Gabriel Byrne
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.
Acted in
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
2025
as The Chancellor
Four Letters of Love
2025
as Muiris Gore
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025
as Self
Dance First
2023
as Samuel Beckett
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Horse (voice)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
2022
as Enzo Ferrari
Murder at Yellowstone City
2022
as Sheriff Ambrose
Walking with Ghosts
2022
as Himself
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021
as Samuel O'Shea
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
2020
as Self
ZeroZeroZero
2020
as Edward Lynwood
Lost Girls
2020
as Richard Dormer
War of the Worlds
2019
as Bill Ward
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018
as Self - Steve
Maniac
2018
as Porter Milgrim
An L.A. Minute
2018
as Ted Gold
Hereditary
2018
as Steve Graham
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018
as Narrator
In the Cloud
2018
as Doc Wolff
Lies We Tell
2018
as Donald
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
2018
as Narrator
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
2017
as Self
Mad to Be Normal
2017
as Jim
Carrie Pilby
2017
as Mr. Pilby
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Lawrence Rose
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actor
Endless Night
2015
as Bram
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Gene Reed
The 33
2015
as Andre Sougarret
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015
as Earl Haraldson (archive footage)
Quirke
2014
as Quirke
Vampire Academy
2014
as Victor Dashkov
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
Just a Sigh
2013
as Man
All Things To All Men
2013
as Joseph Corso
Vikings
2013
as Earl Haraldson
Capital
2012
as Dittmar Rigule
Secret State
2012
as Tom Dawkins
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012
as Narrator
I, Anna
2012
as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
The Women of SNL
2010
as Priest (archive footage)
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice)
Leningrad
2009
as Philip Parker
2:22
2008
as Detective Swain (uncredited)
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home
2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
as King Arthur
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Christopher Lewis
In Treatment
2008
as Dr. Paul Weston
Attack on Leningrad
2007
as Phillip Parker
Leningrad
2007
Jindabyne
2006
as Stewart
Played
2006
as Eddie
Wah-Wah
2005
as Harry Compton
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
as Captain Marcus Duvall
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Brother Juniper
P.S.
2004
as Peter Harrington
Vanity Fair
2004
as The Marquess of Steyne
Patrick
2004
as Patrick
Shade
2003
as Charlie Miller
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
2003
as Narrator
Spider
2002
as Bill Cleg
Ghost Ship
2002
as Captain Sean Murphy
Horses: The Story of Equus
2002
as Narrator
Pursuing the Suspects
2002
as Himself
Killing Emmett Young
2002
as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002
as Self
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
2002
as Self
Virginia's Run
2002
as Ford Lofton
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000
as Special Appearance
Madigan Men
2000
as Benjamin Madigan
Making Love
2000
as il violinista/Jeno Varga adulto
End of Days
1999
as The Man
Stigmata
1999
as Father Andrew Kiernan
Enemy of the State
1998
as 'Brill'
Quest for Camelot
1998
as Lionel (voice)
Pirates
1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as D'Artagnan
Polish Wedding
1998
as Bolek
This Is the Sea
1997
as Rohan
The End of Violence
1997
as Ray
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Lionel Powers
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as The Mechanic
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Roger Ellis
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Jack Griffin
The Brylcreem Boys
1996
as Commandant O'Brien
Mad Dog Time
1996
as Ben London
Dead Man
1995
as Charlie Dickinson
Frankie Starlight
1995
as Jack Kelly
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Keaton
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Teddy Blue
Little Women
1994
as Friedrich Bhaer
Trial by Jury
1994
as Daniel Graham
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
as John Newland
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
as The Good Thief
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Fenge
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
1994
as Richard O'Gorman (voice)
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Mackey
Point of No Return
1993
as Bob
Into the West
1992
as Papa Reilly
Cool World
1992
as Jack Deebs
Shipwrecked
1990
as Lt. John Merrick
Miller's Crossing
1990
as Tom Reagan
Dark Obsession
1990
as Hugo
A Soldier's Tale
1988
as Saul
The Courier
1988
as Val
Julia and Julia
1988
as Paolo
Siesta
1987
as Augustine
Hello Again
1987
as Kevin Scanlon
Lionheart
1987
as Black Prince
Gothic
1986
as Lord Byron
Defence of the Realm
1986
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Vittorio Mussolini
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Christopher Columbus
Reflections
1984
as William Masters
The Treatment
1984
as Father Michael
The Keep
1983
as Major Kaempffer
Hanna K.
1983
as Joshué Herzog
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982
as Bassett
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Ptolemy
Excalibur
1981
as Uther
The Outsider
1980
as Man in Street
Bracken
1980
as Pat Barry
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
The Last of Summer
1978
as Bishop's secretary
Strangers
1978
as Johnny Maguire
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
as King Arthur
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Sauver Mozart
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
as self
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Himself (Archive Footage)