Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

Known for
Acting
Born
October 31, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Biography

Stephen Rea (born October 31, 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

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Filmography

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The Body Is Water

The Body Is Water

Movie · as Mr M

2027
Visitation poster

Visitation

Movie

2026
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead poster

You'll Never Believe Who's Dead

Movie · as Charlie Bann

2026
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones poster

The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

Movie · as Matsuo Bashō (English)

2026
Listen poster

Listen

Movie · as Dinny

2025
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now poster

Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

Movie · as Self

2025
Prime Target poster

Prime Target

TV · as Professor James Alderman · 8 eps

2023
The Miracle Club poster

The Miracle Club

Movie · as Frank Dunne

2022
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman poster

Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

Movie · as Self

2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris poster

The Ghost of Richard Harris

Movie · as Self

2022
Nightride poster

Nightride

Movie · as Joe (voice)

2022
The English poster

The English

TV · as Sheriff Robert Marshall · 4 eps

2021
Sadie poster

Sadie

Movie · as Self - Lyric Theatre

2020
Disclosure poster

Disclosure

Movie · as Fergus (archive footage)

2020
Secrets from Putumayo poster

Secrets from Putumayo

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2020
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

TV · as Martin Killane · 8 eps

2020
Flesh and Blood poster

Flesh and Blood

TV · as Mark · 4 eps

2019
Greta poster

Greta

Movie · as Brian Cody

2019
Cyprus Avenue poster

Cyprus Avenue

Movie · as Eric Miller

2019
Lost Lives poster

Lost Lives

Movie · as Self (voice)

2019
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett poster

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

Movie · as Self

2019
Thanksgiving poster

Thanksgiving

TV · as Melchior · 3 eps

2018
Hard Border

Hard Border

Movie · as Self

2018
Black '47 poster

Black '47

Movie · as Conneely

2018
Unquiet Graves poster

Unquiet Graves

Movie · as Narrator

2017
Counterpart poster

Counterpart

TV · as Alexander Pope · 2 eps

2016
War and Peace poster

War and Peace

TV · as Vassily Kuragin · 6 eps

2015
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch poster

Ruby Strangelove Young Witch

Movie · as Danforth

2015
Dickensian poster

Dickensian

TV · as Inspector Bucket · 20 eps

2014
The Curse of Styria poster

The Curse of Styria

Movie · as Dr. Hill

2014
Out of the Dark poster

Out of the Dark

Movie · as Jordan

2014
The Honourable Woman poster

The Honourable Woman

TV · as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle · 8 eps

2013
Tasting Menu poster

Tasting Menu

Movie · as Walter

2013
Asylum poster

Asylum

Movie · as McGahey

2013
Utopia poster

Utopia

TV · as Conran Letts · 5 eps

2012
Underworld: Awakening poster

Underworld: Awakening

Movie · as Dr. Jacob Lane

2012
Stella Days poster

Stella Days

Movie · as Brendan

2012
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us poster

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

Movie · as Doc

2011
Blackthorn poster

Blackthorn

Movie · as Mackinley

2011
Roadkill poster

Roadkill

Movie · as Seamus

2011
The Shadow Line poster

The Shadow Line

TV · as Gatehouse · 7 eps

2010
The Heavy poster

The Heavy

Movie · as Anawalt

2010
Ondine poster

Ondine

Movie · as Priest

2010
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration poster

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2009
Spy(ies) poster

Spy(ies)

Movie · as M. Palmer

2009
Nothing Personal poster

Nothing Personal

Movie · as Martin

2009
Father & Son poster

Father & Son

TV · as Augustine Flynn · 4 eps

2008
Kisses poster

Kisses

Movie · as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)

2008
The Devil's Mercy poster

The Devil's Mercy

Movie · as Tyler

2008
Heidi 4 Paws poster

Heidi 4 Paws

Movie · as Doctor (voice)

2008
10 Days to War poster

10 Days to War

TV · as General Tim Cross · 1 ep

2007
The Reaping poster

The Reaping

Movie · as Father Costigan

2007
Until Death poster

Until Death

Movie · as Gabriel Callaghan

2007
Stuck poster

Stuck

Movie · as Tom Bardo

2007
Celebration poster

Celebration

Movie · as Waiter

2006
V for Vendetta poster

V for Vendetta

Movie · as Finch

2006
Sixty Six poster

Sixty Six

Movie · as Dr. Barrie

2006
Sisters poster

Sisters

Movie · as Dr. Philip Lacan

2005
Breakfast on Pluto poster

Breakfast on Pluto

Movie · as Bertie

2005
Tara Road poster

Tara Road

Movie · as Colm

2005
River Queen poster

River Queen

Movie · as Francis

2004
The Good Shepherd poster

The Good Shepherd

Movie · as McCaran

2004
The I Inside poster

The I Inside

Movie · as Doctor Newman

2004
Control poster

Control

Movie · as Dr. Arlo Penner

2004
Bloom poster

Bloom

Movie · as Leopold Bloom

2004
Proud poster

Proud

Movie · as Barney Garvey

2004
The Halo Effect poster

The Halo Effect

Movie · as Fatso

2004
Fluent Dysphasia poster

Fluent Dysphasia

Movie · as Murph

2004
The End of the Affair: "Making of"

The End of the Affair: "Making of"

Movie

2002
FearDotCom poster

FearDotCom

Movie · as Alistair

2002
Copenhagen poster

Copenhagen

Movie · as Niels Bohr

2002
Evelyn poster

Evelyn

Movie · as Michael Beattie

2001
The Musketeer poster

The Musketeer

Movie · as Cardinal Richelieu

2001
On the Edge poster

On the Edge

Movie · as Dr. Figure

2001
Snow in August poster

Snow in August

Movie · as Rabbi Judah Hirsch

2001
Horrible Histories - Savage Stone Age poster

Horrible Histories - Savage Stone Age

Movie · as Narrator (UK)

