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Brian F. O'Byrne

Highest Rated: 93% Conclave (2024)

Lowest Rated: 20% Disco Pigs (2001)

Birthday: May 16, 1967

Birthplace: Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland

Brían O'Byrne was that rare kind of actor who effortlessly navigated the worlds of film, television and the stage. The Tony Award-winning O'Byrne gained acclaim for his multilayered performance in the Broadway production of "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" (1998), "The Lonesome West" (1999), and the off-Broadway play "Frozen" (2004), in which he portrayed a sympathetic serial child killer. O'Byrne's versatility landed him a number of memorable film roles, most notably playing a priest in the Academy Award-winning drama "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) opposite Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank. He proved his mettle on television, with high-profiles roles on the Showtime drama "Brotherhood" (2006-08) and the ABC sci-fi series "FlashForward" (2009-10). But it was O'Byrne's earnest portrayal of a likeable cheating husband on the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" (2011) that catapulted him to A-list status in Hollywood and proved that he was undeniably one of the most compelling and dependable performers in the business.

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Highest rated movies

93% 86% Conclave Watchlist
90% 90% Million Dollar Baby
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89% 72% Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
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85% 72% The Wonder Watchlist
80% 80% Medeas
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77% 61% Jimmy's Hall
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76% 47% Queen and Country
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73% 75% Intermission
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72% 62% My Salinger Year Watchlist
69% 74% The Grey Zone
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
93% 86% Conclave O'Malley (Character) $15.0M 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet TWIG Unknown (Character) - 2024
85% 72% The Wonder Unknown (Character) - 2022
72% 62% My Salinger Year Hugh (Character) $54.0K 2020
44% 70% Sergio Gil Loescher (Character) - 2020
77% 61% Jimmy's Hall O'Keefe (Character) $560.3K 2014
76% 47% Queen and Country RSM Digby (Character) - 2014
80% 80% Medeas Ennis (Character) $9.3K 2013
No Score Yet 79% Sergio Gil Loescher (Character) - 2009
44% 46% Brooklyn's Finest Ronny (Character) $27.2M 2009
57% 37% The International The Consultant (Character) $25.5M 2009
89% 72% Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Bobby (Character) $7.1M 2007
43% 62% No Reservations Sean (Character) $43.1M 2007
62% 34% Bug Dr. Sweet (Character) $7.0M 2006
90% 90% Million Dollar Baby Father Horvak (Character) $100.4M 2004
No Score Yet 54% The Blackwater Lightship Larry (Character) - 2004
73% 75% Intermission Mick (Character) $889.9K 2003
56% 48% Easy Mick (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mapmaker Richie Markey (Character) - 2002
20% 76% Disco Pigs Gerry (Character) - 2001
69% 74% The Grey Zone Gestapo Interrogator, SS-Untersturmfuhrer (Character) $507.4K 2001
64% 58% Bandits Darill Miller (Character) $41.5M 2001
48% 77% An Everlasting Piece George (Character) $74.9K 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amongst Women Luke (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Bus Home Jessop (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fifth Province Timmy (Character) - 1997

TV

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36% 64% Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector The Bone Collector (Character) 2020
86% No Score Yet Hatton Garden Basil (Character) 2019
38% 55% Nightflyers Auggie (Character) 2018
96% 82% Manhunt Frank McAlpine (Character) 2017
78% 71% Aquarius Ken Karn (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saints & Strangers John Billington Sr. (Character) 2015
46% 62% The Bastard Executioner Baron Ventris (Guest Star) 2015
84% 80% Prime Suspect Det. Reg Duffy (Character) 2011-2012
81% 86% Mildred Pierce Unknown (Character) 2011
No Score Yet 80% Medium Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
80% 78% FlashForward Aaron Stark (Character) 2009-2010
79% No Score Yet Brotherhood Colin (Guest Star) 2007-2008
93% 95% Oz Padraic Connelly (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hogan Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1986