Stephen Rea
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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Callum Donovan
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
Play for Today
1970 · Shay
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Fergus (uncredited)
Minder
1979 · Roddy Allan
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Konstantin Treplev
The Professionals
1977 · Pellin
Screen Two
1985 · Frankie
V for Vendetta
2006 · Finch
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Performance
1991 · Ejlert Lovborg
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Pavel Hollar
Counterpart
2017 · Alexander Pope
Interview with the Vampire
1994 · Santiago
Utopia
2013 · Conran Letts
Thriller
1973 · Arden Buckley
Boon
1986 · Frank Warren
War and Peace
2016 · Vassily Kuragin
The Stranger
2020 · Martin Killane
Prime Target
2025 · Professor James Alderm...
A Scare at Bedtime
1997
Underworld: Awakening
2012 · Dr. Jacob Lane
The English
2022 · Sheriff Robert Marshal...
The Reaping
2007 · Father Costigan
Dickensian
2015 · Inspector Bucket
Greta
2019 · Brian Cody
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Bertie
The Crying Game
1992 · Fergus
The Honourable Woman
2014 · Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
Citizen X
1995 · Lt. Viktor Burakov
Black '47
2018 · Conneely
The Hollywood Greats
1977
The Company of Wolves
1984 · Young Groom
FearDotCom
2002 · Alistair
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
2012 · Doc
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Milo O'Brannigan
The Shadow Line
2011 · Gatehouse
10 Days to War
2008 · General Tim Cross
Disclosure
2020 · Fergus (archive footag...
Michael Collins
1996 · Ned Broy
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975 · Carter Brandon
The End of the Affair
1999 · Henry Miles
Listen
— · Dinny
Stuck
2007 · Tom Bardo
In Dreams
1999 · Doctor Silverman
The Musketeer
2001 · Cardinal Richelieu
Evelyn
2002 · Michael Beattie
Days of Hope
1975 · Reporter
Until Death
2007 · Gabriel Callaghan
The Moonstone
1972 · Major Frayne
Princess Caraboo
1994 · Gutch
Life Is Sweet
1991 · Patsy
Flesh and Blood
2020 · Mark
Fever Pitch
1997 · Ray, the Governor
Kisses
2008 · Down Under Dylan (uncr...
Father & Son
2009 · Augustine Flynn
The Miracle Club
2023 · Frank Dunne
Control
2004 · Dr. Arlo Penner
Blackthorn
2011 · Mackinley
Still Crazy
1998 · Tony Costello
Proud
2004 · Barney Garvey
Ondine
2010 · Priest
The Butcher Boy
1998 · Da Brady
Sadie
2021 · Self - Lyric Theatre
Lumière & Company
1995 · (segment "John Boorman...
Angel
1982 · Danny
Double Tap
1997 · Cypher
Sisters
2006 · Dr. Philip Lacan
Nothing Personal
2009 · Martin
Sixty Six
2006 · Dr. Barrie
On the Edge
2001 · Dr. Figure
The I Inside
2004 · Doctor Newman
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022 · Self
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 · Timothy Broom
Guinevere
1999 · Connie Fitzpatrick
Angie
1994 · Noel Riordan
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
2006 · Finch
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010 · Self
The Last of the High Kings
1996 · Cab Driver
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022 · Self
The Good Shepherd
2004 · McCaran
Out of the Dark
2014 · Jordan
River Queen
2005 · Francis
Tara Road
2005 · Colm
Copenhagen
2002 · Niels Bohr
Not with a Bang
1990 · Colin Garrity
Caleb Williams
1980 · Tyrell
The Curse of Styria
2014 · Dr. Hill
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
2015 · Danforth
Caleb Williams
1980 · Tyrell
Spy(ies)
2009 · M. Palmer
Crime of the Century
1996 · Bruno Richard Hauptman...
The Heavy
2010 · Anawalt
Thanksgiving
2019 · Melchior
This Is My Father
1999 · Mission Priest
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
2026 · Matsuo Bashō (English)
Cry of the Banshee
1970 · Villager
Nightride
2022 · Joe (voice)
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
2026 · Charlie Bann
Tasting Menu
2013 · Walter
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
2019 · Self
Asylum
2013 · McGahey
Heidi 4 Paws
2008 · Doctor (voice)
Lost Lives
2019 · Self (voice)
Roadkill
2011 · Seamus
Sink Or Swim
1997 · Brian
The Devil's Mercy
2008 · Tyler
Trojan Eddie
1996 · Trojan Eddie
The Life Before This
1999 · Brian
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
All Men Are Mortal
1995 · Fosca
Secrets from Putumayo
2020 · Narrator (voice)
A Further Gesture
1997 · Sean Dowd
Bloom
2004 · Leopold Bloom
I Could Read the Sky
1999 · P.J.
Celebration
2007 · Waiter
A Place Called Ardoyne
1973 · Narrator (voice)
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
2000 · Self
Snow in August
2001 · Rabbi Judah Hirsch
The Out of Town Boys
1979 · Shay
Stella Days
2012 · Brendan
Loose Connections
1984 · Harry
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996 · Voice
The House
1984 · The Soldier
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995 · Nikos
Bad Behavior
1993 · Gerry McAllister
K Is for Killing
1974 · Arden Buckley
Shadow of a Gunman
1995 · Seamus Shields
Professional Foul
1977 · Hollar
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025 · Self
Hedda Gabler
1993 · Eilert Lovborg
Visitation
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The Moonstone
1972 · Major Frayne
The Halo Effect
2004 · Fatso
Four Days in July
1984 · Dixie McConville
Cyprus Avenue
2019 · Eric Miller
Unquiet Graves
2018 · Narrator
Early Struggles
1976 · Chas
Fugitive
1974 · Peter
Shergar
1986 · Frankie
Endgame
1989 · Clov
Fluent Dysphasia
2004 · Murph