Editing Stephen Rea

{{Short description|Irish actor (born 31 October 1946)}}
{{For|the English-born American movie critic|Steven Rea}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Stephen Rea
| image              = Stephen Rea at JDIFF 2012.jpg
| caption            = Rea at JDIFF 2012
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1946|October|31}}
| birth_place        = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland, UK
| education          = {{ubl|[[Queen's University Belfast]]|[[Abbey Theatre School]]}}
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1962–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Dolours Price]]|1983|2003|end=div.}}
| children           = 2
}}
'''Stephen Rea''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɹ|eɪ}} {{respell|ray}}; born October 31, 1946) is an Irish actor. Born in [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of [[Dublin]]'s [[Focus Theatre]], and played many roles on the stage and on Irish television. He came to the attention of international film audiences in Irish filmmaker [[Neil Jordan]]'s 1992 film ''[[The Crying Game]]'', and subsequently starred in many more of Jordan's films, including ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1994), ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' (1996), ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]'' (2005), and [[Greta (2018 film)|''Greta'']] (2018). He also played a starring role in the [[Hugo Blick]] 2011 TV series ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]''. 

As a stage actor, he is known for his performances at [[Gate Theatre|The Gate]] and [[Abbey Theatre|Abbey]] theatres in Dublin, and the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London. He is a co-founder of the [[Field Day Theatre Company]] with [[Brian Friel]].

He was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for ''[[The Crying Game]]'' (1992), and won a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Award]] for his role in ''[[The Honourable Woman]]'' in 2015. In 2020, ''[[The Irish Times]]'' ranked Rea the 13th greatest Irish film actor of all time.

== Early life and education ==
Rea was born in [[Belfast]] in 1946.<ref name =bafta/> His father was a bus driver and his mother a housewife.<ref name="Auld">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/actors/stephen-rea-interview-i-never-wanted-to-be-a-polite-actor/ |title=Stephen Rea: 'I never wanted to be a polite actor' |author=Auld, Tim |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=25 March 2016 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-date=2 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802005154/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/actors/stephen-rea-interview-i-never-wanted-to-be-a-polite-actor/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His family was [[Protestant]] but sympathetic to [[Irish nationalism]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Stephen Rea: 'I can't imagine teams of loyalists rolling up to watch it' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/stephen-rea-i-can-t-imagine-teams-of-loyalists-rolling-up-to-watch-it-1.2522706 |access-date=16 November 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> 

He studied [[English studies|English]] at the [[Queen's University Belfast]] and drama at the [[Abbey Theatre School]] in [[Dublin]].<ref name="Auld"/>

== Career ==
=== Stage ===
Rea's association with playwright [[Stewart Parker]] began when they were students together at the [[Queen's University Belfast]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lojek |first=Helen Heusner |date=2019 |title="Too Clever for Belfast"? Stewart Parker's Joyce in June |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48670344 |journal=New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=77–94 |jstor=48670344 |issn=1092-3977}}</ref> In the late 1970s, he acted in the [[Focus Theatre|Focus Company]] in Dublin with [[Gabriel Byrne]] and [[Colm Meaney]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Angel to Devil: The Real Byrne |url=https://www.irishamerica.com/2023/03/the-real-byrne/ |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=www.irishamerica.com}}</ref> 

Rea helped establish the [[Field Day Theatre Company]] in 1980 with [[Tom Paulin]], [[Brian Friel]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Seamus Deane]].<ref name =queens>{{cite web|title=Queen's prepares for graduation week |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/ArchivesPressReleases-CampusNews/2004PressReleases/06-2004PressReleases/#d.en.5950 |publisher=[[Queen's University Belfast]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815020023/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/ArchivesPressReleases-CampusNews/2004PressReleases/06-2004PressReleases/ |date=June 2004 |archive-date=15 August 2004 |access-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rea's friendship with American playwright and actor [[Sam Shepard]] dates back to the early 1970s, and he starred in Shepard's directorial début of his play ''[[Geography of a Horse Dreamer]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in 1974. In 2007, Rea began a successful and acclaimed relationship with both the Abbey Theatre and Sam Shepard, appearing in ''[[Kicking a Dead Horse]]'' (2007) and ''Ages of the Moon'' (2009), both penned by Shepard and also both transferred to New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/27 |title=Ages of the Moon by Sam Shepard, 24 February – 4 April 2009 |publisher=[[Abbey Theatre]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003034554/http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/27 |date=2009 |archive-date=3 October 2009 |access-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref> Rea returned to the Abbey in 2009 to appear in the world première of [[Sebastian Barry]]'s ''Tales of Ballycumber''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/657 |title=Tales of Ballycumber |publisher=[[Abbey Theatre]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706073527/http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/657 |date=2009 |archive-date=6 July 2009 |access-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref>

