Michael Byrne
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1943-11-07
- Falecimento:
- 2026-06-20
- Local de nascimento:
- London, England, UK
Biografia
Michael Byrne was a British actor sometimes cast as Nazis 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 was 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, heappeared 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. 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. He was the father of actress Allie Byrne.
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Filmografia
Corpos
The Gold Machine
Intrigo: Samaria
Alien Overlords
Intrigo: Death of an Author
A Última Testemunha
C. B. Strike
Os Vivos e os Mortos
Agatha Raisin
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
Cuffs
Mortdecai: A Arte da Trapaça
Πρόμαχος
Diana
Crossing Lines
O Quarteto
Outpost 2: Inferno Negro
Body Farm
Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte - Parte 1
Caçadores de Vampiros
The Mark of Cain
O Império
Uma Vida Sem Limites
Double the Fist
Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers
The Crooked Man
Gangues de Nova York
Ultimate Force
A Soma de Todos os Medos
Sunday
A Vingança do Mosqueteiro
As Brumas de Avalon
Waking the Dead
Prova de Vida
A Reconquista
The Holocaust on Trial
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
The Vice
O Aprendiz
30 Years to Life
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Hornblower
Imogen's Face
Gunshy
Heat of the Sun
007: O Amanhã Nunca Morre
Sharpe: The Legend
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Coragem e Esperança
O Santo
Midsomer Murders
O Desafio
The Fix
Viagem Mortal
No Bananas
Testemunha Silenciosa
Infiltrator - Em Busca da Verdade
Oliver's Travels
Coração Valente
Hamish Macbeth
As Profecias de Nostradamus
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
Sharpe's Honour
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Company
Hildegard
Sharpe
A Touch of Frost
Running Late
Between the Lines
Mörderische Entscheidung
The Chief
O Plano Para Matar Hitler
Screen One
Saracen
Indiana Jones e a Última Cruzada
Buster - Procura-se um Ladrão
The Happy Valley
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
A Sort of Innocence
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Um Império em Chamas
Yes, Prime Minister
Amor e Vingança
In the Secret State
Screen Two
Chama da Liberdade
The Bill
Champions
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
O Escarlate e o Negro
The Tragedy of Richard III
Henry VI Part 3
Henry VI Part 2
Henry VI Part 1
Man and Superman
Smiley's People
The Search for Alexander the Great
The Silence of the Sea
Lady Killers
The Enigma Files
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Coming Out
Tales of the Unexpected
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Accident
O Comando 10 de Navarone
Strangers
The Devil's Crown
O Toque da Medusa
The Professionals
Premiere
Secret Army
Uma Ponte Longe Demais
A Águia Pousou
Rogue Male
A Profecia
Break In
Conduct Unbecoming
Wednesday Love
If It's a Man... Hang Up!
Edward the Seventh
As Filhas de Drácula
Headmaster
Butley
Ms or Jill and Jack
Thriller
Crown Court
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
New Scotland Yard
Play for Today
The Image
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing
BBC Play of the Month
The Silent Playground
O Cavaleiro Audaz
Coronation Street
Bjorn of the Dead