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.
Born: 31 October 1946
Played In
Movie
Jul 2026
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
Charlie Bann
Movie
Apr 2026
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
Matsuo Bashō (English)
Movie
Feb 2025
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
Self
TV Show
Jan 2025
Prime Target
Professor James Alderman
Movie
Jul 2023
The Miracle Club
Frank Dunne
TV Show
Nov 2022
The English
Sheriff Robert Marshall
Movie
Aug 2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
Movie
Mar 2022
Nightride
Joe (voice)
Movie
Jan 2022
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Self
Movie
Mar 2021
Sadie
Self - Lyric Theatre
Movie
Oct 2020
Secrets from Putumayo
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jun 2020
Disclosure
Fergus (archive footage)
TV Show
Feb 2020
Flesh and Blood
Mark
TV Show
Jan 2020
The Stranger
Martin Killane
Movie
Dec 2019
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
Self
Movie
Oct 2019
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
Movie
Sep 2019
Cyprus Avenue
Eric Miller
Movie
Feb 2019
Greta
Brian Cody
TV Show
Feb 2019
Thanksgiving
Melchior
Movie
Sep 2018
Black '47
Conneely
Movie
Jul 2018
Unquiet Graves
Narrator
Movie
Jan 2018
Hard Border
Self
TV Show
Dec 2017
Counterpart
Alexander Pope
TV Show
Jan 2016
War and Peace
Vassily Kuragin
TV Show
Dec 2015
Dickensian
Inspector Bucket
Movie
Oct 2015
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
Danforth
Movie
Aug 2014
Out of the Dark
Jordan
Movie
Aug 2014
The Curse of Styria
Dr. Hill
TV Show
Jul 2014
The Honourable Woman
Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
Movie
Sep 2013
Asylum
McGahey
Movie
Jun 2013
Tasting Menu
Walter
TV Show
Jan 2013
Utopia
Conran Letts
Movie
Oct 2012
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
Doc
Movie
Mar 2012
Stella Days
Brendan
Movie
Jan 2012
Underworld: Awakening
Dr. Jacob Lane
Movie
Jul 2011
Blackthorn
Mackinley
TV Show
May 2011
The Shadow Line
Gatehouse
Movie
Apr 2011
Roadkill
Seamus
Movie
Apr 2010
The Heavy
Anawalt
Movie
Mar 2010
Ondine
Priest
Movie
Jan 2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Movie
Aug 2009
Nothing Personal
Martin
TV Show
Jul 2009
Father & Son
Augustine Flynn
Movie
Jan 2009
Spy(ies)
M. Palmer
Movie
Nov 2008
Heidi 4 Paws
Doctor (voice)
Movie
Jul 2008
Kisses
Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
TV Show
Mar 2008
10 Days to War
General Tim Cross
Movie
Jan 2008
The Devil's Mercy
Tyler
Movie
May 2007
Stuck
Tom Bardo
Movie
Apr 2007
The Reaping
Father Costigan
Movie
Feb 2007
Celebration
Waiter
Movie
Jan 2007
Until Death
Gabriel Callaghan
Movie
Nov 2006
Sisters
Dr. Philip Lacan
Movie
Nov 2006
Sixty Six
Dr. Barrie
Movie
Mar 2006
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
Finch
Movie
Feb 2006
V for Vendetta
Finch
Movie
Nov 2005
Breakfast on Pluto
Bertie
Movie
Sep 2005
River Queen
Francis
Movie
May 2005
Tara Road
Colm
Movie
Dec 2004
Control
Dr. Arlo Penner
Movie
Nov 2004
The Halo Effect
Fatso
Movie
Oct 2004
Fluent Dysphasia
Murph
Movie
Jul 2004
Proud
Barney Garvey
Movie
Apr 2004
Bloom
Leopold Bloom
Movie
Mar 2004
The Good Shepherd
McCaran
Movie
Mar 2004
The I Inside
Doctor Newman
Movie
Sep 2002
Evelyn
Michael Beattie
Movie
Sep 2002
Copenhagen
Niels Bohr
Movie
Aug 2002
FearDotCom
Alistair
Movie
Sep 2001
On the Edge
Dr. Figure
Movie
Sep 2001
The Musketeer
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie
Aug 2001
Snow in August
Rabbi Judah Hirsch
Movie
Jun 2000
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
Self
Movie
Jan 2000
The King's Wake
King Conor
Movie
Dec 1999
The End of the Affair
Henry Miles
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Callum Donovan
Movie
Sep 1999
The Life Before This
Brian
Movie
Sep 1999
Guinevere
Connie Fitzpatrick
Movie
Sep 1999
I Could Read the Sky
P.J.
