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
John V. Byrne John V. Byrne John Vincent Byrne (born May 9, 1928) is an American marine geologist and academic. He served as the 12th President of Oregon State University from 1984 to 1995. Byrne attended Hamilton College in his home state of New York where he earned a Bachelor of Science in marine geology in 1951. He later furthered his studies and earned a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in geology in 1953, and a Ph.D in marine geology from the University of Southern California in 1957. Byrne came to Oregon State University in 1960 and served until 1981, during