Date Of Birth: May 12, 1950 in Dublin, Ireland
Siblings: Eldest of 6 children
Children: Jack Daniel, born 1989- Romy Marion, born 1992; Both with ex-wife Ellen Barkin.
Occupation: Actor, author, producer, screen writer, director and human rights activist
Resides: New York, USA and Dublin, Ireland
Movies: Moon of the misbegotten (which was only released in the US.), Somebody is waiting (1999), Stigmata (1999), End of days (1999), The man in the iron mask (1998), Quest for camelot (1998), Summer fling (1998), Polish wedding (1998), Smilla's sense of snow (1997), Weapons of mass distraction (1997), The end of violence (1997), This is the sea (1997), The last of the high kings (1996), Draiocht (1996), Mad dog time (1996), Trigger happy (1996),The Brylcreem boys, (1996), Somebody is waiting (1996), The usual suspects (1995), Frankie Starlight, (1995), Dead man (1995), Buffalo girls (1995), Trial by jury (1994), A simple twist of fate (1994), Little women (1994), Royal deceit (1994), All things bright and beautiful (1994), Point of no return (1993), A dangerous woman (1993), Cool world (1992), Into the west (1992), O mundo probibido (1992), Dark obsession (1991), Miller's crossing (1990), Shipwreck (1990), The courier (1989), A soldier's tale (1989), Julia and Julia (1988), Hello again (1987), Lionheart (1987), Siesta (1987), Defense of the realm (1986), Gothic (1986), Christopher Columbus (1985), Defence of the realm (1985), Reflections (1984), Hanna K. (1983), The keep (1983), Excalibur (1981), Bracken (1978), On a paving stone mounted (1978)
Awards: 2000 Wild Geese- Outstanding award for Irish culture
1999-2000 Theatre World Award "Moon for the Misbegotten
1999 Maverick Tribute Award Cinequest Film Festival
1979 Jacob's Award, "Bracken" Best Actor TV Series (drama)
Other Info: Gabriel Byrne started acting at the age of 29 and he went to America for the first time when he was 37.
Books: Pictures in my head,
Myths & tales of ancient Ireland,
The women who danced with JFK
Did You Know.. That due to his strict Catholic upbringing (in which looking in the mirror was considered shameful and vain), he was 25 years old before he realized that he had blue eyes.
That he studied bull fighting in Spain for a few months. After stepping in the ring with his first bull, he quickly decided it was not for him.
That at the age of 12, he entered the seminary with the intention of becoming a priest? And that he was expelled four years later after being caught smoking in the graveyard.
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