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Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, 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 debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. He has now starred in over 35 feature films, such as The Usual Suspects, Miller’s Crossing, Stigmata and End of Days, in addition to writing two. Byrne’s producing credits include the Academy Award–nominated In the Name of the Father. He has received much critical acclaim for his role as Dr. Paul Weston in the HBO drama In Treatment. 

Net Worth $10 Million
Date Of Birth May 12, 1950
Place Of Birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Profession Actor, Producer, Writer
Spouse Ellen Barkin Hannah Beth King
Children John Daniel Byrne, Romy Marion Byrne
IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm6288429
Quote
1 I like the level of anonymity I have now. When I was doing In Treatment (2008), it became a nightmare – much more than it had been before that. You have to be very careful with television. I love working but I don’t want that kind of attention again.
2 Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you didn’t want to be left in the dressing room with him. There were certain boundaries, sexual boundaries, that were crossed.
3 [on being beaten in school, specifically in math class] – I feared being beaten, and I was beaten very regularly. It did affect my sense of myself. … I didn’t feel that I suffered at the time. I just felt it was the way of the world. It took many years to come to terms with and to forgive those incidents that I felt had deeply hurt me.
4 [on dealing with depression] – A single negative thought begins in your head. That single negative thought interacts with another negative thought and becomes a reality. And the world seems like the darkest, bleakest, blackest place that you can possibly be. And it has nothing to do with logic, it has nothing to do with reality. It’s a chemical, and I suppose ultimately becomes a spiritual, imbalance in the body and in the mind. But it feels like the truth. That’s what’s so insidious about it.
5 A lot of people who live in America, and it’s not their fault, have a stereotypical view of Ireland. You get a movie like The Quiet Man (1952) and people arrive at Shannon airport and expect to be met by Barry Fitzgerald.
6 It’s the job of the director to be like a great orchestra leader, and bring out the music that the writer wrote, through the instruments, which are the actors.
7 I did a play by Eugene O’Neill called “A Touch of the Poet” on Broadway a few years ago. I remember looking out into the audience at one point, and the theater was packed with wealthy, white-haired people. After the curtain call I turned to one of the other actors and said ‘Theater is dead.’ He laughed and said “That’s a good one.” I said ‘No, seriously, theater as we’re doing it now is dead. There’s no audience. There’s no one under 60 out there. They’re all white. And they can all afford $300 for a night.
8 [on working with Natasha Richardson on Gothic (1986)] It was a privilege for me to work with her in her first film. Her magnetism was incontestable, both as a person and as an actress. When you’re working with somebody you see them in a very different light. I just knew she was special.
9 I think the reason certain societies thrive while others don’t is the society that is open to new ideas is going to thrive, while the ones that don’t, that oppose any outside or opposing cultural influences, those are in trouble, and I think America has done the latter over the past 20 or more years. The worse it is for America, the worse it is for the rest of us.
10 American movies to me – and, I mean, I’ve said this before a million times – are becoming more and more homogeneous because the marketing objective – and marketing now plays such a major role in movies that it almost obliterates everything else – the marketing objective is the lowest common denominator. “You can’t put that in; let’s put the car chase, let’s put the sex scene, let’s put the fight in, let’s get them back together, they end up happily, they walk off into the sun…” So that there’s a formulaic predictability to American movies. That, allied with the cynicism of the way movies are put together – product placement and spin-offs and toys and all kinds of crap that, you know, have nothing to do with the telling of stories – they’ve turned American movies into McMovies. So that when the movie-goer gets his movie, it’s like a hamburger: he doesn’t want a piece of aubergine in there; he wants his onion, his tomato, his hamburger and his bun. And he doesn’t want the bun hard, he wants it soft. And he wants it in two minutes.
11 Sometimes, the vanity of actors is that we imagine we’re so completely different on screen from who we are in real life. When really, all actors play themselves.
12 I’ve always felt that acting is about exposure. You expose yourself in the choices you make. It’s when you present yourself as truthfully as you can, in a given situation, that you are being that character. Even though you’re being yourself.
