Gabriel Byrne's Domain: Info Page

Name:

Gabriel Byrne

Born:

May 12, 1950 in Dublin, Ireland

Star Sign:

Taurus - view horoscope

Height:

5" 11 - 180 cm

Eyes:

Sapphire Blue

Siblings:

Eldest of 6 Children

Children:

Jack Daniel born 1989 and Romy Marion born 1992 - both with ex-wife, Ellen Barkin.

Occupation:

Actor, author, producer, screen writer, director and human rights activist

Education:

Dublin University

Resides:

New York, USA & Dublin, Ireland

Awards:

2000

1999-2000

1999

1979

Wild Geese - Outstanding Award for Irish Cutlture

Theatre World Award "Moon for the Misbegotten"

Maverick Tribute Award Cinequest Film Festival

Jacob's Award, "Bracken" Best Actor TV Series (drama)

Other info:

Gabriel Byrne started acting at the age of 29 and he went to America for the first time when he was 37. Before becoming an actor, he was an archaeologist, schoolteacher, short-order cook, bullfighter and worked as a teddy bear eye 'attacher'.

Read full bio at the authorized site

Authorized site:

Gabriel Byrne Site, by Spanky Taylor

Books:

Audio books
Other books
Films

Pictures in My Head,
Myths & Tales of Ancient Ireland,
The Woman Who Danced With JFK

Order "Pictures In My Head"

Fan Mail:

Gabriel Byrne
c/o Spanky Taylor
PMB 300
3727 W. Magnolia
Burbank, CA 91505
USA

If you want an autographed picture, you need to enclose a self addressed stamped envelope big enough for an 8 x 10 picture. If you're outside the States, you need to enclose an envelop plus international reply coupons. Also, any correspondence must be handwritten or printed legibly.

Did you know ...

that Gabriel can quote passages of James Joyce, G. K. Chesterton, George Orwell and Edna O'Brien verbatim?

that at the age of 12, he entered the seminary with the intention of becoming a priest? And that he was expelled four years later after being caught smoking in the graveyard?

that he started playing the accordion as a child and performed with his uncle in Dublin pubs?

that due to his strict Catholic upbringing (in which looking in the mirror was considered shameful and vain), he was 25 years old before he realized that he had blue eyes?

that he studied bull fighting in Spain for a few months? After stepping in the ring with his first bull, he quickly decided it was not for him.

that he has a great passion for designing socks, cooking and soccer?

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Audio books

~ The James Joyce Collection ~
~ The Poetry of William Butler Yeats ~
~ Dr. Haggard's Disease ~
~ Closed on Account of Rabies ~
~ The New Yorker Out loud VOL. 1 ~
~ The Star-Child and the Nightingale & the Rose ~

Other books

Hollywood Irish

See the complete Filmography at the Internet Movie Database

Title Year Character

Assault on Precinct 13 (filming) 2005 Jasper O'Shea

P.S. 2004 Peter Harrington

Bridge of San Luis Rey, The 2004 Brother Juniper

Vanity Fair 2004 Steyne

Shade 2003 Charlie Miller

Ghost Ship 2002 Captain Sean Murphy

Emmett's Mark
... aka Killing Emmett Young (USA: video title) 2002 Jack Marlow/ Stephen Bracken

Spider 2002 Bill Cleg

Virginia's Run 2002 Ford Lofton

"Madigan Men" TV Series 2000 Benjamin Madigan

When Brendan Met Trudy 2000 Special Appearance

Canone inverso - making love 2000 The Violinist

End of Days 1999 The Man/Satan

Stigmata 1999 Father Andrew Kiernan

Enemy of the State 1998 Fake Brill

Quest for Camelot (voice)
... aka Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot, The 1998 Sir Lionel

Brylcreem Boys, The 1998 Sean O'Brien

Man in the Iron Mask, The 1998 Capt. D'Artagnan

Polish Wedding 1998 Bolek

This Is the Sea 1997 Rohan

Weapons of Mass Distraction (TV) 1997 Lionel Powers

End of Violence, The 1997 Ray Bering

Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? (voice) 1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow
... aka Smilla's Feeling for Snow 1997 The Mechanic

Draiocht (TV) 1996

Dr Hagard's Disease 1996

Somebody Is Waiting 1996 Roger Ellis

Last of the High Kings, The
... aka Summer Fling (USA: video title) 1996 Jack Griffin

Mad Dog Time
... aka Trigger Happy (video title) 1996 Ben London

Frankie Starlight 1995 Jack Kelly

Usual Suspects, The 1995 Dean Keaton

Dead Man
... aka Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (USA) 1995 Charles Ludlow 'Charlie' Dickinson

Buffalo Girls (TV) 1995 Teddy Blue

All Things Bright and Beautiful 1994 The Good Thief

Little Women 1994 Friedrich Bhaer

Trial by Jury 1994 Daniel Graham

Simple Twist of Fate, A 1994 John Newland

Prince of Jutland
... aka Royal Deceit (USA) 1994 Fenge

Dangerous Woman, A 1993 Mackey

Point of No Return
... aka Assassin, The (USA: video title) 1993 Bob

Into the West 1992 Papa Reilly

Cool World 1992 Jack Deebs

Haakon Haakonsen
... aka Shipwrecked 1991 Lt. John Merrick

Miller's Crossing 1990 Tom Reagan

Diamond Skulls
... aka Dark Obsession (USA) 1989 Hugo

Courier, The 1988 Val

Soldier's Tale, A 1988 Saul

Lionheart
... aka Lionheart: The Children's Crusade (USA) 1987 Black Prince

Hello Again 1987 Kevin Scanlon

Siesta 1987 Augustine

Giulia e Giulia
... aka Julia and Julia (USA) 1987 Paolo Vinci

Gothic 1986 Byron

Defence of the Realm
... aka Defense of the Realm (USA) 1985 Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

"Mussolini: The Untold Story" (mini) TV Series 1985 Vittorio Mussolini

"Christopher Columbus" (mini) TV Series 1985 Christopher Columbus

Reflections (TV) 1984 William Masters

"Wagner" (mini) TV Series 1983 Karl Ritter

Keep, The 1983 Major Kaempffer

Hanna K. 1983 Joshua Herzog

Rocking Horse Winner, The 1983 Bassett

Joyce in June (TV) 1982 Keogh/Blazes Boylan

Treatment (1981) (TV) 1981

"Search for Alexander the Great, The" (mini) TV Series 1981 Ptolemy

Excalibur 1981 Uther Pendragon

"Bracken" TV Series 1978 Pat Barry

"Riordans, The" (st.1965) TV Series Pat Barry

Links to other sites about the movies below:

A Moon for the Misbegotten