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.
Known for
![John Wick Presents: Ballerina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9ItMoIgUevdT7L9njGKCZj5uJHn.jpg)
John Wick Presents: Ballerina
![A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hn9zh5cvq48tJQsphydK5lABN0j.jpg)
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
![Dance First](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3YwgRQ9FSwYMhgttIPoxTyZoww2.jpg)
Dance First
![The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oQRgyQCzcyZvE6w5heM9ktVY0LT.jpg)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
![Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/RKgnYLhCNGCUkrhiCRrs40rEHe.jpg)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
![Murder at Yellowstone City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/58UKdNFfSSvx8TuecGAzqja3NTZ.jpg)
Murder at Yellowstone City
![Walking with Ghosts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pnHCeMHuaWSviuGEPSF0R1PcEBc.jpg)
Walking with Ghosts
![Death of a Ladies' Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nus2BFKoYISHxVJgF4JapqnJPaH.jpg)
Death of a Ladies' Man
![Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/34uv4SlaZ8pngKKTXBwpS2F3lDs.jpg)
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
![ZeroZeroZero](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/c0AISx9tx6crOih0KdjQsfAm3Uo.jpg)
ZeroZeroZero
![Lost Girls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pDas4DwURlRzjD9xEhSdtkcl1ZV.jpg)
Lost Girls
![War of the Worlds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yThmbQkxSzW4HHdAaoj8RYHFH3i.jpg)
War of the Worlds
![Land Without God](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lSPBVGcyuui1ko3rzL3EstHpVDy.jpg)
Land Without God
![Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wnHey2fZFMWstkK0m6k841XKWA1.jpg)
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
![Maniac](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kCNl4QPstAqChFD0NnLpbDFG8ul.jpg)
Maniac
![An L.A. Minute](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aI2CN1QloY8ZWdeNJac7EQjeHkt.jpg)
An L.A. Minute
![Hereditary](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p9fmuz2Oj3HtEJEqbIwkFGUhVXD.jpg)
Hereditary
![My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5kGzwUGQvR4MdOWUjYotWYr25kp.jpg)
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
![In the Cloud](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4EPxPtPbgbid2bBvwJ1PbW1KLgL.jpg)
In the Cloud
![Lies We Tell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4j2OYmRiDcEkfYNv0IAsXu5RRf1.jpg)
Lies We Tell
![Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5gSLAKue0AlQzYDKbdKAItFiS1O.jpg)
Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
![Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/apSog1ttB94v3MBuurFqFuasIb5.jpg)
Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death
![Mad to Be Normal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g9j4FgzyPIoaGAWzC2qogmUvq6h.jpg)
Mad to Be Normal
![Carrie Pilby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/IHuNvCTOsSox1Gj4ykHImrC5EL.jpg)
Carrie Pilby
![No Pay, Nudity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3nHN0v5gA8whthR7daMWT6i6Ylv.jpg)
No Pay, Nudity
![Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r8REKftAwQDC7IDPTxluTwYUbCR.jpg)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
![Endless Night](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/62I43mWLre7zZNPit4zzr8Ia8Ry.jpg)
Endless Night
![Louder Than Bombs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/26hoecTKEAXswDwk4nUE4SEcPg2.jpg)
Louder Than Bombs
![The 33](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hpXkIuAlIlcNYACRE2MssxnHvZQ.jpg)
The 33
![Vikings: Athelstan's Journal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/67Xa3yFVsNoIpfTFyu4PMVaIucC.jpg)
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
![Quirke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zDW6xQPmD9JRWW2OcqxfxpUBXvb.jpg)
Quirke
![Vampire Academy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cJZpKgiFfjDZ6L5aOJvbmDhsGqY.jpg)
Vampire Academy
![Excalibur: Behind the Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/60SnW3wjXEW3f7mR8TNkM1ofBtD.jpg)
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
![Just a Sigh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9AX5X090tdgFR4K7khvuBaAMmNx.jpg)
Just a Sigh
![All Things To All Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/extIADIhwJMkNF9AtQGdorN5WiH.jpg)
All Things To All Men
![Vikings](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bQLrHIRNEkE3PdIWQrZHynQZazu.jpg)
Vikings
![Capital](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3vUOc5i1nDaP4gmTQ9rpEsUJOUi.jpg)
Capital
![Secret State](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/igowmLbw204dSRb8Aut7iD4v1hw.jpg)
Secret State
![John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vn8O4z0q1M9FK4p9ckHmYObxy3g.jpg)
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
![I, Anna](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mfuLNBhJmbDxFe0hsnLOLCorTha.jpg)
I, Anna
![A Man's Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7XChyRgt2B1GrJoPYrV4oGuOApD.jpg)
A Man's Story
![The Women of SNL](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nMmt57scmrvzRciU9KWFUsYhuDI.jpg)
The Women of SNL
![Perrier's Bounty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hWG4xu8CVN7tySwiJh4dPKibiEj.jpg)
Perrier's Bounty
![Leningrad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8dofjiUPkEiGY7iFVPv6LSAAwII.jpg)
Leningrad
![2:22](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w9Yd4lzYyFpzscvmFJKMPaUHPZq.jpg)
2:22
![Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3o1D2v3mF0To1tLKM9SZsUg8EjM.jpg)
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
![Emotional Arithmetic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zFeEZUEqzHSWIRd5UjhuOTaxTJC.jpg)
Emotional Arithmetic
![In Treatment](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gytzjthKWMji7olvAnBGohbGmWS.jpg)
In Treatment
![Leningrad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9CadO7xFuiINyJjuvyL3uNkRJJ.jpg)
Leningrad
![The Graham Norton Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vrbqaBXB8AALynQzpWz6JdCPEJS.jpg)
The Graham Norton Show
![Jindabyne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zozfpvbl8OezjqBsgFByTGkbnw8.jpg)
Jindabyne
![Played](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5I8at2uTDCZRSImREtisF0kxdzY.jpg)
Played
![Wah-Wah](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9skFmG5gbmxfvDyAN5h8dSHtppT.jpg)
Wah-Wah
![Assault on Precinct 13](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oBpsRvMN1ONl8oFHuWt1rasDYFJ.jpg)
Assault on Precinct 13
![The Bridge of San Luis Rey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jp26f92Z28eFVmwZ90Q09bnrBEB.jpg)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
![P.S.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hcf2pZUjtqa6BpV84VwNZvZf6mg.jpg)
P.S.
