best-selling author Ted Gold faces a moral dilemma when Velocity, an avant-garde performance...

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A Soldier's Tale

as Saul
Released: 1988-06-16

In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named...

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Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

as Narrator
Released: 2018-02-01

An epic journey through the oceanic kingdom of the Atlantic Salmon in an attempt to unravel the...

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Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

as Self
Released: 2002-04-02

Documentary that includes interviews with Singer as well as the rest of the cast - mainly...

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Excalibur: Behind the Movie

as Self
Released: 2013-12-20

This retrospective documentary looks back on the making of director John Boorman's 1981 movie,...

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Patrick

as Patrick
Released: 2004-03-14

A fascinating story of the truth behind the legend and history of St Patrick. This special will...

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The Courier

as Val
Released: 1988-02-10

When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular...

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

as Self
Released: 2020-07-10

The son of a junkie aristocrat and a schizophrenic showgirl becomes a master of reinvention on a...

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My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

as Narrator
Released: 2018-03-25

Award-winning Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard...

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Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

as Self
Released: 2002-04-02

Featurette in which director Bryan Singer tells more about the mysterious criminal Keyser Soze.

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When Brendan Met Trudy

as Special Appearance
Released: 2000-12-14

Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local...

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Pirates

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1998-04-06

Discovery examines the history of "Golden age of Piracy." The program takes a detailed look at...

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All Things Bright and Beautiful

as The Good Thief
Released: 1994-03-16

A young boy's innocent observations leads the local priest to believe he has borne witness to a...

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On a Paving Stone Mounted

as uncredited
Released: 1978-12-12

An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a...

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Horses: The Story of Equus

as Narrator
Released: 2002-06-12

The story of three horses who were all born on the same night but their lives take very...

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The Rocking Horse Winner

as Bassett
Released: 1982-11-25

In Paul's family, there is always talk about needing more money. The tension in the household...

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Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

as Self
Released: 2017-10-27

We don’t know how. We don’t know when. But death comes for us all. To be human is to wrestle...

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Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

as King Arthur
Released: 2008-05-08

A production of the beloved Lerner and Loewe musical "Camelot," about the love triangle...

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Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1995-10-20

The Irish entry in the BFI's "Century of Cinema" documentary series examines Irish filmmaking in...

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Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

as Narrator
Released: 2003-01-01

Narrated by Gabriel Byrne (Usual Suspects, Vanity Fair, Miller's Crossing), this seven-time Best...

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

as self
Released:

Documentary about the origins and making of the 1995 Oscar-winning suspense thriller. Includes...

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Walking with Ghosts

as Himself
Released: 2022-02-26

A stage adaptation of Gabriel Byrne's 2020 memoir of the same name

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Vikings

as Earl Haraldson
First aired: 2013-03-03

The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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In Treatment

as Dr. Paul Weston
First aired: 2008-01-28

Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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War of the Worlds

as Bill Ward
First aired: 2019-10-28

When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of...

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ZeroZeroZero

as Edward Lynwood
First aired: 2020-02-14

Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an...

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Maniac

as Porter Milgrim
First aired: 2018-09-21

Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no...

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Mussolini: The Untold Story

as Vittorio Mussolini
First aired: 1985-11-24

The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his...

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Quirke

as Quirke
First aired: 2014-02-16

Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes...

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Christopher Columbus

as Christopher Columbus
First aired: 1985-03-07

After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes...

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Live from Lincoln Center

as King Arthur
First aired: 1976-01-30

Since premiering in 1976, the landmark series has sought to democratize the world of the...

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Madigan Men

as Benjamin Madigan
First aired: 2000-10-06

Madigan Men is an American television comedy that premiered on ABC in the U.S. on October 6,...

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Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
First aired: 2015-01-30

Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan...

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Secret State

as Tom Dawkins
First aired: 2012-11-07

Secret State explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business...

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Strangers

as Johnny Maguire
First aired: 1978-06-05

Strangers is a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982. After the success of...

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The Last of Summer

as Bishop's secretary
First aired: 1978-10-05

A French actress returns to her Irish roots during the last summer before World War II. While...

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Leningrad

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-10-19

Leningrad, besieged by the Germans. Monuments and majestic domes of cathedrals are covered with...

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Inside the Actors Studio

as Self
First aired: 1994-08-14

James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for...

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