(AUSTRALIA OUT) (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)Fairfax Media via Getty ImagesMichael Byrne, a prolific British actor who played Nazi Col. Ernst Vogel in the 1989 Harrison Ford classic Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Gellert Grindewald in 2010’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I, has died.Bryne died on June 20, according to UK’s The Guardian. He was 82. His cause of death was not given.ForbesDavid Clayton-Thomas, Blood, Sweat & Tears Lead Singer, Dies At 84By Tim LammersA star of stage and screen, Byrne’s other film roles over the years included turns in Mel Gibson’s Best Picture Oscar winner Braveheart (1995), the Pierce Brosnan James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York (2002) and The Sum of All Fears (2002), which starred Ben Affleck as the Tom Clancy hero Jack Ryan. Byrne was born on Nov. 7, 1943 in London, and made his first screen appearances in bit roles on British television in 1962 and 1963. Also in 1963, Byrne began appearing in bit parts on stage at Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, according to The Guardian.MORE FOR YOUThe actor’s breakthrough role on screen happened in 1996 with the role of Claudio in the BBC’s TV movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic play Much Ado About Nothing, where he starred opposite Derek Jacobi and Maggie Smith.Michael Byrne Had More Than 160 Screen CreditsHopping back and forth between his work on the British stage and screen, Michael Byrne compiled more than 160 roles film and television.Eleven years before starring opposite Harrison Ford and Sean Connery in director Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Byrne starred alongside the actor in the 1978 World War II epic Force 10 from Navarone. Byrne’s other notable films included the 1976 World War II epic The Eagle Has Landed, which also starred Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall; and Val Kilmer’s big-screen version of the classic TV series The Saint in 1997. A year later, Byrne starred opposite Ian McKellen in the psychological thriller Apt Pupil.Note: This is a developing story. Please refresh this page for updates.
Michael Byrne, ‘Indiana Jones’ And ‘Harry Potter’ Actor, Dies At 82
Michael Byrne, a prolific British actor who played Nazi Col. Ernst Vogel in the 1989 Harrison Ford classic "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and Gellert Grindelwald in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I," has died.










