Gabriel Byrne was born May 12, 1950 in Dublin Ireland who is an actor. He played Victor Dashkov in the 2014 film Vampire Academy.
Biography[]
He is the oldest of six children.
Filmography[]
Actor[]
Movie(s)[]
- "On a Paving Stone Mounted" (1978)
- "The Outsider" (1979)
- "Excalibur" (1981) as Uther Pendragon
- "Hanna K." (1983) as Joshua Herzog
- "The Keep" (1983) as Kaempffer
- "Reflections" (1984) as William Masters
- "Defense of the Realm" (1985) as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
- "Gothic" (1986) as Byron
- "Lionheart" (1987) as Black Prince
- "Julia and Julia" (1987) as Paolo
- "Hello Again" (1987) Kevin Scanlon
- "Siesta" (1987) as Augustine
- "The Courier" (1988) as Val
- "A Soldier's Tale" (1989) as Saul
- "Dark Obsession" (1989) as Lord Hugo Bruckton
- "Miller's Crossing" (1990) as Tom Reagan
- "Shipwrecked" (1990) as Lt. John Merrick
- "Cool World" (1992) as Jack Deebs
- "Into the West" (1992) as Papa Reilly
- "Point of No Return" (1993) as Bob
- "A Dangerous Woman" (1993) as Mackey
- "Royal Deceit" (1994) as Fenge
- "A Simple Twist of Fate" (1994) as John Newland
- "Trial by Jury" (1994) as Daniel Graham
- "Little Women" (1994) as Friedrich Bhaer
- "The Usual Suspects" (1995) as Keaton
- "Dead Man" (1995) as Charlie Dickinson
- "Frankie Starlight" (1995) as Jack Kelly
- "Mad Dog Time" (1996) as Ben London
- "The Last of the High Kings" (1996) as Jack Griffin
- "Somebody Is Waiting" (1996) as Roger Ellis
- "Dr Hagard's Disease" (1996)
- "Smilla's Sense of Snow" (1997) as The Mechanic
- "The End of Violence" (1997) as Ray Bering
- "This Is the Sea" (1997) as Rohan
- "Polish Wedding" (1998) as Bolek
- "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998) as D'Artagnan
- "The Brylcreem Boys" (1998) as Commandant O'Brien
- "Quest for Camelot" (1998) as Lionel (voice)
- "Enemy of the State" (1998) as Brill
- "Stigmata" (1999) as Father Andrew Kiernan
- "End of Days" (1999) as The Man
- "Canone inverso - Making Love" (2000) as The Violinist
- "When Brendan Met Trudy" (2000) as a Special Appearance
- "Virginia's Run" (2002) as Ford Lofton
- "Emmett's Mark" (2002) as Jack Marlow / Stephen Bracken
- "Spider" (2002) as Bill Cleg
- "Ghost Ship" (2002) as Murphy
- "Shade" (2003) as Miller
- "Vanity Fair" (2004) as Marquess of Steyne
- "P.S." (2004) as Peter Harrington
- "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (2004) as Brother Juniper
- "Assault on Precinct 13" (2005) as Capt. Marcus Duval
- "Wah-Wah" (2005) as Harry Compton
- "Played" (2006) as Eddie
- "Jindabyne" (2006) as Stewart Kane
- "Emotional Arithmetic" (2007) as Christopher Lewis
- "Leningrad" (2009) as Parker
- "2:22" (2008) as Detective Swain (uncredited)
- "Perrier's Bounty" (2009) as The Reaper (voice)
- "I, Anna" (2012) as D.C.I. Bernie Reid
- "Capital" (2012) as Dittmar Rigule
- "All Things to All Men" (2013) as Joseph Corso
- "Just a Sigh" (2013) as Doug
- "Vampire Academy" (2014) as Victor Dashkov
- "Endless Night" (2015) as Bram Trevor
- "Louder Than Bombs" (2015) as Gene
- "The 33" (2015) as Andre Sougarret
- "Carrie Pilby" (2016) as Mr. Pilby
- "No Pay, Nudity" (2016) as Lawrence Rose
- "Mad to Be Normal" (2017) as Jim
- "Lies We Tell" (2017) as Donald
- "Hereditary" (2018) as Steve
- "In the Cloud" (2018) as Doc Wolff
- "An L.A. Minute" (2018) as Ted Gold
- "Lost Girls" (2020) as Richard Dormer
- "Death of a Ladies' Man" (2020) as Samuel O'Shea
- "Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend" (2022) as Enzo Ferrari
- "Murder at Yellowstone City" (2022) as Sheriff Jim Ambrose
- "Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend" (2022) as Enzo Ferrari
Short(s)[]
- "Wings of Ash: A Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud" (1978)
- "The Rocking Horse Winner" (1983) as Bassett
- "Still Birth Chicken" (2008)
- "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse" (2022) as The Horse (voice)
TV-Mini Series[]
- "The Search for Alexander the Great" (1981) as Ptolemy (4 episodes)
- "Wagner" (1983) as Karl Ritter (3 episodes)
- "Christopher Columbus" (1985) as Christopher Columbus (4 episodes)
- "Mussolini: The Untold Story" (1985) as Vittorio Mussolini (2 episodes)
- "Buffalo Girls" (1995) as Teddy Blue
- "Secret State" (2012) as Tom Dawkins (4 episodes)
- "Quirke" (2014) as Quirke (3 episodes)
- "Maniac" (2018) as Porter Milgrim (5 episodes)
- "ZeroZeroZero" (2019) as Edward Lynwood (2 episodes)
TV Movie(s)[]
- "Joyce in June" (1982) as Keogh / Blazes Boylan
- "The Treatment" (1984) as Father Michael
- "Draiocht" (1996) as Father
- "Weapons of Mass Distraction" (1997) as Lionel Powers
- "Patrick" (2004) as Patrick
TV Series[]
- "Last of Summer" (1978) (1 episode)
- "The Burke Enigma" (1978) (1 episode)
- "The Riordans" (1978 - 1979) as Pat Barry (5 episodes)
- "Strangers" (1981) as Johnny Maguire (1 episode)
- "Bracken" (1980 - 1982) as Pat Barry (11 episodes)