Rea starred in [[Enda Walsh]]'s 2014 play ''[[Ballyturk]]'' and portrayed Jordan in ''[[Out of the Dark (2014 film)|Out of the Dark]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3333472/scare-comes-dark-exclusive-clip/ |title=Scare comes from ''Out of the Dark'' in this exclusive clip |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |date=24 February 2012 |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225003510/http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3333472/scare-comes-dark-exclusive-clip/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in which he co-stars alongside [[Julia Stiles]], [[Scott Speedman]] and Alejandro Furth.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/91102/first-clips-emerge-dark/ |title=First clips emerge ''Out of the Dark'' |first=Steve |last=Barton |work=[[Dread Central]] |date=26 February 2015 |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226214405/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/91102/first-clips-emerge-dark/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/81587/dark-2015/ |title=''Out of the Dark'' (2015) |first=Matt |last=Boiselle |work=[[Dread Central]] |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |archive-date=2 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302161625/http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/81587/dark-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Screen ===
[[File:Stephen Rea.jpg|thumb|Stephen Rea in 2010]]  
Rea came to international attention when he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for Irish film-maker [[Neil Jordan]]'s film ''[[The Crying Game]]'' in 1992.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=6 March 2024 |title=Stephen Rea to Receive Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stephen-rea-irish-academy-award-lifetime-achievement-2024-1235844101/ |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 2017 |title=How we made The Crying Game |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/21/how-we-made-the-crying-game-neil-jordan-stephen-rea-miranda-richardson |access-date=23 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is a frequent collaborator with Jordan, starring in his other films ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1994), ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' (1996), [[The End of the Affair (1999 film)|''The End of the Affair'']] (1999), ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]'' (2005), and [[Greta (2018 film)|''Greta'']] (2018).{{cn|date=November 2024}} 

In 2011, Rea featured in the [[BBC]] crime drama [[The Shadow Line (TV series)|''The Shadow Line'']], playing antagonist Gatehouse.{{cn|date=November 2024}} 
 
In 2023, Rea appeared as Frank, husband to Eileen (played by [[Kathy Bates]]) in the film ''[[The Miracle Club]]''.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

===Voice ===
Rea was hired to speak the words of [[Gerry Adams]] when [[Sinn Féin]] was under a [[1988–94 British broadcasting voice restrictions| broadcasting ban]] from 1988 to 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actors lose jobs as ban on IRA voices is lifted |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=17 September 1994 |last=Wolf |first=Matt |page=A3 }}</ref> 

In April 2012, Rea read [[James Joyce]]'s short story ''[[The Dead (Joyce short story)|The Dead]]'' on [[RTÉ Radio 1]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0402/reas.html |title=Rea reads ''The Dead'' on RTÉ Radio |work=RTÉ Ten |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |date=2 April 2012 |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404200350/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0402/reas.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

He also narrated for the [[BBC Radio 4]] production of ''[[Ulysses (BBC Radio 4 broadcast)|Ulysses]]'' for [[Bloomsday]], 16 June 2012.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

==Recognition and awards==
Rea is an [[Academy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award]], and [[Tony Award]] nominee, a two-time [[BAFTA Award]] winner, and a three-time [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|Irish Film and Television]] (IFTA) Award winner.{{cn|date=November 2024}} 

He was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award]]{{cn|date=November 2024}} and for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for ''[[The Crying Game]]'' (1992).<ref name =bafta/>

