Stephen Rea

Acting · Born 1946-10-31 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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

• You'll Never Believe Who's Dead (2026)
• The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones (2026)
• Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now (2025)
• The Miracle Club (2023)
• Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman (2022)
• The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022)
• Nightride (2022)
• Sadie (2021)
• Disclosure (2020)
• Secrets from Putumayo (2020)
• Greta (2019)
• Cyprus Avenue (2019)
• Lost Lives (2019)
• Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett (2019)
• Hard Border (2018)
• Black '47 (2018)
• Unquiet Graves (2018)
• Ruby Strangelove Young Witch (2015)
• The Curse of Styria (2014)
• Out of the Dark (2014)
• Tasting Menu (2013)
• Asylum (2013)
• Underworld: Awakening (2012)
• Stella Days (2012)