Irish-born Gabriel Byrne has worked with some of cinema’s leading directors including the Coen Brothers, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmush, Ken Loach, John Boorman, David Cronenberg, Michael Mann, and Bryan Singer.

Moving between independent and big-budget Hollywood films, he has starred in 35 pictures, produced three and written two. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Eugene O’Neill’s “Moon For The Misbegotten” in 2000. Mr Byrne made a welcome return to Broadway in 2005, winning glowing reviews for his performance as Cornelius Melody in another O’Neill play, “A Touch of The Poet”.

Upcoming features include “Wah-Wah”, starring with Emily Watson, and “Played”.

Filmography

• King of the Pipers (2008)
• "In Treatment" (2006)
• Emotional Arithmetic (2007)
• Jindabyne (2006)
• Played (2006)
• Leningrad (2006)
• Wah-Wah (2005)
• Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
• P.S. (2004)
• Vanity Fair (2004)
• Shade (2003)
• Ghost Ship (2002)
• Emmett's Mark (2002)
• Spider (2002)
• Virginia's Run (2002)
• "Madigan Men" (2000)
• When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
• Canone inverso - making love (2000)
• End of Days (1999)
• Stigmata (1999)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Quest for Camelot (1998)
• The Brylcreem Boys (1998)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
• Polish Wedding (1998)
• Pirates (1998)
• This Is the Sea (1997)
• Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
• The End of Violence (1997)
• "Glenroe" (1 episode, 1997)
• Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? (1997)
• Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
• Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
• The Last of the High Kings (1996)
• Mad Dog Time (1996)
• Draiocht (1996)
• Dr Hagard's Disease (1996)
• Frankie Starlight (1995)
• Dead Man (1995)
• Buffalo Girls (1995)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Little Women (1994)
• Trial by Jury (1994)
• A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
• Prince of Jutland (1994)
• All Things Bright and Beautiful (1994)
• A Dangerous Woman (1993)
• Point of No Return (1993)
• Cool World (1992)
• Into the West (1992)
• Haakon Haakonsen (1990)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• Diamond Skulls (1989)
• A Soldier's Tale (1988)
• The Courier (1988)
• Siesta (1987)
• Hello Again (1987)
• Giulia e Giulia (1987)
• Lionheart (1987)
• Gothic (1986)
• "Mussolini: The Untold Story" (1985)
• "Christopher Columbus" (1985)
• Defence of the Realm (1985)
• Reflections (1984)
• "Wagner" (1983)
• The Keep (1983)
• Hanna K. (1983)
• The Rocking Horse Winner (1983)
• Joyce in June (1982)
• "Strangers" (1 episode, 1981)
• "The Search for Alexander the Great" (1981)
• Excalibur (1981)
• Treatment (1981)
• "Bracken" (1978)
• On a Paving Stone Mounted (1978)
• "The Riordans" (1965)

Awards

• Theatre World Award "A Moon for the Misbegotten" 1999