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Acting

Michael Byrne

Career: Active from 1967 to 2022, busiest in 1983 and 1994 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: The Tragedy of Richard III
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 89 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Byrne Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Wholesome
2.2, average 3.4
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 4
Historical Drama 4
True Crime Adaptation 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Social Commentary 2
World War II 2
Character-Driven 2
Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

140

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Bjorn of the Dead

as Derek

2020s

2 titles · average score 70

Bodies

70

TV show · as Old Mullins

The Gold Machine

as Andrew Norton

2010s

17 titles · average score 54

Alien Overlords

31

as Michael

Intrigo: Death of an Author

40

as Keller

Strike

74

TV show · as Roy Phipps

Agatha Raisin

65

TV show · as Bishop Parsons

The Living and the Dead

80

TV show · as Ebenezer Alsop

Mortdecai

33

as The Duke

Cuffs

70

TV show · as Leslie Kane

Crossing Lines

63

TV show · as Edward Baxendale

Diana

32

as Christiaan Barnard

Quartet

68

as Frank White

Outpost: Black Sun

41

as Neurath

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

74

as Gellert Grindelwald

2000s

18 titles · average score 53

Blood: The Last Vampire

43

as Elder

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

74

Stunt Double

The Crooked Man

as Archie Saunders

Gangs of New York

73

as Horace Greeley

The Sum of All Fears

55

as Anatoli Grushkov

Ultimate Force

70

TV show

Waking the Dead

50

TV show · as Joe Brackley

The Mists of Avalon

45

TV show · as Merlin

The Musketeer

33

as Treville, Head of the Musketeers

The Holocaust on Trial

as Richard Rampton QC

Battlefield Earth

15

as Parson Staffer

Proof of Life

49

as Lord Luthan

1990s

37 titles · average score 65

Apt Pupil

58

as Ben Kramer

Hornblower: The Even Chance

78

as Captain Keene

Heat of the Sun

70

TV show

The Saint

51

as Vereshagin

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Keith Grundy

The Island on Bird Street

73

as Bolek

The Practice

76

TV show · as Officer (uncredited)

Silent Witness

75

TV show

Braveheart

76

as Smythe

The Infiltrator

62

as Dieter Creutz

Sharpe's Company

76

as Major Nairn

Murderous Decisions

as Octave

1980s

29 titles · average score 70

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

79

as Vogel

Saracen

TV show · as Col. Patrick Ansell

The Happy Valley

61

as John Carberry

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

74

TV show · as George Abell

A Sort of Innocence

TV show

Yes, Prime Minister

87

TV show

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

as Chorus

The Bill

77

TV show

The Tragedy of Richard III

81

as Duke of Buckingham

Henry VI Part 2

as John Hume / Lieutenant

Henry VI Part 3

as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son

Smiley's People

80

TV show · as Peter Guillam

1970s

29 titles · average score 68

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Patrick Marney

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Werner Dreisinger

A Bridge Too Far

68

as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur

Secret Army

81

TV show · as Paul Vercors

Rogue Male

60

as Interrogator

The Omen

72

as Monk (uncredited)

The Eagle Has Landed

66

as Karl

Vampyres

55

as Playboy

Butley

66

as Reg Nuttall

Thriller

74

TV show · as Richard Lovell

Crown Court

65

TV show

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Bruce / Russell

1960s

7 titles · average score 57

The Image

58

as The Artist

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Jason

Much Ado About Nothing

as Claudio

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Viskovsky

The Scarlet Blade

56

as Lt. Hawke

The Silent Playground

as Roger

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Ted Page