13 The truth is that actors don’t really have any control over the end product. To think that you have control is a delusion and it’s also incredibly frustrating to be investing that much hope into something that essentially boils down to marketing. So you try to do movies that you feel connected with and you work with directors and actors you admire.
14 I would like to break out of this “dark, brooding” image, cause I’m actually not like that at all. In Ireland, brooding is a term we use for hens. A brooding hen is supposed to lay eggs. Everytime somebody says “He’s dark and brooding” I think: “He’s about to lay an egg”.
Fact
1 Not a relation of Rose Byrne.
2 Didn’t start acting until he was twenty-nine years old.
3 In Live from Lincoln Center: Camelot (2008) Gabriel Byrne plays King Arthur. In Excalibur (1981) he plays Arthur’s father, Uther Pendragon.
4 Cites Federico Fellini’s Amarcord (1973) as one of his all-time favorite movies.
5 Learned to speak Gaelic in college and still speaks it fluently.
6 Speaks English and Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic).
7 He was a football played with the Stella Maris Football Club in Drumcondra, Dublin.
8 He’s a patron of The West of Ireland Cardiology Foundation, Croi, since 1997.
9 He has Irish citizenship and resident alien status in the United States.
10 Son of Dan Byrne and Eileen Gannon.
11 Older brother of Donal, Thomas, Breda, Margaret and Marian (deceased).
12 Has appeared in 3 roles romantically opposite Laura Linney, “A Simple Twist of Fate,” “P.S.” and “Jindabyne.”.
13 Although he separated from Ellen Barkin in 1993, he did not file for divorce until May 1999.
14 Was nominated for Broadway’s 2000 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten.”
15 Autobiography titled “Pictures in My Head”
16 Educated by the Christian Brothers in Dublin.
17 He went from a priest in Stigmata (1999) to Satan in End of Days (1999).
18 In a November 1999 interview with the New York Post, he claimed to have been molested by his Latin teacher while at an English seminary preparing for priesthood.
19 Before becoming an actor, he was an archaelogist, a schoolteacher, a short-order cook, and a bullfighter.
20 Started acting at the age of 29 and he went to America for the first time when he was 37.
21 Has a son, Jack Daniel, born 1989; and a daughter, Romy Marion, born 1992.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Emotional Arithmetic 2007 Christopher Lewis
Jindabyne 2006 Stewart Kane
Played 2006 Eddie
Wah-Wah 2005 Harry Compton
Assault on Precinct 13 2005 Capt. Marcus Duvall
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2004 Brother Juniper
P.S. 2004 Peter Harrington
Vanity Fair 2004 The Marquess of Steyne
Patrick 2004 TV Movie documentary Patrick (voice)
Shade 2003 Miller
Ghost Ship 2002 Murphy
Emmett’s Mark 2002 Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
Spider 2002 Bill Cleg
Virginia’s Run 2002 Ford Lofton
Madigan Men 2000 TV Series Benjamin Madigan
When Brendan Met Trudy 2000 Special Appearance
Canone inverso – Making Love 2000 The Violinist
End of Days 1999 The Man / Satan
Stigmata 1999 Father Andrew Kiernan
Enemy of the State 1998 Brill
Quest for Camelot 1998 Lionel (voice)
The Brylcreem Boys 1998 Commandant O’Brien
The Man in the Iron Mask 1998/I D’Artagnan
Polish Wedding 1998 Bolek
Pirates 1998 Narrator (voice)
This Is the Sea 1997 Rohan
Weapons of Mass Distraction 1997 TV Movie Lionel Powers
The End of Violence 1997 Ray Bering
Glenroe 1997 TV Series Pat Barry
Smilla’s Sense of Snow 1997 The Mechanic
Draiocht 1996 TV Movie Father
Dr Hagard’s Disease 1996
Somebody Is Waiting 1996 Roger Ellis
The Last of the High Kings 1996 Jack Griffin
Mad Dog Time 1996 Ben London
Frankie Starlight 1995 Jack Kelly
Dead Man 1995 Charlie Dickinson
Buffalo Girls 1995 TV Movie Teddy Blue
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? 1995 Narrator (voice)
The Usual Suspects 1995 Keaton
Little Women 1994 Friedrich Bhaer
Trial by Jury 1994 Daniel Graham
A Simple Twist of Fate 1994 John Newland
Screen Two 1994 TV Series The Good Thief
Royal Deceit 1994 Fenge
A Dangerous Woman 1993 Mackey
Point of No Return 1993 Bob
