From Priesthood to Actor to Activist: Gabriel Byrne on RAI (1/4)
by TRNN
December 22, 2017
Gabriel Byrne is an Irish actor, film director and film producer, a writer, and was named Ireland's first cultural ambassador. Gabriel has appeared in over 35 films such as Excalibur, Miller's Crossing, Little Women, the Usual Suspects, Stigmata, End of Days, and the 33. He starred in the recent HBO series In Treatment. He co-wrote the 1996 film The Last of the High Kings. He's also produced films like In The Name Of The Father, which was nominated for six Academy Awards. He was also the subject of the documentary Stories From Home. He's also a passionate advocate for accepting the reality of the existential crisis of climate change. He fights to find effective solutions.
On Reality Asserts Itself, actor and climate activist Gabriel Byrne speaks of growing up in a working class family that was religious, Irish nationalist and where joining a seminary made parents proud. He came to understand the injustice of the life working men like his father faced; with host Paul Jay.
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