Stephen Rea
October 31, 1946 (79 years old) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Stephen Rea (born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in a number of high profile films, both Irish and international, such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now as Self
- 2025 · Prime Target as Professor James Alderman
- 2023 · The Miracle Club as Frank Dunne
- 2022 · The English as Sheriff Robert Marshall
- 2022 · The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- 2022 · Nightride as Joe (voice)
- 2021 · Sadie as Self - Lyric Theatre
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2019 · Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- 2014 · Out of the Dark as Jordan
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
- 2013 · Tasting Menu as Walter
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- 2010 · Ondine as Priest
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2008 · Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 2008 · Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- 2008 · The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
- 2004 · The Halo Effect as Fatso
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1999 · I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- 1999 · In Dreams as Doctor Silverman
- 1997 · A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
- 1996 · Crime of the Century as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · All Men Are Mortal as Fosca
- 1995 · Shadow of a Gunman as Seamus Shields
- 1995 · Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as Nikos
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Milo O'Brannigan
- 1993 · Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
- 1990 · Life Is Sweet as Patsy
- 1987 · Scout as Marshall
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Timothy Broom
- 1984 · Four Days in July as Dixie McConville
- 1979 · The Out of Town Boys as Shay
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- Future · Visitation as
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Harry
- 1974 · Fugitive as Peter
- 1970 · Cry of the Banshee as Villager
- Future · The Body Is Water as Mr M
- 2022 · Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2020 · Secrets from Putumayo as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Disclosure as Fergus (archive footage)
- 2020 · Flesh and Blood as Mark
- 2020 · The Stranger as Martin Killane
- 2019 · Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett as Self
- 2019 · Greta as Brian Cody
- 2019 · Thanksgiving as Melchior
- 2018 · Black '47 as Conneely
- 2018 · Unquiet Graves as Narrator
- 2018 · Hard Border as Self
- 2017 · Counterpart as Alexander Pope
- 2016 · War and Peace as Vassily Kuragin
- 2015 · Dickensian as Inspector Bucket
- 2015 · Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
- 2014 · The Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- 2013 · Asylum as McGahey
- 2013 · Utopia as Conran Letts
- 2012 · Werewolf: The Beast Among Us as Doc
- 2012 · Stella Days as Brendan
- 2012 · Underworld: Awakening as Dr. Jacob Lane
- 2011 · Blackthorn as Mackinley
- 2011 · Roadkill as Seamus
- 2010 · The Heavy as Anawalt
- 2009 · Nothing Personal as Martin
- 2009 · Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
- 2009 · Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- 2008 · 10 Days to War as General Tim Cross
- 2007 · Stuck as Tom Bardo
- 2007 · The Reaping as Father Costigan
- 2007 · Celebration as Waiter
- 2007 · Until Death as Gabriel Callaghan
- 2006 · Sisters as Dr. Philip Lacan
- 2006 · Sixty Six as Dr. Barrie
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Finch
- 2005 · Breakfast on Pluto as Bertie
- 2005 · River Queen as Francis
- 2005 · Tara Road as Colm
- 2004 · Control as Dr. Arlo Penner
- 2004 · Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
- 2004 · Proud as Barney Garvey
- 2004 · The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- 2004 · The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- 2003 · Bloom as Leopold Bloom
- 2002 · Evelyn as Michael Beattie
- 2002 · Copenhagen as Niels Bohr
- 2002 · FearDotCom as Alistair
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Cardinal Richelieu
- 2001 · Snow in August as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
- 2001 · On the Edge as Dr. Figure
- 2000 · In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire as Self
- 2000 · The King's Wake as King Conor
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Callum Donovan
- 1999 · The Life Before This as Brian
- 1999 · Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- 1998 · Still Crazy as Tony Costello
- 1998 · The Butcher Boy as Da Brady
- 1997 · A Scare at Bedtime as
- 1997 · Sink Or Swim as Brian
- 1997 · Double Tap as Cypher
- 1997 · Fever Pitch as Ray, the Governor
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- 1996 · Trojan Eddie as Trojan Eddie
- 1996 · Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice
- 1995 · Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- 1994 · Interview with the Vampire as Santiago
- 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Gutch
- 1994 · Angie as Noel Riordan
- 1993 · Hedda Gabler as Eilert Lovborg
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Fergus
- 1991 · Performance as Ejlert Lovborg
- 1991 · Performance as Seumus Shields
- 1990 · Not with a Bang as Colin Garrity
- 1989 · Nobody Here But Us Chickens as
- 1989 · Endgame as Clov
- 1986 · Shergar as Frankie
- 1986 · Boon as Frank Warren
- 1985 · Screen Two as Frankie
- 1984 · The House as The Soldier
- 1984 · The Company of Wolves as Young Groom
- 1982 · Angel as Danny
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1979 · Minder as Roddy Allan
- 1978 · The Seagull as Constantin
- 1977 · The Professionals as Pellin
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Pavel Hollar
- 1977 · Professional Foul as Hollar
- 1977 · The Hollywood Greats as
- 1976 · Early Struggles as Chas
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Days of Hope as Reporter
- 1975 · I Didn't Know You Cared as Carter Brandon
- 1974 · K Is for Killing as Arden Buckley
- 1973 · Thriller as Arden Buckley
- 1973 · A Place Called Ardoyne as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- 1970 · Play for Today as Shay
- 1970 · Play for Today as Peter
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Konstantin Treplev
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self