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
- 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 · Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
- 2014 · Out of the Dark as Jordan
- 2014 · The Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- 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 · Roadkill as Seamus
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
- 2009 · Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- 2008 · Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 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 · 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
- 2003 · Bloom as Leopold Bloom
- 2002 · Copenhagen as Niels Bohr
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Cardinal Richelieu
- 2001 · Snow in August as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
- 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 · I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- 1998 · The Butcher Boy as Da Brady
- 1997 · Sink Or Swim as Brian
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1995 · Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- 1994 · Interview with the Vampire as Santiago
- 1993 · Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
- 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
- 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 House as The Soldier
- 1984 · The Company of Wolves as Young Groom
- 1984 · Loose Connections as Harry
- 1983 · Chekhov in Derry as Self
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1979 · Minder as Roddy Allan
- 1979 · The Out of Town Boys as Shay
- 1978 · On a Paving Stone Mounted as
- 1977 · The Professionals as Pellin
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Pavel Hollar
- 1977 · The Hollywood Greats as
- 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
- 1973 · A Place Called Ardoyne as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- Future · The Body Is Water as Mr M
- 2022 · Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2019 · Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- 2015 · Dickensian as Inspector Bucket
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- 2010 · The Heavy as Anawalt
- 2010 · Ondine as Priest
- 2009 · Nothing Personal as Martin
- 2008 · Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- 2008 · 10 Days to War as General Tim Cross
- 2007 · Celebration as Waiter
- 2006 · Sisters as Dr. Philip Lacan
- 2004 · The Halo Effect as Fatso
- 2004 · The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- 2004 · The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- 2002 · Evelyn as Michael Beattie
- 2002 · FearDotCom as Alistair
- 2001 · On the Edge as Dr. Figure
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1999 · Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- 1999 · In Dreams as Doctor Silverman
- 1998 · Still Crazy as Tony Costello
- 1997 · A Scare at Bedtime as
- 1997 · Double Tap as Cypher
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Milo O'Brannigan
- 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Gutch
- 1994 · Angie as Noel Riordan
- 1993 · Hedda Gabler as Eilert Lovborg
- 1990 · Life Is Sweet as Patsy
- 1982 · Angel as Danny
- 1980 · Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1978 · The Seagull as Constantin
- 1977 · Professional Foul as Hollar
- 1975 · Days of Hope as Reporter
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- Future · Visitation as
- 1974 · K Is for Killing as Arden Buckley
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- 1970 · Cry of the Banshee as Villager




