Michael Byrne

Also Known As: Майкл Бирн

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Birthday: November 07, 1943

Adult: No

Gender: Male

Popularity:

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Known For:

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Blood: The Last Vampire
The Saint
Gangs of New York
Battlefield Earth
The Search for Alexander the Great
The Scarlet Blade
The Musketeer
Beyond the Sea
The Eagle Has Landed
Vampyres
The Medusa Touch
Buster
The Infiltrator
Running Late
The Island on Bird Street
In the Secret State
The Good Father
Force 10 from Navarone
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Sharpe's Company
Outpost: Black Sun
Rogue Male
Man and Superman
Butley
Diana
The Image
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
Henry VI Part 1
Henry VI Part 2
Henry VI Part 3
The Tragedy of Richard III
Mortdecai
Ms or Jill and Jack
Murderous Decisions
The Silent Playground
The Gold Machine
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Much Ado About Nothing
Headmaster
Tomorrow Never Dies
30 Years to Life
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Braveheart
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
The Absence of War
Imogen's Face
The Omen
Hildegard
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Sharpe: The Legend
Break In
The Sum of All Fears
A Bridge Too Far
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
The Mark of Cain
The Scarlet and the Black
Quartet
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
The Crooked Man
The Return of the Dancing Master
Champions
Sunday
Intrigo: Death of an Author
The Happy Valley
The First Line
The Last Witness
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
The Fix
Proof of Life
Wednesday Love
Alien Overlords
Coming Out
Nostradamus
Conduct Unbecoming
Apt Pupil
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Gunshy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Honour
The Silence of the Sea
Intrigo: Samaria