Born on May 12, 1950, in Dublin, Ireland, Gabriel Byrne held numerous jobs -- including archaeologist, short-order cook and schoolteacher -- before beginning his acting career at the Dublin Shakespeare Society. He worked onstage and in small film roles, then gained fame in Ireland starring in soap operas.Since then, Byrne has crafted a successful career as a working actor in Hollywood. His breakout role came in 1990, when he starred as the enigmatic protagonist of Joel and Ethan Coen's quirky gangster drama Miller's Crossing.
Notable films include Cool World, Point of No Return, Into the West, A Simple Twist of Fate and The Usual Suspects. Byrne co-produced In the Name of the Father with Jim Sheridan and starred in the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten" in 2000, earning a Tony nomination. He added Emmy nods and a Golden Globe win to his résumé for his starring role as a psychotherapist in HBO's "In Treatment."
Add AllIn Treatment: Season 1After dealing with his patients' traumas and issues, psychoanalyst Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne, in a Golden Globe-winning role) caps off his week with a visit to therapist Dr. Gina Toll (Dianne Wiest) to unload his own problems. Weston's diverse roster of patients includes an anesthesiologist... Read More
AddGhost ShipDispatched to recover a long-lost passenger ship found floating lifeless on the Bering Sea, the crew of the Arctic Warrior salvage tug soon becomes trapped inside the mysterious vessel -- which they quickly realize is far from abandoned. But just who -- or what -- is on board remains to be... Read More
AddAutumn Hearts: A New BeginningSusan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne, Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow star in this powerful drama about a group of friends who reunite 35 years after their release from a Nazi internment camp during World War II. Based on the gripping novel from author Matt Cohen, director Paolo Barzman's stirring... Read More
AddInto the WestAfter his wife's death, an alcoholic father who once lived a gypsylike existence retires with his two sons to a dreary Dublin tenement. But their outlook brightens considerably when the children's grandfather brings them a white stallion he found near the Irish Sea. When an unethical cop takes the... Read More
AddRoyal DeceitYoung Jute Amled (Christian Bale) avenges his father's murder at the hands of his dissembling uncle, only to be banished to Scotland for the deed. But Amled has other plans, and soon practices a little deception of his own. A retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet, based on the original Danish... Read More