![Vanity Fair](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6GCjrrd1XIl8VSwjKo8c94LTwtd.jpg)
Vanity Fair
![Patrick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qfBE3huHc5EHnggx23s0isvnY7l.jpg)
Patrick
![Shade](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2uK217wp1SSFgbIcwDaPrzlLd7X.jpg)
Shade
![Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AjFtv8ycMUhlhnzfsrznF8rMIQ0.jpg)
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
![Spider](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zvm4WuYxTiGkRagRqHUey0meRQL.jpg)
Spider
![Ghost Ship](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qT9jhRnf67dmMNpX2FmNPMeuW57.jpg)
Ghost Ship
![Horses: The Story of Equus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uYGSSu16RkGxpd6eRFd3WwSWiwW.jpg)
Horses: The Story of Equus
![Killing Emmett Young](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z33ANbYqbxQWqQ4bsMFSl8dRIHl.jpg)
Killing Emmett Young
![Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lpxFSaO0Q9B7i852xVw2bL7sWJQ.jpg)
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
![Virginia's Run](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1i7xH58ZcFaJ2vjjS0vNkhB0muv.jpg)
Virginia's Run
![When Brendan Met Trudy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tI2yl0z0nZpeMEl0bGn5z98eilk.jpg)
When Brendan Met Trudy
![Madigan Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fj2pUR7A0m51zZQL4wnBXKRaBmq.jpg)
Madigan Men
![Mad About Mambo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aU57igWyBGP4wUvch4GuckoDvAl.jpg)
Mad About Mambo
![Making Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2l8wiy3rFNwMQbV4Lf55FrxnkJl.jpg)
Making Love
![End of Days](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pY8FbKKl3VD0jRI1iDFrwN6alLa.jpg)
End of Days
![Stigmata](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sKS1Vuqj7OQpOumfs6ArC0TICTN.jpg)
Stigmata
![Enemy of the State](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x9pXrMKLsBGGOFyyZ0Gwt9YpVub.jpg)
Enemy of the State
![Quest for Camelot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pLfFEQ9HTw0HRvBkW3nI9RUze03.jpg)
Quest for Camelot
![Pirates](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tJbhumvd4gd83U4tNeYw2kRwfQY.jpg)
Pirates
![The Man in the Iron Mask](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zHE9yRURvA7DyhYtQxkGTfE1Ywi.jpg)
The Man in the Iron Mask
![Polish Wedding](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/36De1BxBBzXyJ1eYVQlIoTUIwQm.jpg)
Polish Wedding
![Weapons of Mass Distraction](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8ut2tdIcrOmfKdjmkCaNpaaQEvO.jpg)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
![This Is the Sea](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6plgejqFKLoeyehR6Sj1HgaqE4S.jpg)
This Is the Sea
![The View](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zn5ZtKXYo8XOoXUgtQxw7q2CjVt.jpg)
The View
![The End of Violence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rlMC8XqYhdH1acLWkf5plG0ogk1.jpg)
The End of Violence
![Smilla's Sense of Snow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3eeCYGVWb4Ic8SFpARGWOjyl9Md.jpg)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
![The Last of the High Kings](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pSdzsYKg1wpmYpflD1ZEq5Cf9rd.jpg)
The Last of the High Kings
![The Brylcreem Boys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pdBmAciTPGfztncT34LYqyvKwj6.jpg)
The Brylcreem Boys
![Mad Dog Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rpKyVUVmFtg6BvYDrGnBfPv4jVH.jpg)
Mad Dog Time
![Dead Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dOvHDs2jlMYL1dMfbFabEwyBNWg.jpg)
Dead Man
![Frankie Starlight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6v3VxWhFsr2Qx8qIQkG4WL3f76X.jpg)
Frankie Starlight
![Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/alf3GD9b6SVIhCYuAZKJHTBseUh.jpg)
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
![The Usual Suspects](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8dH7y4O26uLPesxUTT80igEtsBM.jpg)
The Usual Suspects
![Buffalo Girls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i3aopsYlPoRos5ISB2Jp7VcDUd9.jpg)
Buffalo Girls
![Little Women](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1ZzH1XMcKAe5NdrKL5MfcqZHHsZ.jpg)
Little Women
![Trial by Jury](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uYVGv35bMH7MybbfvWHEC9xQDMY.jpg)
Trial by Jury
