
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.

Shades of Greene

Yes, Prime Minister

Sharpe

ブレイブハート

インディ・ジョーンズ/最後の聖戦

Hornblower

ハリー・ポッターと死の秘宝 Part1

Smiley's People

Hamish Macbeth

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

The Practice

バーナビー警部

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Henry VI Part 1

法医学捜査班 silent witness

Secret Army

The Professionals

A Touch of Frost

オーメン

Sunday

ギャング・オブ・ニューヨーク

The Devil's Crown

遠すぎた橋

The Island on Bird Street

Waking the Dead

私立探偵ストライク

Bodies/ボディーズ

Henry VI Part 2

Henry VI Part 3

The Scarlet and the Black

Strangers

恐怖の魔力/メドゥーサ・タッチ

Sharpe's Company

Sharpe's Enemy

Thriller

The Bill

Tales of the Unexpected

アヴァロンの霧

The Living and the Dead

クロッシング・ライン〜ヨーロッパ特別捜査チーム〜

Sharpe's Honour

鷲は舞いおりた

Champions

Ultimate Force

ゴールデンボーイ

Butley

カルテット!人生のオペラハウス

Rogue Male

Empire

007/トゥモロー・ネバー・ダイ

トータル・フィアーズ

Beyond the Sea

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Play for Today

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Edward the Seventh

ナバロンの嵐

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

プルーフ・オブ・ライフ

Agatha Raisin

セイント

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Tragedy of Richard III

Hildegard

Πρόμαχος

The Chief

ドーターズ・オブ・ドラキュラ/吸血淫乱姉妹

The Infiltrator

Heat of the Sun

ラスト・ブラッド

The Last Witness

蒼ざめた馬

The Happy Valley

Nostradamus

Conduct Unbecoming

Buster

ダイアナ

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

チャーリー・モルデカイ 華麗なる名画の秘密

Much Ado About Nothing

Intrigo: Samaria

The Enigma Files

The Scarlet Blade

The Good Father

Gunshy

Crown Court

Intrigo: Death of an Author

The Vice

Coronation Street

The Musketeer

The Mark of Cain

Between the Lines

The Search for Alexander the Great

Outpost: Black Sun

The Gold Machine

30 Years to Life

Sharpe: The Legend

No Bananas

Oliver's Travels

Saracen

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Lady Killers

BBC Play of the Month

Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers

The Image

The Silent Playground

Ellis Island

Coming Out

Alien Overlords

バトルフィールド・アース

The Fix

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

Imogen's Face

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Running Late

In the Secret State

Headmaster

Break In

Wednesday Love

The Silence of the Sea

Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter

Rom - Schlacht der Gladiatoren