- "Screen Two" (1994) as The Good Thief (1 episode)
- "Glenroe" (1997) as Pat Barry (1 episode)
- "Madigan Men" (2000) as Benjamin Madigan (12 episodes)
- "Live from Lincoln Center" (2008) as King Arthur (1 episode)
- "In Treatment" (2008 - 2010) as Dr. Paul Weston (106 episodes)
- "Vikings" (2013) as Earl Haraldson (6 episodes)
- "Vikings: Athelstan's Journal" (2015) as Earl Haraldson
- "Marco Polo" (2016) as Pope Gregory X (1 episode)
- "War of the Worlds" (2019 - 2022) as Bill Ward (24 episodes)
TV Short(s)[]
- "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" (2022) as The Horse (voice)
Producer[]
Movie(s)[]
- "Into the West" (1992) - Associate Producer
- "In the Name of the Father" (1993) - Executive Producer
- "The Last of the High Kings" (1996) - Co-Executive Producer
- "Somebody Is Waiting" (1996) - Co-Producer
- "Dr Hagard's Disease" (1996) - Executive Producer
- "The Brylcreem Boys" (1998) - Co-Producer
- "Mad About Mambo" (2000) - Executive Producer
- "Hereditary" (2018) - Executive Producer
- "Land Without God" (2019) - Executive Producer
TV Movie(s)[]
- "Tent City, U.S.A." (2011) - Executive Producer
TV Series[]
- "Madigan Men" (2000) - Co-executive Producer / Supervising Producer (8 episodes)
Singer[]
Movie(s)[]
- "Mad Dog Time" (1996) - Performer: "My Way" (Comme d'Habitude)
Video(s)[]
- "Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers" (1994) - Performer: "Chamber Music", "Down by the Sally Gardens", "The Song of the Wandering Aengus", "The Pity of Love", "When You Are Old"
Writer[]
Movie(s)[]
- "The last of the High Kings" (1996) - Writer
TV Movie(s)[]
- "Draiocht" (1996) - Writer
Trivia[]
- He is 5'10".
Awards Won[]
- Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama - "Bracken" (1980) at the 1979 Jacob's Awards
- Best Actor - "Gothic" (1986) at the 1987 Fantasporto
- Best Cast Ensemble - "The Usual Suspects" (1995) at the 1995 Awards Circuit Community Awards
- Best Acting by an Ensemble - "The Usual Suspects" (1995) at the 1995 National Board of Review, USA
- Maverick Tribute Award - at the 1999 Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
- Outstanding Actor in a Play - at the 2006 Outer Critics Circle Awards
- Volta Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Acting - at the 2007 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
- Gregory Peck Award: For Excellence in The Art of Film - at the 2008 Dingle International Film Festival
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - "In Treatment" (2008) at the 2009 Golden Globes, USA
- Lifetime Achievement Award - at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Awards
- Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film - "Death of a Ladies' Man" (2020) at the 2021 Irish Film and Television Awards
- Best Actor - "Death of a Ladies' Man" (2020) at the 2021 Newport Beach Film Festival
- Best Actor - "Death of a Ladies' Man" (2020) at the 2021 Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Awards Nominated[]
- Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television - "Weapons of Mass Distraction" (1997) at the 1998 Satellite Awards
- Worst Supporting Actor - "End of Days" (1999) and "Stigmata" (1999) at the 2000 Razzie Awards
- Favorite Actor - Horror - "Stigmata" (1999) at the 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
- Best Actor - "Wah-Wah" (2005) at the 2005 Irish Film and Television Awards
- Best Actor - "Jindabyne" (2006) at the 2006 IF Awards
- Best Actor - "Jindabyne" (2006) at the 2006 Australian Film Institute
- Best Actor - "Wah-Wah" (2005) at the 2007 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - "In Treatment" (2008) at the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards
- Best Actor in a Series, Drama - "In Treatment" (2008) at the 2008 Satellite Awards
- Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film - "Jindabyne" (2008) at the 2008 Irish Film and Television Awards
- Best Actor - "Jindabyne" (2006) at the 2008 Evening Standard British Film Awards
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - "In Treatment" (2008) at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards
- Best Actor in a Series, Drama - "In Treatment" (2008) at the 2009 Satellite Awards
- Best Actor in a Drama Series - "In Treatment" (2008) at the 2009 Online Film & Television Association
- Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television - "In Treatment" (2008) at the 2010 Irish Film and Television Awards
- Best Actor TV - "Secret State" (2012) at the 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards
- Best Supporting Actor - "Louder Than Bombs" (2015) at the 2016 Amanda Awards, Norway
- Best Cast - "Hereditary" (2018) at the 2018 The BAM Awards
External Links[]
- Gabriel Byrne on IMDb
- Gabriel Byrne on Kinorium
- Gabriel Byrne on The Movie Database
- Gabriel Byrne on Wikipedia