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
2025
- Prime Target as Professor James Alderman
- Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now as Self
2023
- The Miracle Club as Frank Dunne
2022
- Nightride as Joe (voice)
- The English as Sheriff Robert Marshall
- The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
2021
- Sadie as Self - Lyric Theatre
2020
- Disclosure as Fergus (archive footage)
- The Stranger as Martin Killane
- Flesh and Blood as Mark
- Secrets from Putumayo as Narrator (voice)
2019
- Greta as Brian Cody
- Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- Lost Lives
- Thanksgiving as Melchior
- 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 Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- The Honourable Woman as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
- Out of the Dark as Jordan
2013
- Utopia as Conran Letts
- Asylum as McGahey
- Tasting Menu as Walter
2012
- Stella Days as Brendan
- Underworld: Awakening as Dr. Jacob Lane
- Werewolf: The Beast Among Us as Doc
2011
- Roadkill as Seamus
- The Shadow Line as Gatehouse
- Blackthorn as Mackinley
2010
- The Heavy as Anawalt
- Ondine as Priest
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
2009
- Nothing Personal as Martin
- Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- Father & Son as Augustine Flynn
2008
- Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
- Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 10 Days to War as General Tim Cross
2007
- Stuck as Tom Bardo
- The Reaping as Father Costigan
- Until Death as Gabriel Callaghan
- Celebration as Waiter
2006
- V for Vendetta as Finch
- Sixty Six as Dr. Barrie
- Sisters as Dr. Philip Lacan
2005
- River Queen as Francis
- Tara Road as Colm
- Breakfast on Pluto as Bertie
2004
- Control as Dr. Arlo Penner
- The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- The Halo Effect as Fatso
- Proud as Barney Garvey
- The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
2003
- Bloom as Leopold Bloom
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
- Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- In Dreams as Doctor Silverman
- This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
- The Life Before This as Brian
1998
- Still Crazy as Tony Costello
- The Butcher Boy as Da Brady
1997
- Fever Pitch as Ray, the Governor
- Double Tap as Cypher
- A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
- A Scare at Bedtime
- Sink Or Swim as Brian
1996
- Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- Crime of the Century as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- Trojan Eddie as Trojan Eddie
- Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice
1995
- Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as Nikos
- Shadow of a Gunman as Seamus Shields
- All Men Are Mortal as Fosca
1994
- Interview with the Vampire as Santiago
- Angie as Noel Riordan
- Princess Caraboo as Gutch
- Prêt-à-Porter as Milo O'Brannigan
1993
- Hedda Gabler as Eilert Lovborg
- Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
1992
- The Crying Game as Fergus
1991
- Performance as Ejlert Lovborg
1990
- Life Is Sweet as Patsy
- Not with a Bang as Colin Garrity
1989
- Nobody Here But Us Chickens
- Endgame as Clov
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
- Loose Connections as Harry
- Four Days in July as Dixie McConville
- The House as The Soldier
1982
- Angel as Danny
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
1977
- The Professionals as Pellin
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Pavel Hollar
- Professional Foul as Hollar
- The Hollywood Greats
1976
- Early Struggles as Chas
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- I Didn't Know You Cared as Carter Brandon
- Days of Hope as Reporter
1974
- Fugitive as Peter
- K Is for Killing as Arden Buckley
1973
- Thriller as Arden Buckley
- A Place Called Ardoyne as Narrator (voice)
1972
- The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- The Moonstone as Major Frayne
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