Stephen Rea
Known for acting · Born 31 October 1946 · 79 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
154 credits
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.
Known for
V for Vendetta
2006
Underworld: Awakening
2012
Interview with the Vampire
1994
The Crying Game
1992
Michael Collins
1996
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
FearDotCom
2002
Citizen X
1995
Black '47
2018
Greta
2019
Blackthorn
2011
The End of the Affair
1999
Acting (153)
2026You'll Never Believe Who's DeadCharlie BannFilm
2026The Journey of Weather-Exposed BonesMatsuo Bashō (English)Film
2026ListenDinnyFilm
2025Prime TargetProfessor James Alderman · 8 episodesSeries
2025Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me NowSelfFilm
2023The Miracle ClubFrank DunneFilm
2022The EnglishSheriff Robert Marshall · 4 episodesSeries
2022NightrideJoe (voice)Film
2022The Ghost of Richard HarrisSelfFilm
2022Brian Friel: Shy Man, ShowmanSelfFilm
2021SadieSelf - Lyric TheatreFilm
2020The StrangerMartin Killane · 8 episodesSeries
2020DisclosureFergus (archive footage)Film
2020Flesh and BloodMark · 4 episodesSeries
2020Secrets from PutumayoNarrator (voice)Film
2019GretaBrian CodyFilm
2019ThanksgivingMelchior · 3 episodesSeries
2019Cyprus AvenueEric MillerFilm
2019Lost LivesSelf (voice)Film
2019Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel BeckettSelfFilm
2018Black '47ConneelyFilm
2018Unquiet GravesNarratorFilm
2018Hard BorderSelfFilm
2017CounterpartAlexander Pope · 2 episodesSeries
2016War and PeaceVassily Kuragin · 6 episodesSeries
2015DickensianInspector Bucket · 20 episodesSeries
2015Ruby Strangelove Young WitchDanforthFilm
2014Out of the DarkJordanFilm
2014The Honourable WomanHugh Hayden-Hoyle · 8 episodesSeries
2014The Curse of StyriaDr. HillFilm
2013UtopiaConran Letts · 5 episodesSeries
2013AsylumMcGaheyFilm
2013Tasting MenuWalterFilm
2012Underworld: AwakeningDr. Jacob LaneFilm
2012Werewolf: The Beast Among UsDocFilm
2012Stella DaysBrendanFilm
2011BlackthornMackinleyFilm
2011The Shadow LineGatehouse · 7 episodesSeries
2011RoadkillSeamusFilm
2010OndinePriestFilm
2010The HeavyAnawaltFilm
2010Harold Pinter: A CelebrationSelfFilm
2009Nothing PersonalMartinFilm
2009Spy(ies)M. PalmerFilm
2009Father & SonAugustine Flynn · 4 episodesSeries
2008KissesDown Under Dylan (uncredited)Film
2008The Devil's MercyTylerFilm
200810 Days to WarGeneral Tim CrossSeries
2008Heidi 4 PawsDoctor (voice)Film
2007The ReapingFather CostiganFilm
2007Until DeathGabriel CallaghanFilm
2007StuckTom BardoFilm
2007CelebrationWaiterFilm
2006V for VendettaFinchFilm
2006SistersDr. Philip LacanFilm
2006Sixty SixDr. BarrieFilm
2006V for Vendetta: UnmaskedFinchFilm
2005Breakfast on PlutoBertieFilm
2005Tara RoadColmFilm
2005River QueenFrancisFilm
2004The I InsideDoctor NewmanFilm
2004ControlDr. Arlo PennerFilm
2004The Good ShepherdMcCaranFilm
2004BloomLeopold BloomFilm
2004ProudBarney GarveyFilm
2004Fluent DysphasiaMurphFilm
2004The Halo EffectFatsoFilm
2004The End of the Affair: "Making of"Film
2002FearDotComAlistairFilm
2002EvelynMichael BeattieFilm
2002CopenhagenNiels BohrFilm
2001The MusketeerCardinal RichelieuFilm
2001On the EdgeDr. FigureFilm
2001Snow in AugustRabbi Judah HirschFilm
2000In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the VampireSelfFilm
2000The King's WakeKing ConorFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCallum DonovanSeries
1999The End of the AffairHenry MilesFilm
1999In DreamsDoctor SilvermanFilm
1999GuinevereConnie FitzpatrickFilm
1999This Is My FatherMission PriestFilm
1999I Could Read the SkyP.J.Film
1999The Life Before ThisBrianFilm
1998The Butcher BoyDa BradyFilm
1998Still CrazyTony CostelloFilm
1997Fever PitchRay, the GovernorFilm
1997A Further GestureSean DowdFilm
1997Double TapCypherFilm
1997Sink Or SwimBrianFilm
1997A Scare at BedtimeSeries
1996Michael CollinsNed BroyFilm
1996The Last of the High KingsCab DriverFilm
1996Crime of the CenturyBruno Richard HauptmannFilm
1996Trojan EddieTrojan EddieFilm
1996Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was ToldVoiceFilm
1995Citizen XLt. Viktor BurakovFilm
1995Lumière & Company(segment "John Boorman")Film
1995Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaNikosFilm
1995All Men Are MortalFoscaFilm
1995Shadow of a GunmanSeamus ShieldsFilm
1994Interview with the VampireSantiagoFilm
1994Prêt-à-PorterMilo O'BranniganFilm
1994AngieNoel RiordanFilm
1994Princess CarabooGutchFilm
1993Bad BehaviorGerry McAllisterFilm
1993Hedda GablerEilert LovborgFilm
1992The Crying GameFergusFilm
1991Life Is SweetPatsyFilm
1991PerformanceEjlert Lovborg, Seumus ShieldsSeries
1990Not with a BangColin Garrity · 7 episodesSeries
1989EndgameClovFilm
19894 PlayPaulSeries
1989Nobody Here But Us ChickensFilm
1987ScoutMarshallFilm
1986BoonFrank WarrenSeries
1986ShergarFrankieFilm
1985The Doctor and the DevilsTimothy BroomFilm
1985Screen TwoFrankieSeries
1984The Company of WolvesYoung GroomFilm
1984Four Days in JulyDixie McConvilleFilm
1984Loose ConnectionsHarryFilm
1984The HouseThe SoldierFilm
1983Chekhov in DerrySelfFilm
1982AngelDannyFilm
1982Joyce in JuneStanislaus Joyce / McIntoshFilm
1980Caleb WilliamsTyrellFilm
1980Caleb WilliamsTyrell · 4 episodesSeries
1979MinderRoddy AllanSeries
1979The Out of Town BoysShayFilm
1978On a Paving Stone MountedFilm
1978The SeagullConstantinFilm
1978Thank You, ComradesMayakovskyFilm
1977The ProfessionalsPellinSeries
1977The Hollywood GreatsSeries
1977Professional FoulHollarFilm
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekPavel HollarSeries
1976Early StrugglesChasFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveFergus (uncredited)Series
1975I Didn't Know You CaredCarter Brandon · 13 episodesSeries
1975Days of HopeReporterSeries
1974K Is for KillingArden BuckleyFilm
1974FugitivePeterFilm
1973ThrillerArden BuckleySeries
1973A Place Called ArdoyneNarrator (voice)Film
1972The MoonstoneMajor FrayneSeries
1971Stage 2Donal DavorenSeries
1970Cry of the BansheeVillagerFilm
1970Play for TodayShay, PeterSeries
1965BBC Play of the MonthKonstantin TreplevSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
—VisitationFilm
—The Body Is WaterMr MFilm
Writing (1)
1997A Further GestureIdeaFilm