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 · 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 · 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
- 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 Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
- 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 · The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- 2011 · Roadkill as Seamus
- 2010 · The Heavy as Anawalt
- 2010 · Ondine as Priest
- 2009 · Nothing Personal as Martin
- 2009 · Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
- 2009 · Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- 2008 · Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Callum Donovan
- 1999 · Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- 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
- 1997 · A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 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
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Fergus
- 1991 · Performance as Ejlert Lovborg
- 1991 · Performance as Seumus Shields
- 1991 · Life Is Sweet as Patsy
- 1986 · Boon as Frank Warren
- 1985 · Screen Two as Frankie
- 1984 · The Company of Wolves as Young Groom
- 1982 · Angel as Danny
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1979 · Minder as Roddy Allan
- 1977 · The Professionals as Pellin
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Pavel Hollar
- 1977 · The Hollywood Greats as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Fergus (uncredited)
- 1975 · Days of Hope as Reporter
- 1975 · I Didn't Know You Cared as Carter Brandon
- 1973 · Thriller as Arden Buckley
- 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
- Future · The Body Is Water as Mr M
- 2013 · Tasting Menu as Walter
- 2006 · 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked as Finch
- 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 · The Life Before This as Brian
- 1999 · I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
- 1996 · The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- 1996 · Crime of the Century as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- 1996 · Trojan Eddie as Trojan Eddie
- 1995 · All Men Are Mortal as Fosca
- 1990 · Not with a Bang as Colin Garrity
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- Future · Visitation as
- 2026 · The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones as Matsuo Bashō (English)
- 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)
- 2019 · Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- 2018 · Unquiet Graves as Narrator
- 2018 · Hard Border as Self
- 2015 · Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2008 · The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
- 2007 · Celebration as Waiter
- 2004 · Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
- 2004 · Proud as Barney Garvey
- 2001 · Snow in August as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
- 2000 · The King's Wake as King Conor
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- 1996 · Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice
- 1995 · Shadow of a Gunman as Seamus Shields
- 1995 · Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as Nikos
- 1993 · Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
- 1993 · Hedda Gabler as Eilert Lovborg
- 1989 · Nobody Here But Us Chickens as
- 1989 · Endgame as Clov
- 1987 · Scout as Marshall
- 1986 · Shergar as Frankie
- 1985 · The Doctor and the Devils as Timothy Broom
- 1984 · Four Days in July as Dixie McConville
- 1984 · The House as The Soldier
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Harry
- 1983 · Chekhov in Derry as Self
- 1982 · Joyce in June as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
- 1979 · The Out of Town Boys as Shay
- 1978 · Thank You, Comrades as Mayakovsky
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- 1978 · The Seagull as Constantin
- 1977 · Professional Foul as Hollar
- 1976 · Early Struggles as Chas
- 1974 · Fugitive as Peter
- 1974 · K Is for Killing as Arden Buckley
- 1973 · A Place Called Ardoyne as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- Future · You'll Never Believe Who's Dead as Charlie Bann