1943-11-07 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.
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The Gold Machine | Andrew Norton | 2022-09-02 |
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Intrigo: Death of an Author | Keller | 2018-10-11 |
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The Last Witness | Coroner | 2018-05-11 |
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Alien Overlords | Michael | 2018-11-14 |
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Mortdecai | The Duke | 2015-01-21 |
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Harry Price: Ghost Hunter | Sir Charles Harwood | 2015-12-27 |
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Πρόμαχος | Richard | 2014-11-27 |
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Diana | Christiaan Barnard | 2013-09-19 |
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Outpost: Black Sun | Neurath | 2012-04-25 |
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Quartet | Frank White | 2012-12-26 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Gellert Grindelwald | 2010-11-17 |
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Blood: The Last Vampire | Elder | 2009-04-02 |
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The Mark of Cain | Lieut General Strathairn | 2007-10-18 |
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Beyond the Sea | Dr. Andretti | 2004-11-16 |
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Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers | Emil Wetterstedt | 2004-04-08 |
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The Crooked Man | Archie Saunders | 2003-12-17 |
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Gangs of New York | Horace Greeley | 2002-12-14 |
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The Sum of All Fears | Anatoli Grushkov | 2002-05-31 |
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Sunday | Lord Widgery | 2002-01-28 |
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The Musketeer | Treville, Head of the Musketeers | 2001-09-07 |
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Battlefield Earth | Parson Staffer | 2000-05-12 |
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Proof of Life | Lord Luthan | 2000-12-08 |
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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei | Mr. Carruthers | 1999-10-15 |
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Hornblower: The Even Chance | Captain Keene | 1998-10-07 |
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30 Years to Life | Oliver Mather | 1998-10-15 |
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Apt Pupil | Ben Kramer | 1998-10-23 |
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Gunshy | Lange | 1998-03-06 |
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The Fix | Sam Campbell | 1997-01-04 |
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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Venables | 1997-07-01 |
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Tomorrow Never Dies | Admiral Kelly - HMS Bedford | 1997-12-11 |
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The Saint | Vereshagin | 1997-04-03 |
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The Island on Bird Street | Bolek | 1997-04-11 |
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The Absence of War | 1995-05-18 | |
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The Infiltrator | Dieter Creutz | 1995-06-24 |
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Braveheart | Smythe | 1995-05-24 |
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Nostradamus | Inquisitor | 1994-08-18 |
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Sharpe's Company | Major Nairn | 1994-05-25 |
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Sharpe's Enemy | Major Nairn | 1994-06-01 |
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A Few Short Journeys Of The Heart | 1994-08-10 | |
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Sharpe's Honour | Major Nairn | 1994-06-08 |
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Running Late | Clitheroe | 1992-10-11 |
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Mörderische Entscheidung | Octave | 1991-12-15 |
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The Plot to Kill Hitler | Friedrich Olbricht | 1990-01-30 |
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Vogel | 1989-05-24 |
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Buster | Poyser | 1988-09-16 |
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The Happy Valley | John Carberry | 1987-09-06 |
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King | Chorus | 1986-09-16 |
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In the Secret State | Guy Preger | 1985-03-10 |
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The Good Father | Leonard Scruby | 1985-11-01 |
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Champions | Richard Hussey | 1984-04-20 |
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The Scarlet and the Black | Reinhard Beck | 1983-02-02 |
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Henry VI Part 2 | John Hume / Lieutenant | 1983-01-09 |
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The Tragedy of Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | 1983-01-23 |
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Henry VI Part 3 | Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son | 1983-01-16 |
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Henry VI Part 1 | Duke of Alencon | 1983-01-02 |
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Antonio | 1983-12-27 |
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Man and Superman | Henry Straker | 1982-12-31 |
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The Search for Alexander the Great | Demosthenes | 1981-05-06 |
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Coming Out | Gunnar Wedelman | 1979-04-10 |
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Force 10 from Navarone | Schroeder | 1978-08-16 |
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The Medusa Touch | Duff | 1978-04-13 |
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A Bridge Too Far | Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur | 1977-06-15 |
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The Eagle Has Landed | Karl | 1976-12-24 |
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The Omen | Monk (uncredited) | 1976-06-25 |
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Rogue Male | Interrogator | 1976-09-22 |
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Conduct Unbecoming | 2nd Lt. Toby Strang | 1975-01-01 |
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If It's a Man... Hang Up! | Richard Lovell | 1975-04-11 |
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Wednesday Love | Bruce | 1975-05-08 |
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Butley | Reg Nuttall | 1974-01-21 |
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Vampyres | Playboy | 1974-07-06 |
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Ms or Jill and Jack | 1974-01-02 | |
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Headmaster | 1974-03-14 | |
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Edward Seymour | 1972-07-13 |
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The Image | The Artist | 1969-01-01 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | 1967-01-01 |
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The Silent Playground | Roger | 1963-12-31 |
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The Scarlet Blade | Lt. Hawke | 1963-09-01 |