![A Simple Twist of Fate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2Jorj80Y4EVEAPDRVVdDXKSVUTw.jpg)
A Simple Twist of Fate
![Inside the Actors Studio](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a6O7gKJQe5HWaMujYvdMYaj9PnO.jpg)
Inside the Actors Studio
![All Things Bright and Beautiful](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q5nqggoBMSsgLhD39YdNAGbudeV.jpg)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
![Royal Deceit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qG90bxBkwfiqqSdmsWZWEjAvS2F.jpg)
Royal Deceit
![Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e44aBFFlvF0h4hnlCktHn7B9CmN.jpg)
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America
![In the Name of the Father](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5HaQacOMOjA2wX1XnwnDd2VaXCf.jpg)
In the Name of the Father
![Late Night with Conan O'Brien](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gJZ1rhLLFpatuAeylJoUI82DKC7.jpg)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
![A Dangerous Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wsRHmHgio3w5nR5W2brn5VQ2oe4.jpg)
A Dangerous Woman
![Point of No Return](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gYvWcAxcIlSr752pIVj6MtmTjxp.jpg)
Point of No Return
![Into the West](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k9e63dUNxu5MtXCCB3trUXtXX58.jpg)
Into the West
![Cool World](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mqzRUHNtFwmgJCmSnvq3JnX0xgZ.jpg)
Cool World
![Shipwrecked](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3OUCBsy5r32Dx5l7AWJWZPQ5td7.jpg)
Shipwrecked
![Miller's Crossing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ab3pnsTKp3BgcAFy0FgWBFBg9FL.jpg)
Miller's Crossing
![Dark Obsession](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ur4kLczNZ3mBfa8NbshSFlhG9qH.jpg)
Dark Obsession
![A Soldier's Tale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jFkbUcYCmGZ57g9wvoiVxbiHOuD.jpg)
A Soldier's Tale
![The Courier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kCIXGllJcy8LEhM6fDtRFLur7V3.jpg)
The Courier
![Julia and Julia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6GPNV1piaFgYXduDIMc9FIMh7Dx.jpg)
Julia and Julia
![Siesta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qkBcoO3yHJC0WeAVdiZhw78kBem.jpg)
Siesta
![Hello Again](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mbNJ7Qe33XtN2aenO0ildCOpG0y.jpg)
Hello Again
![Lionheart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oTkyJURfXLgGGBxE2g7xrw8PX1H.jpg)
Lionheart
![Gothic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xGXj6wpJimmWkQMahZryM7xB9EX.jpg)
Gothic
![Defence of the Realm](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hoUzgwdOk4J3ooomwxB1qwhzSbo.jpg)
Defence of the Realm
![Mussolini: The Untold Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kLyic24ZWh5HgkIg6hTLFnsxQoa.jpg)
Mussolini: The Untold Story
![Christopher Columbus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jBv3a92IacxDbwAlmli86v6u8co.jpg)
Christopher Columbus
![The Keep](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yd9wU3oajNxwaFHQ02rtTBuSFJD.jpg)
The Keep
![Hanna K.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cBEpqJYvUYJ5FHG4BK5aZPyNHrw.jpg)
Hanna K.
![The Rocking Horse Winner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3FDOj1bDsxMSbcfK2xtrFcNio5U.jpg)
The Rocking Horse Winner
![The Search for Alexander the Great](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9lg2Gqq5EkUVv9nzL5NnVGtuAGy.jpg)
The Search for Alexander the Great
![Excalibur](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cTWF6zkr5mUOnheowKODIijWYcN.jpg)
Excalibur
![The Outsider](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mxXtuOsdNC7seOd5fadCHo5HyyZ.jpg)
The Outsider
![On a Paving Stone Mounted](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xF0iBY3ptd3YBaDPDUH7dNYKhSD.jpg)
On a Paving Stone Mounted
![The Last of Summer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z2M9lX3bFPg7rVgDgifqkqqtQvJ.jpg)
The Last of Summer
![Strangers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pslNYt4yRWmdLbWgMEmtoUbRJlR.jpg)
Strangers
![Live from Lincoln Center](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mUisIH1YjsuDoMjoU0XuTVG4tZC.jpg)
Live from Lincoln Center
![Saturday Night Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sHGuKFjIBisPk8cvtCZTDVktYfs.jpg)
Saturday Night Live
![Tony Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6pxoHfywO6bFDOQa9bmWZ1hyKBt.jpg)
Tony Awards