Acting

Stephen Rea

Born 1946-10-31 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Stephen Rea (born October 31, 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.

Credits

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You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
as Charlie Bann
2026
Listen
as Dinny
2026
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
as Matsuo Bashō (English)
2026
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
as Self
2025
Prime Target
as Professor James Alderman
2025
The Miracle Club
as Frank Dunne
2023
The English
as Sheriff Robert Marshall
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
2022
Nightride
as Joe (voice)
2022
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
as Self
2022
Sadie
as Self - Lyric Theatre
2021
Secrets from Putumayo
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Disclosure
as Fergus (archive footage)
2020
Flesh and Blood
as Mark
2020
The Stranger
as Martin Killane
2020
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
as Self
2019
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
2019
Cyprus Avenue
as Eric Miller
2019
Greta
as Brian Cody
2019
Thanksgiving
as Melchior
2019
Black '47
as Conneely
2018
Unquiet Graves
as Narrator
2018
Hard Border
as Self
2018
Counterpart
as Alexander Pope
2017
War and Peace
as Vassily Kuragin
2016
Dickensian
as Inspector Bucket
2015
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
as Danforth
2015
Out of the Dark
as Jordan
2014
The Curse of Styria
as Dr. Hill
2014
The Honourable Woman
as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
2014
Asylum
as McGahey
2013
Tasting Menu
as Walter
2013
Utopia
as Conran Letts
2013
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
as Doc
2012
Stella Days
as Brendan
2012
Underworld: Awakening
as Dr. Jacob Lane
2012
Blackthorn
as Mackinley
2011
The Shadow Line
as Gatehouse
2011
Roadkill
as Seamus
2011
The Heavy
as Anawalt
2010
Ondine
as Priest
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
2010
Nothing Personal
as Martin
2009
Father & Son
as Augustine Flynn
2009
Spy(ies)
as M. Palmer
2009
Heidi 4 Paws
as Doctor (voice)
2008
Kisses
as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
2008
10 Days to War
as General Tim Cross
2008
The Devil's Mercy
as Tyler
2008
Stuck
as Tom Bardo
2007
The Reaping
as Father Costigan
2007
Celebration
as Waiter
2007
Until Death
as Gabriel Callaghan
2007
Sisters
as Dr. Philip Lacan
2006
Sixty Six
as Dr. Barrie
2006
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
as Finch
2006
V for Vendetta
as Finch
2006
Breakfast on Pluto
as Bertie
2005
River Queen
as Francis
2005
Tara Road
as Colm
2005
Control
as Dr. Arlo Penner
2004
The Halo Effect
as Fatso
2004
Fluent Dysphasia
as Murph
2004
Proud
as Barney Garvey
2004
Bloom
as Leopold Bloom
2004
The Good Shepherd
as McCaran
2004
The I Inside
as Doctor Newman
2004
The End of the Affair: "Making of"
2004
Evelyn
as Michael Beattie
2002
Copenhagen
as Niels Bohr
2002
FearDotCom
as Alistair
2002
On the Edge
as Dr. Figure
2001
The Musketeer
as Cardinal Richelieu
2001
Snow in August
as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
2001
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
as Self
2000
The King's Wake
as King Conor
2000
The End of the Affair
as Henry Miles
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Callum Donovan
1999
The Life Before This
as Brian
1999
Guinevere
as Connie Fitzpatrick
1999