Birth Place: Dublin, IRELAND
Gabriel Byrne has starred in more than 80 feature films and has worked with some of cinema's leading directors.
Movies include Excalibur, Miller's Crossing, Into the West, The Point of No Return, Little Women, Spider, The Usual Suspects, Dead Man, The End of Violence, Louder than Bombs, The Man in the Iron Mask, Vanity Fair and Death of a Ladies’ Man.
Next he stars as Samuel Beckett in the upcoming film Dance First, directed by James Marsh.
On Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination for his performance as James Tyrone Jr opposite Cherry Jones in A Moon for the Misbegotten, directed by Daniel Sullivan.
He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for A Touch of the Poet, directed by Doug Hughes.
In 2016, he starred as James Tyrone opposite Jessica Lange in O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, directed by Jonathan Kent, for which he received nominations from the Tony Awards and Outer Critics Circle.
TV includes Vikings, Maniac, Zero Zero Zero and Secret State. He won the Golden Globe in 2008 for his role in the HBO series In Treatment.
In 2019, Byrne was honoured by the Irish Film and Television Academy with a Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to cinema.
His critically acclaimed memoir upon which Walking with Ghosts is based has been longlisted for the 2022 French Prix Femina.
Gabriel Byrne, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Gabriel Byrne, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Gabriel Byrne , A Touch of the Poet
Gabriel Byrne, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Gabriel Byrne, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Gabriel Byrne, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Trevor Nunn, Cats
Gabriel Byrne has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.
Gabriel Byrne has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Gabriel Byrne has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "A Touch of the Poet." He was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for both "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "A Moon for the Misbegotten." Additionally, he received nominations for Outstanding Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and Director of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Cats." Byrne also won the Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for his role in "A Moon for the Misbegotten."
Gabriel Byrne has won the following awards for his performances in Broadway shows: - Outstanding Actor in a Play from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for A Touch of the Poet - Outstanding Actor - Play from the Drama Desk Awards for A Moon for the Misbegotten - Performance award from the Theatre World Awards for A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Gabriel Byrne's next show will be Walking With Ghosts which opens on 9/6/2022 on West End.
Gabriel Byrne's first West End show was Walking With Ghosts which opened in 2022
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