Movie
May 1999
This Is My Father
Mission Priest
Movie
Jan 1999
In Dreams
Doctor Silverman
Movie
Oct 1998
Still Crazy
Tony Costello
Movie
Feb 1998
The Butcher Boy
Da Brady
TV Show
Nov 1997
A Scare at Bedtime
Movie
Sep 1997
Sink Or Swim
Brian
Movie
Sep 1997
Double Tap
Cypher
Movie
Apr 1997
Fever Pitch
Ray, the Governor
Movie
Jan 1997
A Further Gesture
Sean Dowd
Movie
Dec 1996
The Last of the High Kings
Cab Driver
Movie
Oct 1996
Michael Collins
Ned Broy
Movie
Sep 1996
Crime of the Century
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Movie
Sep 1996
Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie
Movie
Apr 1996
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Voice
Movie
Dec 1995
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
Movie
Nov 1995
All Men Are Mortal
Fosca
Movie
Oct 1995
Shadow of a Gunman
Seamus Shields
Movie
May 1995
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Nikos
Movie
Feb 1995
Citizen X
Lt. Viktor Burakov
Movie
Dec 1994
Prêt-à-Porter
Milo O'Brannigan
Movie
Nov 1994
Interview with the Vampire
Santiago
Movie
Sep 1994
Princess Caraboo
Gutch
Movie
Mar 1994
Angie
Noel Riordan
Movie
May 1993
Bad Behavior
Gerry McAllister
Movie
Mar 1993
Hedda Gabler
Eilert Lovborg
Movie
Sep 1992
The Crying Game
Fergus
TV Show
Oct 1991
Performance
Ejlert Lovborg
TV Show
Oct 1991
Performance
Seumus Shields
Movie
Mar 1991
Life Is Sweet
Patsy
TV Show
Mar 1990
Not with a Bang
Colin Garrity
Movie
Nov 1989
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Movie
Jan 1989
Endgame
Clov
Movie
Sep 1987
Scout
Marshall
Movie
Mar 1986
Shergar
Frankie
TV Show
Jan 1986
Boon
Frank Warren
Movie
Oct 1985
The Doctor and the Devils
Timothy Broom
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Frankie
Movie
Nov 1984
Four Days in July
Dixie McConville
Movie
Sep 1984
The House
The Soldier
Movie
Sep 1984
The Company of Wolves
Young Groom
Movie
Apr 1984
Loose Connections
Harry
Movie
Apr 1983
Chekhov in Derry
Self
Movie
Dec 1982
Joyce in June
Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
Movie
May 1982
Angel
Danny
Movie
Dec 1980
Caleb Williams
Tyrell
TV Show
Dec 1980
Caleb Williams
Tyrell
TV Show
Oct 1979
Minder
Roddy Allan
Movie
Jan 1979
The Out of Town Boys
Shay
Movie
Dec 1978
Thank You, Comrades
Mayakovsky
Movie
Dec 1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Movie
Feb 1978
The Seagull
Constantin
TV Show
Dec 1977
The Professionals
Pellin
Movie
Sep 1977
Professional Foul
Hollar
TV Show
Sep 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Pavel Hollar
TV Show
Aug 1977
The Hollywood Greats
Movie
Mar 1976
Early Struggles
Chas
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Fergus (uncredited)
TV Show
Sep 1975
Days of Hope
Reporter
TV Show
Aug 1975
I Didn't Know You Cared
Carter Brandon
Movie
Dec 1974
Fugitive
Peter
Movie
Mar 1974
K Is for Killing
Arden Buckley
TV Show
Apr 1973
Thriller
Arden Buckley
Movie
Jan 1973
A Place Called Ardoyne
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Jan 1972
The Moonstone
Major Frayne
Movie
Jan 1972
The Moonstone
Major Frayne
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Shay
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Peter
Movie
Jul 1970
Cry of the Banshee
Villager
TV Show
Oct 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Konstantin Treplev
TV Show
Apr 1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
Movie
Visitation
Movie
The Body Is Water
Mr M