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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The Last Witness | Coroner | 2018-05-11 |
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Alien Overlords | Michael | 2018-11-14 |
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Intrigo: Death of an Author | Keller | 2018-10-11 |
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Harry Price: Ghost Hunter | Sir Charles Harwood | 2015-12-27 |
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Mortdecai | The Duke | 2015-01-21 |
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Πρόμαχος | Richard | 2014-11-27 |
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Diana | Christiaan Barnard | 2013-09-19 |
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Quartet | Frank White | 2012-12-26 |
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Outpost: Black Sun | Neurath | 2012-04-25 |
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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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Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers | Emil Wetterstedt | 2004-04-08 |
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Beyond the Sea | Dr. Andretti | 2004-11-16 |
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The Crooked Man | Archie Saunders | 2003-12-17 |
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Sunday | Lord Widgery | 2002-01-28 |
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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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The Musketeer | Treville, Head of the Musketeers | 2001-09-07 |
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Hornblower | 2001-09-05 | |
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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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Gunshy | Lange | 1998-03-06 |
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Imogen's Face | Patrick | 1998-07-02 |
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Apt Pupil | Ben Kramer | 1998-10-23 |
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30 Years to Life | Oliver Mather | 1998-10-15 |
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Hornblower: The Even Chance | Captain Keene | 1998-10-07 |
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The Island on Bird Street | Bolek | 1997-04-11 |
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Tomorrow Never Dies | Admiral Kelly - HMS Bedford | 1997-12-11 |
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The Fix | Sam Campbell | 1997-01-04 |
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The Saint | Vereshagin | 1997-04-03 |
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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Venables | 1997-07-01 |
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Sharpe: The Legend | Nairn | 1997-10-13 |
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Braveheart | Smythe | 1995-05-24 |
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The Absence of War | Bryden Thomas | 1995-05-18 |
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The Infiltrator | Dieter Creutz | 1995-06-24 |
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Hildegard | Volmar | 1994-01-03 |
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A Few Short Journeys of the Heart | Blank/German/Old Geezer | 1994-08-10 |
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Sharpe's Company | Major Nairn | 1994-05-25 |
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Sharpe's Honour | Major Nairn | 1994-06-08 |
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Sharpe's Enemy | Major Nairn | 1994-06-01 |
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Nostradamus | Inquisitor | 1994-08-18 |
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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 Two Gentlemen of Verona | Antonio | 1983-12-27 |
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The Scarlet and the Black | Reinhard Beck | 1983-02-02 |
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Henry VI Part 1 | Duke of Alencon | 1983-01-02 |
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The Tragedy of Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | 1983-01-23 |
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Henry VI Part 2 | John Hume / Lieutenant | 1983-01-09 |
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Henry VI Part 3 | Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son | 1983-01-16 |
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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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The Silence of the Sea | Werner Von Ebrennac | 1980-11-24 |
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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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Rogue Male | Interrogator | 1976-09-22 |
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The Omen | Monk (uncredited) | 1976-06-25 |
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Break In | Clarke | 1975-11-06 |
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If It's a Man... Hang Up! | Richard Lovell | 1975-04-11 |
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Conduct Unbecoming | 2nd Lt. Toby Strang | 1975-01-01 |
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Wednesday Love | Bruce | 1975-05-08 |
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Ms or Jill and Jack | 1974-01-02 | |
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Butley | Reg Nuttall | 1974-01-21 |
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Headmaster | 1974-03-14 | |
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Vampyres | Playboy | 1974-07-06 |
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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 |
