Michael Byrne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 7, 1943
- Died
- June 20, 2026
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Michael Byrne was a British actor sometimes cast as Nazis 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 was 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, heappeared 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. 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. He was the father of actress Allie Byrne.
Filmography
- Bjorn of the Dead
Bjorn of the Dead TBA
as Derek
The Gold Machine 2022
as Andrew Norton
Intrigo: Samaria 2019
as Commissioner Keller
Alien Overlords 2018
as Michael
Intrigo: Death of an Author 2018
as Keller
The Last Witness 2018
as Coroner
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter 2015
as Sir Charles Harwood
Mortdecai 2015
as The Duke
The First Line 2014
as Richard
Diana 2013
as Christiaan Barnard
Quartet 2012
as Frank White
Outpost: Black Sun 2012
as Neurath
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010
as Gellert Grindelwald
Blood: The Last Vampire 2009
as Elder
The Mark of Cain 2007
as Lieut General Strathairn
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005
Stunt Double
Beyond the Sea 2004
as Dr. Andretti
The Return of the Dancing Master 2004
as Emil Wetterstedt
The Crooked Man 2003
as Archie Saunders
Gangs of New York 2002
as Horace Greeley
The Sum of All Fears 2002
as Anatoli Grushkov
Sunday 2002
as Lord Widgery
The Musketeer 2001
as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
Proof of Life 2000
as Lord Luthan
Battlefield Earth 2000
as Parson Staffer
The Holocaust on Trial 2000
as Richard Rampton QC
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei 1999
as Mr. Carruthers
Apt Pupil 1998
as Ben Kramer
30 Years to Life 1998
as Oliver Mather
Hornblower: The Even Chance 1998
as Captain Keene
Imogen's Face 1998
as Patrick
Gunshy 1998
as Lange
Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
as HMS Bedford Admiral Kelly
Sharpe: The Legend 1997
as Nairn
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse 1997
as Venables
The Island on Bird Street 1997
as Bolek
The Saint 1997
as Vereshagin
The Fix 1997
as Sam Campbell
Deadly Voyage 1996
as Commissioner
The Infiltrator 1995
as Dieter Creutz
Braveheart 1995
as Smythe
Nostradamus 1994
as Inquisitor
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart 1994
as Blank/German/Old Geezer
Sharpe's Honour 1994
as Major Nairn
Sharpe's Enemy 1994
as Major Nairn
Sharpe's Company 1994
as Major Nairn
Hildegard 1994
as Volmar
Running Late 1992
as Clitheroe
Murderous Decisions 1991
as Octave
The Plot to Kill Hitler 1990
as Friedrich Olbricht
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
as Vogel
Buster 1988
as Poyser
The Happy Valley 1987
as John Carberry
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King 1986
as Chorus
The Good Father 1985
as Leonard Scruby
In the Secret State 1985
as Guy Preger
Champions 1984
as Richard Hussey
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1983
as Antonio
The Scarlet and the Black 1983
as Reinhard Beck
The Tragedy of Richard III 1983
as Duke of Buckingham
Henry VI Part 3 1983
as Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son
Henry VI Part 2 1983
as John Hume / Lieutenant
Henry VI Part 1 1983
as Duke of Alencon
Man and Superman 1982
as Henry Straker
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
Force 10 from Navarone 1978
as Schroeder
The Medusa Touch 1978
as Duff
A Bridge Too Far 1977
as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
The Eagle Has Landed 1976
as Karl
Rogue Male 1976
as Interrogator
- The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War
The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War 1976
as Gorev
The Omen 1976
as Monk (uncredited)
Break In 1975
as Clarke
Conduct Unbecoming 1975
as 2nd Lt. Toby Strang
Wednesday Love 1975
as Bruce
- If It's a Man – Hang Up!
If It's a Man – Hang Up! 1975
as Richard Lovell
Vampyres 1974
as Playboy
Headmaster 1974
Actor
Butley 1974
as Reg Nuttall
- Ms or Jill and Jack
Ms or Jill and Jack 1974
Actor
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972
as Edward Seymour
The Image 1969
as The Artist
Much Ado About Nothing 1967
as Claudio
The Silent Playground 1963
as Roger
The Scarlet Blade 1963
as Lt. Hawke
Credits from TMDB.