Portrait of Gabriel Byrne

Acting

Gabriel Byrne

Career

Active from 1976 to 2025, busiest in 2018 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
82
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Live from Lincoln Center
Live from Lincoln Center
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gabriel Byrne Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.6, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Psychological Thriller 7
  • Historical Drama 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Romantic Drama 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Coming-of-Age Story 3
  • Bleak 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Suspenseful 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 58
Ballerina
Ballerina (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

as The Chancellor

Four Letters of Love
Four Letters of Love (2025)
GoodWatch score 52

as Muiris Gore

Dance First
Dance First (2023)
GoodWatch score 43

as Samuel Beckett

Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
GoodWatch score 29

as Enzo Ferrari

Murder at Yellowstone City
Murder at Yellowstone City (2022)
GoodWatch score 42

as Sheriff Ambrose

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

as The Horse (voice)

Death of a Ladies' Man
Death of a Ladies' Man (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Samuel O'Shea

Lost Girls
Lost Girls (2020)
GoodWatch score 63

as Richard Dormer

ZeroZeroZero
ZeroZeroZero (2020)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Edward Lynwood

2010s

28 titles · average score 58
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Bill Ward

Hereditary
Hereditary (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

as Steve Graham

Lies We Tell
Lies We Tell (2018)
GoodWatch score 23

as Donald

Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

as Gene Reed

Endless Night
Endless Night (2015)
GoodWatch score 31

as Bram

Quirke
Quirke (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Quirke

Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy (2014)
GoodWatch score 40

as Victor Dashkov

All Things To All Men
All Things To All Men (2013)
GoodWatch score 28

as Joseph Corso

Vikings
Vikings (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Earl Haraldson

Secret State
Secret State (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Tom Dawkins

I, Anna
I, Anna (2012)
GoodWatch score 57

as D.C.I. Bernie Reid

Capital
Capital (2012)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dittmar Rigule

2000s

26 titles · average score 56
Leningrad
Leningrad (2009)
GoodWatch score 52

as Philip Parker

In Treatment
In Treatment (2008)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Dr. Paul Weston

Jindabyne
Jindabyne (2006)
GoodWatch score 60

as Stewart

Played
Played (2006)
GoodWatch score 37

as Eddie

Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

as Captain Marcus Duvall

Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah (2005)
GoodWatch score 59

as Harry Compton

P.S.
P.S. (2004)
GoodWatch score 52

as Peter Harrington

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
GoodWatch score 33

as Brother Juniper

Shade
Shade (2003)
GoodWatch score 57

as Charlie Miller

Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship (2002)
GoodWatch score 36

as Captain Sean Murphy

Spider
Spider (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

as Bill Cleg

Madigan Men
Madigan Men (2000)

TV show · as Benjamin Madigan

1990s

36 titles · average score 57
End of Days
End of Days (1999)
GoodWatch score 38

as The Man

Stigmata
Stigmata (1999)
GoodWatch score 42

as Father Andrew Kiernan

The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
GoodWatch score 51

as D'Artagnan

Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
GoodWatch score 56

as The Mechanic

The End of Violence
The End of Violence (1997)
GoodWatch score 40

as Ray

The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects (1995)
GoodWatch score 83

as Keaton

A Simple Twist of Fate
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
GoodWatch score 54

as John Newland

Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury (1994)
GoodWatch score 29

as Daniel Graham

Point of No Return
Point of No Return (1993)
GoodWatch score 55

as Bob

Cool World
Cool World (1992)
GoodWatch score 31

as Jack Deebs

Into the West
Into the West (1992)
GoodWatch score 70

as Papa Reilly

Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing (1990)
GoodWatch score 79

as Tom Reagan

1980s

19 titles · average score 56
Julia and Julia
Julia and Julia (1988)
GoodWatch score 48

as Paolo

A Soldier's Tale
A Soldier's Tale (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

as Saul

Hello Again
Hello Again (1987)
GoodWatch score 31

as Kevin Scanlon

Gothic
Gothic (1987)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lord Byron

Siesta
Siesta (1987)
GoodWatch score 37

as Augustine

Lionheart
Lionheart (1987)
GoodWatch score 54

as Black Prince

Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm (1986)
GoodWatch score 82

as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (1985)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Christopher Columbus

Mussolini: The Untold Story
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Vittorio Mussolini

Hanna K.
Hanna K. (1983)
GoodWatch score 66

as Joshué Herzog

The Keep
The Keep (1983)
GoodWatch score 46

as Major Kaempffer

Bracken
Bracken (1980)

TV show · as Pat Barry

1970s

4 titles · average score 74
The Outsider
The Outsider (1979)
GoodWatch score 63

as Man in Street

Strangers
Strangers (1978)

TV show · as Johnny Maguire

The Last of Summer
The Last of Summer (1978)

TV show · as Bishop's secretary

Live from Lincoln Center
Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as King Arthur