It would be hard to imagine a genre more antithetical to the modernist sensibility of Samuel Beckett than the biopic. The Irish writer who relocated to Paris, found inspiration in the French language ...

Capturing the essence of Samuel Beckett—the comedian from the void, the dour absurdist—is the challenge director James Marsh sets for himself in “Dance First,” in which Gabriel Byrne stars as the ...

When the Irish actor Gabriel Byrne was first approached to play the role of Samuel Beckett, one of Ireland’s greatest literary heroes, he hesitated. “I wrestled with the idea,” Byrne says on a recent ...

Memories of an ex-girlfriend are rekindled as a couple prepare to celebrate in this adaptation of the hit film ...

Ana de Armas twirls into the franchise as a ballerina-assassin with vengeance on her mind in this by-the-numbers cash grab. By Jeannette Catsoulis Samuel Beckett’s life is reduced to mommy and daddy ...

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Gabriel Byrne is to take the lead role in forthcoming Channel 4 drama Coup. The conspiracy thriller - based on former Labour MP Chris Mullin's novel A Very British Coup - will see Byrne play reluctant ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Irish actor Gabriel Byrne is going into battle as an 8th century Viking chieftain in History Channel's new nine-part scripted TV series "Vikings", starting on Sunday. Byrne's ...