Michael Byrne
Acting
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.
TV Shows(47)
Bodies
Old Mullins
2023
Strike
Roy Phipps
2017
The Living and the Dead
Ebenezer Alsop
2016
Agatha Raisin
Bishop Parsons
2016
Cuffs
Leslie Kane
2015
Crossing Lines
Edward Baxendale
2013
Empire
Cicero
2005
Double the Fist
2004
Ultimate Force
2002
The Mists of Avalon
Merlin
2001
Waking the Dead
Joe Brackley
2001
The Vice
1999
Hornblower
Captain Keene
1998
Heat of the Sun
1998
Midsomer Murders
Keith Grundy
1997
The Practice
Officer (uncredited)
1997
No Bananas
Edward Grant
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Oliver's Travels
Moody
1995
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Scott
1995
Sharpe
Major Nairn
1993
A Touch of Frost
Alex Ormrod
1992
Between the Lines
1992
The Chief
Sir Robert Eaton
1990
Saracen
Col. Patrick Ansell
1989
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
DCC Charles Griswold
1987
A Sort of Innocence
1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
George Abell
1986
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Ellis Island
Dr. Carl Travers
1984
The Bill
1984
Smiley's People
Peter Guillam
1982
Lady Killers
Edward Marshall-Hall KC
1980
The Enigma Files
David Stanley
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Patrick Marney
1979
Accident
Ian Shaw
1978
Strangers
Sgt Briscoe
1978
The Devil's Crown
Richard Lionheart
1978
The Professionals
Werner Dreisinger
1977
Secret Army
Paul Vercors
1977
Shades of Greene
Trevor's Father
1975
Edward the Seventh
Fritz
1975
Thriller
Richard Lovell
1973
Crown Court
1972
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
Viskovsky
1965
Coronation Street
Ted Page
1960
Movies(85)
The Gold Machine
Andrew Norton
2022
Intrigo: Samaria
Commissioner Keller
2019
Alien Overlords
Michael
2018
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Keller
2018
The Last Witness
Coroner
2018
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
Sir Charles Harwood
2015
Mortdecai
The Duke
2015
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2015
The First Line
Richard
2014
Diana
Christiaan Barnard
2013
Quartet
Frank White
2012
Outpost: Black Sun
Neurath
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Gellert Grindelwald
2010
Blood: The Last Vampire
Elder
2009
The Mark of Cain
Lieut General Strathairn
2007
Beyond the Sea
Dr. Andretti
2004
The Return of the Dancing Master
Emil Wetterstedt
2004
The Crooked Man
Archie Saunders
2003
Gangs of New York
Horace Greeley
2002
The Sum of All Fears
Anatoli Grushkov
2002
Sunday
Lord Widgery
2002
The Musketeer
Treville, Head of the Musketeers
2001
Proof of Life
Lord Luthan
2000
Battlefield Earth
Parson Staffer
2000
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Mr. Carruthers
1999
Apt Pupil
Ben Kramer
1998
30 Years to Life
Oliver Mather
1998
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Captain Keene
1998
Imogen's Face
Patrick
1998
Gunshy
Lange
1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Nairn
1997
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Venables
1997
The Island on Bird Street
Bolek
1997
The Saint
Vereshagin
1997
The Fix
Sam Campbell
1997
The Infiltrator
Dieter Creutz
1995
Braveheart
Smythe
1995
Nostradamus
Inquisitor
1994
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
Blank/German/Old Geezer
1994
Sharpe's Honour
Major Nairn
1994
Sharpe's Enemy
Major Nairn
1994
Sharpe's Company
Major Nairn
1994
Hildegard
Volmar
1994
Running Late
Clitheroe
1992
Murderous Decisions
Octave
1991
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Friedrich Olbricht
1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Vogel
1989
Buster
Poyser
1988
The Happy Valley
John Carberry
1987
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Chorus
1986
The Good Father
Leonard Scruby
1985
In the Secret State
Guy Preger
1985
Champions
Richard Hussey
1984
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Antonio
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Reinhard Beck
1983
The Tragedy of Richard III
Duke of Buckingham
1983
Henry VI Part 3
Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
1983
Henry VI Part 2
John Hume / Lieutenant
1983
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of Alencon
1983
Man and Superman
Henry Straker
1982
The Search for Alexander the Great
Demosthenes
1981
The Silence of the Sea
Werner Von Ebrennac
1980
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Ratrick Marney
1979
Coming Out
Gunnar Wedelman
1979
Force 10 from Navarone
Schroeder
1978
The Medusa Touch
Duff
1978
A Bridge Too Far
Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
1977
The Eagle Has Landed
Karl
1976
Rogue Male
Interrogator
1976
The Omen
Monk (uncredited)
1976
Break In
Clarke
1975
Conduct Unbecoming
2nd Lt. Toby Strang
1975
Wednesday Love
Bruce
1975
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
Richard Lovell
1975
Vampyres
Playboy
1974
Headmaster
1974
Butley
Reg Nuttall
1974
Ms or Jill and Jack
1974
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Edward Seymour
1972
The Image
The Artist
1969
Much Ado About Nothing
Claudio
1967
The Silent Playground
Roger
1963
The Scarlet Blade
Lt. Hawke
1963
Bjorn of the Dead
Derek