
Michael Byrne
- Recitazione
- 7 novembre 1943 – 20 giugno 2026 · a 82 anni
- London, England, UK
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.
Titoli più noti
Filmografia48
- 2018
- 2017
StrikeSerie TV7.2
- 2016
Agatha RaisinSerie TV6.2
- 2015
MortdecaiFilm5.5
- 2013

Crossing LinesSerie TV6.7
- 2012
QuartetFilm6.5
- 2010
- 2009
- 2004
Beyond the SeaFilm6.3
- 2002
Gangs of New YorkFilm7.3

- 2001

Waking the DeadSerie TV7.2
- 2000
- 1998

HornblowerSerie TV7.8
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1993
SharpeSerie TV8.0
- 1992
- 1989
- 1987
The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSerie TV6.6
- 1985
Screen TwoSerie TV7.1
- 1984
The BillSerie TV6.8
- 1979
- 1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareSerie TV6.0


- 1977

Secret ArmySerie TV7.8

- 1976
- 1974
- 1973
ThrillerSerie TV7.0
- 1972
Crown CourtSerie TV5.7

New Scotland YardSerie TV6.3
- 1970
Play for TodaySerie TV6.6
- 1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSerie TV7.0
- 1965
BBC Play of the MonthSerie TV5.2
- 1960
Coronation StreetSerie TV5.3
















