British actor Michael Byrne, who starred in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” has died. He was 82.
Byrne passed away on June 20, according to the Guardian.
His cause of death has not been revealed.
Byrne — who was born in London on Nov. 7, 1943 — had a prolific acting career that lasted nearly 60 years.
His first roles were on the stage in 1963, having joined Laurence Olivier’s inaugural National Theatre Company at the Old Vic in London.
He appeared in “Death and the Maiden at the Royal Court,” “The Double Dealer” and “Much Ado About Nothing,” all at the National Theatre, as well as “The Cherry Orchard,” “The Seagull,” “Romeo and Juliet” and more.
Later in his career, Byrne starred in “Mary Stuart” at the Duke of York’s Theatre and in “Uncle Vanya” at the Theatre Royal in Bath.
Byrne made his film debut in 1963’s “The Scarlet Blade,” and followed that up with roles in “Butley,” “The Eagle Has Landed,” “Henry VIII and His Six Wives,” “The Medusa Touch” and “The Good Father.”
In 1989, he played Nazi Col. Ernst Vogel in the third “Indiana Jones” movie starring Harrison Ford.
In the 20 years after, Byrne appeared in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning film “Braveheart,” the Pierce Brosnan-starring James Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies” and Martin Scorsese’s epic “Gangs of New York.”
In 2010, he played dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”
Three years later, he played South African cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard in the “Diana” film starring Naomi Watts as the late Princess of Wales.
On television, Byrne was in the shows “The Living and the Dead,” “Midsomer Murders,” “American Rust,” “The Baby” and “Bodies.”
He played Ted Page in the British soap opera “Coronation Street” from 2008 to 2010.
His final acting appearance was in a 2023 episode of the six-part comedy-drama series “The Phoebus Files,” according to IMDb.
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