Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Rea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Filmography

2025

Prime Target
Prime Target
as Professor James Alderman
TV - Released: 1/22/2025

2023

The Miracle Club
The Miracle Club
as Frank Dunne
Movie - Released: 7/14/2023

2022

Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/6/2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/31/2022
Nightride
Nightride
as Joe (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/4/2022
The English
The English
as Sheriff Robert Marshall
TV - Released: 11/10/2022

2021

Sadie
Sadie
as Self - Lyric Theatre
Movie - Released: 3/31/2021

2020

Disclosure
Disclosure
as Fergus (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/19/2020
Secrets from Putumayo
Secrets from Putumayo
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/3/2020
The Stranger
The Stranger
as Martin Killane
TV - Released: 1/30/2020
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
as Mark
TV - Released: 2/24/2020

2019

Greta
Greta
as Brian Cody
Movie - Released: 2/28/2019
Cyprus Avenue
Cyprus Avenue
as Eric Miller
Movie - Released: 9/15/2019
Lost Lives
Lost Lives
Movie - Released: 10/10/2019
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/22/2019
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
as Melchior
TV - Released: 2/28/2019

2018

Movie
Hard Border
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2018
Black '47
Black '47
as Conneely
Movie - Released: 9/5/2018
Unquiet Graves
Unquiet Graves
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/15/2018

2016

War and Peace
War and Peace
as Vassily Kuragin
TV - Released: 1/3/2016

2015

Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
as Danforth
Movie - Released: 10/5/2015
Dickensian
Dickensian
as Inspector Bucket
TV - Released: 12/26/2015

2014

The Curse of Styria
The Curse of Styria
as Dr. Hill
Movie - Released: 8/21/2014
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark
as Jordan
Movie - Released: 8/27/2014
The Honourable Woman
The Honourable Woman
as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
TV - Released: 7/3/2014

2013

Tasting Menu
Tasting Menu
as Walter
Movie - Released: 6/14/2013
Asylum
Asylum
as McGahey
Movie - Released: 9/30/2013
Utopia
Utopia
as Conran Letts
TV - Released: 1/15/2013

2012

Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Awakening
as Dr. Jacob Lane
Movie - Released: 1/19/2012
Stella Days
Stella Days
as Brendan
Movie - Released: 3/9/2012
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
as Doc
Movie - Released: 10/9/2012

2011

Blackthorn
Blackthorn
as Mackinley
Movie - Released: 7/1/2011
Roadkill
Roadkill
as Seamus
Movie - Released: 4/23/2011
The Shadow Line
The Shadow Line
as Gatehouse
TV - Released: 5/5/2011

2010

The Heavy
The Heavy
as Anawalt
Movie - Released: 4/8/2010
Ondine
Ondine
as Priest
Movie - Released: 3/5/2010
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/24/2010

2009

Spy(ies)
Spy(ies)
as M. Palmer
Movie - Released: 1/28/2009
Nothing Personal
Nothing Personal
as Martin
Movie - Released: 8/14/2009
Father & Son
Father & Son
as Augustine Flynn
TV - Released: 7/20/2009

2008

Kisses
Kisses
as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/11/2008
The Devil's Mercy
The Devil's Mercy
as Tyler
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008
Heidi 4 Paws
Heidi 4 Paws
as Doctor (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/10/2008
10 Days to War
10 Days to War
as General Tim Cross
TV - Released: 3/10/2008

2007

The Reaping
The Reaping
as Father Costigan
Movie - Released: 4/5/2007
Until Death
Until Death
as Gabriel Callaghan
Movie - Released: 1/19/2007
Stuck
Stuck
as Thomas Bardo
Movie - Released: 5/21/2007
Movie
Celebration
as Waiter
Movie - Released: 2/26/2007

2006

V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
as Finch
Movie - Released: 2/23/2006
Sixty Six
Sixty Six
as Dr. Barrie
Movie - Released: 11/3/2006
Sisters
Sisters
as Dr. Philip Lacan
Movie - Released: 11/10/2006

2005

Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
as Bertie
Movie - Released: 11/16/2005
Tara Road
Tara Road
as Colm
Movie - Released: 5/11/2005
River Queen
River Queen
as Francis
Movie - Released: 9/12/2005

2004

The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd
as McCaran
Movie - Released: 3/21/2004
The I Inside
The I Inside
as Doctor Newman
Movie - Released: 3/21/2004
Control
Control
as Dr. Arlo Penner
Movie - Released: 12/7/2004
Movie
Proud
as Barney Garvey
Movie - Released: 7/2/2004
The Halo Effect
The Halo Effect
as Fatso
Movie - Released: 11/19/2004
Fluent Dysphasia
Fluent Dysphasia
as Murph
Movie - Released: 10/16/2004

2003

Bloom
Bloom
as Leopold Bloom
Movie - Released: 6/13/2003

2002

FearDotCom
FearDotCom
as Alistair
Movie - Released: 8/9/2002
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
as Niels Bohr
Movie - Released: 9/27/2002
Evelyn
Evelyn
as Michael Beattie
Movie - Released: 9/30/2002

2001

The Musketeer
The Musketeer
as Cardinal Richelieu
Movie - Released: 9/7/2001
On the Edge
On the Edge
as Dr. Figure
Movie - Released: 8/10/2001
Snow in August
Snow in August
as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
Movie - Released: 8/12/2001

2000

Movie
The King's Wake
as King Conor
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

