Apt Pupil
During his career he has played many German military roles such as Colonel Vogel in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", Major Schroeder in "Force 10 from Navarone", Reinhard Beck in "The Scarlet and the Black" and General Olbricht in "The Plot to Kill Hitler". He was also the SS interrogator in "Rogue Male". Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Sir Ian McKellen) in the film "Apt Pupil".