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. Byrnes 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, Millers Crossing and Stigmata, in addition to writing two. Byrnes 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.

All movies available from Gabriel Byrne

Movies unavailable from Gabriel Byrne

Stigmata

Father Andrew Kiernan

Movie 1999

The Search for Alexander the Great

Ptolemy

Movie 1981

Excalibur

Uther

Movie 1981

Emotional Arithmetic

Christopher Lewis

Movie 2008

Hanna K.

Joshué Herzog

Movie 1983

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Brother Juniper

Movie 2004

The Courier

Val

Movie 1988

Shipwrecked

Lt. John Merrick

Movie 1990

Frankie Starlight

Jack Kelly

Movie 1995

A Man's Story

Self

Movie 2011

The Brylcreem Boys

Commandant O'Brien

Movie 1996

Walking with Ghosts

Himself

Movie 2022

Patrick

Patrick

Movie 2004

The Rocking Horse Winner

Bassett

Movie 1982

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

Narrator

Movie 2012

Murder at Yellowstone City

Sheriff Ambrose

Movie 2022

Dance First

Samuel Beckett

Movie 2023

Horses: The Story of Equus

Narrator

Movie 2002

Reflections

William Masters

Movie 1984

Sauver Mozart

Movie

When Brendan Met Trudy

Special Appearance

Movie 2000

Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

Narrator

Movie 2003

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Lionel Powers

Movie 1997

Louder Than Bombs

Gene Reed

Movie 2015

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

The Horse (voice)

Movie 2022

Endless Night

Bram

Movie 2015

Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'

self

Movie

The Treatment

Father Michael

Movie 1984

2:22

Detective Swain (uncredited)

Movie 2008

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

The Chancellor

Movie 2025

Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

Movie 2008

Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

Self - Steve

Movie 2018

Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

Richard O'Gorman (voice)

Movie 1994

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Self - Actor

Movie 2016

Somebody Is Waiting

Roger Ellis

Movie 1996

No Pay, Nudity

Lawrence Rose

Movie 2016

Pursuing the Suspects

Himself

Movie 2002

A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

Himself (Archive Footage)

Movie 2025

Hamlet Revenant

Movie

Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death

Self

Movie 2017

Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

King Arthur

Movie 2008

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

Narrator

Movie 2018

Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea

Narrator

Movie 2018

The Women of SNL

Priest (archive footage)

Movie 2010

On a Paving Stone Mounted

Movie 1978

Death of a Ladies' Man

Samuel O'Shea

Movie 2021

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

Self

Movie 2002

Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette

Self

Movie 2002

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?

Self

Movie 2020

Pirates

Narrator (voice)

Movie 1998

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?

Narrator (voice)

Movie 1995

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

Self

Movie 2013

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

Self

Movie 2025

Tv series unavailable from Gabriel Byrne

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

Tv 1994

The View

Self

Tv 1997

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Tv 1993

Live from Lincoln Center

King Arthur

Tv 1976

Bracken

Pat Barry

Tv 1980

Attack on Leningrad

Phillip Parker

Tv 2007

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Tv 1975

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Tv 1956

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Tv 2007

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Tv 1985

Leningrad

Tv 2007