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Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor · Ireland · On the map · Actors · Born 1950 · age 76

Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards.

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2025BallerinaFilm, The Chancellor2020“Nothing much will change under Biden because his thing is: let’s return America to what it was. Well, what America was caused Trump. The Democrats rolled out the red carpet.”In their wordsOn Joe Biden’s presidential win in 2020 in “Gabriel Byrne: 'There’s a shame about men speaking out. A sense that if you were abused, it was

ZeroZeroZeroSeries, 2020Edward LynwoodLost GirlsFilm, 2020Richard Dormer2018ManiacSeries, Porter Milgrim2017Carrie PilbyFilm, Mr. Pilby2014QuirkeSeries, QuirkeVampire AcademyFilm, 2014Victor Dashkov2012Secret StateSeries, Tom DawkinsCapitalFilm, 2012Dittmar Rigule2009LeningradFilm, Philip Parker2008In TreatmentSeries, Dr. Paul Weston2004P.S.Film, Peter Harrington2003ShadeFilm, Charlie Miller2000Theatre World AwardAward1999End of DaysFilm, The Man1997The ViewSeriesSmilla's Sense of SnowFilm, 1997The Mechanic1994A Simple Twist of FateFilm, John Newland1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries1992Cool WorldFilm, Jack Deebs1987GothicFilm, Lord Byron1981ExcaliburFilm, Uther1978StrangersSeries, Johnny Maguire1975Saturday Night LiveSeries1956Tony AwardsSeries1950Born12 May 1950

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Known for

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  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse 2022
  • The Usual Suspects 1995
  • In the Name of the Father 1993
  • Miller's Crossing 1990
  • Ballerina 2025

Filmography 40

157 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

In their own words 5

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  1. When I found out that the Pentagon has a film department, a lot of things made sense to me. America reveals itself to the world through film.

    On how film shapes the American consciousness in “Gabriel Byrne: 'There’s a shame about men speaking out. A sense that if you were abused,, Own words

  2. We now prefer the fantasy…We find comfort in the lies. I was the victim of that for so long. I imbibed everything. It led to a place where I became extremely unhappy.

    On how people forgo truthful living for lies in “Gabriel Byrne: 'There’s a shame about men speaking out. A sense that if you were abused,, Own words

  3. The priest’s breath was sour and hot as he moved towards me…Then there was blackness...I remembered every single moment up to a point…Then it’s concreted over.

    On confronting the memories of his sexual abuse by a priest in “Gabriel Byrne: 'There’s a shame about men speaking out. A sense that if you, Own words

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Awards

Theatre World Award2000
Golden Globe Awards
IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award

About this person

Byrne was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was listed at number 17 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors in 2020. In 2009 The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.

Country
Ireland
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 76

In the same film or series as Gabriel

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