Gabriel Byrne

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Defence of the Realm (1985): Dir. David Drury
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott…; Atmospheric nuclear conspiracy thriller of the old–school.
Mussolini - The Untold Story (1985): Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. George C. Scott, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Downey Jnr.…; Based on the memoirs of his eldest son this memorable mini–series begins with Mussolini's rise to power in 1922 and follows his political and…
Gothic (1986): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson; Ken Russell's account of a night when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and friends unravel their deepest fears. An enjoyable frolic, stamped with many of the…
Julia and Julia (1987): Dir. Peter Del Monte
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne, Sting; Kathleen Turner leads a double (love) life with husband Gabriel Byrne and toy–boy photographer Sting.
Lionheart (1987): Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicholas Clay…; Young knight Eric Stoltz and a band of medieval tykes join King Richard II's crusade to defeat the Black Prince.
Siesta (1989): Dir. Mary Lambert
Feat. Ellen Barkin, Jodie Foster, Gabriel Byrne…; An enigmatic, arty thriller with a terrific cast, gorgeous lensing and Miles Davis soundtrack. Possibly meaningless, but a pleasure to watch the cast…
Diamond Skulls (1989): Dir. Nick Broomfield
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Amanda Donohoe; This brittle stab at fiction from renowned documentarian Nick Broomfield about "sex, class and obsession" suffers from unsympathetic…
Soldier's Tale, A (1990): Dir. Larry Parr
Feat. Gabriel Byrne; A tragic love story between a British soldier and a beautiful French woman who is accused of Nazi collaboration by the French resistance. Gabriel…
Miller's Crossing (1990): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro; Crossings and double–crossings punctuate this complex yet rewarding mobster flick loaded with heart–pounding violence and black humour.
Shipwrecked (1990): Dir. Nils Gaup
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Bjorn Sundquist; Satasfying South Seas yarn with a young boy wrecked on a 'treasure isalnd' which draws the attention of pirates. A Disney production that's full of…
Cool World (1992): Dir. Ralph Bakshi
Feat. Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne; Cartoonist Gabriel Byrne is seduced into the animated world of his sexy creation in this dense, saucy amalgam of live–action and animation for…
Assassin, The (Point of No Return) (1993): Dir. John Badham
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney…; Hollywood goes for the sure thing with this virtual frame–by–frame remake of NIKITA. Bridget Fonda does the best she can as the sexy…
Into the West (1993): Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, David Kelly, Ellen Barkin…; A grand ol' Irish tale about two gypsy boys who 'steal' back a majestic white mare and take off into the wild green yonder. Magical,…
Simple Twist of Fate, A (1994): Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney…; Big–hearted family movie written by and starring Steve Martin as a recluse who is brought out of his shell by the orphaned toddler he…
Dangerous Woman, A (1994): Dir. Steven Gyllenhaal
Feat. Debra Winger, Gabriel Byrne, Barbara Hershey…; Debra Winger gives her most impressive performance yet as a simple woman whose compulsive honesty wins her few friends. Reminiscent of the plays of…
Little Women (1994): Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes…; Impeccable version of Louisa May Alcott's classic of American girlhood updates the warm–hearted saga of four sisters and their…
Trial by Jury (1994): Dir. Heywood Gould
Feat. Armand Assante, Joanne Whalley, Gabriel Byrne…; A ruthless mob boss (Armand Assante) on trial for multiple murders employs strong–arm tactics to 'influence' mother–of–two…
Prince of Jutland (Prince of Denmark) (1994): Dir. Gabriel Axel
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale…; Retelling of the historical episode on which Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' was based, where a Danish prince feigns madness to avoid being murdered by his…
Usual Suspects, The (1995): Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin…; Find out who 'Keyser Soze' is, or who you thought he was, in this utterly captivating, original caper movie that unfolds a series of flashbacks in…
Frankie Starlight (1996): Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud, Matt Dillon…; Extensive flashbacks illustrate the unusual memoirs of a dwarf. This not–so–tall tale has a special blend of Irish whimsy, with native…
Trigger Happy (Mad Dog Time) (1996): Dir. Larry Bishop
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne…; Grinning mob–boss Richard Dreyfuss is fresh out of the asylum, gunning down wisecracking old friends and enemies alike. Old friends is indeed…
This Is the Sea (1996): Dir. Mary McGuckian
Feat. Richard Harris, Gabriel Byrne, Samantha Morton…; Richard Harris introduces a sheltered Protestant lass to the nighttime excitements of Belfast. However, when IRA–man Gabriel Byrne looms on the…
Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Smilla's Sense of Snow) (1997): Dir. Bille August
Feat. Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris; From Peter Hoeg's acclaimed novel, Julia Ormond glistens in the plumb role of the frosty, feisty half–eskimo woman who over–concerns…
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997): Dir. Stephen Surjik
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers…; Media moguls Gabriel Byrne and Ben Kingsley vie for ownership of a pro football team, in an escalating war of one–upmanship, eventually raking…
End of Violence, The (1997): Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bill Pullman, Gabriel Byrne, Andie MacDowell; After a 5yr hiatus dir. Wim Wenders proffered this elliptical tale of alienation and desires for omniscience, this time enacted in sunswept,…
