Gabriel Byrne Gabriel Byrne Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera "The Riordans" and the spin-off show "Bracken". He has appeared in over 35 feature films, including "Excalibur" (1981), "Miller's Crossing" (1990), "The Usual Suspects" (1995), "Stigmata" (1999), "End of Days" (1999), "Spider" (2002), "Jindabyne" (2006), "Vampire Academy" (2014), "The 33" (2015), and "Hereditary" (2018), and co-wrote "The Last of the High
Gabriel Byrne year. In 2011, Byrne signed up to appear in a movie by director Costa Gavras; "Le Capital", an adaptation of Stéphane Osmont's novel of the same name. In 2013, he starred as Earl Haraldson in the first season of "Vikings" opposite Travis Fimmel and Clive Standen. In 2017, he appeared in "Mad to Be Normal" (previously titled "Metanoia"), a biopic of the Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, produced by Gizmo Films. He was cultural ambassador for Ireland until he criticised the tourism initiative The Gathering, describing it as an attempt by Ireland's politicians and media to fleece wealthy Americans. Byrne