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
- 2026 · You'll Never Believe Who's Dead as Charlie Bann
- 2022 · The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- 2021 · Sadie as Self - Lyric Theatre
- 2019 · Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- 2018 · Hard Border as Self
- 2015 · Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
- 2014 · The Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- 2013 · Asylum as McGahey
- 2012 · Stella Days as Brendan
- 2011 · Roadkill as Seamus
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- 2008 · Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 2008 · The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
- 2006 · Sisters as Dr. Philip Lacan
- 2006 · 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked as Finch
- 2005 · Tara Road as Colm
- 2004 · The Halo Effect as Fatso
- 2004 · Proud as Barney Garvey
- 2004 · Bloom as Leopold Bloom
- 2004 · The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- 2002 · Copenhagen as Niels Bohr
- 2000 · In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire as Self
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- 1997 · A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- 1996 · Trojan Eddie as Trojan Eddie
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1993 · Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
- 1990 · Not with a Bang as Colin Garrity
- 1984 · The House as The Soldier
- 1982 · Angel as Danny
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1978 · The Seagull as Constantin
- 1970 · Cry of the Banshee as Villager
- Future · The Body Is Water as Mr M
- 2026 · The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones as Matsuo Bashō (English)
- 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 · Nightride as Joe (voice)
- 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 · Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- 2019 · Greta as Brian Cody
- 2019 · Thanksgiving as Melchior
- 2018 · Black '47 as Conneely
- 2018 · Unquiet Graves as Narrator
- 2017 · Counterpart as Alexander Pope
- 2016 · War and Peace as Vassily Kuragin
- 2015 · Dickensian as Inspector Bucket
- 2014 · Out of the Dark as Jordan
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
- 2013 · Tasting Menu as Walter
- 2013 · Utopia as Conran Letts
- 2012 · Werewolf: The Beast Among Us as Doc
- 2012 · Underworld: Awakening as Dr. Jacob Lane
- 2011 · Blackthorn as Mackinley
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- 2010 · The Heavy as Anawalt
- 2010 · Ondine as Priest
- 2009 · Nothing Personal as Martin
- 2009 · Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
- 2008 · Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- 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 · Sixty Six as Dr. Barrie
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Finch
- 2005 · Breakfast on Pluto as Bertie
- 2005 · River Queen as Francis
- 2004 · Control as Dr. Arlo Penner
- 2004 · Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
- 2004 · The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- 2002 · Evelyn as Michael Beattie
- 2002 · FearDotCom as Alistair
- 2001 · On the Edge as Dr. Figure
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Cardinal Richelieu
- 2001 · Snow in August as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
- 2000 · The King's Wake as King Conor
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Callum Donovan
- 1999 · The Life Before This as Brian
- 1999 · Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- 1999 · I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
- 1999 · In Dreams as Doctor Silverman
- 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 · Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- 1996 · Crime of the Century as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- 1996 · Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice
- 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
- 1995 · Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Milo O'Brannigan
- 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
- 1991 · Life Is Sweet as Patsy
- 1989 · Nobody Here But Us Chickens as
- 1989 · Endgame as Clov
- 1987 · Scout as Marshall
- 1986 · Shergar as Frankie
- 1986 · Boon as Frank Warren
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Timothy Broom
- 1985 · Screen Two as Frankie
- 1984 · Four Days in July as Dixie McConville
- 1984 · The Company of Wolves as Young Groom
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Harry
- 1983 · Chekhov in Derry as Self
- 1982 · Joyce in June as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
- 1979 · Minder as Roddy Allan
- 1979 · The Out of Town Boys as Shay
- 1978 · Thank You, Comrades as Mayakovsky
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- 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 Fergus (uncredited)
- 1975 · Days of Hope as Reporter
- 1975 · I Didn't Know You Cared as Carter Brandon
- Future · Visitation as
- 1974 · Fugitive as Peter
- 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
- 1971 · Stage 2 as Donal Davoren
- 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