Michael Byrne

ActorCrew Nov 7 (age 82) London, England, UK 1960–2023 (63 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Biography

Byrne was born in London, England. He has sometimes been cast in Nazimilitary roles 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 comm…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Gellert Grindelwald

Film

Braveheart

Smythe

Film

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Vogel

Film

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Stunt Double

Film

Gangs of New York

Horace Greeley

Film

The Omen

Monk (uncredited)

Film

Tomorrow Never Dies

HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly

Film

A Bridge Too Far

Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur

Filmography

Acting (133)

Movies (85)

The Gold Machine

2022

as Andrew Norton

5.0

Intrigo: Samaria

2019

as Commissioner Keller

5.5

The Last Witness

2018

as Coroner

5.8

Intrigo: Death of an Author

as Keller

Alien Overlords

as Michael

Mortdecai

as The Duke

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

2015

as Sir Charles Harwood

6.2

Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren

The First Line

as Richard

Diana

as Christiaan Barnard

Quartet

as Frank White

Outpost: Black Sun

as Neurath

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Gellert Grindelwald

7.7

Blood: The Last Vampire

2009

as Elder

5.8

The Mark of Cain

2007

as Lieut General Strathairn

5.2

The Return of the Dancing Master

as Emil Wetterstedt

Beyond the Sea

as Dr. Andretti

The Crooked Man

as Archie Saunders

Gangs of New York

as Horace Greeley

The Sum of All Fears

as Anatoli Grushkov

Sunday

as Lord Widgery

The Musketeer

as Treville, Head of the Musketeers

Proof of Life

as Lord Luthan

Battlefield Earth

as Parson Staffer

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

as Mr. Carruthers

Apt Pupil

as Ben Kramer

Gunshy

as Lange

Hornblower: The Even Chance

as Captain Keene

Imogen's Face

as Patrick

30 Years to Life

as Oliver Mather

Tomorrow Never Dies

as HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly

6.4

The Saint

1997

as Vereshagin

6.1

The Island on Bird Street

1997

as Bolek

7.2

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

as Venables

The Fix

as Sam Campbell

Sharpe: The Legend

as Nairn

Braveheart

as Smythe

The Infiltrator

as Dieter Creutz

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

1994

as Blank/German/Old Geezer

Sharpe's Enemy

as Major Nairn

Nostradamus

as Inquisitor

Hildegard

as Volmar

Sharpe's Company

as Major Nairn

Sharpe's Honour

as Major Nairn

Running Late

as Clitheroe

Murderous Decisions

1991

as Octave

The Plot to Kill Hitler

1990

as Friedrich Olbricht

6.0

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

as Vogel

Buster

as Poyser

The Happy Valley

as John Carberry

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

as Chorus

The Good Father

as Leonard Scruby

In the Secret State

as Guy Preger

Champions

1984

as Richard Hussey

6.6

Henry VI Part 3

1983

as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son

7.0

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

as Reinhard Beck

7.0

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

1983

as Antonio

6.3

Henry VI Part 2

1983

as John Hume / Lieutenant

7.0

The Tragedy of Richard III

1983

as Duke of Buckingham

Henry VI Part 1

as Duke of Alencon

Man and Superman

as Henry Straker

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

as Demosthenes

5.0

The Silence of the Sea

1980

as Werner Von Ebrennac

Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter

1979

as Ratrick Marney

Coming Out

1979

as Gunnar Wedelman

4.5

Force 10 from Navarone

as Schroeder

The Medusa Touch

as Duff

A Bridge Too Far

as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur

The Omen

as Monk (uncredited)

The Eagle Has Landed

as Karl

Rogue Male

as Interrogator

Wednesday Love

as Bruce

Conduct Unbecoming

1975

as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang

5.7

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

1975

as Richard Lovell

8.0

Break In

1975

as Clarke

Vampyres

as Playboy

Headmaster

Butley

as Reg Nuttall

Ms or Jill and Jack

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

as Edward Seymour

The Image

as The Artist

Much Ado About Nothing

as Claudio

The Scarlet Blade

as Lt. Hawke

The Silent Playground

1963

as Roger

4.7

Bjorn of the Dead

as Derek

Television (48)

Bodies

as Old Mullins

Strike

as Roy Phipps

Agatha Raisin

as Bishop Parsons

The Living and the Dead

as Ebenezer Alsop

Cuffs

as Leslie Kane

Crossing Lines

as Edward Baxendale

Empire

as Cicero

Double the Fist

Ultimate Force

Waking the Dead

as Joe Brackley

The Mists of Avalon

as Merlin

The Vice

Hornblower

as Captain Keene

Heat of the Sun

Midsomer Murders

as Keith Grundy

The Practice

as Officer (uncredited)

Silent Witness

No Bananas

as Edward Grant

Hamish Macbeth

as Duncan Scott

Oliver's Travels

as Moody

Oliver's Travels

Sharpe

as Major Nairn

A Touch of Frost

as Alex Ormrod

Between the Lines

The Chief

as Sir Robert Eaton

Saracen

as Col. Patrick Ansell

5.0

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as DCC Charles Griswold

6.3

Yes, Prime Minister

1986

8.4

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

as George Abell

A Sort of Innocence

The Bill

Ellis Island

as Dr. Carl Travers

Smiley's People

as Peter Guillam

Lady Killers

as Edward Marshall-Hall KC

5.0

The Enigma Files

1980

as David Stanley

5.5

Tales of the Unexpected

as Patrick Marney

Strangers

as Sgt Briscoe

Accident

as Ian Shaw

The Devil's Crown

as Richard Lionheart

The Professionals

as Werner Dreisinger

Secret Army

as Paul Vercors

Edward the Seventh

as Fritz

Shades of Greene

as Trevor's Father

Thriller

as Richard Lovell

Crown Court

Play for Today

as Russell

BBC Play of the Month

as Viskovsky

Coronation Street

as Ted Page

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

Stunt Double

7.5