Biography
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.
Filmography
all 131
Movies 84
TV Shows 47

Bodies (2023)

The Gold Machine (2022)

Intrigo: Samaria (2019)

Alien Overlords (2018)

The Living and the Dead (2016)

Agatha Raisin (2016)

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter (2015)

Mortdecai (2015)

The First Line (2014)

Diana (2013)

Crossing Lines (2013)

Lightfields (2013)

Quartet (2012)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Honest (2008)

The Mark of Cain (2007)

Empire (2005)

Beyond the Sea (2004)

The Return of the Dancing Master (2004)

The Crooked Man (2003)

Gangs of New York (2002)

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Sunday (2002)

The Musketeer (2001)

Waking the Dead (2001)

Proof of Life (2000)

Battlefield Earth (2000)

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999)

Apt Pupil (1998)

30 Years to Life (1998)

Hornblower (1998)

Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)

Imogen's Face (1998)

Gunshy (1998)

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

The Saint (1997)

Midsomer Murders (1997)

The Practice (1997)

The Fix (1997)

No Bananas (1996)

The Infiltrator (1995)

The Absence of War (1995)

Hamish Macbeth (1995)

Nostradamus (1994)

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart (1994)

Sharpe's Honour (1994)

Sharpe's Enemy (1994)

Sharpe's Company (1994)

Hildegard (1994)

Sharpe (1993)

A Touch of Frost (1992)

Running Late (1992)

The Advocates (1991)

The Orchid House (1991)

The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)

Saracen (1989)

Buster (1988)

The Happy Valley (1987)

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (1986)

The Good Father (1985)

In the Secret State (1985)

Ellis Island (1984)

Champions (1984)

The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

The Tragedy of Richard III (1983)

Henry VI Part 3 (1983)

Henry VI Part 2 (1983)

Henry VI Part 1 (1983)

Man and Superman (1982)

Smiley's People (1982)

The Silence of the Sea (1980)

Lady Killers (1980)

The Enigma Files (1980)

Coming Out (1979)

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

The Devil's Crown (1978)

The Professionals (1977)

Secret Army (1977)

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Headmaster (1977)

Rogue Male (1976)

The Omen (1976)

Break In (1975)

Conduct Unbecoming (1975)

Shades of Greene (1975)

If It's a Man – Hang Up! (1975)

Vampyres (1974)

Butley (1974)

Thriller (1973)

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

Play for Today (1970)

The Image (1969)

The Scarlet Blade (1963)

Coronation Street (1960)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-11-07 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsМайкл Бирн
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