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