Acting
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.
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV
Coronation Street
1960 · TV
Play for Today
1970 · TV
Silent Witness
1996 · TV
The Practice
1997 · TV
Screen Two
1985 · TV
Crown Court
1972 · TV
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
A Touch of Frost
1992 · TV
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV
The Bill
1984 · TV
The Professionals
1977 · TV
Crossing Lines
2013 · TV
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV
Strike
2017 · TV
Braveheart
1995 · Movie
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · TV
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 · Movie
Sharpe
1993 · TV
Thriller
1973 · TV
Agatha Raisin
2016 · TV
The Chief
1990 · TV
Between the Lines
1992 · TV
New Scotland Yard
1972 · TV
Secret Army
1977 · TV
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Movie
Bodies
2023 · TV
Gangs of New York
2002 · Movie
The Vice
1999 · TV
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 · Movie
Hornblower
1998 · TV
The Omen
1976 · Movie
Strangers
1978 · TV
Screen One
1989 · TV
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · TV
Ultimate Force
2002 · TV
Empire
2005 · TV
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · TV
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Movie
Lady Killers
1980 · TV
Yes, Prime Minister
1986 · TV
Mortdecai
2015 · Movie
Smiley's People
1982 · TV
The Mists of Avalon
2001 · TV
The Saint
1997 · Movie
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Movie
Cuffs
2015 · TV
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Movie
Battlefield Earth
2000 · Movie
The Body Farm
2011 · TV
The Living and the Dead
2016 · TV
Apt Pupil
1998 · Movie
Ellis Island
1984 · TV
Proof of Life
2000 · Movie
The Enigma Files
1980 · TV
The Musketeer
2001 · Movie
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009 · Movie
Edward the Seventh
1975 · TV
Vampyres
1974 · Movie
The Island on Bird Street
1997 · Movie
The First Line
2014 · Movie
Oliver's Travels
1995 · TV
Beyond the Sea
2004 · Movie
Quartet
2012 · Movie
Outpost: Black Sun
2012 · Movie
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986 · TV
Intrigo: Samaria
2019 · Movie
Saracen
1989 · TV
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · Movie
Diana
2013 · Movie
Gunshy
1998 · Movie
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972 · Movie
Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998 · Movie
Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018 · Movie
The Medusa Touch
1978 · Movie
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Movie
Heat of the Sun
1998 · TV
Alien Overlords
2018 · Movie
The Infiltrator
1995 · Movie
No Bananas
1996 · TV
Wednesday Love
1975 · Movie
Sharpe's Company
1994 · Movie
Sharpe's Enemy
1994 · Movie
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983 · Movie
Nostradamus
1994 · Movie
The Devil's Crown
1978 · TV
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
1979 · Movie
The Last Witness
2018 · Movie
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015 · Movie
Conduct Unbecoming
1975 · Movie
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981 · TV
Champions
1984 · Movie
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997 · Movie
Buster
1988 · Movie
Hildegard
1994 · Movie
Henry VI Part 1
1983 · Movie
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990 · Movie
Sharpe's Honour
1994 · Movie
The Scarlet Blade
1963 · Movie
Much Ado About Nothing
1967 · Movie
The Good Father
1985 · Movie
Henry VI Part 2
1983 · Movie
Henry VI Part 3
1983 · Movie
The Happy Valley
1987 · Movie
The Mark of Cain
2007 · Movie
Rogue Male
1976 · Movie
The Gold Machine
2022 · Movie
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004 · Movie
Imogen's Face
1998 · Movie
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 · Movie
Butley
1974 · Movie
The Fix
1997 · Movie
Man and Superman
1982 · Movie
The Image
1969 · Movie
30 Years to Life
1998 · Movie
Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren
2015 · Movie
The Crooked Man
2003 · Movie
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1983 · Movie
Sunday
2002 · Movie
In the Secret State
1985 · Movie
Break In
1975 · Movie
The Silent Playground
1963 · Movie
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999 · Movie
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
1994 · Movie
Running Late
1992 · Movie
Headmaster
1974 · Movie
Coming Out
1979 · Movie
The Silence of the Sea
1980 · Movie
