Acting
Michael Byrne
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.
Filmography
Bodies
Series · 2023
The Gold Machine
Film · 2022
Intrigo: Samaria
Film · 2019
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Film · 2018
The Last Witness
Film · 2018
Alien Overlords
Film · 2018
Strike
Series · 2017
The Living and the Dead
Series · 2016
Agatha Raisin
Series · 2016
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
Film · 2015
Mortdecai
Film · 2015
Cuffs
Series · 2015
The First Line
Film · 2014
Diana
Film · 2013
Crossing Lines
Series · 2013
Outpost: Black Sun
Film · 2012
Quartet
Film · 2012
The Body Farm
Series · 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
Blood: The Last Vampire
Film · 2009
The Mark of Cain
Film · 2007
Empire
Series · 2005
Beyond the Sea
Film · 2004
The Return of the Dancing Master
Film · 2004
Double the Fist
Series · 2004
The Crooked Man
Film · 2003
Gangs of New York
Film · 2002
The Sum of All Fears
Film · 2002
Sunday
Film · 2002
Ultimate Force
Series · 2002
The Musketeer
Film · 2001
Waking the Dead
Series · 2001
The Mists of Avalon
Series · 2001
Battlefield Earth
Film · 2000
Proof of Life
Film · 2000
The Holocaust on Trial
Film · 2000
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Film · 1999
The Vice
Series · 1999
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Film · 1998
30 Years to Life
Film · 1998
Imogen's Face
Film · 1998
Apt Pupil
Film · 1998
Gunshy
Film · 1998
Hornblower
Series · 1998
Heat of the Sun
Series · 1998
The Saint
Film · 1997
The Island on Bird Street
Film · 1997
Tomorrow Never Dies
Film · 1997
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Film · 1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Film · 1997
The Fix
Film · 1997
The Practice
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Deadly Voyage
Film · 1996
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
No Bananas
Series · 1996
The Infiltrator
Film · 1995
Braveheart
Film · 1995
Oliver's Travels
Series · 1995
Hamish Macbeth
Series · 1995
Oliver's Travels
Series · 1995
Sharpe's Company
Film · 1994
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
Film · 1994
Hildegard
Film · 1994
Nostradamus
Film · 1994
Sharpe's Enemy
Film · 1994
Sharpe's Honour
Film · 1994
Sharpe
Series · 1993
Running Late
Film · 1992
A Touch of Frost
Series · 1992
Between the Lines
Series · 1992
Murderous Decisions
Film · 1991
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Film · 1990
The Chief
Series · 1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Film · 1989
Saracen
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
Buster
Film · 1988
The Happy Valley
Film · 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Series · 1987
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Film · 1986
Yes, Prime Minister
Series · 1986
A Sort of Innocence
Series · 1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Series · 1986
In the Secret State
Film · 1985
The Good Father
Film · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Champions
Film · 1984
The Bill
Series · 1984
Ellis Island
Series · 1984
Henry VI Part 1
Film · 1983
Henry VI Part 2
Film · 1983
Henry VI Part 3
Film · 1983
The Tragedy of Richard III
Film · 1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Film · 1983
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Film · 1983
Man and Superman
Film · 1982
Smiley's People
Series · 1982
The Search for Alexander the Great
Series · 1981
The Silence of the Sea
Film · 1980
The Enigma Files
Series · 1980
Lady Killers
Series · 1980
Lady Killers
Series · 1980
Coming Out
Film · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Film · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
The Medusa Touch
Film · 1978
Force 10 from Navarone
Film · 1978
Accident
Series · 1978
The Devil's Crown
Series · 1978
Strangers
Series · 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Series · 1978
A Bridge Too Far
Film · 1977
Secret Army
Series · 1977
The Professionals
Series · 1977
Premiere
Series · 1977
The Eagle Has Landed
Film · 1976
Rogue Male
Film · 1976
The Omen
Film · 1976
Break In
Film · 1975
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
Film · 1975
Wednesday Love
Film · 1975
Conduct Unbecoming
Film · 1975
Edward the Seventh
Series · 1975
Vampyres
Film · 1974
Butley
Film · 1974
Ms or Jill and Jack
Film · 1974
Headmaster
Film · 1974
Thriller
Series · 1973
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Film · 1972
Crown Court
Series · 1972
New Scotland Yard
Series · 1972
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
The Image
Film · 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Series · 1969
Much Ado About Nothing
Film · 1967
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
The Scarlet Blade
Film · 1963
The Silent Playground
Film · 1963
Coronation Street
Series · 1960
Bjorn of the Dead
Film