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Aliases: Майкл Бирн

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 76

TV Involvements: 33


Most Famous Work

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 commandant and involved in the Nazis's sinister reality-shifting experiments. Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Ian McKellen) in the film Apt Pupil. He is also familiar to audiences as Smythe, a soldier who attempts to rape William Wallace's wife and first inspires Wallace to seek independence from England in the film Braveheart. His other film credits include The Eagle Has Landed, A Bridge Too Far, The Medusa Touch, The Saint, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears, Gangs of New York and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. On television, he has appeared in Z-Cars, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, The Devil's Crown,Smiley's People, Yes, Prime Minister, Lord Mountbatten - the Last Viceroy, Between The Lines, Sharpe, The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead, The Body Farm, Honest, Hamish Macbeth, and Casualty. From April 2008 to January 2010, Michael starred in Coronation Street, as Ted Page, Gail Platt's long lost father and the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts. It is not known whether he will return to the show. Byrne appeared in State of Play at the Edinburgh Festival written by Zia Trench. He played Romeo to Siân Phillips' Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic. Father of actress Allie Byrne.

Most Famous Work

Coronation Street
Average
5

Coronation Street

(1960) Ted Page
Midsomer Murders
Average
8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Keith Grundy
Play for Today
Average
6

Play for Today

(1970) Bruce
BBC Play of the Month
Average
5

BBC Play of the Month

(1965) Viskovsky
A Touch of Frost
Average
8

A Touch of Frost

(1992) Alex Ormrod
Tales of the Unexpected
Average
7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Patrick Marney
The Professionals
Average
7

The Professionals

(1977) Werner Dreisinger
Bodies
Average
7

Bodies

(2023) Old Mullins

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Old Mullins
2022 Andrew Norton
2019 Commissioner Keller
2018 Michael
Keller
Coroner
2017 Roy Phipps
2016 Ebenezer Alsop
Bishop Parsons
2015 Sir Charles Harwood
The Duke
2014 Richard
2013 Christiaan Barnard
Edward Baxendale
2012 Frank White
Neurath
2010 Gellert Grindelwald
2009 Elder
2007 Lieut General Strathairn
2005 Cicero
2004 Dr. Andretti
N/A
Emil Wetterstedt
2003 Archie Saunders
2002 Horace Greeley
N/A
Anatoli Grushkov
Lord Widgery
2001 Treville, Head of the Musketeers
Merlin
Joe Brackley
2000 Lord Luthan
Parson Staffer
1999 Mr. Carruthers
N/A
1998 Ben Kramer
Oliver Mather
Captain Keene
Captain Keene
Patrick
Lange
N/A
1997 HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
Nairn
Venables
Bolek
Vereshagin
Keith Grundy
Officer (uncredited)
Sam Campbell
1996 Edward Grant
N/A
1995 Dieter Creutz
Moody
N/A
Smythe
Bryden Thomas
Duncan Scott
1994 Inquisitor
Blank/German/Old Geezer
Major Nairn
Major Nairn
Major Nairn
Volmar
1993 Major Nairn
1992 Alex Ormrod
Clitheroe
N/A
1991 Octave
1990 Sir Robert Eaton
Friedrich Olbricht
1989 Col. Patrick Ansell
Vogel
1988 Poyser
1987 John Carberry
DCC Charles Griswold
1986 N/A
Chorus
George Abell
N/A
1985 Leonard Scruby
Guy Preger
1984 Dr. Carl Travers
N/A
Richard Hussey
1983 Antonio
Reinhard Beck
Duke of Buckingham
Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
John Hume / Lieutenant
Duke of Alencon
1982 Henry Straker
Peter Guillam
1981 Demosthenes
1980 Werner Von Ebrennac
Edward Marshall-Hall
Edward Marshall-Hall KC
David Stanley
Gunnar Wedelman
Patrick Marney
1978 Ian Shaw
Schroeder
Duff
1977 Werner Dreisinger
Paul Vercors
Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
1976 Karl
Interrogator
Monk (uncredited)
1975 Clarke
2nd Lt. Toby Strang
Trevor's Father
Bruce
Richard Lovell
1974 Playboy
N/A
Reg Nuttall
N/A
N/A
1973 Richard Lovell
1972 N/A
Edward Seymour
1970 N/A
Russell
Bruce
1969 The Artist
1967 Claudio
1965 Viskovsky
1963 Roger
Lt. Hawke
1960 Ted Page
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2005 Stunt Double
Year Role Movie/Tv

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