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Stephen Rea

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.

Highest rated movies

100% 40% Bad Behaviour
95% 78% The Crying Game
94% 87% Life Is Sweet
86% 97% Nightride
86% 54% Guinevere
86% 86% Citizen X
86% 73% The Company of Wolves
85% 80% Kisses

Filmography

Movies

Credit
66% 83% The Miracle Club Unknown (Character) $2.4M 2023
86% 97% 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% 42% Greta Brian Cody (Character) $10.5M 2018
78% 78% Black '47 Conneely (Character) $49.3K 2018
No Score Yet 30% 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% 23% Out of the Dark Jordan (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 10% Asylum McGahey (Character) - 2013
16% 25% Tasting Menu Walter (Character) $18.6K 2013
40% 37% Werewolf: The Beast Among Us Unknown (Character) - 2012
25% 62% Underworld: Awakening Dr. Jacob Lane (Character) $62.3M 2012
60% 32% Stella Days Brendan (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 7% Roadkill Seamus (Character) - 2011
75% 62% Blackthorn MacKinley (Character) $199.7K 2011
No Score Yet 23% The Heavy Anawalt (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 33% Spy(ies) M. Palmer (Character) - 2009
82% 70% Nothing Personal Martin (Character) - 2009
70% 60% Ondine Priest (Character) $548.9K 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Child of the Dead End Patrick MacGill (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 14% Devil's Mercy Tyler (Character) - 2008
85% 80% Kisses Down Under Dylan (Character) $81.3K 2008
73% 54% Stuck Tom (Character) $67.2K 2007
No Score Yet 39% Until Death Gabriel Callaghan (Character) - 2007
8% 49% The Reaping Father Costigan (Character) $25.1M 2007
65% 66% Sixty Six Dr. Barrie (Character) $224.5K 2006
No Score Yet 12% Sisters Dr. Philip Lacan (Character) - 2006
73% 90% V for Vendetta Finch (Character) - 2006
40% 46% River Queen Francis (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 42% Tara Road Unknown (Character) - 2005
58% 80% Breakfast on Pluto Bertie (Character) $828.7K 2005
No Score Yet 48% Control Dr. Arlo Penner (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Halo Effect Fatso (Character) - 2004
43% 43% The I Inside Doctor Newman (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 27% The Good Shepherd McCaran (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 38% Bloom Leopold Bloom (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 65% Copenhagen Niels Bohr (Character) - 2002
64% 78% Evelyn Michael Beattie (Character) $1.4M 2002
3% 18% FeardotCom Alistair Pratt (Character) $13.2M 2002
No Score Yet 88% Snow in August Rabbi Judah Hirsch (Character) - 2001
11% 33% The Musketeer Cardinal Richelieu (Character) $27.1M 2001
63% 79% On the Edge Dr. Figure (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Armadillo Hogg (Character) - 2001
80% 62% The Life Before This Brian (Character) - 1999
67% 74% The End of the Affair Henry Miles (Character) $10.7M 1999
86% 54% Guinevere Connie Fitzpatrick (Character) $614.2K 1999
25% 40% In Dreams Dr. Silverman (Character) $11.9M 1999
75% 81% This Is My Father Father Quinn (Character) $1.1M 1998
73% 84% Still Crazy Tony Costello (Character) $477.9K 1998
56% 59% 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% 82% The Butcher Boy Da Brady (Character) $2.0M 1997
No Score Yet 33% Hacks Brian (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 14% Trojan Eddie Trojan Eddie (Character) $11.9K 1996
No Score Yet 59% The Last of the High Kings Cab Driver (Character) $5.6K 1996
78% 84% Michael Collins Ned Broy (Character) $11.1M 1996
No Score Yet 74% Crime of the Century Bruno Richard Hauptmann (Character) - 1996
86% 86% Citizen X Lt. Viktor Burakov (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet All Men Are Mortal Fosca (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 89% 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% 27% Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) Milo O'Brannigan (Character) $10.7M 1994
53% 33% Angie Noel Riordan (Character) $9.3M 1994
63% 86% Interview With the Vampire Santiago (Character) $104.7M 1994
65% 50% Princess Caraboo Gutch (Character) $3.0M 1994
100% 40% Bad Behaviour Gerry McAllister (Character) - 1993
95% 78% The Crying Game Fergus (Character) $60.7M 1992
94% 87% Life Is Sweet Patsy (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conecciones Sueltas Unknown (Character) - 1988
86% 73% The Company of Wolves Young Groom (Character) - 1985
0% 40% 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 22% 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

Credit
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