Stephen Rea
Known for Acting · 148 credits
- Born
- 1946-10-31 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Also known as
- Стивен Ри · 斯蒂芬·瑞 · استیون ری
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.
Known For
TV Shows (33)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Callum Donovan
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Fergus (uncredited)
Play for Today
1970
as Shay / Peter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Minder
1979
as Roddy Allan
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Konstantin Treplev
The Professionals
1977
as Pellin
Screen Two
1985
as Frankie
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Thriller
1973
as Arden Buckley
Performance
1991
as Ejlert Lovborg / Seumus Shields
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Pavel Hollar
Counterpart
2017
as Alexander Pope
Utopia
2013
as Conran Letts
Boon
1986
as Frank Warren
War and Peace
2016
as Vassily Kuragin
Prime Target
2025
as Professor James Alderman
The English
2022
as Sheriff Robert Marshall
The Stranger
2020
as Martin Killane
Dickensian
2015
as Inspector Bucket
The Hollywood Greats
1977
The Honourable Woman
2014
as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
10 Days to War
2008
as General Tim Cross
A Scare at Bedtime
1997
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975
as Carter Brandon
The Shadow Line
2011
as Gatehouse
Father & Son
2009
as Augustine Flynn
Flesh and Blood
2020
as Mark
Days of Hope
1975
as Reporter
Thanksgiving
2019
as Melchior
The Moonstone
1972
as Major Frayne
Caleb Williams
1980
as Tyrell
Not with a Bang
1990
as Colin Garrity
Movies (115)
V for Vendetta
2006
as Finch
Interview with the Vampire
1994
as Santiago
Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Dr. Jacob Lane
The Company of Wolves
1984
as Young Groom
Disclosure
2020
as Fergus (archive footage)
Greta
2019
as Brian Cody
Control
2004
as Dr. Arlo Penner
Michael Collins
1996
as Ned Broy
The Reaping
2007
as Father Costigan
Black '47
2018
as Conneely
Until Death
2007
as Gabriel Callaghan
The Crying Game
1992
as Fergus
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Bertie
Citizen X
1995
as Lt. Viktor Burakov
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
2012
as Doc
Life Is Sweet
1991
as Patsy
The End of the Affair
1999
as Henry Miles
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Milo O'Brannigan
Blackthorn
2011
as Mackinley
FearDotCom
2002
as Alistair
Sisters
2006
as Dr. Philip Lacan
Guinevere
1999
as Connie Fitzpatrick
Still Crazy
1998
as Tony Costello
The Miracle Club
2023
as Frank Dunne
The I Inside
2004
as Doctor Newman
In Dreams
1999
as Doctor Silverman
Sink Or Swim
1997
as Brian
Fever Pitch
1997
as Ray, the Governor
The Musketeer
2001
as Cardinal Richelieu
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Gutch
Double Tap
1997
as Cypher
Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
Angie
1994
as Noel Riordan
Stuck
2007
as Tom Bardo
Evelyn
2002
as Michael Beattie
Ondine
2010
as Priest
Out of the Dark
2014
as Jordan
Sixty Six
2006
as Dr. Barrie
Stella Days
2012
as Brendan
The Butcher Boy
1998
as Da Brady
River Queen
2005
as Francis
Nothing Personal
2009
as Martin
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Timothy Broom
On the Edge
2001
as Dr. Figure
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
Tara Road
2005
as Colm
Caleb Williams
1980
as Tyrell
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Cab Driver
The Life Before This
1999
as Brian
Tasting Menu
2013
as Walter
The Good Shepherd
2004
as McCaran
A Further Gesture
1997
as Sean Dowd
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
2000
as Self
Angel
1982
as Danny
Copenhagen
2002
as Niels Bohr
Bloom
2004
as Leopold Bloom
Visitation
Crime of the Century
1996
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
The Body Is Water
as Mr M
Heidi 4 Paws
2008
as Doctor (voice)
Roadkill
2011
as Seamus
I Could Read the Sky
1999
as P.J.
The House
1984
as The Soldier
The Heavy
2010
as Anawalt
Cry of the Banshee
1970
as Villager
K Is for Killing
1974
as Arden Buckley
Nightride
2022
as Joe (voice)
Kisses
2008
as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
Proud
2004
as Barney Garvey
The Halo Effect
2004
as Fatso
This Is My Father
1999
as Mission Priest
Shadow of a Gunman
1995
as Seamus Shields
All Men Are Mortal
1995
as Fosca
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995
as Nikos
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Trojan Eddie
Shergar
1986
as Frankie
The Curse of Styria
2014
as Dr. Hill
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
2015
as Danforth
Endgame
1989
as Clov
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
Scout
1987
as Marshall
The Devil's Mercy
2008
as Tyler
Celebration
2007
as Waiter
Spy(ies)
2009
as M. Palmer
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
Professional Foul
1977
as Hollar
Asylum
2013
as McGahey
Early Struggles
1976
as Chas
The Moonstone
1972
as Major Frayne
Snow in August
2001
as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
as Finch
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
2019
as Self
Bad Behavior
1993
as Gerry McAllister
The Seagull
1978
as Constantin
Hard Border
2018
as Self
Sadie
2021
as Self - Lyric Theatre
The King's Wake
2000
as King Conor
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025
as Self
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022
as Self
Loose Connections
1984
as Harry
Fugitive
1974
as Peter
Unquiet Graves
2018
as Narrator
Four Days in July
1984
as Dixie McConville
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as Voice
Hedda Gabler
1993
as Eilert Lovborg
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
as Charlie Bann
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
Chekhov in Derry
1983
as Self
Secrets from Putumayo
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Out of Town Boys
1979
as Shay
Fluent Dysphasia
2004
as Murph
A Place Called Ardoyne
1973
as Narrator (voice)
Cyprus Avenue
2019
as Eric Miller
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
2026
as Matsuo Bashō (English)
About Stephen Rea
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. With 148 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Stephen Rea has appeared in 115 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Stephen Rea Movies
- V for Vendetta (2006) — as Finch
- Interview with the Vampire (1994) — as Santiago
- Underworld: Awakening (2012) — as Dr. Jacob Lane
- The Company of Wolves (1984) — as Young Groom
- Disclosure (2020) — as Fergus (archive footage)
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