Cast & creator
Stephen Rea
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Saturday Night Live, Tony Awards
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.
119
film credits
37
television credits
155
1953–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (156)
Showing 156 of 156 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Callum Donovan
1999
Saturday Night Live
Fergus (uncredited)
1975
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Play for Today
Shay
1970Play for Today
Peter
1970
Minder
Roddy Allan
1979
Screen Two
Frankie
1985
BBC Play of the Month
Konstantin Treplev
1965
The Professionals
Pellin
1977
The Oscars
Self
1953
Performance
Ejlert Lovborg
1991Performance
Seumus Shields
1991
Counterpart
Alexander Pope
2017
V for Vendetta
Finch
2006
BBC2 Play of the Week
Pavel Hollar
1977
Prime Target
Professor James Alderman
2025
Thriller
Arden Buckley
1973
Interview with the Vampire
Santiago
1994
Utopia
Conran Letts
2013
The Stranger
Martin Killane
2020
War and Peace
Vassily Kuragin
2016
Boon
Frank Warren
1986
Underworld: Awakening
Dr. Jacob Lane
2012
The English
Sheriff Robert Marshall
2022
Dickensian
Inspector Bucket
2015
Greta
Brian Cody
2019
The Honourable Woman
Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
2014
A Scare at Bedtime
1997
The Reaping
Father Costigan
2007
I Didn't Know You Cared
Carter Brandon
1975
The Company of Wolves
Young Groom
1984
Breakfast on Pluto
Bertie
2005
The Musketeer
Cardinal Richelieu
2001
The Crying Game
Fergus
19924 Play
Paul
1989
The Shadow Line
Gatehouse
2011
The End of the Affair
Henry Miles
1999
10 Days to War
General Tim Cross
2008
Until Death
Gabriel Callaghan
2007
The Miracle Club
Frank Dunne
2023
Prêt-à-Porter
Milo O'Brannigan
1994
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
Doc
2012
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Black '47
Conneely
2018
The I Inside
Doctor Newman
2004
Michael Collins
Ned Broy
1996
Citizen X
Lt. Viktor Burakov
1995
Days of Hope
Reporter
1975
The Moonstone
Major Frayne
1972
FearDotCom
Alistair
2002
Out of the Dark
Jordan
2014
Princess Caraboo
Gutch
1994
Father & Son
Augustine Flynn
2009
The Doctor and the Devils
Timothy Broom
1985
Flesh and Blood
Mark
2020
In Dreams
Doctor Silverman
1999
Fever Pitch
Ray, the Governor
1997
Blackthorn
Mackinley
2011
Life Is Sweet
Patsy
1991
Double Tap
Cypher
1997
Control
Dr. Arlo Penner
2004Stage 2
Donal Davoren
1971
The Butcher Boy
Da Brady
1998
Ondine
Priest
2010
Evelyn
Michael Beattie
2002
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
Still Crazy
Tony Costello
1998
This Is My Father
Mission Priest
1999
The Good Shepherd
McCaran
2004
Crime of the Century
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
1996
Disclosure
Fergus (archive footage)
2020
Cry of the Banshee
Villager
1970
On the Edge
Dr. Figure
2001
Nightride
Joe (voice)
2022
Not with a Bang
Colin Garrity
1990
Stuck
Tom Bardo
2007
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
2010
Sink Or Swim
Brian
1997
River Queen
Francis
2005
All Men Are Mortal
Fosca
1995
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
1995
Thanksgiving
Melchior
2019
Sixty Six
Dr. Barrie
2006
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
Finch
2006
Guinevere
Connie Fitzpatrick
1999
The Curse of Styria
Dr. Hill
2014
Nothing Personal
Martin
2009
The Last of the High Kings
Cab Driver
1996
Angel
Danny
1982
Kisses
Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
2008
The Devil's Mercy
Tyler
2008
Caleb Williams
Tyrell
1980
Angie
Noel Riordan
1994
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
Self
2000
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
A Further Gesture
Sean Dowd
1997A Further Gesture
Idea
1997
Sadie
Self - Lyric Theatre
2021
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Self
2022
Caleb Williams
Tyrell
1980
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
Charlie Bann
2026
Roadkill
Seamus
2011
Sisters
Dr. Philip Lacan
2006
The Life Before This
Brian
1999
Shadow of a Gunman
Seamus Shields
1995
Tara Road
Colm
2005
Bloom
Leopold Bloom
2004
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Voice
1996
Proud
Barney Garvey
2004
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
2019
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Nikos
1995Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
Asylum
McGahey
2013
Copenhagen
Niels Bohr
2002
I Could Read the Sky
P.J.
1999
Four Days in July
Dixie McConville
1984
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch
Danforth
2015
The Heavy
Anawalt
2010The Body Is Water
Mr M
Heidi 4 Paws
Doctor (voice)
2008
The Out of Town Boys
Shay
1979
Listen
Dinny
2026Thank You, Comrades
Mayakovsky
1978
Spy(ies)
M. Palmer
2009
Professional Foul
Hollar
1977
The House
The Soldier
1984
K Is for Killing
Arden Buckley
1974
Stella Days
Brendan
2012
Tasting Menu
Walter
2013
Endgame
Clov
1989Hard Border
Self
2018
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
Matsuo Bashō (English)
2026
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
Self
2025
Bad Behavior
Gerry McAllister
1993
Celebration
Waiter
2007
The Halo Effect
Fatso
2004
Loose Connections
Harry
1984
Secrets from Putumayo
Narrator (voice)
2020
Early Struggles
Chas
1976
Visitation
Shergar
Frankie
1986
Snow in August
Rabbi Judah Hirsch
2001The King's Wake
King Conor
2000
Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie
1996
A Place Called Ardoyne
Narrator (voice)
1973
Hedda Gabler
Eilert Lovborg
1993
Fugitive
Peter
1974
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
Self
2019The Seagull
Constantin
1978
Scout
Marshall
1987
Cyprus Avenue
Eric Miller
2019Joyce in June
Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
1982
Fluent Dysphasia
Murph
2004Chekhov in Derry
Self
1983The End of the Affair: "Making of"
2004
Unquiet Graves
Narrator
2018