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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

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