Jim Byrnes
Biography
Jim Byrnes is an American-Canadian actor, blues musician, and voice actor who was born in St. Louis. He began performing blues at 13 and acted in local theater as a teenager. He is known to television audiences for playing FBI agent Daniel Burroughs on the crime drama Wiseguy from 1987 to 1990 and Joe Dawson in the Highlander franchise. He reprised the Dawson role in Highlander: Endgame (2000) and Highlander: The Source (2007) and voiced the anime Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007). His voice work includes Beast Wars: Transformers, Beast Machines: Transformers, X-Men: Evolution, and Dinosaur Train. He was nominated for a Genie Award for his role in Harmony Cats and has received three Juno Awards for his blues albums.
78years old
Turns 79 on September 22in 315 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- James Thomas Kevin Byrnes (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 40 years1981 to 2021
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First role
Jim Byrnes began his movie career in 1980, playing a singer in Out of the Blue, the film directed by Dennis Hopper.
Jim Byrnes movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Peter Wingfield's page
Maurice LaMarche's page
Blu Mankuma's page
Richard Newman's page
Awards
Three awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Maple Blues Awards | Won | ||
| Member of the Order of Canada | Won | ||
| Order of British Columbia | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.