Stephen Rea

Known for: Acting

Born: 1946-10-31 (age 79)

From: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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.

Filmography (153)

MOVIE
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
2026
as Charlie Bann
MOVIE
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
2026
as Matsuo Bashō (English)
MOVIE
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
2025
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Prime Target
2025
as Professor James Alderman
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Miracle Club
2023
as Frank Dunne
TV★ 7.3
The English
2022
as Sheriff Robert Marshall
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Nightride
2022
as Joe (voice)
MOVIE
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Sadie
2021
as Self - Lyric Theatre
MOVIE★ 1.0
Secrets from Putumayo
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Disclosure
2020
as Fergus (archive footage)
TV★ 6.0
Flesh and Blood
2020
as Mark
TV★ 7.2
The Stranger
2020
as Martin Killane
MOVIE★ 10.0
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Cyprus Avenue
2019
as Eric Miller
MOVIE★ 6.6
Greta
2019
as Brian Cody
TV★ 4.3
Thanksgiving
2019
as Melchior
MOVIE★ 6.6
Black '47
2018
as Conneely
MOVIE★ 8.3
Unquiet Graves
2018
as Narrator
MOVIE
Hard Border
2018
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Counterpart
2017
as Alexander Pope
TV★ 7.6
War and Peace
2016
as Vassily Kuragin
TV★ 7.4
Dickensian
2015
as Inspector Bucket
MOVIE★ 5.5
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
2015
as Danforth
MOVIE★ 5.1
Out of the Dark
2014
as Jordan
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Curse of Styria
2014
as Dr. Hill
TV★ 7.3
The Honourable Woman
2014
as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
MOVIE★ 3.0
Asylum
2013
as McGahey
MOVIE★ 4.4
Tasting Menu
2013
as Walter
TV★ 7.9
Utopia
2013
as Conran Letts
MOVIE★ 5.9
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
2012
as Doc
MOVIE★ 6.4
Stella Days
2012
as Brendan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Dr. Jacob Lane
MOVIE★ 6.6
Blackthorn
2011
as Mackinley
TV★ 7.6
The Shadow Line
2011
as Gatehouse
MOVIE★ 5.7
Roadkill
2011
as Seamus
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Heavy
2010
as Anawalt
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ondine
2010
as Priest
MOVIE★ 8.0
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Nothing Personal
2009
as Martin
TV★ 7.4
Father & Son
2009
as Augustine Flynn
MOVIE★ 5.5
Spy(ies)
2009
as M. Palmer
MOVIE★ 6.0
Heidi 4 Paws
2008
as Doctor (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Kisses
2008
as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
TV★ 6.4
10 Days to War
2008
as General Tim Cross
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Devil's Mercy
2008
as Tyler
MOVIE★ 6.2
Stuck
2007
as Tom Bardo
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Reaping
2007
as Father Costigan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Celebration
2007
as Waiter
MOVIE★ 5.9
Until Death
2007
as Gabriel Callaghan
MOVIE★ 3.9
Sisters
2006
as Dr. Philip Lacan
MOVIE★ 6.6
Sixty Six
2006
as Dr. Barrie
MOVIE★ 8.0
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
as Finch
MOVIE★ 7.9
V for Vendetta
2006
as Finch
MOVIE★ 7.2
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Bertie
MOVIE★ 5.7
River Queen
2005
as Francis
MOVIE★ 5.4
Tara Road
2005
as Colm
MOVIE★ 6.1
Control
2004
as Dr. Arlo Penner
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Halo Effect
2004
as Fatso
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fluent Dysphasia
2004
as Murph
MOVIE★ 4.7
Proud
2004
as Barney Garvey
MOVIE★ 5.0
Bloom
2004
as Leopold Bloom
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Good Shepherd
2004
as McCaran
MOVIE★ 6.0
The I Inside
2004
as Doctor Newman
MOVIE★ 6.4
Evelyn
2002
as Michael Beattie
MOVIE★ 7.7
Copenhagen
2002
as Niels Bohr
MOVIE★ 3.8
FearDotCom
2002
as Alistair
MOVIE★ 6.6
On the Edge
2001
as Dr. Figure
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Musketeer
2001
as Cardinal Richelieu
MOVIE★ 7.2
Snow in August
2001
as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
MOVIE★ 6.0
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
The King's Wake
2000
