Michael Byrne

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.

Nacimiento: 1943-11-07, London, England, UK
Fallecimiento: 2026-06-20
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,1 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

The Sum of All Fears como Anatoli Grushkov

Conocido por

Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989) — Vogel
Braveheart (1995) — Smythe
Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte - Parte 1 (2010) — Gellert Grindelwald
Mortdecai (2015) — The Duke
Gangs of New York (2002) — Horace Greeley
El santo (1997) — Vereshagin
Pánico nuclear (2002) — Anatoli Grushkov
El mañana nunca muere (1997) — HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly

Filmografía

Bjorn of the Dead — Derek
Cadáveres (2023) — Old Mullins
Intrigo: Samaria (2019) — Commissioner Keller
Alien Overlords (2018) — Michael
Intrigo: muerte de un autor (2018) — Keller
El último testigo (2018) — Coroner
Cormoran Strike (C.B. Strike) (2017) — Roy Phipps
The Living and the Dead (2016) — Ebenezer Alsop
Agatha Raisin (2016) — Bishop Parsons
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter (2015) — Sir Charles Harwood
Cuffs (2015) — Leslie Kane
Mortdecai (2015) — The Duke
Πρόμαχος (2014) — Richard
Diana (2013) — Christiaan Barnard
Crossing Lines (2013) — Edward Baxendale
El cuarteto (2012) — Frank White
Outpost: Black Sun (2012) — Neurath
The Body Farm (2011) — Harold Penton
Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte - Parte 1 (2010) — Gellert Grindelwald
Blood: El último vampiro (2009) — Elder
La marca de Caín (2007) — Lieut General Strathairn
Imperio (2005) — Cicero
Beyond the Sea (2004) — Dr. Andretti
Double the Fist (2004)
Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers (2004) — Emil Wetterstedt
The Crooked Man (2003) — Archie Saunders
Gangs of New York (2002) — Horace Greeley
Ultimate Force (2002)
Pánico nuclear (2002) — Anatoli Grushkov
Sunday (2002) — Lord Widgery
El mosquetero (2001) — Treville, Head of the Musketeers
Las brumas de Avalon (2001) — Merlin
Caso cerrado (2001) — Joe Brackley
Prueba de vida (2000) — Lord Luthan
Campo de batalla: La Tierra (2000) — Parson Staffer
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999) — Mr. Carruthers
The Vice (1999) — Solicitor
Verano de corrupción (1998) — Ben Kramer
30 Years to Life (1998) — Oliver Mather
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) — Captain Keene
Hornblower (1998) — Captain Keene
Imogen's Face (1998) — Patrick
Un tipo peligroso (1998) — Lange
Heat of the Sun (1998)
El mañana nunca muere (1997) — HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
Sharpe: The Legend (1997) — Nairn
Agatha Christie: el misterio de Pale Horse (1997) — Venables
La isla de Bird Street (1997) — Bolek
El santo (1997) — Vereshagin
Los asesinatos de Midsomer (1997) — Keith Grundy
El abogado (1997) — Officer (sin acreditar)
The Fix (1997) — Sam Campbell
No Bananas (1996) — Edward Grant
Testigo mudo (1996)
El infiltrado (1995) — Dieter Creutz
Oliver's Travels (1995) — Moody
Braveheart (1995) — Smythe
Hamish Macbeth (1995) — Duncan Scott
Nostradamus (1994) — Inquisitor
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart (1994) — Blank/German/Old Geezer
Sharpe's Honour (1994) — Major Nairn
Enemigo de Sharpe (1994) — Major Nairn
La compañia de Sharpe (1994) — Major Nairn
Sharpe (1993) — Major Nairn
A Touch of Frost (1992) — Alex Ormrod
Running Late (1992) — Clitheroe
Between the Lines (1992)
Mörderische Entscheidung (1991) — Octave
The Chief (1990) — Sir Robert Eaton
Complot para matar a Hitler (1990) — Friedrich Olbricht
Screen One (1989) — Clitheroe
Saracen (1989) — Col. Patrick Ansell
Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989) — Vogel
Buster: el robo del siglo (1988) — Poyser
The Happy Valley (1987) — John Carberry
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987) — DCC Charles Griswold
A Sort of Innocence (1986)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986) — Chorus
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (1986) — George Abell
Sí, Primer Ministro (1986)
El buen padre (1985) — Leonard Scruby
In the Secret State (1985) — Guy Preger
Screen Two (1985) — Guy Preger
La isla de Ellis (1984) — Dr. Carl Travers
The Bill (1984)
Reto al destino (1984) — Richard Hussey
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983) — Antonio
Escarlata y negro (1983) — Reinhard Beck
The Tragedy of Richard III (1983) — Duke of Buckingham
Henry VI Part 3 (1983) — Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Henry VI Part 2 (1983) — John Hume / Lieutenant
Henry VI Part 1 (1983) — Duke of Alencon
Man and Superman (1982) — Henry Straker
Los hombres de Smiley (1982) — Peter Guillam
The Search for Alexander the Great (1981) — Demosthenes
The Silence of the Sea (1980) — Werner Von Ebrennac
Lady Killers (1980) — Edward Marshall-Hall KC
The Enigma Files (1980) — David Stanley
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter (1979) — Ratrick Marney
Coming Out (1979) — Gunnar Wedelman
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Patrick Marney
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) — Antonio
Accident (1978) — Ian Shaw
Fuerza 10 de Navarone (1978) — Schroeder
Strangers (1978) — Sgt Briscoe
The Devil's Crown (1978) — Richard Lionheart
Alarma, catástrofe (1978) — Duff
The Professionals (1977) — Werner Dreisinger
Premiere (1977) — Werner Von Ebrennac
Secret Army (1977) — Paul Vercors
Un puente lejano (1977) — Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
Ha llegado el águila (1976) — Karl
Rogue Male (1976) — Interrogator
La profecía (1976) — Monk (sin acreditar)
Break In (1975) — Clarke
Culpable sin rostro (1975) — 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
Wednesday Love (1975) — Bruce
If It's a Man... Hang Up! (1975) — Richard Lovell
Edward the Seventh (1975) — Fritz
Las Hijas de Drácula (1974) — Playboy
Headmaster (1974)
Butley (1974) — Reg Nuttall
Ms or Jill and Jack (1974)
Thriller (1973) — Richard Lovell
Crown Court (1972)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) — Edward Seymour
New Scotland Yard (1972) — DS Patten
Play for Today (1970) — Russell / Bruce
The Image (1969) — The Artist
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Jason
Much Ado About Nothing (1967) — Claudio
BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Viskovsky
The Silent Playground (1963) — Roger
The Scarlet Blade (1963) — Lt. Hawke
Coronation Street (1960) — Ted Page