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 Od ... ilo 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.
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Saracen
as Col. Patrick Ansell
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Sep 02, 1989
Sharpe
as Major Nairn
Episodes: 12
First Aired: May 05, 1993
No Bananas
as Edward Grant
Episodes: 10
First Aired: May 05, 1996
Empire
as Cicero
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jun 28, 2005
Smiley's People
as Peter Guillam
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 20, 1982
The Living and the Dead
as Ebenezer Alsop
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jun 28, 2016
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
as George Abell
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jan 26, 1986
Oliver's Travels
as Moody
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jun 11, 1995
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as DCC Charles Griswold
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 02, 1987
Ellis Island
as Dr. Carl Travers
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 11, 1984
Bodies
as Old Mullins
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 19, 2023
Coronation Street
as Ted Page
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 09, 1960
Waking the Dead
as Joe Brackley
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 18, 2001
The Mists of Avalon
as Merlin
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 14, 2001
Strike
as Roy Phipps
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 27, 2017
Thriller
as Richard Lovell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 14, 1973
Hornblower
as Captain Keene
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1998
Tales of the Unexpected
as Patrick Marney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 1979
A Touch of Frost
as Alex Ormrod
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 06, 1992
The Practice
as Officer (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 1997
The Enigma Files
as David Stanley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 15, 1980
Secret Army
as Paul Vercors
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1977
Crossing Lines
as Edward Baxendale
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 22, 2013
Shades of Greene
as Trevor's Father
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1975
Midsomer Murders
as Keith Grundy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Play for Today
as Russell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Play for Today
as Bruce
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Lady Killers
as Edward Marshall-Hall KC
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 20, 1980
Lady Killers
as Edward Marshall-Hall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 20, 1980
Agatha Raisin
as Bishop Parsons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 07, 2016
Hamish Macbeth
as Duncan Scott
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 26, 1995
The Professionals
as Werner Dreisinger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 30, 1977
A Sort of Innocence
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Dec 01, 1986
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Dec 03, 1978
Heat of the Sun
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 28, 1998
Silent Witness
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 21, 1996
Between the Lines
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 04, 1992
The Vice
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 04, 1999
Ultimate Force
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 2002
Double the Fist
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 21, 2004
The Bill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1984
Crown Court
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1972
Yes, Prime Minister
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1986
Play for Today
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Within These Walls
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 04, 1974
Oliver's Travels
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 11, 1995
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