as King Conor
MOVIE★ 6.6
The End of the Affair
1999
as Henry Miles
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Callum Donovan
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Life Before This
1999
as Brian
MOVIE★ 5.7
Guinevere
1999
as Connie Fitzpatrick
MOVIE★ 4.6
I Could Read the Sky
1999
as P.J.
MOVIE★ 5.8
This Is My Father
1999
as Mission Priest
MOVIE★ 5.5
In Dreams
1999
as Doctor Silverman
MOVIE★ 6.8
Still Crazy
1998
as Tony Costello
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Butcher Boy
1998
as Da Brady
TV★ 7.2
A Scare at Bedtime
1997
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sink Or Swim
1997
as Brian
MOVIE★ 5.4
Double Tap
1997
as Cypher
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fever Pitch
1997
as Ray, the Governor
MOVIE★ 4.8
A Further Gesture
1997
as Sean Dowd
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Cab Driver
MOVIE★ 6.9
Michael Collins
1996
as Ned Broy
MOVIE★ 6.8
Crime of the Century
1996
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
MOVIE★ 5.3
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Trojan Eddie
MOVIE
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as Voice
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
MOVIE★ 6.2
All Men Are Mortal
1995
as Fosca
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shadow of a Gunman
1995
as Seamus Shields
MOVIE★ 6.6
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995
as Nikos
MOVIE★ 7.2
Citizen X
1995
as Lt. Viktor Burakov
MOVIE★ 5.2
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Milo O'Brannigan
MOVIE★ 7.4
Interview with the Vampire
1994
as Santiago
MOVIE★ 5.5
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Gutch
MOVIE★ 5.8
Angie
1994
as Noel Riordan
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bad Behavior
1993
as Gerry McAllister
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hedda Gabler
1993
as Eilert Lovborg
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Crying Game
1992
as Fergus
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Ejlert Lovborg
MOVIE★ 7.0
Life Is Sweet
1991
as Patsy
TV★ 6.0
Not with a Bang
1990
as Colin Garrity
MOVIE
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
TV★ 7.0
4 Play
1989
as Paul
MOVIE★ 9.0
Endgame
1989
as Clov
MOVIE★ 8.0
Scout
1987
as Marshall
MOVIE
Shergar
1986
as Frankie
TV★ 5.8
Boon
1986
as Frank Warren
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Timothy Broom
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Frankie
MOVIE★ 6.6
Four Days in July
1984
as Dixie McConville
MOVIE★ 5.7
The House
1984
as The Soldier
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Company of Wolves
1984
as Young Groom
MOVIE★ 3.8
Loose Connections
1984
as Harry
MOVIE
Chekhov in Derry
1983
as Self
MOVIE
Joyce in June
1982
as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
MOVIE★ 5.8
Angel
1982
as Danny
MOVIE★ 7.1
Caleb Williams
1980
as Tyrell
TV
Caleb Williams
1980
as Tyrell
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Roddy Allan
MOVIE
The Out of Town Boys
1979
as Shay
MOVIE
Thank You, Comrades
1978
as Mayakovsky
MOVIE★ 9.0
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
MOVIE
The Seagull
1978
as Constantin
TV★ 7.6
The Professionals
1977
as Pellin
MOVIE★ 7.5
Professional Foul
1977
as Hollar
TV★ 7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Pavel Hollar
TV★ 4.7
The Hollywood Greats
1977
MOVIE★ 9.0
Early Struggles
1976
as Chas
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Fergus (uncredited)
TV★ 7.0
Days of Hope
1975
as Reporter
TV★ 7.1
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975
as Carter Brandon
MOVIE
Fugitive
1974
as Peter
MOVIE★ 8.0
K Is for Killing
1974
as Arden Buckley
TV★ 6.9
Thriller
1973
as Arden Buckley
MOVIE
A Place Called Ardoyne
1973
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.0
The Moonstone
1972
as Major Frayne
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Moonstone
1972
as Major Frayne
TV
Stage 2
1971
as Donal Davoren
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Shay
MOVIE★ 5.4
Cry of the Banshee
1970
as Villager
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Konstantin Treplev
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE
The Body Is Water
—
as Mr M
MOVIE
Visitation
—
MOVIE
Éist
—
as Dinny