Stephen Rea
Born: 1946-10-31 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- You'll Never Believe Who's Dead as Charlie Bann
- The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones as Matsuo Bashō (English)
2025
- Prime Target as Professor James Alderman
- Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now as Self
2023
- The Miracle Club as Frank Dunne
2022
- The English as Sheriff Robert Marshall
- The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- Nightride as Joe (voice)
- Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
2021
- Sadie as Self - Lyric Theatre
2020
- The Stranger as Martin Killane
- Disclosure as Fergus (archive footage)
- Flesh and Blood as Mark
- Secrets from Putumayo as Narrator (voice)
2019
- Greta as Brian Cody
- Thanksgiving as Melchior
- Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett as Self
2018
- Black '47 as Conneely
- Hard Border as Self
- Unquiet Graves as Narrator
2017
- Counterpart as Alexander Pope
2016
- War and Peace as Vassily Kuragin
2015
- Dickensian as Inspector Bucket
- Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
2014
- The Honourable Woman as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
- Out of the Dark as Jordan
- The Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
2013
- Utopia as Conran Letts
- Asylum as McGahey
- Tasting Menu as Walter
2012
- Underworld: Awakening as Dr. Jacob Lane
- Werewolf: The Beast Among Us as Doc
- Stella Days as Brendan
2011
- The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- Blackthorn as Mackinley
- Roadkill as Seamus
2010
- Ondine as Priest
- The Heavy as Anawalt
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
2009
- Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
- Nothing Personal as Martin
- Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
2008
- 10 Days to War as General Tim Cross
- Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
2007
- The Reaping as Father Costigan
- Until Death as Gabriel Callaghan
- Stuck as Tom Bardo
- Celebration as Waiter
2006
- V for Vendetta as Finch
- Sixty Six as Dr. Barrie
- Sisters as Dr. Philip Lacan
- 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked as Finch
2005
- River Queen as Francis
- Breakfast on Pluto as Bertie
- Tara Road as Colm
2004
- The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- Control as Dr. Arlo Penner
- The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- Proud as Barney Garvey
- Bloom as Leopold Bloom
- The Halo Effect as Fatso
- Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
2002
- FearDotCom as Alistair
- Evelyn as Michael Beattie
- Copenhagen as Niels Bohr
2001
- The Musketeer as Cardinal Richelieu
- On the Edge as Dr. Figure
- Snow in August as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
2000
- In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire as Self
- The King's Wake as King Conor
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Callum Donovan
- The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- In Dreams as Doctor Silverman
- Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- The Life Before This as Brian
- I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
1998
- Still Crazy as Tony Costello
- The Butcher Boy as Da Brady
1997
- Fever Pitch as Ray, the Governor
- Double Tap as Cypher
- A Scare at Bedtime
- Sink Or Swim as Brian
- A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
1996
- Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- Crime of the Century as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- Trojan Eddie as Trojan Eddie
- The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice
1995
- Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- All Men Are Mortal as Fosca
- Shadow of a Gunman as Seamus Shields
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as Nikos
1994
- Interview with the Vampire as Santiago
- Prêt-à-Porter as Milo O'Brannigan
- Princess Caraboo as Gutch
- Angie as Noel Riordan
1993
- Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
- Hedda Gabler as Eilert Lovborg
1992
- The Crying Game as Fergus
1991
- Performance as Ejlert Lovborg
- Life Is Sweet as Patsy
1990
- Not with a Bang as Colin Garrity
1989
- Endgame as Clov
- Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1987
- Scout as Marshall
1985
- Screen Two as Frankie
- The Doctor and the Devils as Timothy Broom
1984
- The Company of Wolves as Young Groom
- The House as The Soldier
- Loose Connections as Harry
- Four Days in July as Dixie McConville
1983
- Chekhov in Derry as Self
1982
- Angel as Danny
- Joyce in June as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
1980
- Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- Caleb Williams as Tyrell
1979
- Minder as Roddy Allan
- The Out of Town Boys as Shay
1978
- The Seagull as Constantin
- On a Paving Stone Mounted
- Thank You, Comrades as Mayakovsky
1977
- The Professionals as Pellin
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Pavel Hollar
- The Hollywood Greats
- Professional Foul as Hollar
1976
- Early Struggles as Chas
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Fergus (uncredited)
- I Didn't Know You Cared as Carter Brandon
- Days of Hope as Reporter
1974
- K Is for Killing as Arden Buckley
- Fugitive as Peter
1973
- Thriller as Arden Buckley
- A Place Called Ardoyne as Narrator (voice)
1972
- The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- The Moonstone as Major Frayne
1971
- Stage 2 as Donal Davoren
1970
- Play for Today as Shay
- 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