Into the West 1992 Papa Reilly
Cool World 1992 Jack Deebs
Shipwrecked 1990 Lt. John Merrick
Miller’s Crossing 1990 Tom Reagan
Dark Obsession 1989 Lord Hugo Bruckton
A Soldier’s Tale 1989 Saul
The Courier 1988 Val
Siesta 1987 Augustine
Hello Again 1987 Kevin Scanlon
Julia and Julia 1987 Paolo
Lionheart 1987 Black Prince
Gothic 1986 Byron
Defense of the Realm 1986 Nicholas ‘Nick’ Mullen
Mussolini: The Untold Story 1985 TV Mini-Series Vittorio Mussolini
Christopher Columbus 1985 TV Mini-Series Christopher Columbus
Reflections 1984 William Masters
The Treatment 1984 TV Movie Father Michael
The Keep 1983 Kaempffer
Wagner 1981-1983 TV Series Karl Ritter
Hanna K. 1983 Joshua Herzog
The Rocking Horse Winner 1983 Short Bassett
Joyce in June 1982 TV Movie Keogh / Blazes Boylan
Bracken 1980-1982 TV Series Pat Barry
Strangers 1981 TV Series Johnny Maguire
The Search for Alexander the Great 1981 TV Mini-Series Ptolemy
Excalibur 1981 Uther Pendragon
The Outsider 1979
The Riordans 1978-1979 TV Series Pat Barry
On a Paving Stone Mounted 1978
Wings of Ash: Pilot for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud 1978 Short
The Burke Enigma 1978 TV Series
Last of Summer 1978 TV Series
Lies We Tell 2016 post-production Donald
Mad to Be Normal 2016 pre-production Jim
Carrie Pilby 2016 filming Mr. Pilby
The 33 2015 Andre Sougarret
Louder Than Bombs 2015 Gene Reed
Nobody Wants the Night 2015 Bram Trevor
Vikings: Athelstan’s Journal 2015 TV Series Earl Haraldson
No Pay, Nudity 2015 Lawrence Rose
Quirke 2014 TV Mini-Series Quirke
Vampire Academy 2014 Victor Dashkov
Just a Sigh 2013 Doug
Vikings 2013 TV Series Earl Haraldson
All Things to All Men 2013 Joseph Corso
Secret State 2012 TV Mini-Series Tom Dawkins
Capital 2012 Dittmar Rigule
I, Anna 2012 D.C.I. Bernie Reid
In Treatment 2008-2010 TV Series Dr. Paul Weston
Leningrad 2009 Parker (as Gebriel Birn)
Perrier’s Bounty 2009 Voice of The Reaper (voice)
2:22 2008 Detective Swain
Live from Lincoln Center 2008 TV Series King Arthur
Still Birth Chicken 2008 Short

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Tent City, U.S.A. 2012 TV Movie documentary executive producer
Madigan Men 2000 TV Series co-executive producer
Mad About Mambo 2000 executive producer
The Brylcreem Boys 1998 co-producer
Dr Hagard’s Disease 1996 executive producer
Somebody Is Waiting 1996 co-producer
The Last of the High Kings 1996 co-executive producer
Vardan tevo 1993 executive producer
Into the West 1992 associate producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Draiocht 1996 TV Movie
The Last of the High Kings 1996

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Prodigal Sons 2008 Documentary many thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be? 2014 Documentary Himself
Behind the Sword in the Stone 2013 Documentary Himself
Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World 2013 TV Movie documentary Himself
A Man’s Story 2010 Documentary Himself
Dreaming the Quiet Man 2010 Documentary Himself
Independent Lens 2009 TV Series documentary Himself – Narrator
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards 2009 TV Special Himself – Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Xposé 2009 TV Series Himself
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards 2008 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards 2008 TV Special Himself
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home 2008 Documentary Himself
AFI’s 10 Top 10: America’s 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres 2008 TV Movie Himself
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards 2008 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Charlie Rose 1995-2008 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Graham Norton Show 2007 TV Series Himself – Guest
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2007 TV Series Himself – Guest
4th Irish Film and Television Awards 2007 TV Special Himself – Presenter
At the Movies 2006 TV Series Himself
Tubridy Tonight 2006 TV Series Himself
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton 2005 TV Series Himself
Riverdance: The Ten Years 2005 Video documentary Himself
