Michael Byrne

Known for ActingBorn 1943-11-07 (age 82)London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Sort of Innocence

The Crooked Man

Running Late

Murderous Decisions

Man and Superman

Yes, Prime Minister

Shades of Greene

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

Sharpe

Braveheart

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Henry VI Part 3

The Tragedy of Richard III

Hornblower

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Ms or Jill and Jack

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Sunday

Hamish Macbeth

The Practice

No Bananas

Double the Fist

The Devil's Crown

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Henry VI Part 1

Silent Witness

Smiley's People

Secret Army

Midsomer Murders

A Touch of Frost

Strike

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Bodies

Henry VI Part 2

Gangs of New York

Lady Killers

The Professionals

Waking the Dead

The Omen

Screen One

The Island on Bird Street

Strangers

Screen Two

A Bridge Too Far

Cuffs

The Chief

The Living and the Dead