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
Time to Pretend (song) 2008 and in the pilot episode of HBO's "Girls" and the pilot episode of "The Magicians". It has also appeared in ITV's live coverage of Champions League football. "Time to Pretend" was also used on the Argentine TV show "Exitosos Pells", showing bloopers from the series. The song was also used in The Revolution Will Be Televised series. "Time to Pretend" has been used in the 2008 films (or in the trailers for) "Sex Drive", "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" and "21", an early trailer for the Tim Burton film "Alice in Wonderland", the 2011 film "Warrior" and