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 Byrne (playwright) be near to my heart"), and the pair co-wrote several songs together. He illustrated "Selected Stories" by James Kelman, winner of the 1994 Booker Prize. Several of his paintings hang in The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, including portraits of Robbie Coltrane, Billy Connolly, Tilda Swinton (the mother of two of his children), and a self-portrait. Byrne continues to work industriously, painting from his studio in Edinburgh. He regularly exhibits new work at the Fine Art Society (London and Edinburgh), the Rendezvous Gallery (Aberdeen) and Brown's Art Gallery (Tain, Highlands). John Byrne (playwright) John Patrick Byrne (born 6 January