Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne Movies and TV Shows

Byrne was born in London, England. He has sometimes been cast in Nazimilitary roles such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Major Schroeder in Force 10 from Navarone, Reinhard Beck in The Scarlet and the Black, General Olbricht in The Plot to Kill Hitler and Obergruppenführer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris. Also seen as the aged but fanatical SS General Neurath in "Outpost 2 - Black Sun", former concentration camp commandant and involved in the Nazis's sinister reality-shifting experiments. Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Ian McKellen) in the film Apt Pupil. He is also familiar to audiences as Smythe, a soldier who attempts to rape William Wallace's wife and first inspires Wallace to seek independence from England in the film Braveheart. His other film credits include The Eagle Has Landed, A Bridge Too Far, The Medusa Touch, The Saint, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears, Gangs of New York and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. On television, he has appeared in Z-Cars, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, The Devil's Crown,Smiley's People, Yes, Prime Minister, Lord Mountbatten - the Last Viceroy, Between The Lines, Sharpe, The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead, The Body Farm, Honest, Hamish Macbeth, and Casualty. From April 2008 to January 2010, Michael starred in Coronation Street, as Ted Page, Gail Platt's long lost father and the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts. It is not known whether he will return to the show. Byrne appeared in State of Play at the Edinburgh Festival written by Zia Trench. He played Romeo to Siân Phillips' Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic. Father of actress Allie Byrne.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 07/11/1943 (81 years old)
  • Place of birth: London, England, UK
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the UK
2018

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

5.9
52%
2018

History

Thriller

5.6
63%
The Living and the Dead
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 67%
role:
Ebenezer Alsop
2016

Drama

7.3
67%
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Sir Charles Harwood
2015

Drama

Horror

6.7
57%
The First Line
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 50%
role:
Richard
Not available
2014

Drama

4.7
50%
Not available
Diana
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 56%
role:
Christian Barnard
2013

Drama

Romance

5.6
56%
Quartet
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Frank White
2012

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.8
65%
2012

Action

Horror

4.9
51%
2010

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
77%
2009

Action

Adventure

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.2
57%
The Mark of Cain
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 53%
role:
Lieut General Strathairn
2007

Drama

War & Politics

6.4
53%
2005

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
74%
Beyond the Sea
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 63%
role:
Dr. Andretti
2004

Drama

Music

6.7
63%
Gangs of New York
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Horace Greeley
2002

Crime

Drama

History

7.5
73%
The Musketeer
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 53%
role:
Treville, Head of the Musketeers
2001

Adventure

4.7
53%
Proof of Life
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 61%
role:
Lord Luthan
2000

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Thriller

6.3
61%
Battlefield Earth
IMDB 2.5
TMDB 32%
role:
Parson Staffer
2000

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

War & Politics

2.5
32%
Apt Pupil
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Ben Kramer
1998

Drama

Thriller

6.7
66%
Tomorrow Never Dies
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 63%
role:
Admiral Kelly - HMS Bedford
1997

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.5
63%
The Saint
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Vereshagin
1997

Action

Adventure

Romance

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
61%
Braveheart
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 79%
role:
Smythe
1995

Action

Drama

History

War & Politics

8.3
79%
1989

Action

Adventure

8.2
79%
1978

Adventure

Drama

War & Politics

6.4
62%
1978

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
69%
A Bridge Too Far
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
1977

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.4
72%
1976

Action

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

6.9
66%
The Omen
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Monk (uncredited)
1976

Horror

Thriller

7.5
74%
Vampyres
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
Playboy
1974

Horror

Thriller

6.1
60%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the UK starring or involving Michael Byrne are, for example, The Last Witness, The Living and the Dead and Harry Price: Ghost Hunter.
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