In 2004, in recognition for his contribution to theatre and [[performing arts]], Rea was given [[honorary degree]]s from both the Queen's University Belfast<ref name =queens/> and the [[Ulster University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2004/1459.html |title=Honour for Stephen Rea |publisher=[[Ulster University]] |date=15 December 2004 |access-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124701/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2004/1459.html |archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>

He won a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Award]] for his role in ''[[The Honourable Woman]]'' in 2015.<ref name =bafta>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32686651 | title = Stephen Rea wins Best Supporting Actor Bafta TV award | date = 11 May 2015 | access-date = 21 June 2024| publisher = [[BBC News]]}}</ref>

In 2020, ''[[The Irish Times]]'' ranked Rea the 13th greatest Irish film actor of all time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988|title=The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=13 June 2020|first1=Donald|last1=Clarke|first2=Tara|last2=Brady|url-access=subscription|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805112424/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-50-greatest-irish-film-actors-of-all-time-in-order-1.4271988|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Other activities ==
{{as of |2012}}, Rea was an Ambassador for [[UNICEF Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.ie/Ambassadors-High-profile-Supporters-24.aspx|title=UNICEF Ireland Ambassadors & High Profile Supporters|publisher=UNICEF|access-date=5 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712065142/http://www.unicef.ie/Ambassadors-High-profile-Supporters-24.aspx|archive-date=12 July 2013}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
From 1983 to 2003 Rea was married to [[Dolours Price]], a former [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomber and [[hunger strike]]r who later became a critic of [[Sinn Féin]].<ref>Radden Keefe, Patrick (2018). Say Nothing. Penguin Random House. Pages 188, 252</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dolours-price-former-ira-terrorist-and-exwife-of-actor-stephen-rea-dies-of-suspected-overdose-29022340.html |title=Dolours Price, former IRA terrorist and ex-wife of actor Stephen Rea, dies of suspected overdose |first1=Ken |last1=Foy |first2=Cormac |last2=Murphy |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=24 January 2013 |access-date=8 October 2013 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925022040/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dolours-price-former-ira-terrorist-and-exwife-of-actor-stephen-rea-dies-of-suspected-overdose-29022340.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two sons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21181174 |title=Ex-IRA woman Dolours Price is found dead in Dublin |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=24 January 2013 |access-date=24 January 2013 |archive-date=8 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008230124/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21181174 |url-status=live }}</ref> They divorced in 2003.<ref>Radden Keefe 252</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/28/stephen-rea-dolours-price-funeral |title=Stephen Rea carries Dolours Price's coffin at funeral in Belfast: Former IRA hunger striker is buried after mass attended by Hollywood actor ex-husband |first=Henry |last=McDonald |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 January 2013 |access-date=8 October 2013 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032825/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/28/stephen-rea-dolours-price-funeral |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ten years before the marriage, Price attended a performance of Rea's at [[Royal Court Theatre|the Court Theatre]] in [[London]] in 1973, the night before she participated in a [[1973 Old Bailey bombing|car bombing]] which injured 200 people.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Say Nothing|last=Radden Keefe|first=Patrick|publisher=Penguin Random House|year=2018}}</ref>

{{as of |2012}}, Rea was an Ambassador for [[UNICEF Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.ie/Ambassadors-High-profile-Supporters-24.aspx|title=UNICEF Ireland Ambassadors & High Profile Supporters|publisher=UNICEF|access-date=5 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712065142/http://www.unicef.ie/Ambassadors-High-profile-Supporters-24.aspx|archive-date=12 July 2013}}</ref>

