Stephen Rea

ActorWriter Oct 31 (age 79) Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 1953–2025 (72 year career)

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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

Film

V for Vendetta

Finch

Film

Interview with the Vampire

Santiago

Film

Underworld: Awakening

Dr. Jacob Lane

Film

Greta

Brian Cody

Film

The Crying Game

Fergus

Film

Breakfast on Pluto

Bertie

Film

Michael Collins

Ned Broy

Film

Citizen X

Lt. Viktor Burakov

Filmography

Acting (146)

Movies (113)

Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

2025

as Self

The Miracle Club

2023

as Frank Dunne

6.3

Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

2022

as Self

Nightride

2022

as Joe (voice)

5.6

The Ghost of Richard Harris

2022

as Self

7.5

Sadie

2021

as Self - Lyric Theatre

Disclosure

2020

as Fergus (archive footage)

7.8

Secrets from Putumayo

as Narrator (voice)

Greta

as Brian Cody

Lost Lives

Cyprus Avenue

as Eric Miller

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

as Self

Black '47

as Conneely

Hard Border

as Self

Unquiet Graves

2018

as Narrator

8.3

Ruby Strangelove Young Witch

as Danforth

The Curse of Styria

as Dr. Hill

Out of the Dark

as Jordan

Asylum

as McGahey

Tasting Menu

as Walter

Underworld: Awakening

as Dr. Jacob Lane

Stella Days

as Brendan

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

as Doc

Blackthorn

as Mackinley

Roadkill

as Seamus

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010

as Self

Ondine

as Priest

The Heavy

as Anawalt

Nothing Personal

as Martin

Spy(ies)

as M. Palmer

Kisses

as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)

The Devil's Mercy

as Tyler

Heidi 4 Paws

as Doctor (voice)

The Reaping

as Father Costigan

Celebration

as Waiter

Until Death

as Gabriel Callaghan

Stuck

as Tom Bardo

V for Vendetta

as Finch

Sisters

as Dr. Philip Lacan

Sixty Six

as Dr. Barrie

'V for Vendetta' Unmasked

as Finch

Breakfast on Pluto

as Bertie

River Queen

as Francis

Tara Road

as Colm

The Halo Effect

as Fatso

The Good Shepherd

as McCaran

Proud

as Barney Garvey

The I Inside

as Doctor Newman

Bloom

as Leopold Bloom

Control

as Dr. Arlo Penner

Fluent Dysphasia

as Murph

FearDotCom

as Alistair

Copenhagen

as Niels Bohr

Evelyn

as Michael Beattie

The Musketeer

as Cardinal Richelieu

On the Edge

as Dr. Figure

Snow in August

as Rabbi Judah Hirsch

7.0

The King's Wake

2000

as King Conor

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

2000

as Self

6.0

The End of the Affair

1999

as Henry Miles

6.6

Guinevere

1999

as Connie Fitzpatrick

In Dreams

as Doctor Silverman

This Is My Father

as Mission Priest

The Life Before This

as Brian

I Could Read the Sky

as P.J.

Still Crazy

as Tony Costello

The Butcher Boy

as Da Brady

Double Tap

as Cypher

Fever Pitch

as Ray, the Governor

A Further Gesture

as Sean Dowd

Sink Or Swim

as Brian

Crime of the Century

as Bruno Richard Hauptmann

6.7

Michael Collins

1996

as Ned Broy

6.9

The Last of the High Kings

as Cab Driver

Trojan Eddie

as Trojan Eddie

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

1996

as Voice

Citizen X

1995

as Lt. Viktor Burakov

7.2

Lumière & Company

1995

as (segment "John Boorman")

All Men Are Mortal

as Fosca

Shadow of a Gunman

as Seamus Shields

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

1995

as Nikos

6.5

Interview with the Vampire

as Santiago

Princess Caraboo

as Gutch

Angie

as Noel Riordan

Prêt-à-Porter

as Milo O'Brannigan

Hedda Gabler

as Eilert Lovborg

Bad Behavior

as Gerry McAllister

The Crying Game

as Fergus

Life Is Sweet

as Patsy

Endgame

as Clov

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

1989

Scout

1987

as Marshall

Shergar

1986

as Frankie

The Doctor and the Devils

1985

as Timothy Broom

6.2

The Company of Wolves

as Young Groom

The House

as The Soldier

Loose Connections

as Harry

Four Days in July

as Dixie McConville

Chekhov in Derry

as Self

Angel

as Danny

Caleb Williams

as Tyrell

The Out of Town Boys

as Shay

The Seagull

1978

as Constantin

On a Paving Stone Mounted

Professional Foul

as Hollar

Early Struggles

as Chas

Fugitive

1974

as Peter

K Is for Killing

1974

as Arden Buckley

A Place Called Ardoyne

1973

as Narrator (voice)

The Moonstone

as Major Frayne

Cry of the Banshee

as Villager

The Body Is Water

as Mr M

Visitation

Television (33)

Prime Target

2025

as Professor James Alderman

6.8

The English

2022

as Sheriff Robert Marshall

The Stranger

as Martin Killane

Flesh and Blood

as Mark

Thanksgiving

as Melchior

Counterpart

as Alexander Pope

War and Peace

as Vassily Kuragin

Dickensian

as Inspector Bucket

The Honourable Woman

as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle

Utopia

as Conran Letts

The Shadow Line

as Gatehouse

Father & Son

as Augustine Flynn

10 Days to War

as General Tim Cross

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Callum Donovan

A Scare at Bedtime

Performance

as Ejlert Lovborg

Not with a Bang

as Colin Garrity

Boon

as Frank Warren

Screen Two

as Frankie

Caleb Williams

as Tyrell

Minder

as Roddy Allan

The Professionals

as Pellin

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Pavel Hollar

The Hollywood Greats

Saturday Night Live

as Fergus (uncredited)

7.0

Days of Hope

1975

as Reporter

6.2

I Didn't Know You Cared

as Carter Brandon

Thriller

as Arden Buckley

The Moonstone

as Major Frayne

Play for Today

as Peter

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Konstantin Treplev

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

A Further Gesture

1997

Idea

4.5