HBO First Look 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
2nd Irish Film and Television Awards 2004 TV Special Himself – Presenter
The Late Late Show 2004 TV Series Himself – Guest
NY Graham Norton 2004 TV Series Himself – Guest
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality 2003 TV Movie documentary Narrator
Tinseltown TV 2003 TV Series Himself
The 100 Greatest Movie Stars 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself
RIP 2002 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself / interviewee
The View 2002 TV Series Himself – Guest
Horses: The Story of Equus 2002 Documentary short Narrator
Keyser Söze: Lie or Legend? 2002 Video documentary short Himself
Round Up: Deposing ‘The Usual Suspects’ 2002 Video documentary Himself
The 100 Greatest Films 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards 2001 TV Special Himself (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio 2000 TV Series Himself – Guest
Late Show with David Letterman 1994-2000 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
End of Days: The Beginning 2000 Video documentary short Himself
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2000 2000 TV Special Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1993-2000 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 2000 TV Series Himself
Divine Rites: The Story of Stigmata 1999 TV Short documentary Himself
WWE Smackdown! 1999 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1993-1997 TV Series Himself – Guest
1996 MTV Movie Awards 1996 TV Special Himself
Past Into Present 1996 Himself
The 18th Annual CableACE Awards 1996 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Saturday Night Live 1995 TV Series Himself – Host / Keith Richards / Robin Walker
Lauren Hutton and… 1995 TV Series Himself – Guest
Out of Ireland 1995 TV Movie documentary voice
The Little Picture Show 1994 TV Series Himself
Intimate Portrait 1993 TV Series documentary Narrator
The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1992 TV Special Himself – Audience Member
Today 1990 TV Series Himself – Guest

Archive Footage

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2009 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama In Treatment (2008)
1999 Maverick Tribute Award Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
1995 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble The Usual Suspects (1995)
1995 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Best Acting by an Ensemble The Usual Suspects (1995)
1987 International Fantasy Film Award Fantasporto Best Actor Gothic (1986)
1979 Jacob’s Award Jacob’s Awards Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama Bracken (1980)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 IFTA Award Irish Film and Television Awards Best Actor TV Secret State (2012)
2010 IFTA Award Irish Film and Television Awards Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television In Treatment (2008)
2009 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series In Treatment (2008)
2009 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Actor in a Drama Series In Treatment (2008)
2009 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Series, Drama In Treatment (2008)
2008 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series In Treatment (2008)
2008 Evening Standard British Film Award Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actor Jindabyne (2006)
2008 IFTA Award Irish Film and Television Awards Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film Jindabyne (2006)
2008 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Series, Drama In Treatment (2008)
2006 AFI Award Australian Film Institute Best Lead Actor Jindabyne (2006)
2006 IF Award IF Awards Best Actor Jindabyne (2006)
2005 IFTA Award Irish Film and Television Awards Best Actor in a Feature Film Wah-Wah (2005)
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Actor – Horror Stigmata (1999)
2000 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Supporting Actor End of Days (1999)
1998 Golden Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)

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