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 125
Movies 79
TV Shows 46
self 1
Bodies (2023)
The Gold Machine (2022)
The Mists of Avalon (2021)
Alien Overlords (2018)
Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
The Last Witness (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)
Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
Honest (2008)
The Mark of Cain (2007)
Empire (2005)
Beyond the Sea (2004)
Double the Fist (2004)
The Return of the Dancing Master (2004)
The Crooked Man (2003)
The Stunts of 'Indiana Jones' (2003)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Ultimate Force (2002)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Sunday (2002)
The Musketeer (2001)
The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Waking the Dead (2001)
Proof of Life (2000)
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999)
The Vice (1999)
Apt Pupil (1998)
30 Years to Life (1998)
Hornblower (1998)
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
Gunshy (1998)
Heat of the Sun (1998)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (1997)
The Island on Bird Street (1997)
The Saint (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
The Practice (1997)
The Fix (1997)
No Bananas (1996)
Silent Witness (1996)
The Infiltrator (1995)
Oliver's Travels (1995)
Braveheart (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)
Sharpe (1993)
A Touch of Frost (1992)
Running Late (1992)
Between the Lines (1992)
Mörderische Entscheidung (1991)
The Advocates (1991)
The Orchid House (1991)
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
Saracen (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Buster (1988)
The Happy Valley (1987)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
A Sort of Innocence (1986)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (1986)
Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
The Good Father (1985)
In the Secret State (1985)
Ellis Island (1984)
The Bill (1984)
Champions (1984)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983)
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 Search for Alexander the Great (1981)
Lady Killers (1980)
The Enigma Files (1980)
Coming Out (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
The Devil's Crown (1978)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
The Professionals (1977)
Secret Army (1977)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Headmaster (1977)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Rogue Male (1976)
The Omen (1976)
Shades of Greene (1975)
Wednesday Love (1975)
If It's a Man - Hang Up! (1975)
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
Vampyres (1974)
Headmaster (1974)
Butley (1974)
Within These Walls (1974)
Ms or Jill and Jack (1974)
Thriller (1973)
Crown Court (1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
Play for Today (1970)
The Image (1969)
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
The Silent Playground (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-11-07 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsМайкл Бирн
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