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Michael Byrne‌

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Birthday

calendar1943-11-07

Popularity

star4.3

Michael Byrne

London, England, UK

Michael Byrne

London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1943-11-07

Popularity

star4.3

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.

Movie Credits

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‌
star7.9
calendar 1989

Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire‌
star5.8
calendar 2009

The Saint

The Saint‌
star6.1
calendar 1997

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York‌
star7.3
calendar 2002

Battlefield Earth

Battlefield Earth‌
star3.3
calendar 2000

The Search for Alexander the Great

The Search for Alexander the Great‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

The Scarlet Blade

The Scarlet Blade‌
star5.5
calendar 1963

The Musketeer

The Musketeer‌
star5.3
calendar 2001

Beyond the Sea

Beyond the Sea‌
star6.3
calendar 2004

The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Vampyres

Vampyres‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch‌
star6.8
calendar 1978

Buster

Buster‌
star5.6
calendar 1988

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator‌
star5.9
calendar 1995

Running Late

Running Late‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

The Island on Bird Street

The Island on Bird Street‌
star7.2
calendar 1997

In the Secret State

In the Secret State‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

The Good Father

The Good Father‌
star5.7
calendar 1985

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone‌
star6.2
calendar 1978

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Hornblower: The Even Chance‌
star7.5
calendar 1998

Sharpe's Company

Sharpe's Company‌
star6.8
calendar 1994

Outpost: Black Sun

Outpost: Black Sun‌
star5.0
calendar 2012

Rogue Male

Rogue Male‌
star6.4
calendar 1976

Man and Superman

Man and Superman‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Butley

Butley‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Diana

Diana‌
star5.6
calendar 2013

The Image

The Image‌
star4.7
calendar 1969

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter‌
star6.2
calendar 2015

Henry VI Part 3

Henry VI Part 3‌
star7.0
calendar 1983

The Tragedy of Richard III

The Tragedy of Richard III‌
star6.0
calendar 1983

Henry VI Part 2

Henry VI Part 2‌
star7.0
calendar 1983

Henry VI Part 1

Henry VI Part 1‌
star7.5
calendar 1983

Mortdecai

Mortdecai‌
star5.5
calendar 2015

Ms or Jill and Jack

Ms or Jill and Jack‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Murderous Decisions

Murderous Decisions‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

The Silent Playground

The Silent Playground‌
star4.7
calendar 1963

The Gold Machine

The Gold Machine‌
star5.0
calendar 2022

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Headmaster

Headmaster‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies‌
star6.4
calendar 1997

30 Years to Life

30 Years to Life‌
star5.0
calendar 1998

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei‌
star7.2
calendar 1999

Braveheart

Braveheart‌
star7.9
calendar 1995

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart‌
star2.0
calendar 1994

The Absence of War

The Absence of War‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Imogen's Face

Imogen's Face‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

The Omen

The Omen‌
star7.4
calendar 1976

Hildegard

Hildegard‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse‌
star5.6
calendar 1997

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

Break In

Break In‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears‌
star6.3
calendar 2002

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

If It's a Man – Hang Up!‌
star8.0
calendar 1975

The Mark of Cain

The Mark of Cain‌
star5.4
calendar 2007

The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black‌
star7.0
calendar 1983

Hornblower

Hornblower‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Quartet

Quartet‌
star6.5
calendar 2012

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives‌
star5.8
calendar 1972

The Crooked Man

The Crooked Man‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

The Return of the Dancing Master

The Return of the Dancing Master‌
star4.3
calendar 2004

Champions

Champions‌
star6.8
calendar 1984

Sunday

Sunday‌
star7.4
calendar 2002

Intrigo: Death of an Author

Intrigo: Death of an Author‌
star5.4
calendar 2018

The Happy Valley

The Happy Valley‌
star6.8
calendar 1987

The First Line

The First Line‌
star6.0
calendar 2014

The Last Witness

The Last Witness‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King‌
star2.0
calendar 1986

The Fix

The Fix‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

Proof of Life

Proof of Life‌
star6.2
calendar 2000

Wednesday Love

Wednesday Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Alien Overlords

Alien Overlords‌
star4.0
calendar 2018

Coming Out

Coming Out‌
star4.5
calendar 1979

Nostradamus

Nostradamus‌
star5.7
calendar 1994

Conduct Unbecoming

Conduct Unbecoming‌
star6.2
calendar 1975

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil‌
star6.5
calendar 1998

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Two Gentlemen of Verona‌
star6.3
calendar 1983

Gunshy

Gunshy‌
star5.1
calendar 1998

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1‌
star7.8
calendar 2010

Sharpe's Enemy

Sharpe's Enemy‌
star6.9
calendar 1994

Sharpe's Honour

Sharpe's Honour‌
star6.6
calendar 1994

The Silence of the Sea

The Silence of the Sea‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Tv Credits

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.6
calendar 1973

Hornblower

Hornblower‌
star7.4
calendar 1998

Sharpe

Sharpe‌
star7.8
calendar 1993

Ultimate Force

Ultimate Force‌
star6.5
calendar 2002

Double the Fist

Double the Fist‌
star7.0
calendar 2004

The Bill

The Bill‌
star6.6
calendar 1984

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost‌
star7.5
calendar 1992

Silent Witness

Silent Witness‌
star7.5
calendar 1996

Between the Lines

Between the Lines‌
star5.6
calendar 1992

The Practice

The Practice‌
star7.7
calendar 1997

Crown Court

Crown Court‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead‌
star7.2
calendar 2001

The Enigma Files

The Enigma Files‌
star5.5
calendar 1980

The Mists of Avalon

The Mists of Avalon‌
star6.8
calendar 2001

Empire

Empire‌
star6.6
calendar 2005

Yes, Prime Minister

Yes, Prime Minister‌
star8.4
calendar 1986

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star5.9
calendar 1970

A Sort of Innocence

A Sort of Innocence‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Smiley's People

Smiley's People‌
star7.7
calendar 1982

Within These Walls

Within These Walls‌
star5.3
calendar 1974

No Bananas

No Bananas‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Oliver's Travels

Oliver's Travels‌
star6.0
calendar 1995

The Vice

The Vice‌
star4.7
calendar 1999

BBC Television Shakespeare

BBC Television Shakespeare‌
star5.2
calendar 1978

Heat of the Sun

Heat of the Sun‌
star5.2
calendar 1998

Oliver's Travels

Oliver's Travels‌
star6.0
calendar 1995

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries‌
star6.2
calendar 1987

Saracen

Saracen‌
star5.0
calendar 1989

Secret Army

Secret Army‌
star7.6
calendar 1977

Crossing Lines

Crossing Lines‌
star6.7
calendar 2013

Ellis Island

Ellis Island‌
star5.0
calendar 1984

Bodies

Bodies‌
star7.1
calendar 2023

The Living and the Dead

The Living and the Dead‌
star6.8
calendar 2016

Shades of Greene

Shades of Greene‌
star10.0
calendar 1975

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy‌
star5.0
calendar 1986

Coronation Street

Coronation Street‌
star5.2
calendar 1960

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders‌
star7.6
calendar 1997

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star5.9
calendar 1970

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star5.9
calendar 1970

Lady Killers

Lady Killers‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

Lady Killers

Lady Killers‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

Agatha Raisin

Agatha Raisin‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

Hamish Macbeth

Hamish Macbeth‌
star7.8
calendar 1995

The Professionals

The Professionals‌
star7.4
calendar 1977