Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Birthday: 1943-11-07

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Also known as: Майкл Бирн

imdb_id: nm0126250

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

Score: 8.0

Braveheart

Score: 7.9

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Score: 7.8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Score: 7.7

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Score: 7.6

Henry VI Part 1

Score: 7.5

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Score: 7.5

Sunday

Score: 7.4

The Omen

Score: 7.4

Gangs of New York

Score: 7.3

The Island on Bird Street

Score: 7.2

A Bridge Too Far

Score: 7.2

Henry VI Part 2

Score: 7.0

Henry VI Part 3

Score: 7.0

The Scarlet and the Black

Score: 7.0

Sharpe's Enemy

Score: 7.0

The Happy Valley

Score: 6.8

Champions

Score: 6.8

The Medusa Touch

Score: 6.8

Sharpe's Company

Score: 6.7

The Eagle Has Landed

Score: 6.6

Sharpe's Honour

Score: 6.6

Apt Pupil

Score: 6.5

Quartet

Score: 6.5

Rogue Male

Score: 6.5

Tomorrow Never Dies

Score: 6.4

The Sum of All Fears

Score: 6.4

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Score: 6.3

Butley

Score: 6.3

Beyond the Sea

Score: 6.3

Force 10 from Navarone

Score: 6.2

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

Score: 6.2

Proof of Life

Score: 6.1

The Saint

Score: 6.1

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Score: 6.0

The Last Witness

Score: 6.0

The First Line

Score: 6.0

Sharpe: The Legend

Score: 6.0

The Tragedy of Richard III

Score: 6.0

Vampyres

Score: 5.9

Conduct Unbecoming

Score: 5.9

The Infiltrator

Score: 5.9

Blood: The Last Vampire

Score: 5.9

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Score: 5.8

Nostradamus

Score: 5.7

Coming Out

Score: 5.7

The Good Father

Score: 5.7

Buster

Score: 5.6

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

Score: 5.6

Diana

Score: 5.6

Mortdecai

Score: 5.5

Intrigo: Samaria

Score: 5.5

Much Ado About Nothing

Score: 5.5

Gunshy

Score: 5.4

The Mark of Cain

Score: 5.4

The Scarlet Blade

Score: 5.4

Intrigo: Death of an Author

Score: 5.3

The Musketeer

Score: 5.3

Outpost: Black Sun

Score: 5.0

30 Years to Life

Score: 5.0

The Gold Machine

Score: 5.0

The Return of the Dancing Master

Score: 4.8

The Silent Playground

Score: 4.7

The Image

Score: 4.7

Alien Overlords

Score: 4.0

The Fix

Score: 3.3

Battlefield Earth

Score: 3.3

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Score: 2.0

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

Score: 2.0

Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter

Score: 0.0

The Silence of the Sea

Score: 0.0

Wednesday Love

Score: 0.0

The Crooked Man

Score: 0.0

Break In

Score: 0.0

Hildegard

Score: 0.0

Imogen's Face

Score: 0.0

The Absence of War

Score: 0.0

Headmaster

Score: 0.0

Murderous Decisions

Score: 0.0

Ms or Jill and Jack

Score: 0.0

Man and Superman

Score: 0.0

In the Secret State

Score: 0.0

Running Late

Score: 0.0

The Search for Alexander the Great

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Shades of Greene

Score: 10.0

Yes, Prime Minister

Score: 8.4

Sharpe

Score: 8.0

Smiley's People

Score: 7.7

The Practice

Score: 7.7

Hornblower

Score: 7.6

Silent Witness

Score: 7.6

A Touch of Frost

Score: 7.5

Hamish Macbeth

Score: 7.5

Secret Army

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

The Professionals

Score: 7.5

Waking the Dead

Score: 7.2

Strike

Score: 7.2

Bodies

Score: 7.2

Double the Fist

Score: 7.0

The Mists of Avalon

Score: 6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

Score: 6.7

The Living and the Dead

Score: 6.7

Crossing Lines

Score: 6.7

The Bill

Score: 6.6

Ultimate Force

Score: 6.6

Thriller

Score: 6.6

Empire

Score: 6.4

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Score: 6.3

Agatha Raisin

Score: 6.1

The Chief

Score: 6.0

Heat of the Sun

Score: 6.0

The Vice

Score: 6.0

Between the Lines

Score: 5.6

The Enigma Files

Score: 5.5

Coronation Street

Score: 5.4

Crown Court

Score: 5.4

Within These Walls

Score: 5.3

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Lady Killers

Score: 5.0

Lady Killers

Score: 5.0

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Score: 5.0

Ellis Island

Score: 5.0

Saracen

Score: 5.0

Oliver's Travels

Score: 5.0

Oliver's Travels

Score: 5.0

No Bananas

Score: 5.0

Accident

Score: 0.0

A Sort of Innocence

Score: 0.0