{{as of |2020}}, Rea lives in [[County Donegal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2020/02/13/actor-stephen-rea-reveals-he-has-found-peace-living-in-donegal/|title=Actor Stephen Rea reveals he has found peace living in Donegal|date=13 February 2020|access-date=13 February 2020|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213184047/https://www.donegaldaily.com/2020/02/13/actor-stephen-rea-reveals-he-has-found-peace-living-in-donegal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Film===
<!-- Please note: "rowspan" breaks table sortability. -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Cry of the Banshee]]''
| Villager
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Angel (1982 Irish film)|Angel]]''
| Danny
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Company of Wolves]]''
| Young Groom
|
|-
| 1985
| ''{{sortname|The|Doctor and the Devils}}''
| Timothy Broom
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Loose Connections]]''
| Harry
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]''
| Patsy
|
|-
| 1992
| ''{{sortname|The|Crying Game}}''
| Fergus
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Bad Behaviour (1993 film)|Bad Behaviour]]''
| Gerry McAllister
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Angie (1994 film)|Angie]]''
| Noel
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Princess Caraboo (film)|Princess Caraboo]]''
| Gutch
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]''
| Santiago
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter]]''
| Milo O'Brannigan
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (film)|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''
| Nikos
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[All Men Are Mortal (film)|All Men Are Mortal]]''
| Fosca
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Citizen X]]''
| Lt. Viktor Burakov
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]''
| [[Ned Broy]]
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Trojan Eddie]]''
| Eddie "Trojan Eddie"
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Last of the High Kings]]''
| Cab Driver
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|Fever Pitch]]''
| Ray
|
|-
| 1997
| ''{{sortname|The|Butcher Boy|The Butcher Boy (1997 film)}}''
| Benny Brady
|
|-
| 1997
|''{{sortname|The|Break|nolink=1}}''
| Sean Dowd
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Double Tap''
| Cypher
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Hacks (1997 film)|Hacks]]''
| Brian
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[This Is My Father]]''
| Mission Priest
| Cameo
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Still Crazy]]''
| Tony Costello
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[In Dreams (film)|In Dreams]]''
| Dr. Silverman
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Guinevere (1999 film)|Guinevere]]''
| Connie Fitzpatrick
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[I Could Read the Sky]]''
| P.J. Doran
|
|-
| 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|Life Before This}}''
| Brian
|
|-
| 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|End of the Affair|The End of the Affair (1999 film)}}''
| Henry Miles
|
|-
| 2000
| ''The King's Wake''
| King Connor Mac Neasa
| (Voice) Short subject
|-
| 2001
| ''{{sortname|The|Musketeer}}''
| [[Cardinal Richelieu]]
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[On the Edge (2001 film)|On the Edge]]''
| Dr. Figure
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[FeardotCom]]''
| Alistair Pratt
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Evelyn (2002 film)|Evelyn]]''
| Michael Beattie
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Bloom (2003 film)|Bloom]]''
| [[Leopold Bloom]]
|
|-
| 2004
| ''{{sortname|The|I Inside}}''
| Dr. Newman
|
|-
| 2004
| ''The Halo Effect''
| "Fatso"
|
|-
| 2004
| ''{{sortname|The|Confessor|The Confessor (film)}}''
| McCaran
|
|-
| 2004
| ''Fluent Dysphasia''
| "Murph"
| Short subject
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Proud (film)|Proud]]''
| Barney Garvey
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Control (2004 film)|Control]]''
| Dr. Arlo Penner
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]''
| Bertie Vaughan
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[River Queen]]''
| Francis
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Tara Road (film)|Tara Road]]''
| Colm Maguire
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]''
| Chief Inspector Eric Finch
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Sisters (2006 film)|Sisters]]''
| Dr. Philip Lacan
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Sixty Six (film)|Sixty Six]]''
| Dr. Barrie
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Until Death]]''
| Gabriel Callaghan
|
|-
| 2007
| ''{{sortname|The|Reaping}}''
| Father Michael Costigan
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Stuck (2007 film)|Stuck]]''
| Thomas Bardo
|
|-
| 2008
| ''{{sortname|The|Devil's Mercy}}''
| Tyler
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Kisses (2008 film)|Kisses]]''
| "Down Under" Dylan
| Uncredited cameo
|-
| 2009
| ''Spy(ies)''
| M. Palmer
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Child of the Dead End''
| Patrick MacGill
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Nothing Personal (2009 film)|Nothing Personal]]''
| Martin
|
|-
| 2009
| ''{{sortname|The|Heavy|The Heavy (film)}}''
| Jameson Anawalt
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Ondine (film)|Ondine]]''
| Priest
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Blackthorn (film)|Blackthorn]]''
| MacKinley
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Stella Days]]''
| Brendan McSweeney
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Underworld: Awakening]]''
| Dr. Jacob Lane
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Werewolf: The Beast Among Us]]''
| Doc
| Direct-to-DVD
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Tasting Menu (film)|Tasting Menu]]''
| Walter
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Asylum (2014 film)|Asylum]]''
| McGahey
|
|-
| 2014
| ''Styria''
| Dr. Hill
