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.

Career Overview

Stephen Rea has 131 screen credits in a career dating back to 1953. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Vares with 1 titles. Signature works include V for Vendetta, Interview with the Vampire, Underworld: Awakening. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

131

Birth Date

1946-10-31 00:00:00

Birth Place

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Known For

• 

  V for Vendetta
• 

  Interview with the Vampire
• 

  Underworld: Awakening
• 

  Prime Target
• 

  The Crying Game
• 

  Greta

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• Vares (1 titles)
• Underworld (1 titles)
• Maneater (1 titles)
• The Vampire Chronicles Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Natalie Portman (1 collaborations)
• Hugo Weaving (1 collaborations)
• Stephen Fry (1 collaborations)
• John Hurt (1 collaborations)
• Tim Pigott-Smith (1 collaborations)
• Rupert Graves (1 collaborations)
• Roger Allam (1 collaborations)
• Ben Miles (1 collaborations)
• Sinéad Cusack (1 collaborations)
• Natasha Wightman (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (130 credits)

  • Listen

    Dinny

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • You'll Never Believe Who's Dead

    Charlie Bann

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Body Is Water

    Mr M

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Visitation

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

    Matsuo Bashō (English)

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Prime Target

    Professor James Alderman

    actor

    actors

    - The Key (2025) ... Professor James Alderman actor actors

    - Prime Finder (2025) ... Professor James Alderman actor actors

    - The Last Link (2025) ... Professor James Alderman actor actors

    - House of Wisdom (2025) ... Professor James Alderman actor actors

    - Kaplar (2025) ... Professor James Alderman actor actors
    2025
  • The Miracle Club

    Frank Dunne

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • The Ghost of Richard Harris

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Nightride

    Joe (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The English

    - Cherished (2022) ... Sheriff Robert Marshall actor actors

    - The Buffalo Gun (2022) ... Sheriff Robert Marshall actor actors

    - Vultures on the Line (2022) ... Sheriff Robert Marshall actor actors

    - Path of the Dead (2022) ... Sheriff Robert Marshall actor actors
    2022
  • Sadie

    Self - Lyric Theatre

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Secrets from Putumayo

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Disclosure

    Fergus (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Stranger

    - Episode 8 (2020) ... Martin Killane actor actors

    - Episode 7 (2020) ... Martin Killane actor actors

    - Episode 6 (2020) ... Martin Killane actor actors

    - Episode 5 (2020) ... Martin Killane actor actors

    - Episode 4 (2020) ... Martin Killane actor actors
    2020
  • Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Lost Lives

    Self (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Cyprus Avenue

    Eric Miller

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Greta

    Brian Cody

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Black '47

    Conneely

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Unquiet Graves

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Hard Border

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Counterpart

    - No Man's Land (1) (2018) ... Alexander Pope actor actors

    - The Sincerest Form of Flattery (2018) ... Alexander Pope actor actors
    2017
  • War and Peace

    Vassily Kuragin

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 6 (2016) ... Vassily Kuragin actor actors

    - Episode 5 (2016) ... Vassily Kuragin actor actors

    - Episode 4 (2016) ... Vassily Kuragin actor actors

    - Episode 3 (2016) ... Vassily Kuragin actor actors

    - Episode 2 (2016) ... Vassily Kuragin actor actors
    2016
  • Ruby Strangelove Young Witch

    Danforth

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Out of the Dark

    Jordan

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Curse of Styria

    Dr. Hill

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Honourable Woman

    Hugh Hayden-Hoyle

    actor

    actors

    - The Paring Knife (2014) ... Hugh Hayden-Hoyle actor actors

    - The Hollow Wall (2014) ... Hugh Hayden-Hoyle actor actors

    - The Mother Line (2014) ... Hugh Hayden-Hoyle actor actors

    - Two Hearts (2014) ... Hugh Hayden-Hoyle actor actors

    - The Ribbon Cutter (2014) ... Hugh Hayden-Hoyle actor actors
    2014
  • Asylum

    McGahey

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Tasting Menu

    Walter

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

    Doc

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Stella Days

    Brendan

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Underworld: Awakening

    Dr. Jacob Lane

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Blackthorn

    Mackinley

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Roadkill

    Seamus

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Heavy

    Anawalt

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Ondine

    Priest

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Harold Pinter: A Celebration

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Nothing Personal

    Martin

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Spy(ies)

    M. Palmer

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Heidi 4 Paws

    Doctor (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Kisses

    Down Under Dylan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Devil's Mercy

    Tyler

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Stuck

    Tom Bardo

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Reaping

    Father Costigan

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Celebration

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Until Death

    Gabriel Callaghan

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Sisters

    Dr. Philip Lacan

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Sixty Six

    Dr. Barrie

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • V for Vendetta: Unmasked

    Finch

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • V for Vendetta

    Finch

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • River Queen

    Francis

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Tara Road

    Colm

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Control

    Dr. Arlo Penner

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Halo Effect

    Fatso

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Fluent Dysphasia

    Murph

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Proud

    Barney Garvey

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Bloom

    Leopold Bloom

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Good Shepherd

    McCaran

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The I Inside

    Doctor Newman

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Evelyn

    Michael Beattie

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Copenhagen

    Niels Bohr

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • FearDotCom

    Alistair

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • On the Edge

    Dr. Figure

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Musketeer

    Cardinal Richelieu

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Snow in August

    Rabbi Judah Hirsch

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The King's Wake

    King Conor

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The End of the Affair

    Henry Miles

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Life Before This

    Brian

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Guinevere

    Connie Fitzpatrick

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • I Could Read the Sky

    P.J.

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • This Is My Father

    Mission Priest

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • In Dreams

    Doctor Silverman

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    - Solitary (2009) ... Callum Donovan actor actors
    1999
  • Still Crazy

    Tony Costello

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Butcher Boy

    Da Brady

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Sink Or Swim

    Brian

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Double Tap

    Cypher

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Fever Pitch

    Ray, the Governor

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • A Further Gesture

    Sean Dowd

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Last of the High Kings

    Cab Driver

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Michael Collins

    Ned Broy

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Crime of the Century

    Bruno Richard Hauptmann

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Trojan Eddie

    Trojan Eddie

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

    Voice

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Lumière & Company

    (segment "John Boorman")

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • All Men Are Mortal

    Fosca

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Shadow of a Gunman

    Seamus Shields

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    Nikos

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Citizen X

    Lt. Viktor Burakov

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Prêt-à-Porter

    Milo O'Brannigan

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Interview with the Vampire

    Santiago

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Princess Caraboo

    Gutch

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Angie

    Noel Riordan

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Bad Behavior

    Gerry McAllister

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Hedda Gabler

    Eilert Lovborg

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Crying Game

    Fergus

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Life Is Sweet

    Patsy

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Nobody Here But Us Chickens

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Endgame

    Clov

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Scout

    Marshall

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Shergar

    Frankie

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • The Doctor and the Devils

    Timothy Broom

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Four Days in July

    Dixie McConville

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The House

    The Soldier

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Company of Wolves

    Young Groom

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Loose Connections

    Harry

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Chekhov in Derry

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Joyce in June

    Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Angel

    Danny

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Caleb Williams

    Tyrell

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Out of Town Boys

    Shay

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Minder

    - Windows (1984) ... Roddy Allan actor actors
    1979
  • Thank You, Comrades

    Mayakovsky

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • On a Paving Stone Mounted

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Seagull

    Constantin

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Professional Foul

    Hollar

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Professionals

    - In the Public Interest (1978) ... Pellin actor actors
    1977
  • Early Struggles

    Chas

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Saturday Night Live

    - Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum (1993) ... Fergus (uncredited) actor actors
    1975
  • Fugitive

    Peter

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • K Is for Killing

    Arden Buckley

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • A Place Called Ardoyne

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Moonstone

    Major Frayne

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Cry of the Banshee

    Villager

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Play for Today

    - The Out of Town Boys (1979) ... Shay actor actors

    - Fugitive (1974) ... Peter actor actors
    1970
  • BBC Play of the Month

    - The Seagull (1978) ... Konstantin Treplev actor actors
    1965
  • The Oscars

    - The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) ... Self actor actors
    1953

• writing (1 credits)

  • A Further Gesture

    idea

    writing
    1997