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
Movies
- Kisses
2008
- Breakfast on Pluto
2005
- Interview with the Vamp...
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
- Espion(s)
2009
- Princess Caraboo
1994
- Guinevere
1999
- The Last of the High Ki...
1996
- Ondine
2010
- Nothing Personal
2009
- On the Edge
2001
- Blackthorn
2011
- The Doctor and the Devi...
1985
- Copenhagen
2002
- Underworld: Awakening
2012
- Roadkill
2011
- Sisters
2006
- Brian Friel: Shy Man, S...
2022
- Bloom
2003
- Angie
1994
- Stella Days
2012
- Angel
1982
- Bad Behaviour
1993
- Trojan Eddie
1996
- Werewolf: The Beast Amo...
2012
- Snow in August
2001
- Menú degustación
2013
- Asylum
2013
- Four Days in July
1984
- Between the Devil and t...
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 Ha...
2022
- Out of the Dark
2014
- All Men Are Mortal
1995
- Nobody Here But Us Chic...
1989
- The Life Before This
1999
- Evelyn
2002
- In Dreams
1999
- This Is My Father
1999
- In the Shadow of the Va...
2000
- Scout
1987
- Professional Foul
1977
- The Seagull
1978
- Ruby Strangelove Young ...
2015
- The Miracle Club
2023
- A Place Called Ardoyne
1973
- A Further Gesture
1997
- Fever Pitch
1997
- On a Paving Stone Mount...
1978
- Proud
2004
- Celebration
2007
- Sink Or Swim
1997
- Lumière et Compagnie
1995
- Caleb Williams
1980
- Loose Connections
1984
- The Moonstone
1972
- Black '47
2018
- Harold Pinter: A Celeb...
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: Adri...
2019
- Samuel Beckett: As the ...
1996
- Fugitive
1974
- Fluent Dysphasia
2004
- Segredos do 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 i...
2025
- Chekhov in Derry
1983
TV Shows
- Law & Order: Special Vi...
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
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- 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
- Tony Awards
1956
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
- The Moonstone
1972
- Counterpart
2017