Owen Roe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 30, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Owen Roe is one of Ireland’s foremost film, TV and theatre actors. Roe studied at the Oscar School of Acting and the Brendan Smith Academy in the late 1970s. Roe has been a prolific stage actor for decades. He won an Irish Theatre Award for playing Claudius in Hamlet. He also won a Special Tribute Award at The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2019. He also wrote one play, Fear of Feathers, staged at the Andrews Lane Theatre in 1991. On TV, Roe has appeared on Scarlett, The Ambassador, Ballykissangel, Rásaí na Gaillimhe, Penny Dreadful, Vikings and Fair City., and as Oliver Cromwell in The History Channel Documentary "Cromwell: God's Executioner" based on the book by Professor Micheál Ó Siochrú He has appeared in several films, mostly made in Ireland, including Michael Collins (as Arthur Griffith), Intermission and Breakfast on Pluto. He has received three IFTA nominations. On radio, Roe was one-third of the Scrap Saturday political satire series, and is best remembered for his impression of P. J. Mara, loyal adviser to Charles Haughey. He also appeared on Baldi (BBC Radio 4) as Inspector Rynne.
Known For
Filmography
Finnegan's Foursome
Movie
The Roots
Movie · as Sebastian Quintana
King Frankie
Movie · as Aidan
Dead and Buried
TV · as Jack Sullivan · 4 eps
The Hardacres
TV · as Lord George Fitzherbert · 4 eps
The Christmas Break
Movie · as Calum Reilly
Wickedly Evil
Movie · as The Chief
Abe's Story
Movie · as Various Roles (voice)
Pursuit
Movie · as Mr. King
Penny Dreadful
TV · as Colonel Brewster · 1 ep
The Walshes
TV · as Martin · 3 eps
Vikings
TV · as Count Odo · 12 eps
The Ice Cream Girls
TV · as Jim · 3 eps
Saving the Titanic
Movie · as White Star Lawyer
Titanic: Blood and Steel
TV · as Sir Norman Hill · 1 ep
Sensation
Movie · as Liam
When Harvey Met Bob
Movie · as Tony Powell
Wide Open Spaces
Movie · as Gerard Ring
Val Falvey, TD
TV · as Pat Daly · 6 eps
Rásaí na Gaillimhe
TV · as Tommy Lacey · 14 eps
Alarm
Movie · as Joe / Mossie
The Shadow in the North
Movie · as Bram Stoker
Breakfast on Pluto
Movie · as Dean
Intermission
Movie · as Mr. Henderson
When the Sky Falls
Movie
DDU: District Detective Unit
TV · as Det. Garda Paul Hyland · 4 eps
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Movie · as Joe
Ulys
Movie · as voice
Michael Collins
Movie · as Arthur Griffith
Loving
Movie · as Michael Mathewson
Ballykissangel
TV · as Paul Dooley · 8 eps
Frankie Starlight
Movie · as Senior Customs Officer
Scarlett
TV · as Tim O'Hara · 3 eps
The Treaty
Movie · as George Gavan Duffy