Michael Byrne
1943-11-07 ( 81 years old ) in London, England, UK

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.

Movies

The Gold Machine 2022-09-02
Intrigo: Samaria 2019-10-10
Alien Overlords 2018-11-14
Intrigo: Death of an Author 2018-10-11
The Last Witness 2018-05-11
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter 2015-12-27
Mortdecai 2015-01-21
The First Line 2014-11-27
Diana 2013-09-19
Quartet 2012-12-26
Outpost: Black Sun 2012-04-25
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010-11-17
Blood: The Last Vampire 2009-04-02
The Mark of Cain 2007-10-18
Beyond the Sea 2004-11-16
The Return of the Dancing Master 2004-04-08
The Crooked Man 2003-12-17
Gangs of New York 2002-12-14
The Sum of All Fears 2002-05-31
Sunday 2002-01-28
The Musketeer 2001-09-07
Proof of Life 2000-12-08
Battlefield Earth 2000-05-12
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei 1999-10-15
Apt Pupil 1998-10-23
30 Years to Life 1998-10-15
Hornblower: The Even Chance 1998-10-07
Imogen's Face 1998-07-02
Gunshy 1998-03-06
Tomorrow Never Dies 1997-12-11
Sharpe: The Legend 1997-10-13
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse 1997-07-01
The Island on Bird Street 1997-04-11
The Saint 1997-04-03
The Fix 1997-01-04
The Infiltrator 1995-06-24
Braveheart 1995-05-24
The Absence of War 1995-05-18
Nostradamus 1994-08-18
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart 1994-08-10
Sharpe's Honour 1994-06-08
Sharpe's Enemy 1994-06-01
Sharpe's Company 1994-05-25
Hildegard 1994-01-03
Running Late 1992-10-11
Murderous Decisions 1991-12-15
The Plot to Kill Hitler 1990-01-30
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989-05-24
Buster 1988-09-16
The Happy Valley 1987-09-06
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King 1986-09-16
The Good Father 1985-11-01
In the Secret State 1985-03-10
Champions 1984-04-20
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1983-12-27
The Scarlet and the Black 1983-02-02
The Tragedy of Richard III 1983-01-23
Henry VI Part 3 1983-01-16
Henry VI Part 2 1983-01-09
Henry VI Part 1 1983-01-02
Man and Superman 1982-12-31
The Search for Alexander the Great 1981-05-06
The Silence of the Sea 1980-11-24
Coming Out 1979-04-10
Force 10 from Navarone 1978-08-16
The Medusa Touch 1978-04-13
A Bridge Too Far 1977-06-15
The Eagle Has Landed 1976-12-24
Rogue Male 1976-09-22
The Omen 1976-06-25
Break In 1975-11-06
Conduct Unbecoming 1975-10-04
Wednesday Love 1975-05-08
If It's a Man – Hang Up! 1975-04-11
Vampyres 1974-07-06
Headmaster 1974-03-14
Butley 1974-01-21
Ms or Jill and Jack 1974-01-02
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972-07-13
The Image 1969-01-01
Much Ado About Nothing 1967-02-05
The Silent Playground 1963-12-31
The Scarlet Blade 1963-09-01

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