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 · Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2020 · Flesh and Blood as Mark
- 2015 · Dickensian as Inspector Bucket
- 2014 · Out of the Dark as Jordan
- 2014 · The Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
- 2012 · Werewolf: The Beast Among Us as Doc
- 2012 · Stella Days as Brendan
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- 2011 · Roadkill as Seamus
- 2009 · Nothing Personal as Martin
- 2009 · Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- 2008 · 10 Days to War as General Tim Cross
- 2007 · Celebration as Waiter
- 2003 · Bloom as Leopold Bloom
- 2002 · Evelyn as Michael Beattie
- 2002 · FearDotCom as Alistair
- 2000 · The King's Wake as King Conor
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1999 · Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- 1998 · The Butcher Boy as Da Brady
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Gutch
- 1989 · Nobody Here But Us Chickens as
- 1986 · Shergar as Frankie
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1979 · The Out of Town Boys as Shay
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- 1978 · The Seagull as Constantin
- Future · The Body Is Water as Mr M
- 2022 · Nightride as Joe (voice)
- 2021 · Sadie as Self - Lyric Theatre
- 2020 · Secrets from Putumayo as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Disclosure as Fergus (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Stranger as Martin Killane
- 2019 · Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett as Self
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2019 · Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- 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 · Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
- 2013 · Asylum as McGahey
- 2013 · Tasting Menu as Walter
- 2013 · Utopia as Conran Letts
- 2012 · Underworld: Awakening as Dr. Jacob Lane
- 2011 · Blackthorn as Mackinley
- 2010 · The Heavy as Anawalt
- 2010 · Ondine as Priest
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
- 2008 · Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 2008 · Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- 2008 · The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
- 2007 · Stuck as Tom Bardo
- 2007 · The Reaping as Father Costigan
- 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 · The Halo Effect as Fatso
- 2004 · Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
- 2004 · Proud as Barney Garvey
- 2004 · The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- 2004 · The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- 2002 · Copenhagen as Niels Bohr
- 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
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Callum Donovan
- 1999 · The Life Before This as Brian
- 1999 · I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- 1999 · In Dreams as Doctor Silverman
- 1998 · Still Crazy as Tony Costello
- 1997 · A Scare at Bedtime as
- 1997 · Sink Or Swim as Brian
- 1997 · Double Tap as Cypher
- 1997 · Fever Pitch as Ray, the Governor
- 1997 · A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- 1996 · Crime of the Century as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- 1996 · Trojan Eddie as Trojan Eddie
- 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
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Milo O'Brannigan
- 1994 · Interview with the Vampire as Santiago
- 1994 · Angie as Noel Riordan
- 1993 · Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
- 1993 · Hedda Gabler as Eilert Lovborg
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Fergus
- 1991 · Performance as Ejlert Lovborg
- 1991 · Performance as Seumus Shields
- 1990 · Life Is Sweet as Patsy
- 1990 · Not with a Bang as Colin Garrity
- 1989 · Endgame as Clov
- 1987 · Scout as Marshall
- 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
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1976 · Early Struggles as Chas
- 1974 · Fugitive as Peter
- Future · Visitation as
- 1984 · The House as The Soldier
- 1984 · The Company of Wolves as Young Groom
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Harry
- 1982 · Angel as Danny
- 1979 · Minder as Roddy Allan
- 1977 · The Professionals as Pellin
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Pavel Hollar
- 1977 · Professional Foul as Hollar
- 1977 · The Hollywood Greats as
- 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
- 1970 · Cry of the Banshee as Villager
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Konstantin Treplev
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self