ACTOR · BORN 1950

Gabriel Byrne

Born

12 May 1950

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1. #001

   Before becoming an actor, Gabriel Byrne worked as an archaeologist, a teacher, briefly as a cook and as a plumber.

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2. #002

   Gabriel Byrne holds Irish citizenship and has resident alien status in the United States.

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3. #003

   Gabriel Byrne speaks English and Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic).

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4. #004

   Gabriel Byrne began acting at the age of 29 and first went to America at the age of 37.

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5. #005

   Gabriel Byrne learned to speak Gaelic at university and still speaks it fluently.

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6. #006

   In a November 1999 interview with the New York Post, Gabriel Byrne claimed that he was abused by his Latin teacher while at an English seminary preparing for the priesthood.

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7. #007

   Gabriel Byrne wrote an autobiography titled "Pictures in My Head."

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8. #008

   Gabriel Byrne has a son named Jack Daniel, born in 1989, and a daughter named Romy Marion, born in 1992.

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9. #009

   Gabriel Byrne is the older brother of Donal, Thomas, Breda, Margaret and Marian (deceased).

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10. #010

    In Camelot (2008), Gabriel Byrne plays King Arthur. In Excalibur (1981), he plays Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon.

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11. #011

    Gabriel Byrne cites Federico Fellini's Amarcord (1973) as one of his favorite films of all time.

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12. #012

    Gabriel Byrne played football at Stella Maris Football Club in Drumcondra, Dublin.

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13. #013

    Gabriel Byrne is the son of Dan Byrne and Eileen Gannon.

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14. #014

    Gabriel Byrne was nominated for the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actor (Play) for the revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten."

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15. #015

    Gabriel Byrne has been a patron of the West of Ireland Cardiology Foundation in Croi since 1997.

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16. #016

    Gabriel Byrne has appeared in films alongside all three actors who have played Superman's archenemy Lex Luthor in live-action films: Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State (1998), Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects (1995) and Jesse Eisenberg in Louder Than Bombs (2015).

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17. #017

    Gabriel Byrne was born on exactly the same date as Bruce Boxleitner.

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