Gabriel Byrne

Career timeline

1. 1950 · Born

   Born in Dublin, Ireland

2. 1976 · Screen debut

   Live from Lincoln Center (TV)

3. 1995 · Breakthrough

   The Usual Suspects (Movie)

4. 1996 · Writing debut

   The Last of the High Kings (Movie)

5. 2000 · First production

   Madigan Men (TV)

6. 2025 · Latest release

   Ballerina (Movie)

Career in numbers

3 1970s

10 1980s

23 1990s

14 2000s

19 2010s

8 2020s

• Drama52
• Thriller24
• Crime15
• Action12
• Comedy11
• Romance10

Highest-rated title The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse 2022 8.2 Most popular title Vikings 2013 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Gabriel Byrne in our catalogue.

Jessalyn Gilsig

2 titles together

Christian Bale

2 titles together

1. 2025 Ballerina as The Chancellor 7.3 Movie
2. 2025 Four Letters of Love as Muiris Gore Movie
3. 2022 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Horse (voice) 8.2 Movie
4. 2022 Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend as Enzo Ferrari 6.4 Movie
5. 2022 Murder at Yellowstone City as Sheriff Ambrose 5.5 Movie
6. 2021 Death of a Ladies' Man as Samuel O'Shea 5.7 Movie
7. 2020 ZeroZeroZero as Edward Lynwood 7.8 TV
8. 2020 Lost Girls as Richard Dormer 6.1 Movie
9. 2019 War of the Worlds as Bill Ward 7.2 TV
10. 2018 Maniac as Porter Milgrim 7.3 TV
11. 2018 Hereditary as Steve Graham 7.3 Movie
12. 2018 Lies We Tell as Donald 5.3 Movie
13. 2017 Mad to Be Normal as Jim 5.7 Movie
14. 2017 Carrie Pilby as Mr. Pilby 6.8 Movie
15. 2015 Endless Night as Bram 6.1 Movie
16. 2015 Louder Than Bombs as Gene Reed 6.5 Movie
17. 2015 The 33 as Andre Sougarret 6.4 Movie
18. 2015 Vikings: Athelstan's Journal as Earl Haraldson (archive footage) TV
19. 2014 Quirke as Quirke 5.9 TV
20. 2014 Vampire Academy as Victor Dashkov 6.3 Movie
21. 2013 Just a Sigh as Man 6.2 Movie
22. 2013 All Things To All Men as Joseph Corso 4.3 Movie
23. 2013 Vikings as Earl Haraldson 8.1 TV
24. 2012 Capital as Dittmar Rigule 6.1 Movie
25. 2012 Secret State as Tom Dawkins 7.1 TV
26. 2012 I, Anna as D.C.I. Bernie Reid 5.3 Movie
27. 2010 Perrier's Bounty as Voice of the Grim Reaper (voice) 5.8 Movie
28. 2009 Leningrad as Philip Parker 5.5 Movie
29. 2008 2:22 as Detective Swain (uncredited) 5.1 Movie
30. 2008 In Treatment as Dr. Paul Weston 7.7 TV
31. 2006 Jindabyne as Stewart 5.4 Movie
32. 2006 Played as Eddie 3.9 Movie
33. 2005 Wah-Wah as Harry Compton 5.8 Movie
34. 2005 Assault on Precinct 13 as Captain Marcus Duvall 6.2 Movie
35. 2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Brother Juniper 5.3 Movie
36. 2004 P.S. as Peter Harrington 5.6 Movie
37. 2004 Vanity Fair as The Marquess of Steyne 5.8 Movie
38. 2003 Shade as Charlie Miller 6.2 Movie
39. 2002 Spider as Bill Cleg 6.6 Movie
40. 2002 Ghost Ship as Captain Sean Murphy 6.0 Movie
41. 2000 Madigan Men as Benjamin Madigan TV
42. 1999 End of Days as The Man 6.1 Movie
43. 1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as (archive footage) Movie
44. 1999 Stigmata as Father Andrew Kiernan 6.4 Movie
45. 1998 Enemy of the State as 'Brill' 7.1 Movie
46. 1998 Quest for Camelot as Lionel (voice) 6.8 Movie
47. 1998 The Man in the Iron Mask as D'Artagnan 6.7 Movie
48. 1997 The End of Violence as Ray 5.4 Movie
49. 1997 Smilla's Sense of Snow as The Mechanic 6.3 Movie
50. 1996 The Last of the High Kings as Jack Griffin 5.6 Movie
51. 1996 Mad Dog Time as Ben London 5.2 Movie
52. 1995 Dead Man as Charlie Dickinson 7.3 Movie
53. 1995 The Usual Suspects as Keaton 8.2 Movie
54. 1994 Little Women as Friedrich Bhaer 7.3 Movie
55. 1994 Trial by Jury as Daniel Graham 5.4 Movie
56. 1994 A Simple Twist of Fate as John Newland 6.2 Movie
57. 1994 Prince of Jutland as Fenge 5.3 Movie
58. 1993 A Dangerous Woman as Mackey 5.5 Movie
59. 1993 Point of No Return as Bob 6.2 Movie
60. 1992 Into the West as Papa Reilly 6.4 Movie
61. 1992 Cool World as Jack Deebs 5.7 Movie
62. 1990 Shipwrecked as Lt. John Merrick 6.7 Movie
63. 1990 Miller's Crossing as Tom Reagan 7.5 Movie
64. 1987 Siesta as Augustine 5.2 Movie
65. 1987 Hello Again as Kevin Scanlon 5.7 Movie
66. 1987 Lionheart as Black Prince 5.6 Movie
67. 1987 Gothic as Lord Byron 5.7 Movie
68. 1986 Defence of the Realm as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen 6.3 Movie
69. 1985 Mussolini: The Untold Story as Vittorio Mussolini TV
70. 1985 Christopher Columbus as Christopher Columbus TV
71. 1983 The Keep as Major Kaempffer 5.6 Movie
72. 1981 Excalibur as Uther 7.0 Movie
73. 1980 Bracken as Pat Barry TV
74. 1978 The Last of Summer as Bishop's secretary TV
75. 1978 Strangers as Johnny Maguire TV
76. 1976 Live from Lincoln Center as King Arthur TV

1. 2018 Hereditary 7.3 Movie
2. 1993 In the Name of the Father 7.9 Movie

1. 2000 Madigan Men TV

1. 1996 The Last of the High Kings 5.6 Movie

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