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Out of the Dark (2014 film)|Out of the Dark]]''
| Jordan
|
|-
| 2015
| ''Ruby Strangelove Young Witch''
| Danforth
|
|-
| 2015
| ''{{sortname|An|Enchanted Ruby|nolink=1}}''
| Danforth
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Black '47 (film)|Black '47]]''
| Conneely
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Greta (2018 film)|Greta]]''
| Brian Cody
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Unquiet Graves]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary about the Troubles
|-
| 2021
| ''Nightride''
| Joe
| Voice
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Miracle Club]]''
| Frank Dunne
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''
| Pepe Costa
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Angel Pavement (1967 TV series)|Angel Pavement]]''
| Second Mate
| Episode: "They Arrive"
|-
| 1967
| ''Sanctuary''
| Stephen Moriarty
| Episode: "The Voice of His Calling"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Z-Cars]]''
| Kenny
| Episode: "Snout: Part 2"
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Softly, Softly: Task Force]]''
| Philip Conner
| Episode: "Trust a Woman"
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Omnibus (British TV series)|Omnibus]]''
| Hubert Page
| Episode: "Hail and Farewell-George Moore"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Moonstone (1972 TV series)|The Moonstone]]''
| Major Frayne
| Episode: "1.1"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''
| Arden Buckley
| Episode: "K is for Killing" (US Title: "Color Him Dead")
|-
| 1974–1979
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| Peter / Chas / Shay
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1975–1976
| ''[[I Didn't Know You Cared]]''
| Carter Brandon
| 13 episodes - (series 1 & 2 only; not in series 3 & 4)
|-
| 1977
| ''BBC2 Play of the Week''
| Hollar
| Episode: "Professional Foul"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Play of the Month]]''
| Constantin
| Episode: "The Seagull"
|-
| 1978
| ''{{sortname|The|Professionals|The Professionals (TV series)}}''
| Pellin
| Episode: "In the Public Interest"
|-
| 1978
| ''Thank You, Comrades''
| Mayakovsky
| TV film
|-
| 1980
| ''Caleb Williams''
| Tyrell
| Episode: "1.1"
|-
| 1982
| ''Joyce in June''
| Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
| TV film
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Roddy Allan
| Episode: "Windows"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Four Days in July]]''
| Dixie
| TV film
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]''
| Frank Warren
| Episode: "Fools Rush In"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| Frankie
| Episode: "Shergar"
|-
| 1987
| ''Lost Belongings''
| Lenny
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1987
| ''Scout''
| Marshall
| TV film
|-
| 1989
| ''4 Play''
| Paul
| Segment: "Not As Bad as They Seem"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Endgame (play)|Endgame]]''
| Clov
| TV film
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Not with a Bang]]''
| Colin Garrity
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Fergus
| (Uncredited) Episode: "Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum"
|-
| 1993–1995
| ''[[Performance (British TV series)|Performance]]''
| Ejlert Lovborg / Seamus Shields
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Citizen X]]''
| Lieutenant Viktor Burakov
| TV film
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Crime of the Century (1996 film)|Crime of the Century]]''
| [[Bruno Hauptmann]]
| TV film
|-
| 2001
| ''{{sortname|A|Scare at Bedtime}}''
| Dr. Roger St. Roctor
| Episode: "Not What the Doctor Ordered"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Snow in August]]''
| Rabbi Judah Hirsch
| TV film
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Armadillo (miniseries)|Armadillo]]''
| Hogg
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2001–2002
| ''[[Horrible Histories (2001 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]''
| Narrator (voice, UK dub)
| 26 episodes
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Copenhagen (2002 film)|Copenhagen]]''
| [[Niels Bohr]]
| TV film
|-
| 2007
| ''Imeacht Na N'Iarlaí''
| Aodh Ó Néill, Tiarna Thir Eoghain
| Episode: "1"
|-
| 2008
| ''[[10 Days to War]]''
| Tim Cross
| Episode: "These Things Are Always Chaos"
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Father & Son (TV serial)|Father & Son]]''
| Augustine Flynn
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Callum "Cal" Donovan
| Episode: "Solitary"
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Heidi 4 Paws]]''
| The Doctor (voice)
| TV film
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Single-Handed (TV series)|Single-Handed]]''
| Sean Doyle
| Episodes: "The Lost Boys: Parts 1 & 2"
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Roadkill (2011 film)|Roadkill]]''
| Seamus
| TV film
|-
| 2011
| ''{{sortname|The|Shadow Line|The Shadow Line (TV series)}}''
| Gatehouse
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Utopia (UK TV series)|Utopia]]''
| Conran Letts
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2014
| ''{{sortname|The|Honourable Woman}}''
| Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2015–2016
| ''[[Dickensian (TV series)|Dickensian]]''
| Inspector Bucket
| 16 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[War & Peace (2016 TV series)|War & Peace]]''
| Prince Vassily Kuragin
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''Fir Bolg''
| Spencer
| Episode: "Nochtadh"
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Counterpart (TV series)|Counterpart]]''
| Alexander Pope
| 7 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''Thanksgiving''
| Melchior
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The Stranger (British TV series)|The Stranger]]''
| Martin Killane
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Flesh and Blood (TV series)|Flesh and Blood]]''
| Mark
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The English (TV series)|The English]]''
| Sheriff Robert Marshall
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Prime Target (TV series)|Prime Target]]''
|Professor James Alderman
| 5 episodes
|}