1999

The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
as Henry Miles
Movie - Released: 12/3/1999
Guinevere
Guinevere
as Connie Fitzpatrick
Movie - Released: 9/12/1999
The Life Before This
The Life Before This
as Brian
Movie - Released: 9/15/1999
In Dreams
In Dreams
as Doctor Silverman
Movie - Released: 1/15/1999
This Is My Father
This Is My Father
as Mission Priest
Movie - Released: 5/7/1999
I Could Read the Sky
I Could Read the Sky
as P.J.
Movie - Released: 9/3/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Callum Donovan
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Still Crazy
Still Crazy
as Tony Costello
Movie - Released: 10/30/1998
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
as Da Brady
Movie - Released: 2/20/1998

1997

Double Tap
Double Tap
as Cypher
Movie - Released: 9/5/1997
A Further Gesture
A Further Gesture
as Sean Dowd
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch
as Ray, the Governor
Movie - Released: 4/4/1997
Hacks
Hacks
as Brian
Movie - Released: 9/19/1997
A Scare at Bedtime
A Scare at Bedtime
TV - Released: 11/24/1997

1996

Michael Collins
Michael Collins
as Ned Broy
Movie - Released: 10/25/1996
The Last of the High Kings
The Last of the High Kings
as Cab Driver
Movie - Released: 12/6/1996
Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie
as Trojan Eddie
Movie - Released: 9/9/1996
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Movie - Released: 9/14/1996
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
as Voice
Movie - Released: 4/13/1996

1995

Citizen X
Citizen X
as Lt. Viktor Burakov
Movie - Released: 2/25/1995
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
as Nikos
Movie - Released: 5/28/1995
Shadow of a Gunman
Shadow of a Gunman
as Seamus Shields
Movie - Released: 10/7/1995
All Men Are Mortal
All Men Are Mortal
as Fosca
Movie - Released: 11/17/1995
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
Movie - Released: 12/20/1995

1994

Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire
as Santiago
Movie - Released: 11/11/1994
Prêt-à-Porter
Prêt-à-Porter
as Milo O'Brannigan
Movie - Released: 12/23/1994
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo
as Gutch
Movie - Released: 9/16/1994
Angie
Angie
as Noel Riordan
Movie - Released: 3/4/1994

1993

Bad Behavior
Bad Behavior
as Gerry McAllister
Movie - Released: 5/28/1993
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
as Eilert Lovborg
Movie - Released: 3/27/1993

1992

The Crying Game
The Crying Game
as Fergus
Movie - Released: 9/2/1992

1991

Performance
Performance
as Ejlert Lovborg
TV - Released: 2/22/1991
Performance
Performance
as Seamus Shields
TV - Released: 2/22/1991

1990

Life Is Sweet
Life Is Sweet
as Patsy
Movie - Released: 11/15/1990
Not with a Bang
Not with a Bang
as Colin Garrity
TV - Released: 3/25/1990

1989

Endgame
Endgame
as Clov
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989
Movie
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Movie - Released: 11/25/1989

1987

Movie
Scout
as Marshall
Movie - Released: 1/1/1987

1986

Shergar
Shergar
as Frankie
Movie - Released: 3/23/1986
Boon
Boon
as Frank Warren
TV - Released: 1/14/1986

1985

The Doctor and the Devils
The Doctor and the Devils
as Timothy Broom
Movie - Released: 10/4/1985
Screen Two
Screen Two
as Frankie
TV - Released: 1/6/1985

1984

The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves
as Young Groom
Movie - Released: 9/21/1984
Four Days in July
Four Days in July
as Dixie McConville
Movie - Released: 11/29/1984
Loose Connections
Loose Connections
as Harry
Movie - Released: 4/13/1984
The House
The House
as The Soldier
Movie - Released: 9/27/1984

1982

Angel
Angel
as Danny
Movie - Released: 5/14/1982

1980

Caleb Williams
Caleb Williams
as Tyrell
Movie - Released: 12/2/1980
Caleb Williams
Caleb Williams
as Tyrell
TV - Released: 12/2/1980

1979

The Out of Town Boys
The Out of Town Boys
as Shay
Movie - Released: 1/2/1979
Minder
Minder
as Roddy Allan
TV - Released: 10/29/1979

1978

Movie
The Seagull
as Constantin
Movie - Released: 2/5/1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Movie - Released: 12/12/1978

1977

Movie
Professional Foul
as Hollar
Movie - Released: 9/21/1977
The Hollywood Greats
The Hollywood Greats
TV - Released: 8/4/1977
The Professionals
The Professionals
as Pellin
TV - Released: 12/30/1977

1976

Early Struggles
Early Struggles
as Chas
Movie - Released: 3/30/1976

1975

I Didn't Know You Cared
I Didn't Know You Cared
as Carter Brandon
TV - Released: 8/27/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Days of Hope
Days of Hope
as Reporter
TV - Released: 9/11/1975

1974

Fugitive
Fugitive
as Peter
Movie - Released: 12/5/1974
K is for Killing
K is for Killing
as Arden Buckley
Movie - Released: 3/2/1974

1973

A Place Called Ardoyne
A Place Called Ardoyne
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973
Thriller
Thriller
as Arden Buckley
TV - Released: 4/14/1973

1972

The Moonstone
The Moonstone
as Major Frayne
Movie - Released: 1/1/1972

1970

Cry of the Banshee
Cry of the Banshee
as Villager
Movie - Released: 7/22/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Shay
TV - Released: 10/15/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as Peter
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

Unknown

Movie
Visitation
Movie