Gabriel Byrne

Mini Bio:: Gabriel James Byrne (Irish: Gabriel Séamas Ó Broin ; born May 12, 1950) is an Emmy- and Tony-nominated Irish actor, film director, film producer and writer, as well as a Grammy-nominated audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen début came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. The actor has now starred in over thirty-five feature films, such as The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing and Stigmata, in addition to writing two. Byrne's producing credits include the Academy Award-nominated In the Name of the Father. Currently, he is receiving much critical acclaim for his Emmy-nominated role as the troubled Dr. Paul Weston in HBO's new drama about psychotherapy, In Treatment.