Stephen Rea
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 31 October 1946 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Stephen Rea (born October 31, 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
Acting 120
- 2026The Body Is Water as Mr M
- 2026Visitation
- 2026Listen as Dinny
- 2026You'll Never Believe Who's Dead as Charlie Bann
- 2026The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones as Matsuo Bashō (English)
- 2025Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now as Self
- 2023The Miracle Club as Frank Dunne
- 2022The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- 2022Nightride as Joe (voice)
- 2022Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2021Sadie as Self - Lyric Theatre
- 2020Secrets from Putumayo as Narrator (voice)
- 2020Disclosure as Fergus (archive footage)
- 2019Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett as Self
- 2019Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- 2019Cyprus Avenue as Eric Miller
- 2019Greta as Brian Cody
- 2018Black '47 as Conneely
- 2018Unquiet Graves as Narrator
- 2018Hard Border as Self
- 2015Ruby Strangelove Young Witch as Danforth
- 2014Out of the Dark as Jordan
- 2014The Curse of Styria as Dr. Hill
- 2013Asylum as McGahey
- 2013Tasting Menu as Walter
- 2012Werewolf: The Beast Among Us as Doc
- 2012Stella Days as Brendan
- 2012Underworld: Awakening as Dr. Jacob Lane
- 2011Blackthorn as Mackinley
- 2011Roadkill as Seamus
- 2010The Heavy as Anawalt
- 2010Ondine as Priest
- 2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009Nothing Personal as Martin
- 2009Spy(ies) as M. Palmer
- 2008Heidi 4 Paws as Doctor (voice)
- 2008Kisses as Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
- 2008The Devil's Mercy as Tyler
- 2007Stuck as Tom Bardo
- 2007The Reaping as Father Costigan
- 2007Celebration as Waiter
- 2007Until Death as Gabriel Callaghan
- 2006Sisters as Dr. Philip Lacan
- 2006Sixty Six as Dr. Barrie
- 2006V for Vendetta: Unmasked as Finch
- 2006V for Vendetta as Finch
- 2005Breakfast on Pluto as Bertie
- 2005River Queen as Francis
- 2005Tara Road as Colm
- 2004Control as Dr. Arlo Penner
- 2004The Halo Effect as Fatso
- 2004Fluent Dysphasia as Murph
- 2004Proud as Barney Garvey
- 2004Bloom as Leopold Bloom
- 2004The Good Shepherd as McCaran
- 2004The I Inside as Doctor Newman
- 2004The End of the Affair: "Making of"
- 2002Evelyn as Michael Beattie
- 2002Copenhagen as Niels Bohr
- 2002FearDotCom as Alistair
- 2001On the Edge as Dr. Figure
- 2001The Musketeer as Cardinal Richelieu
- 2001Snow in August as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
- 2000In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire as Self
- 2000The King's Wake as King Conor
- 1999The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1999The Life Before This as Brian
- 1999Guinevere as Connie Fitzpatrick
- 1999I Could Read the Sky as P.J.
- 1999This Is My Father as Mission Priest
- 1999In Dreams as Doctor Silverman
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Callum Donovan · 1 episode
- 1998Still Crazy as Tony Costello
- 1998The Butcher Boy as Da Brady
- 1997Sink Or Swim as Brian
- 1997Double Tap as Cypher
- 1997Fever Pitch as Ray, the Governor
- 1997A Further Gesture as Sean Dowd
- 1996The Last of the High Kings as Cab Driver
- 1996Michael Collins as Ned Broy
- 1996Crime of the Century as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- 1996Trojan Eddie as Trojan Eddie
- 1996Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice
- 1995Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995All Men Are Mortal as Fosca
- 1995Shadow of a Gunman as Seamus Shields
- 1995Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as Nikos
- 1995Citizen X as Lt. Viktor Burakov
- 1994Prêt-à-Porter as Milo O'Brannigan
- 1994Interview with the Vampire as Santiago
- 1994Princess Caraboo as Gutch
- 1994Angie as Noel Riordan
- 1993Bad Behavior as Gerry McAllister
- 1993Hedda Gabler as Eilert Lovborg
- 1992The Crying Game as Fergus
- 1991Life Is Sweet as Patsy
- 1989Nobody Here But Us Chickens
- 1989Endgame as Clov
- 1987Scout as Marshall
- 1986Shergar as Frankie
- 1985The Doctor and the Devils as Timothy Broom
- 1984Four Days in July as Dixie McConville
- 1984The House as The Soldier
- 1984The Company of Wolves as Young Groom
- 1984Loose Connections as Harry
- 1983Chekhov in Derry as Self
- 1982Joyce in June as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
- 1982Angel as Danny
- 1980Caleb Williams as Tyrell
- 1979The Out of Town Boys as Shay
- 1978Thank You, Comrades as Mayakovsky
- 1978On a Paving Stone Mounted
- 1978The Seagull as Constantin
- 1977Professional Foul as Hollar
- 1976Early Struggles as Chas
- 1974Fugitive as Peter
- 1974K Is for Killing as Arden Buckley
- 1973A Place Called Ardoyne as Narrator (voice)
- 1972The Moonstone as Major Frayne
- 1970Cry of the Banshee as Villager
Writing 1
- 1997A Further Gesture · idea