Last of the High Kings (1997): Dir. David Keating
Feat. Jared Leto, Christina Ricci, Gabriel Byrne…; An irreverent flashback to late 70s Dublin, where Jared Leto ducks the familiar teenage troubles: girls, school and eccentric relations. Strong cast,…
Brylcreem Boys, The (1997): Dir. Terence Ryan
Feat. Gabriel Byrne; The ubiquitous face of Irish cinema, Gabriel Byrne, slicks his hair back in a neutral POW camp in WWII Ireland, bunking with a variety of allied and…
Polish Wedding (1998): Dir. Theresa Connelly
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin, Rade Serbedzija…; Laid on incredibly thick, Polish accents and all, this is 'ethnic shtick' writ large with Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin and Rade Serbedzija heading a…
Stigmata (1999): Dir. Rupert Wainwright
Feat. Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne; Throwback to the heyday of the 'religious horror film' of the 1970s (see THE EXORCIST, THE OMEN), this dense thriller has atheist Patricia Arquette…
Ghost Ship (2002): Dir. Steve Beck
Feat. Gabriel Byrne; The forty–year–old wreck of a passenger ship is discovered by a salvage crew to contain a fortune in gold and a host of malevolent…
Spider (2002): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne…; One to relish for those with a taste acquired for the stark, uncompromising visions of David Cronenberg (CRASH, NAKED LUNCH, etc.), this is both…
P.S. (2004): Dir. Dylan Kidd
Feat. Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Gabriel Byrne…; Nervy and refined sophomore effort from RODGER DODGER dir. Dylan Kidd, here unbuttoning the thirty–something dilemmas of a university…
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (2004): Dir. Mary McGuckian
Feat. Robert De Niro, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne…; This star–studded costume drama of interlinked fates is the third celluloid incarnation of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Thorton Wilder…
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005): Dir. Jean-François Richet
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Drea De Matteo…; Effective update of John Carpenter's 1970s classic in which high–impact action and a fairly convincing raw tenseness carry the wellworn tale of…
Wah-Wah (2005): Dir. Richard E. Grant
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson…; A caustic memoir of colonial growing pains from actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), chronicling his own adolescence in Swaziland during the…
Jindabyne (2006): Dir. Ray Lawrence
Feat. Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness…; Searing psychological drama from the dir. of LANTANA pinpoints a small outback community in Australia, examining the ripple effects created by the…
In Treatment (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Dianne Wiest, Melissa George…; Superlative character driven HBO series starring Gabriel Byrne as a self–doubting psychotherapist, who seeks help from his old therapist, whom…
Autumn Hearts (Emotional Arithmetic) (2009): Dir. Paolo Barzman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne…; Drama focused on three Holocaust survivors who spent time together at the Drancy internment camp and re–unite decades after their…
Attack on Leningrad (2009): Dir. Aleksandr Buravsky
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Mira Sorvino, Armin Mueller-Stahl; A soaring, action–packed journey of heroism and sacrifice as one crusading journalist desperately fights to uncover the horrors buried within…
Perrier's Bounty (2009): Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne…; Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
I, Anna (2012): Dir. Barnaby Southcombe
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell…; A modest, artfully unfurled London noir, centred on a glamourous sixty–something (Rampling) who falls in with a detective (Byrne) investigating…
Secret State (TV Mini-series) (2012): Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Charles Dance, Rupert Graves…; Gabriel Byrne stars in this political thriller that explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
Just a Sigh (2013): Dir. Jérôme Bonnell
Feat. Emmanuelle Devos, Gabriel Byrne; Emmanuelle Devos and Gabriel Byrne experience a brief encounter as an actress and a professor who trade glances on a Paris–bound train. A…
Vikings (TV Series) (2013-2018): Feat. Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsard…; A vividly mounted historical series inspired by the sagas of the Norsemen of early medieval Scandinavia.
Vampire Academy (2014): Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Gabriel Byrne…; A half–human, half–vampire trains to be a guardian at an exclusive academy for the young and undead. Toothy vampire comedy pokes fun at…
Quirke (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Michael Gambon, Brian Gleeson; An unhurried Dublin period noir with Gabriel Byrne as the eponymous Irish pathologist–cum–sleuth. Three episodes: 'Christine Falls', 'The…
Endless Night (Nobody Wants the Night) (2015): Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Rinko Kikuchi…; Serviceable adventure with Juliette Binoche starring as Arctic explorer Josephine Peary searching for her missing husband in remote Greenland.
Louder Than Bombs (2015): Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert…; Ambitious, novelistic family drama with an ensemble of experienced actors playing members of a diverse, non–typical family in turmoil following…
Carrie Pilby (2016): Dir. Susan Johnson
Feat. Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne…; Bel Powley (DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL) gives another excellent performance as a highly intelligent but isolated 19–year–old woman who is…
Hereditary (2018): Dir. Ari Aster
Feat. Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro…; One of the most terrifying movies of recent years, with Toni Colette in a career defining performance, playing an artist whose mother passes away,…

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