ACTOR

Gabriel Byrne

1950 - Today

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Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. Byrne was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and was listed at number 17 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Byrne has received more than 7,682,777 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Gabriel Byrne is the 559th most popular actor (down from 536th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Ireland and the 6th most popular Irish Actor.

Gabriel Byrne is most famous for his role as Dr. Paul Weston in the TV series In Treatment.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gabriel Byrne ranks 559 out of 13,578. Before him are Jim Broadbent, Samy Naceri, Mary Pickford, Woody Harrelson, Mr. T, and Kevin Kline. After him are Hildegard Knef, Michelle Yeoh, Michael Jai White, Milla Jovovich, Forest Whitaker, and Brendan Gleeson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Gabriel Byrne ranks 42. Before him are Chris Norman, Jörg Haider, Jody Williams, Flavio Briatore, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, and Georg Bednorz. After him are Ma Ying-jeou, Russell Alan Hulse, Jody Scheckter, Nouri al-Maliki, Suzi Quatro, and Jussi Adler-Olsen.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Gabriel Byrne ranks 33 out of 549. Before him are James Ussher (1581), Cillian Murphy (1976), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Iris Murdoch (1919), Bono (1960), and Bertie Ahern (1951). After him are Brendan Gleeson (1955), Francis Beaufort (1774), John Field (1782), Rory Gallagher (1948), Joseph Murphy (1898), and Ernest Walton (1903).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Gabriel Byrne ranks 6. Before him are Michael Gambon (1940), Pierce Brosnan (1953), Richard Harris (1930), Lola Montez (1821), and Cillian Murphy (1976). After him are Brendan Gleeson (1955), Maureen O'Hara (1920), David Kelly (1929), Colin Farrell (1976), Brenda Fricker (1945), and Fionnula Flanagan (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Usual Suspects
Dean Keaton
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
Jul 19o 19958.187 / 10
Hereditary
Steve Graham
Following the death of Ellen Leigh, the matriarch of their family, her daughter Annie and the rest of the family start to uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
Jun 7o 20187.289 / 10
Ghost Ship
Captain Sean Murphy
After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Oct 25o 20025.951 / 10