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: Samaria | Commissioner Keller | 2019-10-10 |
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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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The Last Witness | Coroner | 2018-05-11 |
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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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Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren | 2015-01-15 | |
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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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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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The Sum of All Fears | Anatoli Grushkov | 2002-05-31 |
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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 Musketeer | Treville, Head of the Musketeers | 2001-09-07 |
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Proof of Life | Lord Luthan | 2000-12-08 |
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Battlefield Earth | Parson Staffer | 2000-05-12 |
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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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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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Tomorrow Never Dies | HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly | 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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The Infiltrator | Dieter Creutz | 1995-06-24 |
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Braveheart | Smythe | 1995-05-24 |
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A Few Short Journeys of the Heart | Blank/German/Old Geezer | 1994-08-10 |
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Hildegard | Volmar | 1994-01-03 |
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Sharpe's Honour | Major Nairn | 1994-06-08 |
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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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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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Henry VI Part 3 | Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son | 1983-01-16 |
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Antonio | 1983-12-27 |
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Henry VI Part 2 | John Hume / Lieutenant | 1983-01-09 |
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The Scarlet and the Black | Reinhard Beck | 1983-02-02 |
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The Tragedy of Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | 1983-01-23 |
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Henry VI Part 1 | Duke of Alencon | 1983-01-02 |
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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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Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter | Ratrick Marney | 1979-04-14 |
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The Medusa Touch | Duff | 1978-04-13 |
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Force 10 from Navarone | Schroeder | 1978-08-16 |
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A Bridge Too Far | Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur | 1977-06-15 |
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Rogue Male | Interrogator | 1976-09-22 |
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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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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 | 1975-10-04 |
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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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Vampyres | Playboy | 1974-07-06 |
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Butley | Reg Nuttall | 1974-01-21 |
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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 | 1967-02-05 |
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The Silent Playground | Roger | 1963-12-31 |
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The Scarlet Blade | Lt. Hawke | 1963-09-01 |
