Gabriel Byrne

Ahhh Siesta , a movie that has always left a lasting impression on me. The film is an adaptation of the fiction novel Siesta: A Super Natural Love Story by Patrice Chaplin starring Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Jodie Foster, Julian Sands, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Jones and Martin Sheen. I was in 6th or 7th grade when this film was released in 1987 but of course didn’t get to see it until high school. I find that the films I like the most are the ones I saw between the ages of 15 and 18. This was one of those films. But I have since ... Read Full Story

Gabriel Byrne insists a "pall of fear" still hangs over his adopted New York City as the sixth anniversary of 9/11 approaches. The star has really started to notice the concern on faces he passes in the street after shooting stirring new film Jindabyne, in which the Irish actor plays the leader of a community on the brink of despair. [...] Read more! Read Full Story

Gabriel Byrne has launched a scathing attack on U.S. talk show queen Oprah Winfrey for promoting 'unrealistic' beauty. The 57-year-old actor blasts O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine, for its use of heavily doctored images, insisting it gives the public a distorted idea of how a normal person should look.[...] Read more! Read Full Story

Actress Ellen Barkin is convinced her seven-year marriage to Gabriel Byrne was a huge success - because they're still the best of friends. The Sea of Love star divorced the Irish actor in 1999 after a lengthy separation, but she can never accept the marriage failed.[...] Read more! Read Full Story

Actor Gabriel Byrne was overwhelmed with the honorary philosophy degree he received from Trinity College Dublin earlier this year - after realizing he was one of 300 greats. The star was honored by the university's Philosophy Society, and received only the 300th medal the college's top minds had handed out since the late 1700s. [...] Read more! Read Full Story