Stephen Rea
ActingBorn
October 31, 1946
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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
Filmography
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
2026
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025
The Miracle Club
2023
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
Nightride
2022
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022
Sadie
2021
Secrets from Putumayo
2020
Disclosure
2020
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
2019
Lost Lives
2019
Cyprus Avenue
2019
Greta
2019
Black '47
2018
Unquiet Graves
2018
Hard Border
2018
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
2015
Out of the Dark
2014
The Curse of Styria
2014
Asylum
2013
Tasting Menu
2013
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
2012
Stella Days
2012
Underworld: Awakening
2012
Blackthorn
2011
Roadkill
2011
The Heavy
2010
Ondine
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
Nothing Personal
2009
Spy(ies)
2009
Heidi 4 Paws
2008
Kisses
2008
The Devil's Mercy
2008
Stuck
2007
The Reaping
2007
Celebration
2007
Until Death
2007
Sisters
2006
Sixty Six
2006
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
V for Vendetta
2006
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
River Queen
2005
Tara Road
2005
Control
2004
The Halo Effect
2004
Fluent Dysphasia
2004
Proud
2004
Bloom
2004
The Good Shepherd
2004
The I Inside
2004
Evelyn
2002
Copenhagen
2002
FearDotCom
2002
On the Edge
2001
The Musketeer
2001
Snow in August
2001
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
2000
The King's Wake
2000
The End of the Affair
1999
The Life Before This
1999
Guinevere
1999
I Could Read the Sky
1999
This Is My Father
1999
In Dreams
1999
Still Crazy
1998
The Butcher Boy
1998
Sink Or Swim
1997
Double Tap
1997
Fever Pitch
1997
A Further Gesture
1997
The Last of the High Kings
1996
Michael Collins
1996
Crime of the Century
1996
Trojan Eddie
1996
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
Lumière & Company
1995
All Men Are Mortal
1995
Shadow of a Gunman
1995
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995
Citizen X
1995
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Princess Caraboo
1994
Angie
1994
Bad Behavior
1993
Hedda Gabler
1993
The Crying Game
1992
Life Is Sweet
1991
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
Endgame
1989
Scout
1987
Shergar
1986
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
Four Days in July
1984
The House
1984
The Company of Wolves
1984
Loose Connections
1984
Chekhov in Derry
1983
Angel
1982
Caleb Williams
1980
The Out of Town Boys
1979
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
The Seagull
1978
Professional Foul
1977
Early Struggles
1976
Fugitive
1974
K Is for Killing
1974
A Place Called Ardoyne
1973
The Moonstone
1972
Cry of the Banshee
1970
Visitation
The Body Is Water
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
Prime Target
2025
The English
2022
Flesh and Blood
2020
The Stranger
2020
Thanksgiving
2019
Counterpart
2017
War and Peace
2016
Dickensian
2015
The Honourable Woman
2014
Utopia
2013
The Shadow Line
2011
Father & Son
2009
10 Days to War
2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
A Scare at Bedtime
1997
Performance
1991
Performance
1991
Not with a Bang
1990
Boon
1986
Screen Two
1985
Caleb Williams
1980
Minder
1979
The Professionals
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
Days of Hope
1975
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975
Thriller
1973
The Moonstone
1972
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953