After a spectacular three season run as Paul Weston in In Treatment, in addition to 2+ years of tireless service as Ireland’s first Cultural Ambassador, Gabriel Byrne embarked on a series of independent films and television series that would cover the spectrum: mysteries, thrillers, dramas, epics, fantasies–you name, he was […]
Visit the brand new Secret State Mega TV Page and also, if you are inclined, read my brief essay about the series below. A petrochemical explosion kills several people and injures almost 100. The company responsible will not answer questions and seems to be involved in a cover-up. Residents are […]
Happy New Year, Everyone! Below you will find a recap of all of the Byrne-ing News for December, including a holiday appearance by Mr. Byrne, film and TV series news, and a new Mega Movie Page. On a personal note: I will be moving into my new house over the […]
At the very end of the last century, Gabriel Byrne took on two roles for which he will be remembered in this one, primarily because of the contrast between them: the priest in Stigmata and Satan in End of Days. In choosing these roles, he seemed to be taking the […]
Our fathers seemed so big to us when we were children, didn’t they? Whether they were short and stout or tall and thin or somewhere in between, they loomed large in our lives. They might have been the source of love, correction, understanding, or our desire to rebel. No matter–they […]
A Dangerous Woman is probably the most unsettling and enigmatic film Gabriel Byrne has made up to this point in his career. It also offers us one of his best performances. Of course. As the itinerant and hard-drinking Irish handyman, Colin Mackey, Mr. Byrne takes a role that borders on […]