===Stage===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Playwright
! Venue
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Shadow of a Gunman]]''
| [[Sean O'Casey]]
| The Mermaid Theatre, London
|-
| 1969
| ''Captain Oates' Left Sock''
| [[John Antrobus]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Royal Court Theatre]], London
|-
| 1971
| ''Crete and Sargent Pepper''
| John Antrobus
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Freedom of the City]]''
| [[Brian Friel]]
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]''
| [[John Webster]]
| [[7:84 Theatre Company]], London
|-
| 1973
| ''Sargent Musgraves''
| [[John Arden]]
| The Gate, Dublin
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The White Devil]]''
| John Webster
| Nottingham Playhouse
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Drums in the Night]]''
| [[Bertold Brecht]]
| Hampstead Theatre, London
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Geography of a Horse Dreamer]]''
| [[Sam Shepard]]
| Royal Court Theatre, London
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]''
| [[Trevor Griffiths]]
| Nottingham Playhouse
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Translations (play)|Translations]]''
| [[Brian Friel]]
| rowspan="8" | [[Field Day Theatre Company]]
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''
| [[Anton Chekhov]] adapt. [[Brian Friel]]
|-
| 1982
| ''The Communication Cord''
| [[Brian Friel]]
|-
| 1984
| ''High Time''
| [[Derek Mahon]]
|-
| 1984
| ''The Riot Act''
| [[Tom Paulin]]
|-
| 1986
| ''Double Cross''
| [[Thomas Kilroy]]
|-
| 1987
| ''Pentecost''
| [[Stewart Parker]]
|-
| 1989
| ''Saint Oscar''
| [[Terry Eagleton]]
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Ballyturk]]''
| [[Enda Walsh]]
| [[Galway International Arts Festival]]
|-
| 2014
| ''A Particle of Dread''
| [[Sam Shepard]]
| Field Day Theatre Company
|-
| 2016
| ''Cyprus Avenue''
| [[David Ireland (playwright)|David Ireland]]
| Royal Court Theatre, London
|-
| 2020
| ''The Visiting Hour''
| Frank McGuinness
| The Gate Theatre, Dublin
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|0001653}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* {{IOBDB name|36481}}
* [http://www.stephenrea.net/theatre.htm Stage credits]

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