Stephen Rea
Acting • Born 1946-10-31
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
148 credits
Kisses
Movie • 2008
Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
Breakfast on Pluto
Movie • 2005
Bertie
Interview with the Vampire
Movie • 1994
Santiago
Still Crazy
Movie • 1998
Tony Costello
V for Vendetta
Movie • 2006
Finch
The Reaping
Movie • 2007
Father Costigan
Visitation
Movie
Michael Collins
Movie • 1996
Ned Broy
The Good Shepherd
Movie • 2004
McCaran
Prêt-à-Porter
Movie • 1994
Milo O'Brannigan
Tara Road
Movie • 2005
Colm
The End of the Affair
Movie • 1999
Henry Miles
Until Death
Movie • 2007
Gabriel Callaghan
The Butcher Boy
Movie • 1998
Da Brady
The Musketeer
Movie • 2001
Cardinal Richelieu
The Crying Game
Movie • 1992
Fergus
Sixty Six
Movie • 2006
Dr. Barrie
The I Inside
Movie • 2004
Doctor Newman
River Queen
Movie • 2005
Francis
The Company of Wolves
Movie • 1984
Young Groom
Citizen X
Movie • 1995
Lt. Viktor Burakov
FearDotCom
Movie • 2002
Alistair
Control
Movie • 2004
Dr. Arlo Penner
Hard Border
Movie • 2018
Self
Stuck
Movie • 2007
Tom Bardo
The Heavy
Movie • 2010
Anawalt
The Devil's Mercy
Movie • 2008
Tyler
Life Is Sweet
Movie • 1990
Patsy
Spy(ies)
Movie • 2009
M. Palmer
Guinevere
Movie • 1999
Connie Fitzpatrick
Princess Caraboo
Movie • 1994
Gutch
The Last of the High Kings
Movie • 1996
Cab Driver
Ondine
Movie • 2010
Priest
Nothing Personal
Movie • 2009
Martin
On the Edge
Movie • 2001
Dr. Figure
Blackthorn
Movie • 2011
Mackinley
The Doctor and the Devils
Movie • 1985
Timothy Broom
Copenhagen
Movie • 2002
Niels Bohr
Underworld: Awakening
Movie • 2012
Dr. Jacob Lane
Roadkill
Movie • 2011
Seamus
Sisters
Movie • 2006
Dr. Philip Lacan
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Movie • 2022
Self
Bloom
Movie • 2003
Leopold Bloom
Angie
Movie • 1994
Noel Riordan
Stella Days
Movie • 2012
Brendan
Angel
Movie • 1982
Danny
Bad Behavior
Movie • 1993
Gerry McAllister
Trojan Eddie
Movie • 1996
Trojan Eddie
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
Movie • 2012
Doc
Snow in August
Movie • 2001
Rabbi Judah Hirsch
Tasting Menu
Movie • 2013
Walter
Asylum
Movie • 2013
McGahey
Four Days in July
Movie • 1984
Dixie McConville
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Movie • 1995
Nikos
Crime of the Century
Movie • 1996
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Double Tap
Movie • 1997
Cypher
Shadow of a Gunman
Movie • 1995
Seamus Shields
Endgame
Movie • 1989
Clov
The Curse of Styria
Movie • 2014
Dr. Hill
Hedda Gabler
Movie • 1993
Eilert Lovborg
Disclosure
Movie • 2020
Fergus (archive footage)
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Movie • 2022
Self
Out of the Dark
Movie • 2014
Jordan
All Men Are Mortal
Movie • 1995
Fosca
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Movie • 1989
The Life Before This
Movie • 1999
Brian
Evelyn
Movie • 2002
Michael Beattie
In Dreams
Movie • 1999
Doctor Silverman
This Is My Father
Movie • 1999
Mission Priest
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
Movie • 2000
Self
Scout
Movie • 1987
Marshall
Professional Foul
Movie • 1977
Hollar
The Seagull
Movie • 1978
Constantin
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
Movie • 2015
Danforth
The Miracle Club
Movie • 2023
Frank Dunne
A Place Called Ardoyne
Movie • 1973
Narrator (voice)
A Further Gesture
Movie • 1997
Sean Dowd
Fever Pitch
Movie • 1997
Ray, the Governor
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Movie • 1978
Proud
Movie • 2004
Barney Garvey
Celebration
Movie • 2007
Waiter
Sink Or Swim
Movie • 1997
Brian
Lumière & Company
Movie • 1995
(segment "John Boorman")
Caleb Williams
Movie • 1980
Tyrell
Loose Connections
Movie • 1984
Harry
The Moonstone
Movie • 1972
Major Frayne
Black '47
Movie • 2018
Conneely
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie • 2010
Self
I Could Read the Sky
Movie • 1999
P.J.
The King's Wake
Movie • 2000
King Conor
Greta
Movie • 2019
Brian Cody
The Halo Effect
Movie • 2004
Fatso
Unquiet Graves
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Shergar
Movie • 1986
Frankie
Cyprus Avenue
Movie • 2019
Eric Miller
The House
Movie • 1984
The Soldier
Lost Lives
Movie • 2019
Heidi 4 Paws
Movie • 2008
Doctor (voice)
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
Movie • 2019
Self
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Movie • 1996
Voice
Fugitive
Movie • 1974
Peter
Fluent Dysphasia
Movie • 2004
Murph
Secrets from Putumayo
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Early Struggles
Movie • 1976
Chas
The Out of Town Boys
Movie • 1979
Shay
Sadie
Movie • 2021
Self - Lyric Theatre
K Is for Killing
Movie • 1974
Arden Buckley
Cry of the Banshee
Movie • 1970
Villager
Nightride
Movie • 2022
Joe (voice)
The Body Is Water
Movie
Mr M
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
Movie • 2025
Self
Chekhov in Derry
Movie • 1983
Self
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
Movie • 2006
Finch
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
Movie
Charlie Bann
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Callum Donovan
Boon
TV • 1986
Frank Warren
Minder
TV • 1979
Roddy Allan
I Didn't Know You Cared
TV • 1975
Carter Brandon
Not with a Bang
TV • 1990
Colin Garrity
The Hollywood Greats
TV • 1977
Father & Son
TV • 2009
Augustine Flynn
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Shadow Line
TV • 2011
Gatehouse
Thriller
TV • 1973
Arden Buckley
A Scare at Bedtime
TV • 1997
Performance
TV • 1991
Ejlert Lovborg
Performance
TV • 1991
Seumus Shields
The Honourable Woman
TV • 2014
Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
War and Peace
TV • 2016
Vassily Kuragin
Dickensian
TV • 2015
Inspector Bucket
Utopia
TV • 2013
Conran Letts
Caleb Williams
TV • 1980
Tyrell
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Shay
Days of Hope
TV • 1975
Reporter
Thanksgiving
TV • 2019
Melchior
Prime Target
TV • 2025
Professor James Alderman
10 Days to War
TV • 2008
General Tim Cross
The English
TV • 2022
Sheriff Robert Marshall
The Stranger
TV • 2020
Martin Killane
Flesh and Blood
TV • 2020
Mark
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Peter
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Frankie
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Pellin
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Konstantin Treplev
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Pavel Hollar
The Moonstone
TV • 1972
Major Frayne
Counterpart
TV • 2017
Alexander Pope
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Fergus (uncredited)