Stephen Rea
Highest Rated: 100% Bad Behaviour (1993)
Lowest Rated: 0% The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
Birthday: Oct 31, 1946
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Perhaps one of the most respected and established actors to emerge from Ireland, Stephen Rea spent years performing on stage and on screen before staking his claim in the United States with an Oscar-nominated performance in "The Crying Game" (1992). Directed by long-time collaborator, Neil Jordan, "The Crying Game" both introduced him to a wider, international audience while reaffirming to fellow countrymen his status as an actor of considerable depth. Prior to his breakout performance, Rea spent two decades working on stage, touring his native Ireland in small theatres until he worked his way up to bigger stages in Dublin and eventually London, while performing in films like "Angel" (1982) and "Life is Sweet" (1991). He later formed his own stage company, Field Day, with acclaimed playwright Brian Friel, which allowed him to delve into more politically-themed material that helped attract attention to the debate concerning The Troubles, North Ireland's long conflict with England. Never shy about his stance on issues, Rea continued performing in movies and plays with overt political intentions, and even married Dolours Price, a former member of the Irish Republican Army who spent eight years in prison on suspicion of partaking in a terrorist bombing. But it was Rea's nuanced and often sympathetic portrayals of otherwise complex characters that attracted the most attention and endeared him to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Stephen Rea
Filmography
Movies
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66% |
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The Miracle Club | Unknown (Character) | $2.4M | 2023 |
86% |
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Nightride | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets from Putumayo | Narrator | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unquiet Graves | Narrator | - | 2018 |
61% |
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Greta | Brian Cody (Character) | $10.5M | 2018 |
78% |
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Black '47 | Conneely (Character) | $49.3K | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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The Curse Of Styria | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ruby Strangelove Young Witch | Danforth (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Styria | Dr. Hill (Character) | - | 2014 |
24% |
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Out of the Dark | Jordan (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Asylum | McGahey (Character) | - | 2013 |
16% |
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Tasting Menu | Walter (Character) | $18.6K | 2013 |
40% |
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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
25% |
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Underworld: Awakening | Dr. Jacob Lane (Character) | $62.3M | 2012 |
60% |
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Stella Days | Brendan (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Roadkill | Seamus (Character) | - | 2011 |
75% |
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Blackthorn | MacKinley (Character) | $199.7K | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Heavy | Anawalt (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Spy(ies) | M. Palmer (Character) | - | 2009 |
82% |
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Nothing Personal | Martin (Character) | - | 2009 |
70% |
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Ondine | Priest (Character) | $548.9K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Child of the Dead End | Patrick MacGill (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Devil's Mercy | Tyler (Character) | - | 2008 |
85% |
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Kisses | Down Under Dylan (Character) | $81.3K | 2008 |
73% |
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Stuck | Tom (Character) | $67.2K | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Until Death | Gabriel Callaghan (Character) | - | 2007 |
8% |
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The Reaping | Father Costigan (Character) | $25.1M | 2007 |
65% |
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Sixty Six | Dr. Barrie (Character) | $224.5K | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Sisters | Dr. Philip Lacan (Character) | - | 2006 |
73% |
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V for Vendetta | Finch (Character) | - | 2006 |
40% |
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River Queen | Francis (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Tara Road | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
58% |
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Breakfast on Pluto | Bertie (Character) | $828.7K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Control | Dr. Arlo Penner (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Halo Effect | Fatso (Character) | - | 2004 |
43% |
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The I Inside | Doctor Newman (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Good Shepherd | McCaran (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Bloom | Leopold Bloom (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Copenhagen | Niels Bohr (Character) | - | 2002 |
64% |
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Evelyn | Michael Beattie (Character) | $1.4M | 2002 |
3% |
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FeardotCom | Alistair Pratt (Character) | $13.2M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Snow in August | Rabbi Judah Hirsch (Character) | - | 2001 |
11% |
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The Musketeer | Cardinal Richelieu (Character) | $27.1M | 2001 |
63% |
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On the Edge | Dr. Figure (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Armadillo | Hogg (Character) | - | 2001 |
80% |
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The Life Before This | Brian (Character) | - | 1999 |
67% |
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The End of the Affair | Henry Miles (Character) | $10.7M | 1999 |
86% |
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Guinevere | Connie Fitzpatrick (Character) | $614.2K | 1999 |
25% |
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In Dreams | Dr. Silverman (Character) | $11.9M | 1999 |
75% |
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This Is My Father | Father Quinn (Character) | $1.1M | 1998 |
73% |
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Still Crazy | Tony Costello (Character) | $477.9K | 1998 |
56% |
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Fever Pitch | Ray (Character) | $113.4K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Tap | Cypher (Character) | - | 1997 |
67% | No Score Yet | A Further Gesture |
Sean Dowd (Character), Writer |
- | 1997 |
77% |
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The Butcher Boy | Da Brady (Character) | $2.0M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Hacks | Brian (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Trojan Eddie | Trojan Eddie (Character) | $11.9K | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last of the High Kings | Cab Driver (Character) | $5.6K | 1996 |
78% |
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Michael Collins | Ned Broy (Character) | $11.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Crime of the Century | Bruno Richard Hauptmann (Character) | - | 1996 |
86% |
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Citizen X | Lt. Viktor Burakov (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Men Are Mortal | Fosca (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Nikos (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Shadow of a Gunman | Seamus Shields (Character) | - | 1995 |
24% |
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Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) | Milo O'Brannigan (Character) | $10.7M | 1994 |
53% |
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Angie | Noel Riordan (Character) | $9.3M | 1994 |
63% |
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Interview With the Vampire | Santiago (Character) | $104.7M | 1994 |
65% |
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Princess Caraboo | Gutch (Character) | $3.0M | 1994 |
100% |
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Bad Behaviour | Gerry McAllister (Character) | - | 1993 |
95% |
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The Crying Game | Fergus (Character) | $60.7M | 1992 |
94% |
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Life Is Sweet | Patsy (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conecciones Sueltas | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
86% |
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The Company of Wolves | Young Groom (Character) | - | 1985 |
0% |
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The Doctor and the Devils | Timothy Broom (Character) | $147.1K | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shergar | Frankie (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Loose Connections | Harry (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Danny Boy | Danny (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | K Is for Killing | Arden Buckley (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Color Him Dead | Arden Buckley (Character) | - | 1974 |
TV
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84% | 84% | The English | Unknown (Character) | 2022 |
90% | No Score Yet | Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece | Mark (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dickensian | Inspector Bucket (Character) | 2016 |
71% | 86% | The Shadow Line | Gatehouse (Character) | 2011 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Callum Donovan (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Armadillo | Hogg (Character) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 1999 |