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Michael Byrne
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-11-07,London, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.9

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24

Blood: The Last Vampire

5.8

Blood: The Last Vampire
2009-04-02

6.1

The Saint
1997-04-03

Gangs of New York

7.323

Gangs of New York
2002-12-14

Battlefield Earth

3.286

Battlefield Earth
2000-05-12

The Search for Alexander the Great

0

The Search for Alexander the Great
1981-05-06

The Scarlet Blade

5.5

The Scarlet Blade
1963-09-01

5.3

The Musketeer
2001-09-07

6.3

Beyond the Sea
2004-11-16

The Eagle Has Landed

6.6

The Eagle Has Landed
1976-12-24

6

Vampyres
1974-07-06

The Medusa Touch

6.8

The Medusa Touch
1978-04-13

5.6

Buster
1988-09-16

The Infiltrator

5.9

The Infiltrator
1995-06-24

0

Running Late
1992-10-11

The Island on Bird Street

7.14

The Island on Bird Street
1997-04-11

In the Secret State

0

In the Secret State
1985-03-10

The Good Father

5.7

The Good Father
1985-11-01

Force 10 from Navarone

6.2

Force 10 from Navarone
1978-08-16

Hornblower: The Even Chance

7.5

Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998-10-07

Sharpe's Company

6.8

Sharpe's Company
1994-05-25

Outpost: Black Sun

5

Outpost: Black Sun
2012-04-25

6.4

Rogue Male
1976-09-22

Man and Superman

0

Man and Superman
1982-12-31

6.3

Butley
1974-01-21

5.6

Diana
2013-09-19

4.7

The Image
1969-01-01

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

6.2

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015-12-27

Henry VI Part 3

7

Henry VI Part 3
1983-01-16

The Tragedy of Richard III

6

The Tragedy of Richard III
1983-01-23

Henry VI Part 2

7

Henry VI Part 2
1983-01-09

Henry VI Part 1

7.5

Henry VI Part 1
1983-01-02

5.5

Mortdecai
2015-01-21

Ms or Jill and Jack

0

Ms or Jill and Jack
1974-01-02

Murderous Decisions

0

Murderous Decisions
1991-12-15

The Silent Playground

4.7

The Silent Playground
1963-12-31

The Gold Machine

5

The Gold Machine
2022-09-02

The Plot to Kill Hitler

6

The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990-01-30

Much Ado About Nothing

5

Much Ado About Nothing
1967-01-01

0

Headmaster
1974-03-14

Tomorrow Never Dies

6.4

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997-12-11

30 Years to Life

5

30 Years to Life
1998-10-15

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

7.2

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999-10-15

7.941

Braveheart
1995-05-24

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

2

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
1994-08-10

The Absence of War

0

The Absence of War
1995-05-18

0

Imogen's Face
1998-07-02

7.403

The Omen
1976-06-25

0

Hildegard
1994-01-03

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

5.6

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997-07-01

Sharpe: The Legend

6

Sharpe: The Legend
1997-10-13

0

Break In
1975-11-06

The Sum of All Fears

6.348

The Sum of All Fears
2002-05-31

A Bridge Too Far

7.2

A Bridge Too Far
1977-06-15

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

8

If It's a Man – Hang Up!
1975-04-11

The Mark of Cain

5.4

The Mark of Cain
2007-10-18

The Scarlet and the Black

7

The Scarlet and the Black
1983-02-02

0

Hornblower
2001-09-05

6.5

Quartet
2012-12-26

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

5.8

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972-07-13

The Crooked Man

0

The Crooked Man
2003-12-17

The Return of the Dancing Master

4.3

The Return of the Dancing Master
2004-04-08

6.8

Champions
1984-04-20

7.4

Sunday
2002-01-28

Intrigo: Death of an Author

5.4

Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018-10-11

The Happy Valley

6.8

The Happy Valley
1987-09-06

6

The First Line
2014-11-27

The Last Witness

6

The Last Witness
2018-05-11

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

2

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986-09-16

4.5

The Fix
1997-01-04

6.2

Proof of Life
2000-12-08

0

Wednesday Love
1975-05-08

Alien Overlords

4

Alien Overlords
2018-11-14

4.5

Coming Out
1979-04-10

5.7

Nostradamus
1994-08-18

Conduct Unbecoming

6.2

Conduct Unbecoming
1975-01-01

6.534

Apt Pupil
1998-10-23

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

6.3

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1983-12-27

5.1

Gunshy
1998-03-06

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

7.75

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010-11-17

6.9

Sharpe's Enemy
1994-06-01

Sharpe's Honour

6.6

Sharpe's Honour
1994-06-08

The Silence of the Sea

0

The Silence of the Sea
1980-11-24

6.6

Thriller
1973-04-14

7.4

Hornblower
1998-10-07

7.8

Sharpe
1993-05-05

6.5

Ultimate Force
2002-09-16

Double the Fist

7

Double the Fist
2004-05-21

6.6

The Bill
1984-10-16

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

A Touch of Frost

7.484

A Touch of Frost
1992-12-06

7.5

Silent Witness
1996-02-21

Between the Lines

5.6

Between the Lines
1992-09-04

7.7

The Practice
1997-03-04

5

Crown Court
1972-10-11

Waking the Dead

7.2

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

The Enigma Files

5.5

The Enigma Files
1980-04-15

The Mists of Avalon

6.8

The Mists of Avalon
2001-07-14

6.552

Empire
2005-06-28

Yes, Prime Minister

8.4

Yes, Prime Minister
1986-01-09

5.9

Play for Today
1970-10-15

A Sort of Innocence

0

A Sort of Innocence
1986-12-01

Smiley's People

7.7

Smiley's People
1982-09-20

Within These Walls

5.3

Within These Walls
1974-01-04

0

No Bananas
1996-05-05

Oliver's Travels

6

Oliver's Travels
1995-06-11

4.7

The Vice
1999-01-04

BBC Television Shakespeare

5.2

BBC Television Shakespeare
1978-12-03

Heat of the Sun

5.2

Heat of the Sun
1998-01-28

Oliver's Travels

6

Oliver's Travels
1995-06-11

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

6.2

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987-08-02

5

Saracen
1989-09-02

7.6

Secret Army
1977-09-07

6.7

Crossing Lines
2013-08-22

5

Ellis Island
1984-11-11

7.106

Bodies
2023-10-19

The Living and the Dead

6.8

The Living and the Dead
2016-06-28

Shades of Greene

10

Shades of Greene
1975-09-09

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

5

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986-01-26

Coronation Street

5.2

Coronation Street
1960-12-09

Midsomer Murders

7.554

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

5.9

Play for Today
1970-10-15

5.9

Play for Today
1970-10-15

5

Lady Killers
1980-07-20

5

Lady Killers
1980-07-20

6

Agatha Raisin
2016-06-07

7.8

Hamish Macbeth
1995-03-26

The Professionals

7.4

The Professionals
1977-12-30