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