Stephen Rea

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Saturday Night Live

Tony Awards

Minder

Play for Today

Play for Today

The Professionals

BBC Play of the Month

All Movies (117)

• You'll Never Believe Who's Dead2026 · as Charlie Bann
• The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones2026 · as Matsuo Bashō (English)
• Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now2025 · as Self
• The Miracle Club2023 · as Frank Dunne
• The Ghost of Richard Harris2022 · as Self
• Nightride2022 · as Joe (voice)
• Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman2022 · as Self
• Sadie2021 · as Self - Lyric Theatre
• Secrets from Putumayo2020 · as Narrator (voice)
• Disclosure2020 · as Fergus (archive footage)
• Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett2019 · as Self
• Lost Lives2019 · as Self (voice)
• Cyprus Avenue2019 · as Eric Miller
• Greta2019 · as Brian Cody
• Black '472018 · as Conneely
• Unquiet Graves2018 · as Narrator
• Hard Border2018 · as Self
• Ruby Strangelove Young Witch2015 · as Danforth
• Out of the Dark2014 · as Jordan
• The Curse of Styria2014 · as Dr. Hill
• Asylum2013 · as McGahey
• Tasting Menu2013 · as Walter
• Werewolf: The Beast Among Us2012 · as Doc
• Stella Days2012 · as Brendan
• Underworld: Awakening2012 · as Dr. Jacob Lane
• Blackthorn2011 · as Mackinley
• Roadkill2011 · as Seamus
• The Heavy2010 · as Anawalt
• Ondine2010 · as Priest
• Harold Pinter: A Celebration2010 · as Self
• Nothing Personal2009 · as Martin
• Spy(ies)2009 · as M. Palmer
• Heidi 4 Paws2008 · as Doctor (voice)
• Kisses2008 · as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
• The Devil's Mercy2008 · as Tyler
• Stuck2007 · as Tom Bardo
• The Reaping2007 · as Father Costigan
• Celebration2007 · as Waiter
• Until Death2007 · as Gabriel Callaghan
• Sisters2006 · as Dr. Philip Lacan
• Sixty Six2006 · as Dr. Barrie
• 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked2006 · as Finch
• V for Vendetta2006 · as Finch
• Breakfast on Pluto2005 · as Bertie
• River Queen2005 · as Francis
• Tara Road2005 · as Colm
• Control2004 · as Dr. Arlo Penner
• The Halo Effect2004 · as Fatso
• Fluent Dysphasia2004 · as Murph
• Proud2004 · as Barney Garvey
• Bloom2004 · as Leopold Bloom
• The Good Shepherd2004 · as McCaran
• The I Inside2004 · as Doctor Newman
• Evelyn2002 · as Michael Beattie
• Copenhagen2002 · as Niels Bohr
• FearDotCom2002 · as Alistair
• On the Edge2001 · as Dr. Figure
• The Musketeer2001 · as Cardinal Richelieu
• Snow in August2001 · as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
• In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire2000 · as Self
• The King's Wake2000 · as King Conor
• The End of the Affair1999 · as Henry Miles
• The Life Before This1999 · as Brian
• Guinevere1999 · as Connie Fitzpatrick
• I Could Read the Sky1999 · as P.J.
• This Is My Father1999 · as Mission Priest
• In Dreams1999 · as Doctor Silverman
• Still Crazy1998 · as Tony Costello
• The Butcher Boy1998 · as Da Brady
• Sink Or Swim1997 · as Brian
• Double Tap1997 · as Cypher
• Fever Pitch1997 · as Ray, the Governor
• A Further Gesture1997 · as Sean Dowd
• The Last of the High Kings1996 · as Cab Driver
• Michael Collins1996 · as Ned Broy
• Crime of the Century1996 · as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
• Trojan Eddie1996 · as Trojan Eddie
• Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told1996 · as Voice
• Lumière & Company1995 · as (segment "John Boorman")
• All Men Are Mortal1995 · as Fosca
• Shadow of a Gunman1995 · as Seamus Shields
• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea1995 · as Nikos
• Citizen X1995 · as Lt. Viktor Burakov
• Prêt-à-Porter1994 · as Milo O'Brannigan
• Interview with the Vampire1994 · as Santiago
• Princess Caraboo1994 · as Gutch
• Angie1994 · as Noel Riordan
• Bad Behavior1993 · as Gerry McAllister
• Hedda Gabler1993 · as Eilert Lovborg
• The Crying Game1992 · as Fergus
• Life Is Sweet1991 · as Patsy
• Nobody Here But Us Chickens1989
• Endgame1989 · as Clov
• Scout1987 · as Marshall
• Shergar1986 · as Frankie
• The Doctor and the Devils1985 · as Timothy Broom
• Four Days in July1984 · as Dixie McConville
• The House1984 · as The Soldier
• The Company of Wolves1984 · as Young Groom
• Loose Connections1984 · as Harry
• Chekhov in Derry1983 · as Self
• Joyce in June1982 · as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
• Angel1982 · as Danny
• Caleb Williams1980 · as Tyrell
• The Out of Town Boys1979 · as Shay
• Thank You, Comrades1978 · as Mayakovsky
• On a Paving Stone Mounted1978
• The Seagull1978 · as Constantin
• Professional Foul1977 · as Hollar
• Early Struggles1976 · as Chas
• Fugitive1974 · as Peter
• K Is for Killing1974 · as Arden Buckley
• A Place Called Ardoyne1973 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Moonstone1972 · as Major Frayne
• Cry of the Banshee1970 · as Villager
• Visitation—
• The Body Is Water— · as Mr M

All TV Shows (35)

• Prime Target2025 · as Professor James Alderman
• The English2022 · as Sheriff Robert Marshall
• Flesh and Blood2020 · as Mark
• The Stranger2020 · as Martin Killane
• Thanksgiving2019 · as Melchior
• Counterpart2017 · as Alexander Pope
• War and Peace2016 · as Vassily Kuragin
• Dickensian2015 · as Inspector Bucket
• The Honourable Woman2014 · as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
• Utopia2013 · as Conran Letts
• The Shadow Line2011 · as Gatehouse
• Father & Son2009 · as Augustine Flynn
• 10 Days to War2008 · as General Tim Cross
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Callum Donovan
• A Scare at Bedtime1997
• Performance1991 · as Ejlert Lovborg
• Performance1991 · as Seumus Shields
• Not with a Bang1990 · as Colin Garrity
• Boon1986 · as Frank Warren
• Screen Two1985 · as Frankie
• Caleb Williams1980 · as Tyrell
• Minder1979 · as Roddy Allan
• The Professionals1977 · as Pellin
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Pavel Hollar
• The Hollywood Greats1977
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Fergus (uncredited)
• Days of Hope1975 · as Reporter
• I Didn't Know You Cared1975 · as Carter Brandon
• Thriller1973 · as Arden Buckley
• The Moonstone1972 · as Major Frayne
• Play for Today1970 · as Shay
• Play for Today1970 · as Peter
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Konstantin Treplev
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• The Oscars1953 · as Self