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Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

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.

Casted
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    7.7
    19875 votes
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    7.9
    10714 votes
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    7.8
    10713 votes
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    7.3
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    6.4
    3292 votes
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    5.5
    2709 votes
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    7.4
    2284 votes
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    6.1
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    7.2
    885 votes
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    6.1
    829 votes
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    6.5
    690 votes
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    5.6
    498 votes
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    5.9
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    6.5
    375 votes
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    6.6
    364 votes
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    6.2
    326 votes
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    5.2
    238 votes
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    6.8
    193 votes
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    6.3
    173 votes
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    5.9
    150 votes
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    5.0
    119 votes
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    5.6
    88 votes
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    38 years ago
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    5.9
    84 votes
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    8 years ago
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    5.7
    72 votes
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    7.1
    64 votes
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    29 years ago
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    Played Reinhard Beck

    Average Rating
    7.0
    60 votes
    Release Date
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    43 years ago
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    5.3
    58 votes
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    7 years ago
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    7.5
    53 votes
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    27 years ago
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    Average Rating
    5.5
    40 votes
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    6 years ago
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    Average Rating
    5.2
    37 votes
    Release Date
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    18 years ago
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    Played Major Nairn

    Average Rating
    6.8
    35 votes
    Release Date
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    32 years ago
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    Played Major Nairn

    Average Rating
    6.7
    34 votes
    Release Date
    May 25, 1994
    32 years ago
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    Played Major Nairn

    Average Rating
    6.6
    29 votes
    Release Date
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    32 years ago
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    6.2
    26 votes
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    Played Friedrich Olbricht

    Average Rating
    6.0
    24 votes
    Release Date
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    36 years ago
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    Average Rating
    5.7
    23 votes
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    51 years ago
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    Average Rating
    5.4
    23 votes
    Release Date
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    28 years ago
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    Average Rating
    6.5
    20 votes
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    50 years ago
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    5.4
    19 votes
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    63 years ago
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    5.6
    19 votes
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    54 years ago
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    5.4
    15 votes
    Release Date
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    41 years ago
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    Average Rating
    6.6
    15 votes
    Release Date
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    42 years ago
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    5.8
    12 votes
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    29 years ago
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    Played Michael

    Average Rating
    4.0
    12 votes
    Release Date
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    7 years ago
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    Played Reg Nuttall

    Average Rating
    6.0
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 21, 1974
    52 years ago
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    Played The Artist

    Average Rating
    4.7
    10 votes
    Release Date
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    58 years ago
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    Played Mr. Carruthers

    Average Rating
    7.6
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 15, 1999
    26 years ago
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    Played Emil Wetterstedt

    Average Rating
    4.8
    9 votes
    Release Date
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    22 years ago
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    Played Lord Widgery

    Average Rating
    7.4
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 28, 2002
    24 years ago
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    Played Nairn

    Average Rating
    5.0
    6 votes
    Release Date
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    28 years ago
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    Played Dieter Creutz

    Average Rating
    5.9
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 24, 1995
    31 years ago
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    Played John Carberry

    Average Rating
    5.8
    5 votes
    Release Date
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    39 years ago
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    Played Sam Campbell

    Average Rating
    2.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
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    29 years ago
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    Played Gunnar Wedelman

    Average Rating
    4.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 10, 1979
    47 years ago
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    Played Roger

    Average Rating
    4.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
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    63 years ago

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    Played Richard Lovell

    Average Rating
    8.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 11, 1975
    51 years ago
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    Played Richard

    Average Rating
    6.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 27, 2014
    11 years ago
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    Played Antonio

    Average Rating
    6.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
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    42 years ago
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    Played Duke of Alencon

    Average Rating
    7.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 02, 1983
    43 years ago
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    Played Claudio

    Average Rating
    5.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 05, 1967
    60 years ago
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    Played Oliver Mather

    Average Rating
    5.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 15, 1998
    27 years ago
  • A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

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    Played Blank/German/Old Geezer

    Average Rating
    2.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 10, 1994
    32 years ago
  • The Search for Alexander the Great

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    Played Demosthenes

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    May 06, 1981
    45 years ago
  • Henry VI Part 2

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    Played John Hume / Lieutenant

    Average Rating
    7.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 09, 1983
    43 years ago
  • Henry VI Part 3

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    Played Marquess of Montague / Father that killed his son

    Average Rating
    7.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 16, 1983
    43 years ago
  • The Tragedy of Richard III

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    Played Duke of Buckingham

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 23, 1983
    43 years ago
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    Played Andrew Norton

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 02, 2022
    3 years ago
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    Played Patrick

    Average Rating
    2.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 02, 1998
    28 years ago
  • Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

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    Played Chorus

    Average Rating
    2.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 16, 1986
    40 years ago
  • Running Late

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    Played Clitheroe

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 11, 1992
    33 years ago
  • In the Secret State

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    Played Guy Preger

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 10, 1985
    41 years ago

  • Man and Superman

    Played Henry Straker

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1982
    43 years ago

  • Ms or Jill and Jack

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 02, 1974
    53 years ago

  • Murderous Decisions

    Played Octave

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 15, 1991
    34 years ago
  • Headmaster

    Headmaster

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 14, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Hildegard

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    Played Volmar

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1994
    32 years ago
  • Break In

    Break In

    Played Clarke

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 06, 1975
    51 years ago

  • The Crooked Man

    Played Archie Saunders

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 17, 2003
    22 years ago
  • Wednesday Love

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    Played Bruce

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    May 08, 1975
    51 years ago
  • The Silence of the Sea

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    Played Werner Von Ebrennac

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 24, 1980
    46 years ago
  • Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter

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    Played Ratrick Marney

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 14, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren

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    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 15, 2015
    11 years ago
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