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Michael Byrne
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Has played a Nazi foil for
Harrison Ford
twice, in
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
and
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
. In both movies, his character ends up in a vehicle falling off a cliff.
Has played a Nazi in
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
and a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust in
Apt Pupil (1998)
.
He was brought up by a single mother from Kilkenny Ireland.
He and his
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
co-star
Bill Nighy
both played General Friedrich Olbricht in dramas depicting the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler: Byrne in
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
and Nighy in
Valkyrie (2008)
.
Considered for the roles of Roger Derebridge, Dr. Bukovsky. Lamson, Kelly and Dr. Armstrong in
Lifeforce (1985)
.
Father of
Allie Byrne
, but - despite a popular misconception - is no relation to Gabriel Byrne.
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