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Michael Byrne
Actor
Born November 7, 1943 (80 years)
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 & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | Bodies (2023) (TV Series) · as Old Mullins |
| 2022 | The Gold Machine · as Andrew Norton |
| 2022 | The Baby (TV Series) · as Old Jack |
| 2021 | American Rust (TV Series) · as Second Security Guard |
| 2019 | Intrigo: Samaria · as Commissioner Keller |
| 2018 | Alien Overlords · as Michael |
| 2018 | Intrigo: Death of an Author · as Keller |
| 2018 | The Last Witness · as Coroner |
| 2017 | Strike (TV Series) · as Roy Phipps |
| 2016 | The Living and the Dead (TV Series) · as Ebenezer Alsop |
| 2015 | Harry Price: Ghost Hunter · as Sir Charles Harwood |
| 2015 | Cuffs (TV Series) · as Leslie Kane |
| 2015 | Mortdecai · as The Duke |
| 2014 | Agatha Raisin (TV Series) · as Bishop Parsons |
| 2014 | Promakhos · as Richard |
| 2013 | Diana · as Christiaan Barnard |
| 2013 | Crossing Lines (TV Series) · as Edward Baxendale |
| 2013 | Frankie (TV Series) · as Walter Thomas |
| 2013 | Lightfields (TV Series) · as Pip Felwood |
| 2013 | Quartet: Deleted Scenes · as Frank White |
| 2012 | Quartet · as Frank White |
| 2012 | Rocket's Island (TV Series) · as William Neville |
| 2012 | Outpost: Black Sun · as Neurath |
| 2011 | The Body Farm (TV Series) · as Harold Penton |
| 2011 | Borgia (TV Series) · as Ercole D'este |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · as Gellert Grindelwald |
| 2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire · as Elder |
| 2008 | Wallander (UK) (TV Series) · as Ola Vikander |
| 2008 | Honest (TV Series) · as Grandpa Norman Carter |
| 2007 | The Mark of Cain · as Lieut General Strathairn |
| 2005 | Empire (2005) (TV Series) · as Cicero |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea · as Dr. Andretti |
| 2004 | Double The Fist (TV Series) |
| 2004 | The Hard Cops · as Emil Wetterstedt |
| 2003 | The Crooked Man · as Archie Saunders |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York · as Horace Greeley |
| 2002 | Dinotopia (TV Series) · as Logan |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force (TV Series) |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears · as Anatoli Grushkov |
| 2002 | Helen West (TV Series) · as Sean Hazel |
| 2002 | Sunday · as Lord Widgery |
| 2001 | The Musketeer · as Treville, Head Of The Musketeers |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon (TV Series) · as Merlin |
| 2000 | Proof of Life · as Lord Luthan |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Joe Brackley |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth · as Parson Staffer |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as George Whitbeck |
| 1999 | Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei · as Mr. Carruthers |
| 1999 | The Vice (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil · as Ben Kramer |
| 1998 | 30 Years to Life · as Oliver Mather |
| 1998 | Horatio Hornblower: The Duel · as Captain Keene |
| 1998 | Hornblower (TV Series) · as Captain Keene |
| 1998 | Imogen's Face (TV Series) · as Patrick |
| 1998 | Imogen's Face · as Patrick |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Heat of the Sun (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies · as Admiral Kelly - Hms Bedford |
| 1997 | Sharpe: The Legend · as Nairn |
| 1997 | The Fix · as Sam Campbell |
| 1997 | The Pale Horse · as Venables |
| 1997 | The Island on Bird Street · as Bolek |
| 1997 | The Saint · as Vereshagin |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Keith Grundy |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Officer (uncredited) |
| 1996 | No Bananas (TV Series) · as Edward Grant |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Infiltrator · as Dieter Creutz |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels (TV Series) · as Moody |
| 1995 | Braveheart · as Smythe |
| 1995 | Hamish Macbeth (TV Series) · as Duncan Scott |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Judge Ransome |
| 1995 | Devil's Advocate · as Court Presidente |
| 1994 | Nostradamus · as Inquisitor |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Honour · as Major Nairn |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Enemy · as Major Nairn |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Company · as Major Nairn |
| 1994 | Hildegard of Bingen · as Volmar |
| 1993 | Sharpe (TV Series) · as Major Nairn |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Alex Ormrod |
| 1992 | Between The Lines (TV Series) |
| 1991 | The Advocates (TV Series) · as Campbell Reid |
| 1991 | The Orchid House (TV Series) · as Father Toussaint |
| 1990 | The Chief (TV Series) · as Sir Robert Eaton |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Friedrich Olbricht |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky (TV Series) · as Roader |
| 1989 | Saracen (TV Series) · as Col. Patrick Ansell |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · as Vogel |
| 1988 | Buster · as Poyser |
| 1987 | The Happy Valley · as John Carberry |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Dcc Charles Griswold |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Alfred Maxwell |
| 1986 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (TV Series) · as George Abell |
| 1986 | Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Clitheroe |
| 1985 | The Good Father · as Leonard Scruby |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Commissioner |
| 1984 | Ellis Island (TV Series) · as Dr. Carl Travers |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Champions · as Richard Hussey |
| 1983 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona · as Antonio |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Reinhard Beck |
| 1983 | Richard III · as Duke Of Buckingham |
| 1983 | The Third Part of Henry the Sixth · as Marquess Of Montague / Father That Killed His Son |
| 1983 | The Second Part of Henry the Sixth · as John Hume / Lieutenant |
| 1983 | The First Part of Henry the Sixth · as Duke Of Alencon |
| 1982 | Smiley's People (TV Series) · as Peter Guillam |
| 1981 | The Search for Alexander the Great · as Demosthenes |
| 1980 | Lady Killers (TV Series) · as Edward Marshall-Hall Kc |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch (TV Series) · as Ransom |
| 1979 | Coming Out · as Gunnar Wedelman |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Patrick Marney |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Force 10 from Navarone · as Schroeder |
| 1978 | Strangers (TV Series) · as Sgt. Briscoe |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crown (TV Series) · as Richard Lionheart |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch · as Duff |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Werner Dreisinger |
| 1977 | Telefon · as Soviet Military Officer |
| 1977 | Secret Army (TV Series) · as Paul Vercors |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far · as Lt. Col. Giles A.m. Vandeleur |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed · as Karl |
| 1976 | Rogue Male · as Interrogator |
| 1976 | The Omen · as Monk (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming · as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh (TV Series) · as Fritz |
| 1974 | Rooms (TV Series) · as Ben |
| 1974 | Vampyres · as Playboy |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Richard Rampton |
| 1974 | Butley · as Reg Nuttall |
| 1974 | Within These Walls (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Richard Lovell |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives · as Edward Seymour |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Whodunnit? (UK) (TV Series) · as Peter Green |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard (TV Series) · as Det. Sgt. Patten |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Russell |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Norman Lashby |
| 1969 | The Image · as The Artist |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Jason |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Viskovsky |
| 1963 | Silent Playground · as Roger |
| 1963 | The Crimson Blade · as Lt. Hawke |
| 1962 | The Ghost Sonata · as Coffin Bearer |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Christopher Murray |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Ted Page |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) · as Partygoer |