Byrne About Byrne

Overview

In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, through his art school years to the period of his stage and TV plays, and on to his death, sometime in the future. With him is Robbie Coltrane as himself and as a shamus invented by Byrne, who discovers there are as many aspects to the author as there are actors playing him.

Directed by John Byrne

Top cast

John Byrne

Self/Mobile Library Driver

Robbie Coltrane

Self/Detective

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Stuart Davids

Young Byrne/Phil McCann

Robert Carlyle

Spanky Farrell

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William Blair

Hector McKenzie

Alastair Galbraith

Gunman

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William Buchanan

Little Byrne

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Ewen Duncan

Musical Byrne

Juliet Cadzow

Mother

Bill Paterson

Father/F.S. McDade

Katy Murphy

Usherette/Backing Vocals

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Muriel Gray

Waitress/Backing Vocals

Ralph Riach

Collector

Kate Donnelly

Bride

Richard Wilson

Eddie Clockerty

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Jacqueline Anderson

Cartwheel Doll

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