
Stephen Rea
October 31, 1946 (78 years old) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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 · 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)
- 2020 · Disclosure as Fergus (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Stranger as Martin Killane
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2019 · Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- 2019 · Greta as Brian Cody
- 2018 · Black '47 as Conneely
- 2018 · Unquiet Graves as Narrator
- 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 · Asylum as McGahey
- 2013 · Tasting Menu as Walter
- 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 · The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- 2011 · Roadkill as Seamus
- 2010 · The Heavy as Anawalt
- 2010 · Ondine as Priest
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · Nothing Personal as Martin
- 2009 · Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- 2008 · Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- 2008 · The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
- 2007 · Stuck as Thomas 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 · The Halo Effect as Fatso
- 2004 · Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
- 2004 · The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- 2004 · The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- 2003 · Bloom as Leopold Bloom
- 2002 · Evelyn as Michael Beattie
- 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
- 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 · Double Tap as Cypher
- 1997 · Fever Pitch as Ray, the Governor
- 1997 · A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- 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
- 1995 · Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- 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
- 1987 · Scout as Marshall
- 1986 · Boon as Frank Warren
- 1985 · Screen Two as Frankie
- 1984 · Four Days in July as Dixie McConville
- 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
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- 1978 · The Seagull as Constantin
- 1977 · The Professionals as Pellin
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Pavel Hollar
- 1977 · Professional Foul as Hollar
- 1976 · Early Struggles as Chas
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · I Didn't Know You Cared as Carter Brandon
- 1974 · Fugitive as Peter
- 1973 · Thriller as Arden Buckley
- 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
- Future · Visitation as
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- Future · The Body Is Water as
- 2025 · Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now as Self
- 2022 · Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2021 · Sadie as Self - Lyric Theatre
- 2020 · Secrets from Putumayo as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Flesh and Blood as Mark
- 2019 · Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett as Self
- 2019 · Thanksgiving as Melchior
- 2018 · Hard Border as Self
- 2015 · Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
- 2014 · The Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- 2009 · Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
- 2008 · Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 2008 · 10 Days to War as General Tim Cross
- 2004 · Proud as Barney Garvey
- 2002 · Copenhagen as Niels Bohr
- 2000 · The King's Wake as King Conor
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- 1997 · A Scare at Bedtime as
- 1997 · Sink Or Swim as Brian
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Gutch
- 1990 · Not with a Bang as Colin Garrity
- 1989 · Nobody Here But Us Chickens as
- 1989 · Endgame as Clov
- 1986 · Shergar as Frankie
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Timothy Broom
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1979 · The Out of Town Boys as Shay
- 1977 · The Hollywood Greats as
- 1975 · Days of Hope as Reporter
- 1974 · K Is for Killing as Arden Buckley
- 1973 · A Place Called Ardoyne as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self