2000
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire poster

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

Movie · as Self

2000
The King's Wake

The King's Wake

Movie · as King Conor

1999
The End of the Affair poster

The End of the Affair

Movie · as Henry Miles

1999
Guinevere poster

Guinevere

Movie · as Connie Fitzpatrick

1999
The Life Before This poster

The Life Before This

Movie · as Brian

1999
In Dreams poster

In Dreams

Movie · as Doctor Silverman

1999
This Is My Father poster

This Is My Father

Movie · as Mission Priest

1999
I Could Read the Sky poster

I Could Read the Sky

Movie · as P.J.

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Callum Donovan · 1 ep

1998
Still Crazy poster

Still Crazy

Movie · as Tony Costello

1998
The Butcher Boy poster

The Butcher Boy

Movie · as Da Brady

1997
Double Tap poster

Double Tap

Movie · as Cypher

1997
A Further Gesture poster

A Further Gesture

Movie · as Sean Dowd

1997
Fever Pitch poster

Fever Pitch

Movie · as Ray, the Governor

1997
Sink Or Swim poster

Sink Or Swim

Movie · as Brian

1997
A Scare at Bedtime poster

A Scare at Bedtime

TV · 1 ep

1996
Michael Collins poster

Michael Collins

Movie · as Ned Broy

1996
The Last of the High Kings poster

The Last of the High Kings

Movie · as Cab Driver

1996
Trojan Eddie poster

Trojan Eddie

Movie · as Trojan Eddie

1996
Crime of the Century poster

Crime of the Century

Movie · as Bruno Richard Hauptmann

1996
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told poster

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

Movie · as Voice

1995
Citizen X poster

Citizen X

Movie · as Lt. Viktor Burakov

1995
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea poster

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Movie · as Nikos

1995
Shadow of a Gunman poster

Shadow of a Gunman

Movie · as Seamus Shields

1995
All Men Are Mortal poster

All Men Are Mortal

Movie · as Fosca

1995
Lumière & Company poster

Lumière & Company

Movie · as (segment "John Boorman")

1994
Interview with the Vampire poster

Interview with the Vampire

Movie · as Santiago

1994
Prêt-à-Porter poster

Prêt-à-Porter

Movie · as Milo O'Brannigan

1994
Princess Caraboo poster

Princess Caraboo

Movie · as Gutch

1994
Angie poster

Angie

Movie · as Noel Riordan

1993
Bad Behavior poster

Bad Behavior

Movie · as Gerry McAllister

1993
Hedda Gabler poster

Hedda Gabler

Movie · as Eilert Lovborg

1992
The Crying Game poster

The Crying Game

Movie · as Fergus

1991
Life Is Sweet poster

Life Is Sweet

Movie · as Patsy

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Ejlert Lovborg, Seumus Shields · 1 ep

1990
Not with a Bang poster

Not with a Bang

TV · as Colin Garrity · 7 eps

1989
Endgame poster

Endgame

Movie · as Clov

1989
Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Movie

1989
4 Play

4 Play

TV · as Paul · 1 ep

1987
Scout poster

Scout

Movie · as Marshall

1986
Shergar poster

Shergar

Movie · as Frankie

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Frank Warren · 1 ep

1985
The Doctor and the Devils poster

The Doctor and the Devils

Movie · as Timothy Broom

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Frankie · 1 ep

1984
The Company of Wolves poster

The Company of Wolves

Movie · as Young Groom

1984
Four Days in July poster

Four Days in July

Movie · as Dixie McConville

1984
Loose Connections poster

Loose Connections

Movie · as Harry

1984
The House poster

The House

Movie · as The Soldier

1983
Chekhov in Derry

Chekhov in Derry

Movie · as Self

1982
Angel poster

Angel

Movie · as Danny

1982
Joyce in June

Joyce in June

Movie · as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh

1980
Caleb Williams poster

Caleb Williams

Movie · as Tyrell

1980
Caleb Williams poster

Caleb Williams

TV · as Tyrell · 4 eps

1979
The Out of Town Boys poster

The Out of Town Boys

Movie · as Shay

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Roddy Allan · 1 ep

1978
The Seagull

The Seagull

Movie · as Constantin

1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted poster

On a Paving Stone Mounted

Movie

1978
Thank You, Comrades

Thank You, Comrades

Movie · as Mayakovsky

1977
Professional Foul poster

Professional Foul

Movie · as Hollar

1977
The Hollywood Greats poster

The Hollywood Greats

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Pellin · 1 ep

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Pavel Hollar · 1 ep

1976
Early Struggles poster

Early Struggles

Movie · as Chas

1975
I Didn't Know You Cared poster

I Didn't Know You Cared

TV · as Carter Brandon · 13 eps

1975
Days of Hope poster

Days of Hope

TV · as Reporter · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Fergus (uncredited) · 1 ep

1974
Fugitive poster

Fugitive

Movie · as Peter

1974
K Is for Killing poster

K Is for Killing

Movie · as Arden Buckley

1973
A Place Called Ardoyne poster

A Place Called Ardoyne

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1973
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Arden Buckley · 1 ep

1972
The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone

TV · as Major Frayne · 1 ep

1971
Stage 2

Stage 2

TV · as Donal Davoren · 1 ep

1970
Cry of the Banshee poster

Cry of the Banshee

Movie · as Villager

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Shay, Peter · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Konstantin Treplev · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep