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