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Michael Byrne

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Michael Byrne

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  • Born
    November 7, 1943 · London, England, UK
  • Height
    1.77 m

Biography

    • Michael Byrne was born on November 7, 1943 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Indiana Jones et la Dernière Croisade (1989), Braveheart (1995) and Gangs of New York (2002).

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  • Children
      Allie Byrne
  • Parents
      Helen Byrne

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  • Often plays Nazis or figures of military authority.

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  • Has played a Nazi foil for Harrison Ford twice, in L'ouragan vient de Navarone (1978) and Indiana Jones et la Dernière Croisade (1989). In both movies, his character ends up in a vehicle falling off a cliff.
  • Has played a Nazi in Indiana Jones et la Dernière Croisade (1989) and a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust in Un élève doué (1998).
  • He was brought up by a single mother from Kilkenny Ireland.
  • He and his Harry Potter et les Reliques de la Mort : partie 1 (2010) co-star Bill Nighy both played General Friedrich Olbricht in dramas depicting the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler: Byrne in Complot contre Hitler (1990) and Nighy in Walkyrie (2008).
  • Considered for the roles of Roger Derebridge, Dr. Bukovsky. Lamson, Kelly and Dr. Armstrong in Lifeforce - L'étoile du mal (1985).

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