
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

Minder
1979
as Roddy Allan

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee

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

Boon
1986
as Frank Warren

Utopia
2013
as Conran Letts

War and Peace
2016
as Vassily Kuragin

Prime Target
2025
as Professor James Alderman

The Stranger
2020
as Martin Killane

The English
2022
as Sheriff Robert Marshall

Dickensian
2015
as Inspector Bucket

The Hollywood Greats
1977

The Honourable Woman
2014
as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle

A Scare at Bedtime
1997

Father & Son
2009
as Augustine Flynn

10 Days to War
2008
as General Tim Cross

Flesh and Blood
2020
as Mark

I Didn't Know You Cared
1975
as Carter Brandon

The Shadow Line
2011
as Gatehouse

The Moonstone
1972
as Major Frayne

Days of Hope
1975
as Reporter

Thanksgiving
2019
as Melchior

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

The Company of Wolves
1984
as Young Groom

Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Dr. Jacob Lane

Disclosure
2020
as Fergus (archive footage)

Greta
2019
as Brian Cody

The Reaping
2007
as Father Costigan

Until Death
2007
as Gabriel Callaghan

Control
2004
as Dr. Arlo Penner

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
2012
as Doc

Citizen X
1995
as Lt. Viktor Burakov

The Crying Game
1992
as Fergus

Michael Collins
1996
as Ned Broy

The End of the Affair
1999
as Henry Miles

FearDotCom
2002
as Alistair

Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Bertie

Black '47
2018
as Conneely

Blackthorn
2011
as Mackinley

In Dreams
1999
as Doctor Silverman

Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Milo O'Brannigan

Fever Pitch
1997
as Ray, the Governor

The Miracle Club
2023
as Frank Dunne

Still Crazy
1998
as Tony Costello

Stuck
2007
as Tom Bardo

Ondine
2010
as Priest

The Musketeer
2001
as Cardinal Richelieu

Evelyn
2002
as Michael Beattie

The I Inside
2004
as Doctor Newman

Sisters
2006
as Dr. Philip Lacan

Sixty Six
2006
as Dr. Barrie

Angie
1994
as Noel Riordan

Guinevere
1999
as Connie Fitzpatrick

Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")

The Butcher Boy
1998
as Da Brady

Princess Caraboo
1994
as Gutch

Double Tap
1997
as Cypher

Out of the Dark
2014
as Jordan

River Queen
2005
as Francis

Crime of the Century
1996
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Life Is Sweet
1991
as Patsy

The Heavy
2010
as Anawalt

A Further Gesture
1997
as Sean Dowd

The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Timothy Broom

Tara Road
2005
as Colm

The Good Shepherd
2004
as McCaran

On the Edge
2001
as Dr. Figure

Cry of the Banshee
1970
as Villager

Stella Days
2012
as Brendan

Copenhagen
2002
as Niels Bohr

Roadkill
2011
as Seamus

Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)

Nothing Personal
2009
as Martin

The Life Before This
1999
as Brian

The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Cab Driver

Angel
1982
as Danny

Bloom
2004
as Leopold Bloom

Tasting Menu
2013
as Walter

The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self

Visitation

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
2000
as Self

Sink Or Swim
1997
as Brian

Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self

This Is My Father
1999
as Mission Priest

All Men Are Mortal
1995
as Fosca

The House
1984
as The Soldier

Celebration
2007
as Waiter
The Body Is Water
as Mr M

Trojan Eddie
1996
as Trojan Eddie

The Halo Effect
2004
as Fatso

Heidi 4 Paws
2008
as Doctor (voice)

Nightride
2022
as Joe (voice)

Kisses
2008
as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)

Shergar
1986
as Frankie

Spy(ies)
2009
as M. Palmer

Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
2015
as Danforth

Shadow of a Gunman
1995
as Seamus Shields

The Curse of Styria
2014
as Dr. Hill

Professional Foul
1977
as Hollar

Unquiet Graves
2018
as Narrator

Hedda Gabler
1993
as Eilert Lovborg

Loose Connections
1984
as Harry

I Could Read the Sky
1999
as P.J.

K Is for Killing
1974
as Arden Buckley

Asylum
2013
as McGahey

Bad Behavior
1993
as Gerry McAllister

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995
as Nikos
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989

Early Struggles
1976
as Chas

The Moonstone
1972
as Major Frayne
Scout
1987
as Marshall

Four Days in July
1984
as Dixie McConville

The Devil's Mercy
2008
as Tyler

Sadie
2021
as Self - Lyric Theatre

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
2019
as Self

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as Voice
The Seagull
1978
as Constantin

Fugitive
1974
as Peter

On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978

Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025
as Self
Hard Border
2018
as Self

Snow in August
2001
as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
The King's Wake
2000
as King Conor

'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
as Finch
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
as Charlie Bann

Proud
2004
as Barney Garvey

Endgame
1989
as Clov

Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022
as Self

Cyprus Avenue
2019
as Eric Miller

Fluent Dysphasia
2004
as Murph

The Out of Town Boys
1979
as Shay

Secrets from Putumayo
2020
as Narrator (voice)

A Place Called Ardoyne
1973
as Narrator (voice)
Chekhov in Derry
1983
as Self

Caleb Williams
1980
as Tyrell

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
- The Company of Wolves (1984) — as Young Groom
- Underworld: Awakening (2012) — as Dr. Jacob Lane
- Disclosure (2020) — as Fergus (archive footage)
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