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Gabriel Byrne started his acting career with Ireland's renowned Focus Theatre and Project Arts Centre.  He later joined London's Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre, where he played leading roles before moving to the United States. Byrne has worked with some of cinema's leading directors, including the Coen Brothers, Wim Wenders, Costa Gavras, Jim Jarmusch, Ken Loach, John Boorman, David Cronenberg and Bryan Singer.  He has starred in more than 80 feature films including Excalibur, Miller's Crossing, Into the West, The Point of No Return, Little Women, Spider, The Usual Suspects, Dead Man, The End of Violence, The Man in the Iron Mask, Vanity Fair, Jindabyne and Wah-Wah. On Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten.  He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his performance in another O'Neill play, A Touch of the Poet.  In 2016, he starred opposite Jessica Lange in O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night.  For his performance as James Tyrone, Gabriel received Best Actor nominations from the Tony Awards and Outer Critics Circle. His television credits include Vikings, Quirke, Secret State (Channel 4) and Weapons of Mass Distraction (HBO).  He was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for In Treatment at the 60^th and 61^st Emmy Awards.  In 2008, he received a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series for the same role. In 2019, Byrne was honored by IFTA with a Lifetime Achievement Award.  In 2021, he received the IFTA Best Actor Award for his latest film, Death of a Ladies’ Man.