---
name: "Caolan Byrne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/caolan-byrne"
fi1m_id: "caolan-byrne"
imdb_id: "nm0126133"
tmdb_id: 1651871
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T21:05:38.488346+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Caolan Byrne

## Identity

Caolan Byrne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/caolan-byrne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** caolan-byrne
- **IMDb ID:** nm0126133
- **TMDB ID:** 1651871
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1651871

Actor. Born in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (1), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1651871

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Wonder*](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Caolan Byrne is a Northern Irish actor. Born in Newry, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2002. He is a former pupil of Abbey Grammar School and credits the Newpoint Players drama group, led by Sean Hollywood, with providing early training and encouragement.

Byrne spent three years with the Royal Shakespeare Company after graduation. His screen credits include roles in *The Wonder* (2022) as Malachy O'Donnell, *Chernobyl* (2019), *The Foreigner* (2017), *Doctor Who* (2005), *The Miniaturist* (2017), *Nowhere Special* (2020) and *A Good Woman Is Hard to Find* (2019). He has also appeared in stage productions and relocated to Belfast with his wife.

*Sources: imdb.com, irishnews.com, rada.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Wonder* (2022), Fi1m 63, as Malachy O'Donnell — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *Chernobyl* (2019), Fi1m 86, as Day Shift Worker — [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sherlock & Daughter* (2025), series, as Dankworth
- *Dead Shot* (2023), as Hogan
- *Sapling* (2023), Actor
- *The Wonder* (2022), as Malachy O'Donnell — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wonder.md)
- *Bloodlands* (2021), series, as Ben McFarland
- *Nowhere Special* (2020), as Trevor
- *A Good Woman Is Hard to Find* (2019), as Terry
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as Day Shift Worker — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *The Miniaturist* (2017), series, as Arnoud
- *The Miniaturist* (2017), as Arnoud
- *The Foreigner* (2017), as McCormick
- *Will* (2017), series, as Matthew
- *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), as Stagehand 2
- *The Rack Pack* (2016), as Dennis Taylor
- *The Lock-In* (2015), as Colin
- *Titanic: Blood and Steel* (2012), series, as Jimmy Smith
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Eric Hurst — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Mr. Nice* (2010), as Irish Man
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Sergeant — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Titanic Town* (1998), as Niall French
- *This Is the Sea* (1997), as Ezeldel Lamthorn

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