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.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Vogel
Age 45 (now 82)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Gellert Grindelwald
Age 67 (now 82)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Stunt Double
Age 61 (now 82)
The Return of the Dancing Master
as Emil Wetterstedt
Age 60 (now 82)
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
as Venables
Age 53 (now 82)
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
as Blank/German/Old Geezer
Age 50 (now 82)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Vogel
Age 45 (now 82)
The Tragedy of Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
Age 39 (now 82)
Henry VI Part 3
as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Age 39 (now 82)
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Demosthenes
Age 37 (now 82)
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
as Ratrick Marney
Age 35 (now 82)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Edward Seymour
Age 28 (now 82)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as DCC Charles Griswold
Age 43 (now 82)
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
as George Abell
Age 42 (now 82)
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Also Known As
Майкл Бирн
IMDB
nm0126250