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person_profile-Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne Age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Michael Byrne

Date of Birth:

Nov 07, 1943

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

Michael Byrne

    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.

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Filmography of

Michael Byrne

Found 74 Movies in total

The Gold Machine

Andrew Norton ( Actor )

... 2022

Intrigo: Samaria

Commissioner Keller ( Actor )

... 2019

Alien Overlords

Michael ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2018

The Last Witness

Coroner ( Actor )

... 2018

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

Sir Charles Harwood ( Actor )

... 2015

Mortdecai

The Duke ( Actor )

... 2015

The First Line

Richard ( Actor )

... 2014

Diana

Christiaan Barnard ( Actor )

... 2013

Quartet

Frank White ( Actor )

... 2012

Outpost: Black Sun

Neurath ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2010

... 2009

The Mark of Cain

Lieut General Strathairn ( Actor )

... 2007

Beyond the Sea

Dr. Andretti ( Actor )

... 2004

The Return of the Dancing Master

Emil Wetterstedt ( Actor )

... 2004

The Crooked Man

Archie Saunders ( Actor )

... 2003

Gangs of New York

Horace Greeley ( Actor )

... 2002

The Sum of All Fears

Anatoli Grushkov ( Actor )

... 2002

Sunday

Lord Widgery ( Actor )

... 2002

The Musketeer

Treville, Head of the Musketeers ( Actor )

... 2001

Proof of Life

Lord Luthan ( Actor )

... 2000

Battlefield Earth

Parson Staffer ( Actor )

... 2000

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Mr. Carruthers ( Actor )

... 1999

Apt Pupil

Ben Kramer ( Actor )

... 1998

30 Years to Life

Oliver Mather ( Actor )

... 1998

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Captain Keene ( Actor )

... 1998

Imogen's Face

Patrick ( Actor )

... 1998

Gunshy

Lange ( Actor )

... 1998

Tomorrow Never Dies

Admiral Kelly - HMS Bedford ( Actor )

... 1997

Sharpe: The Legend

Nairn ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1997

... 1997

The Saint

Vereshagin ( Actor )

... 1997

The Fix

Sam Campbell ( Actor )

... 1997

The Infiltrator

Dieter Creutz ( Actor )

... 1995

Braveheart

Smythe ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1995

Nostradamus

Inquisitor ( Actor )

... 1994

Sharpe's Honour

Major Nairn ( Actor )

... 1994

Sharpe's Enemy

Major Nairn ( Actor )

... 1994

Sharpe's Company

Major Nairn ( Actor )

... 1994

Running Late

Clitheroe ( Actor )

... 1992

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Friedrich Olbricht ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989

Buster

Poyser ( Actor )

... 1988

The Happy Valley

John Carberry ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1986

The Good Father

Leonard Scruby ( Actor )

... 1985

In the Secret State

Guy Preger ( Actor )

... 1985

Champions

Richard Hussey ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1983

The Scarlet and the Black

Reinhard Beck ( Actor )

... 1983

The Tragedy of Richard III

Duke of Buckingham ( Actor )

... 1983

Henry VI Part 3

Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son ( Actor )

... 1983

Henry VI Part 2

John Hume / Lieutenant ( Actor )

... 1983

Henry VI Part 1

Duke of Alencon ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1981

Coming Out

Gunnar Wedelman ( Actor )

... 1979

Force 10 from Navarone

Schroeder ( Actor )

... 1978

The Medusa Touch

Duff ( Actor )

... 1978

A Bridge Too Far

Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur ( Actor )

... 1977

The Eagle Has Landed

Karl ( Actor )

... 1976

Rogue Male

Interrogator ( Actor )

... 1976

The Omen

Monk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1976

Conduct Unbecoming

2nd Lt. Toby Strang ( Actor )

... 1975

Wednesday Love

Bruce ( Actor )

... 1975

Vampyres

Playboy ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

Butley

Reg Nuttall ( Actor )

... 1974

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Edward Seymour ( Actor )

... 1972

Much Ado About Nothing

Claudio ( Actor )

... 1967

The Silent Playground

Roger ( Actor )

... 1963

The Scarlet Blade

Lt. Hawke ( Actor )

... 1963